June 15, 2022

USSC Justice Cites Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic Amicus Brief in Dissenting Opinion

An amicus brief written by Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic students and faculty was cited three times by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch in his dissenting opinion in George v. McDonough. The case, decided on June 15, found that discharged military veteran Kevin George was not entitled to have his earlier decision denying veterans benefits for preexisting mental health issue, exacerbated by his time in service, revised to conform to the law. The case involved the scope of “clear and unmistakeable error” in agency decisions. In George’s case, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs denied his benefits initially…

June 15, 2022

Two Rising Mizzou Law 2Ls are Prestigious 2022 Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellows

Robert Lass and Autumn Westhoff, rising Mizzou Law 2L students, have been selected and are currently participating in the 2022 Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellowship. Each summer, Equal Justice Works selects 40 highly qualified law students from 36 law schools across the country to serve in the program. The program partners with the Legal Services Corporation to support law students who want to give back to rural communities across the United and its territories. Student fellows spend eight-to-10 weeks during the summer exploring a career in civil legal aid, by providing direct legal services and building capacity at…

June 1, 2022

Mizzou Law Chapter of ACS Named “Student Chapter of the Year”

The American Constitution Society (ACS) has named the Mizzou Law student chapter of ACS as the “Student Chapter of the Year.” In their newsletter announcement of the award, the ACS said the Mizzou Law chapter won by exhibiting “the greatest strength in meeting ACS’s mission and goals.” Rising Mizzou Law 3L and Chapter President Hirsh Joshi says winning this award was a goal for the chapter all year and was a result of extraordinary hard work. “Winning it all is hard to digest because there are other incredible chapters at other law schools,” Joshi said. “We came away with…

May 24, 2022

Coming together for veterans

Contact: Sara Diedrich, 573-882-3243, diedrichs@missouri.edu The Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic has announced a new program to partner with medical students from the University of Missouri School of Medicine. This partnership will involve collaboration between the two professional schools with regard to securing Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability compensation benefits for veterans. Mizzou medical students will collaborate with law students and staff at the clinic to review medical records and provide guidance on medical issues. This partnership will enhance the ability of the clinic in its zealous advocacy for veterans. Mark Buck, a second-year law student…

May 23, 2022

Prof. Oliveri Quoted in USA Today

Rigel Oliveri, the Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, was quoted in USA Today last week. Prof. Oliveri’s quote was in regards to the state of Missouri’s trigger law regarding a potential overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court. “Some more action would have to be taken in order for people to start assuming Plan B is covered by the abortion law – that is not an obvious reading of it,” Oliveri said. To read the full story, visit: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/05/19/fact-check-plan-b-still-missouri-after-roe-draft-opinion-leak/9800332002/…

May 18, 2022

Mizzou Law Hoods 98 Students in Class of 2022

On May 15, Mizzou Law celebrated the graduation of 98 students, 92 with Juris Doctor (JD) degrees and six with Master of Laws (LLM) degrees. Here is a little more about this amazing graduating class: The six LLM graduates come from three states (Alabama, Tennessee and Michigan) and five countries (U.S., South Africa, Nigeria, Grenada, and Yemen.) The 92 JD graduates hail from 12 different states and two countries (U.S. and India).Here are the states they come from: Arkansas California Idaho Illinois Kansas Maryland Missouri North Carolina New York Pennsylvania Texas Vermont Further, more than 10% of the 2022 graduating…

May 17, 2022

Prof. Royce Barondes Cited in Iowa Supreme Court Case

In a recent dissent in State v. Price-Williams, Iowa Supreme Court Justice Appel cited Prof. Royce Barondes’ article examining the relationship between suspicion of firearms possession and the procedures in Terry stops. To view the opinion, visit: https://www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/11381/embed/SupremeCourtOpinion To view Prof. Barondes’ cited article, visit: https://law.missouri.edu.pr-109-6r7rfea-2mq6qjvmladqw.us-2.platformsh.site/publications/automatic-authorization-frisks-terry-stops-suspicion-firearms-possession/

May 17, 2022

Prof. Barondes publishes article on definiteness requirements

Prof. Royce Barondes published an article in the Capital Markets Law Journal examining recent developments in definiteness requirements for contractual obligations under New York law. In the article, he identifies a number of recent cases construing ordinary standards as requiring an unexpected level of definiteness. A pre-press version of the article, New York’s Requirements for Contractual Definiteness with Application to the Formation of Investment Vehicles, is available here: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/facpubs/1017/

May 16, 2022

Mizzou Law earns ACS Programming Award

The American Constitution Society (ACS) Mizzou Law chapter earned a 2022 Programming Award from the American Constitution Society. ACS Programming Awards are presented annually to our most active chapters. The winning chapters helped to shape the debate and promote a progressive vision of the Constitution at their universities. Winning chapters include: Georgetown University Law Center Harvard Law School New York University School of Law Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Stanford Law School The University of Texas School of Law University of Chicago Law School University of Missouri School of Law University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School University of Virginia…

May 12, 2022

Professor Bennett Discusses Federal Judges with Springfield TV station

“Judges aren’t allowed to pick their own cases, except for the United States Supreme Court, which has some control over which cases it hears. But district judges, federal trial judges, they take the cases that are filed before them, and they decide the cases that they’re presented with, explained University of Missouri Law School Professor Thomas Bennett.” To view the whole story, visit: https://www.ky3.com/2022/05/12/fact-finders-examining-power-federal-judge/