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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. Read More
June 17, 2026
Associate Dean Lietzan speaks at health law meeting
June 16, 2026
Professor Gamage quoted in Wall Street Journal
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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…
June 10, 2026
Professor Henson publishes article on AI in the Boston University Law Review
Professor Renee Henson’s latest article, “Artificial Intelligence, Judicial Evolution, and Insurance,” has been published in the Boston University Law Review. The article examines how courts are increasingly permitting certain algorithmic injury claims to proceed and explores the insurance implications of that development. As AI-related litigation continues to evolve, existing insurance products may leave significant gaps in coverage for certain AI-related harms, raising important questions about compensation, risk allocation, and the future development of insurance markets. Click here to read the article.
June 9, 2026
Professor Rana presents at Law and Society Conference
In late May, Professor Shruti Rana presented on the “Leading Through Crisis and Uncertainty” panel at the Law and Society Annual Conference in San Francisco, discussing ways to support faculty, law schools, and universities with co-panelists Dean Austen Parrish, Professor Meera Deo, Kaisa Goodman, and Ben Hur. (Picture attached) She also served as a faculty mentor as part of the Law & Society Early Career Workshop and moderated the panel “Life Beyond Academia” with Professors Dee Smythe and Thalia Gonzales during the workshop. …
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…
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.