The Veterans Clinic’s Brent Filbert will be a guest on Cliff Kelley’s radio show, Game Changer, on May 16 at 5 pm, central time. The show is sponsored by the America’s Heroes Group and airs on WVON in Chicago. Filbert will discuss the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic in general and talk about rural outreach to veterans through Tigers for…
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Mizzou Law Disperses Grant to Students for COVID-19 Relief
The AccessLex Institute generously provided the University of Missouri School of Law with a grant to assist our students with COVID-19 related emergency relief. We made these funds available to all Mizzou Law students regardless of status or financial aid eligibility to provide relief with COVID-19 related expenses. The Law School awarded 35 students a total of $25,000 in emergency…
Professor Trachtenberg to present CLE on Legal Ethics and the Coronavirus
Professor Ben Trachtenberg will present a CLE on legal ethics for the Boone County Bar Association on May 13. The CLE is in lieu of the regular May meeting and will be conducted via videoconference. Prof. Trachtenberg will cover ethical issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, including duties that lawyers have if they become ill, the duties of “diligence” and…
Fulton (Mo.) Rotary Club hears from Veterans Clinic
Professor Brent Filbert, staff attorney for the Veterans Clinic, and Sara O’Connor, support specialist, spoke to the Rotary Club in Fulton, Mo., via Zoom on April 22. An article in the Fulton Sun, Veterans Clinic offers free legal help to vets, shared details about what they explained about the services of the Veterans Clinic and its Tigers for Troops…
Mizzou Law BOA Committee announces 2020 Order of the Barristers
Please join the Mizzou Law BOA Committee in congratulating the 2020 members of Order of Barristers. Student members are selected for the Order based on the criteria in Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution of the Order of Barristers. This is a national honor presented to students who excel in advocacy, professionalism and service. 2020 Order of the Barristers Kevin Bross…
Mizzou Law Board of Advocates Announces 2020-2021 Board Members
Chair Eli Dodge Judging Directors Brionna Pratt Dylan Blumenthal Interschool Competition Director Luke Hawley Public Relations Director Amanda Mollett Negotiation Director Bryan Oliver Mediation Director Tori Schafer Mock Trial Director Phelan Simpkins Moot Court Director Emily…
Featured Alumnus: Art Hinshaw
Although Art Hinshaw wasn’t born in Columbia, he has grown to see it as his home. In addition to spending grades 6 through 10 in town, Hinshaw received both his JD and LLM from Mizzou Law and in turn, worked at the law school while serving as an adjunct professor. His time at Mizzou led him into a career in…
Featured Student Leader: Natasha Martinez
Natasha Martinez is a 2L at Mizzou Law who serves as the American Constitution Society President, a representative on the Graduate Professional Council, Journal of Dispute Resolution member, and is the newly elected Vice-President of Mizzou Law SBA. Martinez grew up in Excelsior Springs, Missouri and studied political science, poverty studies and leadership at Washburn University before joining us at…
NBC News references Professor Oliveri’s research on sexual harassment of tenants
An April 17 story on NBCnews.com, Landlords are targeting vulnerable tenants to solicit sex in exchange for rent, advocates say, shares stories of landlords taking advantage of tenants during the coronavirus outbreak. The story references the 2018 pilot study by Professor Rigel Oliveri on the sexual harassment of tenants by…
Journal of Dispute Resolution announces editorial board for 2020-2021
Editorial Board for the Journal of Dispute Resolution for the 2020-2021 academic year: Editor in Chief, Bryan Oliver Associate Editor in Chief, Natasha Martinez Managing Editor, Seth Christensen Associate Managing Editor, Jarred Boyer Associate Managing Editor, Yao Li Senior Note and Comment Editor, Kevin Johnston Note and Comment Editor, Eli Dodge Note and Comment Editor, Noel Fisher Note and…