Feb. 24, 2021

Professor English co-authors opinion piece about Netflix movie ‘I Care a Lot’

Professor David M. English and Professor Nina Kohn co-authored a recent op-ed in The Hill, Netflix’s ‘I Care a Lot’ should worry you. The piece shares how outdated state laws can enable elder abuse practices as depicted in the Netflix movie. Professor English is the former chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Law and Aging. He served as chair of the drafting committee for the Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship, and Other Protective Arrangements Act. Professor Kohn is the David M. Levy professor of law at Syracuse University and the Solomon Center Distinguished Scholar in Elder Law at…

Feb. 17, 2021

Professor Abrams Publishes “Children and the Law In a Nutshell,” 7th Edition

West Academic has published the 7th edition of “Children and the Law In a Nutshell,“ written by Professor Douglas E. Abrams and his co-authors. Professor Abrams wrote five of the book’s ten chapters — The Status, Rights, and Obligations of Children; Criminal Abuse and Neglect; Adoption; Regulation of Children’s Conduct; and Delinquency.

Feb. 12, 2021

Featured LLM Alumna: Ongmu Tshering

When assisting a senior counsel in an international arbitration proceeding in her first year following law school, Ongmu Tshering found she had a strong interest in arbitration dispute resolution. After deciding she wanted to explore LLM programs, specifically international ones, Ongmu left her home in India to pursue her LLM in Dispute Resolution at Mizzou. “In 2006, the LLM program at Mizzou Law ranked No. 1 according to the U.S. News & World Report and thus, became an obvious choice,” Tshering said. Tshering said life at Mizzou was both amazing and challenging. The challenges came from moving to a foreign…

Feb. 12, 2021

CSDR Faculty Present at International ADR Workshop in Korea

Mizzou Law faculty from the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, Chonbuk National University (JBNU) in Korea, and China University of Political Science and Law recently conducted a workshop on alternative dispute resolution in January. The workshop was held via Zoom and is part of a cooperative relationship between the University of Missouri and JBNU to explore collaborative teaching, research and policy efforts. Professors Amy J. Schmitz, Paul Ladehoff and Jim Levin provided eight recorded lectures as part of the “JBNU Law School ADR Lecture International Program.” Professor Levin gave three lectures on…

Feb. 12, 2021

Professor Filbert interviewed about the Veterans Clinic on Did You Know That?

Veterans Clinic Professor Brent Filbert was recently interviewed on Did You Know That? In this episode, Who Will Support Our Veterans If Not Us?, host Sean O’Rourke talked with Filbert about the clinic and the work they do to assist veterans with disability appeals and discharge upgrades.

Feb. 5, 2021

Professor Bowman’s Impeachment Expertise Sought by National & International Media

Frank O. Bowman, III is a Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor of Law and an expert on the impeachment of the president and other federal officers. In his recent book, High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump (Cambridge University Press), Professor Bowman offers unprecedented clarity to the question of impeachment, tracing its roots to medieval England through its adoption in the Constitution and 250 years of the American experience. By examining the human and political history of those who have faced impeachment, Bowman demonstrates that the Framers intended impeachment to…

Jan. 14, 2021

Professor Lietzan elected as a member of the CREDIMI

Professor Erika Lietzan is a “Membre Associé” at the Centre de Recherche sur le Droit Des Marchés et des Investissements Internationaux (CREDIMI), which is part of the Faculty of Laws, Economics, and Politics of Dijon, within the University of Bourgogne in Dijon, France. The CREDIMI focuses on the study of the market, its functioning, and its players, including specific sectoral markets. Professor Lietzan works with specialists in drug law and health law at the CREDIMI. She has guest lectured to students, participated in conferences (both in Dijon and virtually), co-authored (e.g., in the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law,…

Jan. 11, 2021

Professors Freyermuth and Trachtenberg elected to American Law Institute

Professor R. Wilson Freyermuth and Associate Dean Ben Trachtenberg were recently elected as members of the American Law Institute (ALI). They join 13 current or emeritus members of the Mizzou Law faculty who are ALI members: Larry Dessem, David English, William Fisch, David Fischer, Bob Jerry, Thom Lambert, Lyrissa Lidsky, Erika Lietzan, David Mitchell, Gary Myers, Phil Peters, Richard Reuben, and Dale Whitman. According to information on it website, the American Law Institute is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. ALI drafts, discusses,…

Jan. 7, 2021

Professor Filbert blogs about Veterans Clinic work in rural Missouri

Professor Brent Filbert is a contributor to the Veterans Law Prof Blog, with a recent submission on Outreach to Rural Veterans. He wrote about the Veterans Clinic’s “Tigers for Troops” program across Missouri.

Jan. 7, 2021

Two Mizzou Law students compete as finalists in MU’s Idea Quest

Two Mizzou Law students placed in the top 9 of Mizzou’s new student competition, Idea Quest, last November. Georgi Gnibus, 1L, and Matthew Pathiyil, 3L, developed an elevator pitch and presented their ideas to a panel of entrepreneurs to compete for $10,000 in seed funding.  Idea Quest (IQ) is sponsored by Veterans United Home Loans and is one of the several programs now offered through the Innovators Nexus at the MU Student Center. IQ participants could come from any campus within the University of Missouri System and could submit ideas in any stage development from a…