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Oct. 3, 2022

Prof. David English Honored as ABA Advocate of the Month

David English, the William Franklin Fratcher Endowed Professor of Law and the Edward L Jenkins Professor of Law at the MU School of Law, was honored as the September Advocate of the Month by the American Bar Association in their monthly Washington Letter newsletter. From the ABA’s Washington Letter: “We are proud to honor David English as our Advocate of the Month for September 2022 for his work on reforming the nation’s guardianship system, a task on which he has been continually engaged since 1987. He currently serves as Chair of the National Guardianship Network, which is a coalition of…

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Sep. 29, 2022

A Historic Success!

Mizzou football wasn’t the only team working overtime this weekend. This year, Mizzou’s law school rings in its 150th anniversary. To celebrate, members of a planning committee organized a watch party for the Saturday morning Mizzou-Auburn game. “The 150th only comes around once,” said Bob Langdon, ‘72. “We had a lot of people involved. It’s just a chance for the law students to come back, meet everybody, and see what’s going on- there’s a lot of great things going on in the law school.” The event had 21 community sponsors. The event was held in the Hearnes Center auditorium,…

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Sep. 28, 2022

Faculty Spotlight — Meet Prof. Rachel Wechsler

When Professor Rachel Wechsler and her husband Steven Evers moved to Columbia from the hustle and bustle of New York this summer, the first thing they did was begin to explore the many walking paths and biking trails. Professor Wechsler accepted a professorship at the University of Missouri School of Law after experiencing Columbia’s small-town charm and the strong sense of community among Mizzou Law students and faculty. “This is a really supportive community, a really vibrant community,” she said. “I wake up every day thinking about how lucky I am to be here.” Her move to Missouri was an…

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Sep. 20, 2022

LLM Alumni Spotlight — Brian Pappas

For a man who never imagined a career in higher education, Brian Pappas, LLM ’08, has managed to reach the pinnacle of legal education. Stepping into the deanship of the North Dakota School of Law in July, Pappas’ journey to this level of leadership began with his own legal education. After earning his JD from Wayne State University, Pappas worked as an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) fellow at Michigan State while he traveled weekly from Michigan to Columbia, Missouri for LLM classes at the Mizzou Law Center for Dispute Resolution. “When I embarked on my LLM, I planned to open…

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Sep. 20, 2022

LLM Alumni Spotlight — Donna Pavlick

In 1999, Donna Pavlick was at a crossroads. The health care company she managed in Springfield, Missouri had just been sold and her position eliminated. Soon after, her husband, who worked at the University of Missouri, told her about a new degree program just announced by Mizzou Law — an LLM in dispute resolution. “Before the LLM program, I was at a loss as to where my career should go next,” Pavlick said. “When my husband told me about the new program that was announced, I quickly chatted with the faculty and turned in an application the next day. I…

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Sep. 19, 2022

Prof. Lietzan publishes new paper on why medical device companies rarely renew patents

Professor Erika Lietzan, the William H. Pittman Professor of Law and Timothy J. Heinsz Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, recent published a new paper, “The Case of the Missing Device Patents, or: Why Device Patents Matter,” in the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal. To read Prof. Lietzen’s article, visit: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4223781

Sep. 15, 2022

Four Mizzou Law Alumni Honored with Missouri Bar Awards

Four Mizzou Law alumni have been honored with Missouri Bar awards during the 2022 Missouri Bar Annual Meeting in Springfield, Missouri. Dudley McCarter, ’75 W. Dudley McCarter earned the 2022 Missouri Bar President’s Award for his commitment to educating lawyers through his Journal of The Missouri Bar column. Given by the president of The Missouri Bar, the annual award recognizes lawyers’ meritorious services to the state bar. McCarter is a founding member of Behr, McCarter, Potter, Neely & Hyde PC in St. Louis. He served as president of The Missouri Bar from 1992-1993 and St. Louis County Bar Association…

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Sep. 14, 2022

Mizzou Law 2022 Missouri Bar Passage Rates

The Supreme Court of Missouri just released the results of the July 2022 Missouri Bar Exam. University of Missouri School of Law’s 93% passage rate for our first-time bar takers is above the overall state passage rate of 88% and is the second-highest out of seven regional law schools. Mizzou Law is committed to continuing to have exemplary bar passage and employment rates in the state of Missouri, as well as nationwide. We congratulate all who passed the exam. We are committed to providing resources for all our graduates to attain future success in their chosen careers.

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Sep. 14, 2022

Professors Henson, Pratzel honored with 2022 Spurgeon Smithson Awards

Mizzou Law professor Chuck Henson and adjunct professor Alan Pratzel were honored on Sept. 14 with Spurgeon Smith Awards by the Missouri Bar Foundation. This award recognizes judges, law teachers, and/or lawyers who have provided outstanding services toward the increase and diffusion of justice. The Foundation’s board recognizes the great work Professor Henson has done at the university, with the Supreme Court of Missouri’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Law, and with students: “Henson seeks out the meaning of justice and ensures his students focus on the special responsibility lawyers have for the quality of…

Sep. 7, 2022

Law School Foundation Issues Notice of Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the University of Missouri Law School Foundation will be held in person on Friday, September 23 at 2:45 PM in Hulston Hall, Classroom 3.. The order of business will consist of the election of trustees and presentation of the  annual financial report. The membership of the Law School Foundation consists of any person who has graduated in the past five years, the faculty of the school of law, anyone who has contributed $100 or more in the past year or anyone who has contributed an aggregate sum of $1,000 or more. We hope you can attend as…