News Archive
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… Read More
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June 8, 2026
Professor Myers and recent Mizzou Law graduate publish new casebook
Professor Gary Myers and Meghan McAuliff, ’25, have published a new casebook that refocuses tort law for the NextGen Bar Exam. McAuliff, who is a current law clerk for Missouri Supreme Court Judge Paul Wilson, along with Professor Tracy Pearl of the University of Oklahoma, worked with Professor Myers publish “Experiencing Tort Law,” which takes a blended approach to learning tort law, incorporating traditional cases and restatement provisions with new cases highlighting modern applications of tort law to new and novel issues. The book also includes experiential exercises and practice multiple choice questions at the end of each section, allowing ample…
June 2, 2026
Professor Rana speaks at Global Law & Political Economy Workshop
In late May, Professor Shruti Rana spoke at the 2026 Global Law & Political Economy Workshop on “Reconstructing State Capacity” at the UC Berkeley School of Law. She presented her paper, “Weaponizing State Inaction: Theorizing the Care Crisis in International Law from the Pandemic to the Present,” and was featured on the Plenary Panel on Building Capacity, Constraining Contradiction: Legal Architecture of Governance. The workshop was co-sponsored by the Law and Political Economy Collective and the UC Berkeley School of Law.
June 1, 2026
Professor Gouzoules publishes article in Minnesota Law Review
Professor Alexander Gouzoules published an article on non-Article III adjudication in the Minnesota Law Review. The article challenges modern assumptions about judicial independence and constitutional structure by recovering the historical role of judges appointed during Senate recesses, many of whom exercised judicial power before receiving Senate confirmation. The article examines the implications of this historical record for non-Article III courts, such as bankruptcy courts.
May 28, 2026
Professor Oliveri speaks at UN women’s panel
Professor Rigel Oliveri of the University of Missouri School of Law participated in a joint UN Women panel on women’s empowerment and safe housing, held at the World Urban Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan, alongside global human rights advocates, municipal officials, and academics. She discussed how the sexual harassment of low-income women by their housing providers is a product of a chronic shortage of affordable housing and leads to further instability for affected households. The panel, titled “ONE UN – Beyond shelter: adequate, safe, resilient housing for gender equality and women’s empowerment,” explored how women—particularly in developing and transition states—are affected by…
May 27, 2026
Professor Gamage quoted in New Republic story
Professor David Gamage was quoted extensively in a New Republic story on the California Billionaire Tax ballot measure. A measure Professor Gamage helped draft through his academic scholarship. Read the full story here.
May 18, 2026
Associate Dean Lietzan’s article highlighted in The Regulatory Review
Associate Dean and Professor Erika Lietzan‘s new article forthcoming in the SMU Law Review, “FDA After Loper Bright,” was recently reviewed in “The Regulatory Review.” The Review article highlights Professor Lietzans argument that the Loper Bright decision “may not be nearly as devastating” for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as many scholars believe it will be. Read the full The Regulatory Review article here.
May 11, 2026
3L Graduate Spotlight— Meet Jasmine De Los Rios: Survivor. Warrior. Advocate.
By: Tanner O’Neal Riley The first time Mizzou Law 3L Jasmine De Los Rios learned what survival meant, she was a child standing in the aftermath of violence. “When I was a minor, my biological father beat my mom so badly she ended up in the ER—she was nearly dead,” she said. “When the police arrived, they saw me… I had bruises all over my legs.” For a brief stretch of time, there was quiet. “He was gone for about a year… and during that time, we were able to breathe.” But the quiet didn’t last—it rarely does in homes…