March 5, 2021

Three Mizzou Law students honored among the Mizzou 18

On March 2 the University of Missouri Alumni Association announced the student recipients of its Mizzou 18 award. These awards honor Mizzou graduate students in the last year of their degree eligibility and represent students from a variety of disciplines across campus. They are chosen for their world-class research, collaboration with faculty and staff, and their demonstrated leadership with undergraduate students. This year Mizzou Law is proud to announce that three of its students were chosen. Brionna Pratt (Houston, Tex.), Tori Schafer (Sylvania, Oh.), and Phelan Simpkins (Chicago, Ill.) are all third-year students. Each inductee identifies a mentor who helped…

March 2, 2021

Veterans Clinic’s Brent Filbert featured on bi-monthly radio show

The Veterans Clinic’s Brent Filbert is on a bi-monthly radio show on iHeart Radio and WOVN Chicago called “America’s Heroes Group Roundtable Serving Disabled Veterans in Rural America.” Filbert discusses the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic in general and talks about rural outreach to veterans through Tigers for Troops. The radio shows is airing at 5 p.m. (CT) on the fourth Saturday of the month in February, April, June, August, and October.

Feb. 26, 2021

Featured LLM Student: Michael Russell

After graduation from the University of Memphis School of Law in 1999, Michael Russell went on to practice labor and employment law for almost 20 years. Now, with a busy mediation and arbitration practice, Russell is pursuing his Master of Laws degree through Mizzou’s online LLM program. “I had been interested in an LLM for some time,” Russell said. “When Mizzou made the decision to offer their LLM through an online learning platform, that gave me the opportunity to do something I had wanted to do for a while.” Russell said he never had the chance to look at alternative…

Feb. 26, 2021

Featured LLM Alumnus: Mohan Peddinti

After receiving his Bachelor of Laws degree from NALSAR, University of Law in Hyderabad, India, and completing two years in a corporate legal role at Dr. Reddy’s, Mohan Srimat Tirumala Peddinti packed his bags and moved over 8,000 miles to Columbia, Mo., in August 2006 to pursue his LLM degree at the University of Missouri School of Law. “Mizzou Law is renowned for its dispute resolution program and is one of the leading institutions in the ADR field,” Mohan said. “Hence, the choice was quite straightforward.” Mohan cited his interest in alternative dispute resolution methodology, especially negotiation, as reasons for…

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…