Congratulations to 2023 graduate Hirsh Joshi, who received the American Bar Association award for Best Advocate, 5th Place from the 2022-2023 Oklahoma City Regional. We believe this is the first time a Mizzou Law student has won this award! Dean Paul Litton and Professor Chuck Henson presented the…
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Mizzou Law Library Announces New Hire
Mizzou Law is excited to welcome its newest staff member to Hulston Hall as Abdulrahman Alzahrani joins the Mizzou Law Library as the reference and electronic services librarian. Abdulrahman is a recent graduate of Syracuse University where he earned dual master’s degrees in Library and Information Science and Applied Data Science. He is also a graduate of Washington University, where…
Dean JR Swanegan Honored with Missouri Lawyers Diversity and Inclusion Award
JR Swanegan, assistant dean for admissions at Mizzou Law has been named a 2023 Diversity & Inclusion Award recipient by Missouri Lawyers Media. These awards recognize attorneys, judges, firms and organizations that are significantly advancing diversity, inclusion and the dignity of all people in Missouri’s legal profession and in communities in which exceptional legal work helps ensure justice for all.…
New state funding allows Mizzou Law to reopen Family Violence Clinic
Contact: Courtney Perrett, 573-882-6217, cperrett@missouri.edu When it opened in the early ‘90s, the Family Violence Clinic at the University of Missouri School of Law was among the first of its kind: a safehaven for indigent victims of violence and a place for law students to gain the practical experience essential to a successful career as an attorney. Now, after…
Mizzou Law Hires Anthony Meyer, ’18, as New Visiting Associate Professor
Leaders at the University of Missouri School of Law are excited to announce that Anthony Meyer will be joining the Mizzou Law faculty this summer as a visiting associate professor. Before teaching at Mizzou, Professor Meyer started his own law practice in Columbia. Prior to founding his own firm, he worked at Lear Werts LLP a plaintiff-centered litigation firm where…
Oliveri, Crouch and Henson win annual Mizzou Law faculty awards
Each year, three Mizzou Law faculty members receive awards: one for a scholarly work, one for teaching, and one for the administration of justice. I am writing to announce this year’s recipients. The Husch Blackwell Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award is awarded for teaching excellence, and the recipient is chosen by the Missouri Law Review editorial board. This years’ awardee is…
Faculty Spotlight — Meet Dean Sandra Sperino
A first generation undergraduate and law student, Sandra Sperino applied to law school not quite sure of what her life would look like as a lawyer, or where her career in the legal field would take her. Though Sperino, now an associate dean and Elwood L. Thomas Missouri Endowed Professor at Mizzou Law, spent a brief period working in journalism…
Professor Dennis Crouch cited in Washington Post article
Dennis Crouch, an associate professor of law and director of the Center for Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship at the University of Missouri School of Law, was cited this week in an article in the Washington Post. The article references Professor Crouch’s 2022 study of Federal Circuit patent decisions statistically showing what was already common knowledge – that the outcome often…
Brent Filbert Named NIMJ Fellow
University of Missouri School of Law Veterans Clinic Director Brent Filbert has been named a fellow at the National Institute of Military Justice (NIMJ). Professor Filbert was selected as a fellow of the institute based on his abilities and expertise in the fields of military law and veterans law. He will serve a two-year term as fellow, from 2023-2025. “To…
Henson to Join Mizzou Law Faculty
The University of Missouri School of Law continues a spring of growth with the exciting announcement that Renee Henson will join the Mizzou Law faculty this summer. Professor Henson will serve as visiting assistant professor of law at Mizzou Law. Professor Henson arrives at Mizzou from Stinson LLP, where she practiced as a business and commercial litigation attorney representing clients…