Timeline: History of University of Missouri School of Law ⋅ Page 2

Hulston Hall Opens

Also called the “New Law Barn”, Hulston Hall opened in 1988 to provide a larger space for the increasing amount of students attending Mizzou…

Ann Kettering Covington Appointed First Female Missouri Court of Appeals Judge

Ann Kettering Covington, Mizzou Law class of 1977, was the first woman to be appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals as a judge. Shortly after this, she was appointed as the first woman to the Supreme Court of Missouri, where she served from 1989 to 2001. She served a two-year term during this period as the Court’s Chief Justice…

Michael A. Middleton is First Black Law Professor at Mizzou Law

Prof. Middleton, class of 1971, was the second Black student to enroll, fully matriculate, and graduate from Mizzou Law. In 1985, Prof. Middleton became the first African American law professor at Mizzou Law. In 1998, Prof. Middleton was also the first Black Mizzou Law graduate to be appointed Deputy Chancellor of the University of…

Addition to Tate Hall Completed

As the law school continued to grow in size, plans for an addition to Tate Hall were drafted in 1958. The Mizzou law faculty approved these plans, which included a combination courtroom, classroom, and auditorium located on the ground floor. The second and third floors featured conference rooms, offices for the deans and faculty, additional space for the library collection,…