The University of Missouri School of Law invites applications for a Director of the Academic Success Program to assist in building a welcoming, nurturing and inclusive law school community. This individual will teach foundational academic skills, counsel students regarding their academic performance, provide writing support to students, teach upper-level courses in legal analysis and administer a bar exam success program.…
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Client Counseling Team Advances to Nationals
Congratulations to both of Mizzou Law’s Client Counseling teams that competed in the American Bar Association Client Counseling Competition in Fayetteville, Ark. Third-year students Emma Masse and John Brooks won first place (for the second year in a row) and advanced to the national competition in March in North Carolina. Second-year students Aaron Wynhausen and Michael Glass advanced to the…
Stange Law Firm Supports Mizzou Law Board of Advocates
The School of Law is pleased to recognize Stange Law Firm, PC and its founding partners, Kirk C. Stange, ’00, and Paola A. Stange, for their gifts to support the law school’s Board of Advocates. “It is an honor to support the Board of Advocates at the University of Missouri School of Law,” Kirk Stange said. “Some of my fondest…
Third-Year Student Named Liaison to the Missouri Lawyers’ Assistance Program
Third-year Mizzou Law student Jessica Chinnadurai was recently chosen to serve as a liaison between the Missouri Lawyers’ Assistance Program (MOLAP) and the law school. Mizzou Law is the first school in Missouri to form a student liaison program with MOLAP, and Chinnadurai is the program’s first law student liaison. The goal of the law student liaison position is to…
Mizzou Law Student Contributes Blog Post on “Zombie Debt”
Second-year Mizzou Law student Bob Bennett published a blog post on Professor Amy Schmitz’s blog, MyConsumerTips.info, on the dangers of “Zombie Debt.” “This is not the name of a horror movie you may watch around this time of the year, this is debt that you have no legal obligation to pay,” Professor Schmitz says. Debt collectors may still call, however,…
School of Law Ranked 21st Best Value in America
The School of Law has been recognized as one of nation’s best values by The National Jurist and preLaw Magazine. The magazines, leading news sources in legal education, listed Mizzou Law in the top 15 percent of all U.S. law schools for value it provides in their fall 2017 issues. The rankings are designed to recognize schools with successful alumni who graduate…
Professor Lambert Addresses Federalist Society at Vanderbilt Law School
Professor Thom Lambert recently addressed the Federalist Society at Vanderbilt Law School. The subject of the talk was his new book, How to Regulate: A Guide for Policymakers. He presented a general overview of the book, which prescribes principles for optimal regulation, and then applied the book’s recommended approach to a specific market failure, information asymmetry. Professor Kevin Stack of Vanderbilt Law School…
Pan American Journal of Public Health Publishes Letter from Professor Lietzan
The Pan American Journal of Public Health published a letter from Professor Erika Lietzan, in which she responds to an article about Colombia’s pathways for approval of biosimilar biologics. A 2014 presidential decree in Colombia allowed for three pathways to market for biologics, and the earlier article, written by the country’s Minister of Health and Social Protection and his colleagues,…
Nevada Law Journal to Publish Professor Trachtenberg’s Article on Race and Campus Discipline
Professor Ben Trachtenberg wrote an article on race and campus discipline that will appear in the Nevada Law Journal in 2018. The article, which is available online in draft form, argues that university discipline procedures likely discriminate against minority students and that increasingly muscular Title IX enforcement — launched with the best of intentions in response to real problems —…
Professor Schmitz Presents Draft Article on Online Dispute Resolution
Professor Amy J. Schmitz recently presented her draft article, “There’s an ‘App’ for That: Developing Online Dispute (ODR) Resolution that Bridges the Digital Divide,” at the University of Kansas School of Law. In this paper, Professor Schmitz explains how developing nations have lagged in their establishment and use of ODR due in large part to the digital divide and lack…