Dec. 10, 2024

Professor Gouzoules quoted in Bloomberg Law

Professor Alexander Gouzoules was quoted in a story in Bloomberg Law on X (i.e. Twitter) attempting to block the sale of Alex Jones’s social media accounts in the Infowars bankruptcy. The bankruptcy system largely relies on nonbankruptcy law to determine property rights, but that doesn’t mean the estate can sell that interest, said Alexander Gouzoules, a professor at the University of Missouri School of Law focused on law and bankruptcy. “Restrictions on the transfer of property don’t necessarily vanish just because an interest in that property became…

Dec. 10, 2024

Alumni Spotlight — Meet Arsenio Mims

By Anna Sago In between his successful three years at Mizzou Law, where he served as the first Black editor-in-chief of any law journal (the Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law), and his acceptance of a federal clerkship, Arsenio Mims was facing a difficult two months. Despite his success as a student, he had just become a full-time single parent of his son and his younger brother, and he was unable to begin employment at his clerkship until Sept. 1. But he also needed to put food on the table. “I went to [Mizzou Law financial aid adviser Jeff Turnbull’s]…

Dec. 9, 2024

Professor David Gamage presents at Penn conference

Professor David Gamage presented at the University of Pennsylvania Tax Discrimination Conference on Dec. 6-7.

Dec. 9, 2024

Veterans Clinic Attorney Quoted in Bloomberg Law

Katie Becker, a staff attorney with the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic, authored the brief. Katie Becker, a staff attorney in the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic, was quoted last week in an article in Bloomberg Law about a current U.S. Supreme Court case regarding veterans benefits. Becker authored an amicus brief submitted by the clinic in the case Feliciano vs. Department of Transportation. . This landmark case addresses the entitlement of federal employee reservists to differential pay during active-duty service in a national emergency. To read Becker’s quote and the full Bloomberg Law article, visit: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/reservists-pay-case-puts-spotlight-on-financial-cost-of-service.

Dec. 6, 2024

Professor Boyack’s research featured on podcast

Professor Andrea Boyack was recently a guest on a podcast discussing her forthcoming article, “Abuse of Contract: Boilerplate Erasure of Consumer Counterparty Rights.” The Consumer Finance Monitor podcast episode examines Professor Boyack’s research and discusses two separate consumer contract initiatives. To listen to the episode, visit: https://www.ballardspahr.com/insights/blogs/2024/11/podcast-an-empirical-study-of-boilerplate-in-consumer-contracts…

Nov. 25, 2024

Dean Sperino provides employment law training this fall

In October, Sandra Sperino, associate dean for research and faculty development, traveled to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland to provide training about employment discrimination law at the Titus Employment Law Seminar. In November, Sandra Sperino provided CLE at the Boone County Bar Association’s monthly meeting. She discussed new issues in employment discrimination law.

Nov. 22, 2024

Mizzou Law alumna is first Black female prosecutor elected in Jackson County

Melesa Johnson, ’14, made history by becoming the first Black woman to be elected as Jackson County, Mo. prosecutor. To read more, visit: https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/melesa-johnson-makes-history-as-1st-black-woman-elected-jackson-county-prosecutor…

Nov. 21, 2024

Dean Sperino publishes article in the Texas Law Review

Sandra Sperino, associate dean for research and faculty development and the Elwood L. Thomas Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, this fall published an article, “Bostock and the Forgotten EEOC” in the Texas Law Review. On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued a historic opinion. In Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the SCOTUS formally recognized that federal discrimination law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Supreme Court barely mentioned the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency charged with enforcing federal discrimination law. In her article, Dean Sperino argues that…

Nov. 20, 2024

Students Play Key Role in Briefing in Federal Courts 

This semester, students in the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic have played key roles in advocating for veterans before major courts. Two of the Clinic’s students, Rachel Elliott, 3L, and Brady Hays, 2L, worked on cases in United States federal courts.  Rachel Elliot, who is part of the Advanced Veterans Clinic, recently authored and submitted a brief to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. After completing the necessary paperwork for admission to the Court as a law student and with the approval of the dean, Rachel was able to fully brief the case. Rachel drew on her prior experience…

Nov. 19, 2024

Following family footsteps for child and family justice

By Anna Sago Chuck and Hope Adamson have made the Child and Family Justice Clinic a family affair. Growing up, Hope Adamson has always had a close relationship with her dad, Chuck. It’s a relationship that only deepened after Hope, then a political science major at the University of Missouri, asked to shadow the elder Adamson, who heads the employment trial division at the Missouri Attorney General’s office, during a trial. “She comes out to this trial that ran six, seven days … so this was a long civil trial,” he said. “She saw everything … and at the end…