Aug. 18, 2026

Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic renews partnership with Missouri Attorney General’s office

Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her office is reinvigorating the Attorney General’s Office Defenders program, adding a partnership with the University of Missouri School of Law Veterans Clinic. “The men and women who protect our country deserve strong legal advocates,” said Attorney General Hanaway. “The Defenders program helps meet that need, but we cannot do it alone. We have partnered with the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic to better support our military community. I encourage attorneys across our state to join us and volunteer their time and expertise to support those who have served our country. Your service…

Aug. 7, 2026

Professor Sperino quoted in Law360

Professor Sandra Sperino was quoted in a Law360 article on circuit courts’ use of bias tests. Read the full article here.

July 31, 2026

Professor Woods presents at DWI conference

Professor Jayne Woods gave the plenary CLE presentation, “Who’s in the Driver’s Seat:  AI and Ethics in DWI Practice,” at the 2026 Bernard Edelmen DWI Science and Law Conference put on by the Missouri Bar.

July 31, 2026

Professor Sperino quoted in Bloomberg Law

Professor Sandra Sperino was recently quoted in a Bloomberg Law story regarding caps on how much money workers can actually recover when juries award them significant damages in employment discrimination cases. “Jurors considering Title VII cases aren’t told about the caps beforehand. So we end up with this sort of odd scenario where the jury is actually assigning damages and then, unbeknownst to the jury, after the verdict is rendered, then the judge is reducing the damages. Some remedies, such as back pay, aren’t subject to the caps. Those can be a large part of the recovery for…

July 30, 2026

Mizzou law professor offers new solution to strengthen the childcare workforce

A University of Missouri School of Law professor is reframing the national conversation about childcare, encouraging policymakers to invest in those who make the industry possible. In a new study, Lauren Shores Pelikan proposes directing tax benefits to childcare workers as a way to attract and retain the workforce needed to expand access to care. “My proposal is to shift some tax incentives to the provider side — not just to childcare businesses, but directly to childcare workers themselves,” Shores Pelikan said. “The goal is to get resources into the hands of the people providing care…

July 27, 2026

Professor Gamage quoted in KOMU story on Missouri income tax

Professor David Gamage was interviewed in a recent KOMU-TV story regarding the Missouri state income tax and the constitutional amendment on the upcoming ballot to remove it. “All of them [other states] have other ways of generating large revenues that Missouri is not currently contemplating. There are states that have large natural resource revenues: Alaska, Wyoming, to some extent Texas. There are states that have large tourism revenues, Nevada and Florida.”  See the full story here.

July 24, 2026

Professor Henson presents at Energy, AI, and Space workshop

Professor Renee Henson recently presented her work-in-progress paper, “The Algorithmic Playground and the Jurisprudence of Irresistibility,” at the Columbia, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt Virtual Workshop on Energy, AI, and Space.