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July 21, 2026
Professor Gamage quoted in CNBC
Professor David Gamage was quoted extensively in a recent CNBC story about the impending California billionaire tax ballot initiative. An initiative in which Gamage was instrumental in drafting. “California will, I think, more likely be better off if this is passed than not. Businesses thrive in… Read More
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July 7, 2026
Professor Conklin quoted in BBC
Professor Carli Conklin was recently quoted in a story by BBC on the American Constitution: “The document was both political and philosophical, asserting the ‘separate and equal station’ of the new United States among the nations of the Earth, while also laying out the philosophical underpinnings for that assertion. As both Thomas Jefferson and fellow drafter John Adams stated, the Declaration was not asserting anything new. It was not intended to do so. These ideas were commonplace in Enlightenment Era discussions about politics and law, with many of these ideas stretching back millennia. What was new was…
July 6, 2026
Professor Gamage quoted in New York Times
Professor David Gamage was recently quoted in the New York Times regarding the “Billionaire Tax” bill currently on the ballot in California. Professor Gamage was instrumental in helping draf the legislation. “They could have written language that would have clearly overruled the billionaire wealth tax if their language passed and got more votes, but they didn’t. So the question is whether their roundabout attempts to have that effect will be successful.” Read the full story here.
June 18, 2026
Two Mizzou Law students earn scholarships to support research
Two Mizzou Law students have been awarded Trans World Airline (TWA) scholarships for the 2026-2027 school year. TWA scholarships fund undergraduate and graduate students who perform or plan to perform research addressing environmental issues. Scholarships are awarded annually to students based on their academic accomplishments and research interests. Mero Libimbi, a rising 2L at Mizzou Law, received the scholarship to help fund her research examining how environmental and social conditions contribute to health disparities among Black women, with a focus on chronic illness and maternal health outcomes. Mero is particularly interested in understanding how these disparities are…
June 17, 2026
Associate Dean Lietzan speaks at health law meeting
Earlier in June, Associate Dean Erika Lietzan spoke at the American Society of Law Medicine & Ethics annual Health Law professors meeting, hosted this year at Georgia State. Along with her co-authors of the leading casebook on food and drug law, Dean Lietzan spoke about developments in food and drug law in the last twelve months and what’s ahead.
June 16, 2026
Professor Gamage quoted in Wall Street Journal
Professor David Gamage was quoted recently in the Wall Street Journal regarding the Billionaire Tax ballot initiative that he was integral in drafting. Whether any of the strategies ultimately works will depend on the specific facts in play, said David Gamage, a professor at the University of Missouri law school who helped draft the proposed tax. “I like to tell my students this maxim of tax-planning: Pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered,” Gamage said. “You can often get away with some amount of restructuring affairs, but if you go too far and get too greedy, you can get in…
June 15, 2026
Rising 2L wins Miss Missouri Pageant
Tabitha Crain, a rising 2L at Mizzou Law, is the new Miss Missouri after winning the annual pageant over the weekend. Crain is a 24-year-old from Strafford in southwest Missouri. She is a University of Missouri School of Law student who competed in the pageant for the third time. She earned a $14,000 scholarship and will represent Missouri in the Miss America competition later this year. The new Miss Missouri told Missourinet that young women around the state should stay persistent and keep following their dreams. “You really never know what’s on the other…
June 11, 2026
Associate Dean Lietzan named ACUS Senior Fellow
Associate Dean and Professor Erika Lietzan was recently appointed as a Senior Fellow of the Administrative Conference of the United States. Dean Lietzan was previously a Public Member of the ACUS and also served as co-chair of the Joint Ad Hoc Committee of the Committee on Adjudication and Committee on Administration and Management this past year. The Administrative Conference of the United States is a federal agency within the executive branch dedicated to improving administrative law and federal regulatory processes. It conducts applied research, and provides expert recommendations and other advice, to improve federal agency…