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October 26, 2026
Professor Gamage’s article reviewed in Jotwell
Professor David Gamage’s recent article, “Expert Report On the California 2026 Billionaire Tax: Revenue, Economic, and Constitutional Analysis,” was identified as one of the best works of recent scholarship relating to tax law in a review recently published in Jotwell: The Journal of Things We Like (Lots). Read More
October 23, 2026
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium to host NYU professor
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Oct. 20, 2026
Mizzou Law alumni reunite with old friends, good advice and one tough football game
By Tanner O’Neal Riley The Mizzou Law classes of 1968 and 2018 don’t share many memories. They took different exams, read different casebooks and probably complained about different professors. But on Oct. 17, they shared a room, a meal and plenty of conversation. Mizzou Law alumni from across the state and beyond came back to Columbia for the school’s All-Class Reunion. The day started with the 2026 Alumni Awards Brunch in the Mizzou Law Library in Hulston Hall. It was the kind of crowd you can only find at a law school reunion. Federal judges swapped…
Oct. 15, 2026
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium hosts Toronto Law professor
On Oct. 21, Robin Morgan (Toronto Law) will present “Substance Over Form as a Doctrine of Legal Characterization.” The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at dgamage@missouri.edu for details, the zoom login, and to be sent the draft paper. Anyone who would like to be added…
Oct. 15, 2026
Professor Henson presents at AALS Forum
Professor Renee Henson recently presented her article, “The Algorithmic Playground and the Jurisprudence of Irresistibility,” at the AALS Education Law and Children’s Law Scholars’ Forum at Georgetown Law. Her article explores how the longstanding tort doctrine of attractive nuisance might inform the legal responsibilities of digital platforms, particularly whether its underlying principles support affirmative duties to protect children from foreseeable harms associated with platform design.
Oct. 14, 2026
Professor Gamage’s work on “billionaire wealth tax” discussed in The New Yorker, Sac Bee
The “Billionaire Wealth Tax” proposal on the California ballot this November was recently discussed extensively in articles in The New Yorker and the Sacramento Bee. The proposal was developed by Professor David Gamage and other co-authors. From The New Yorker: “Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman … and David Gamage, a former Berkeley law professor, began working with Senator Elizabeth Warren on a wealth-tax proposal for her 2020 Presidential campaign.”; “They helped draft a proposal from Joe Biden to tax the unrealized capital gains of the richest Americans and a similar proposal from Senator Ron Wyden, of Oregon.” …
Oct. 9, 2026
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium hosts Minnesota law professor
On Oct. 14, Vinita Singh (Minnesota Law) will present “Weaponization of Taxation: Sovereign Tax Immunity as a National Security Tool” The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at dgamage@missouri.edu for details, the zoom login, and to be sent the draft paper. Anyone who would like…
Oct. 5, 2026
First-time Missouri Bar takers pass at high rate
Mizzou Law graduates who were first-time takers of the 2026 July Missouri Bar Exam passed at a 93% rate, eight percentage points higher than the overall passage rate for all first-time takers. Additionally, 90% of all Mizzou Law graduates who took the exam in July passed.
Oct. 2, 2026
Mizzou Law Tax Colloquium hosts Wash U and Northwestern
On Oct. 7, Conor Clarke (Wash U Law) will present “The Indirect Taxes” (with Ari Glogower, Northwestern Law). The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will a live presentation and will be open only to guest participants who are able to join us in the Mizzou Law building. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at dgamage@missouri.edu for details.