Mary Scott (’90) served as the first female editor-in-chief of the Missouri Law Review in…
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Arsenio Mims, First Black Editor-in-Chief of a Mizzou Law Review, Graduates
Arsenio L. Mims served as the first African-American Editor-In-Chief of any law journal at the University of Missouri School of Law. He was the EIC of the Journal of Environmental and Sustainability…
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…
Ellar Duff Appointed First Black Female Associate Judge on Third Judicial Circuit in Madison County, IL
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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…
Ron Norwood, First Black Mizzou Law Student Elected to Editorial Board of Law Review, Graduates
Ron Norwood was the first Black Mizzou law student elected to the Editorial Board of the Missouri Law…
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…
Kim J. Norwood, First Black Student Named to Law Review, Graduates from Mizzou Law
Kim Norwood, class of 1985, was the first Black Mizzou Law graduate named to Law Review. Prof. Norwood also became the first Black female Mizzou Law graduate to become a law professor at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis,…
Mizzou Law Partially Moves to Lowry Hall
Due to the rising number of students coming to Mizzou Law, law classes were held in Lowry Hall in addition to Tate…
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,…