Oct. 31, 2023

Judge Ginger Gooch, ’00, named to Missouri Supreme Court

Gov. Mike Parson has appointed Judge Ginger Gooch, ’00, to the Missouri Supreme Court to replace retiring judge Patricia Breckenridge, ’77. With Judge Gooch’s appointment, Mizzou Law alumni now fill six of the seven Missouri Supreme Court bench seats, including Chief Justice Mary Russell, ’83. Judge Gooch began her legal career as a law clerk for Mizzou Law alumna Ann Covington, ’77, the first woman to serve on the Missouri Supreme Court. Judge Gooch worked in private practice in the Springfield, Missouri area until she was appointed as a judge in the the Court of Appeals Southern District last year.

Oct. 17, 2023

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, to sit at University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia

KANSAS CITY. Mo. – The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, is scheduled to convene court Wednesday, November 8, 2023, at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. The arguments will be held at Hulston Hall on campus. Beginning at 1:30 p.m., a three-judge panel consisting of Chief Judge Gary Witt, Judge Alok Ahuja and Judge Mark Pfeiffer will hear oral arguments in four cases on the docket. After the oral arguments, the judges will take time to discuss the court system, explain the proceedings and take general questions from the audience. Witt will preside over the proceedings at the…

Oct. 17, 2023

Faculty Spotlight — Meet Professor Andrea Boyack

Skydiving, visiting all 50 states, running the New York City Marathon, and writing a law school casebook  — Floyd R. Gibson Endowed Professor Andrea Boyack has crossed off a number of her bucket list items in the last 20 years. Her professional experience is as varied as her bucket lists. After completing her undergraduate degree in Russian and international relations at Brigham Young University, Boyack initially had no intention of going to law school but took (and enjoyed!) the LSAT. She decided to go to law school when the Ford Foundation offered to pay for her master’s degree at…

Oct. 4, 2023

Professor Boyack Publishes Casebook on Real Estate Transactions

Professor Andrea Boyack joins with Professors Jim Kelly (Notre Dame), Robin Paul Malloy (Syracuse) and Jim Smith (Georgia) in authoring the 6th edition of one of the nation’s most popular real estate law casebooks: Real Estate Transactions: Problems, Cases and Materials (Aspen 2023). This casebook is concise and user friendly, providing students with the tools necessary to understand real estate transactions in a real-world market setting. It covers many real property and contract law materials tested on the Bar Exam and includes multiple practice applications in every chapter provide bridge to “real world” law practice and preparation for assessments…

Sep. 28, 2023

Faculty Spotlight — Meet Professor Alexander Gouzoules

Associate Professor Alexander Gouzoules has always considered himself an academic. After studying history as an undergraduate, he began to consider how law shapes society. “I was already studying questions that were adjacent to legal structures and legal systems,” Gouzoules said. “So I came to law that way.” Since joining the legal profession, Gouzoules has worked in various legal fields and capacities, from litigating constitutional cases related to religion and government to practicing commercial law as an associate focused on complex business disputes, bankruptcy litigation, and white-collar defense. Throughout those experiences, Gouzoules has enjoyed considering how private legal processes like…

Sep. 26, 2023

Professors Renee Henson and Andrea Boyack present new papers

Renee Henson, visiting assistant professor of law at Mizzou Law, presented her new paper on AI law at the Central States Law Schools Association Conference at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Her paper, “I am Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds”: Applying Strict Liability to Artificial Intelligence as an Abnormally Dangerous Activity” is forthcoming in the Temple Law Review. Professor Andrea Boyack presented her in-progress article, “Public Eviction Defenders: Framing Tenants’ Right to Counsel,” which examines…

Sep. 21, 2023

LLM Alumni Spotlight — Gerardo Pico

When Gerardo Pico, ’00, came to Missouri with his young family in the late 90s for his LLM in Dispute Resolution, he never imagined the many doors it would open for him in and beyond the legal fields. After earning his law degree from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico in 1992, Pico began working at a state agency as head of the legal division, where his interest in dispute resolution began. “I became significantly involved in the mediation project and found its potential for helping with access to justice,” Pico said. “At the same time, I was impressed with…

Sep. 21, 2023

LLM Alumni Spotlight — Rea Kryeziu

Growing up in post-war Kosovo had always been Rea Kryeziu’s ’15, motivation for uplifting her community through the law. After participating in an international arbitration competition in Vienna while pursuing her undergraduate degree, Kryeziu knew she wanted to study alternative dispute resolution to help build the new legal system in her home country. “The legal system in Kosovo has undergone many transitions in the past two decades and especially ever since Kosovo’s independence back in 2008,” Kryeziu said. “Today, the system runs more smoothly, cases are resolved quicker and enforcement officers carry quite a big load of work. The improvements…

Sep. 19, 2023

Professor Lambert Discusses Google Antitrust Case in The Dispatch

Thom Lambert, professor of law and Wall Chair in Corporate Law and Goverance at Mizzou Law, published an article in The Dispatch discussing the recent Google antitrust case. The article describes the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Google over payments it makes to ensure that Google Search is the default search engine on web browsers, Apple iPhones and iPads, and Android products. Professor Lambert explains that the government faces significant challenges on three matters and ultimately has a “tough row to hoe.” To read Professor Lambert’s full piece, click here.

Sep. 13, 2023

Judge Kelly Broniec, ’96, appointed to Missouri Supreme Court

Judge Kelly Broniec, a 1996 Mizzou Law graduate, has been appointed by Gov. Mike Parson to the Missouri Supreme Court. At the time of the appointment, six of the seven judges on the Missouri Supreme Court are Mizzou Law alumni. To read more about this appointment, visit: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/parson-picks-former-montgomery-county-prosecutor-to-fill-missouri-supreme-court-vacancy/article_a3ce5022-517a-11ee-ab5c-53ee4da4cfc2.html.