The faculty at the University of Missouri School of Law research, publish and teach in a wide variety of disciplines of the law. Where possible, the Law Library has provided open access to this body of work.
Submissions from 2025
Abuse of Contract: Boilerplate Erasure of Consumer Counterparty Rights, Andrea Boyack
Federal Circuit’s Filing Requirements: A Trap for Even the Experts, Dennis D. Crouch
Million-Dollar Mysteries: Recent Complex Patent Cases Lost to Rule 36, Dennis D. Crouch
Second-Guessing the Jury: The Federal Circuit's Flawed Take on Enhanced Damages in Halo v. Pulse, Dennis D. Crouch
The Fintiv Pendulum Swings Again: More Discretionary Denials Coming Soon, Dennis D. Crouch
Discovery, Injury, and Diligence: Reconciling Subjective and Objective Copyright Limitations Standards Post-Warner Chappell, Dennis D. Crouch and Timothy Knight
Church Autonomy, Textualism, and Originalism: SCOTUS's Use of History to Give Definition to Church Autonomy Doctrine, Carl H. Esbeck
Louisiana's Ten Commandments Statute: With Litigation Updates from Arkansas and Texas, Carl H. Esbeck
Assessing the Tax Communications of E-Commerce Vendors, Part I, David Gamage
Beyond Blinders and Boomerangs: Assessing State Business Taxation, David Gamage
Winter Is Coming: What States Should Do Now, Part I, David Gamage and Darien Shanske
Government-Backed Insurance for Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Renee Henson
The Essence of an Antitrust Violation, Thomas A. Lambert
A Practical Guide for Using the RPS Negotiation and Mediation Coach, John Lande
Choosing to Use Good Language in the "ADR" Field, John Lande
Facing Faculty Fears About AI, John Lande
Getting Help from AI to Update Your Syllabus (Even If You Think It's Just Fine), John Lande
Getting the Most from AI Tools: A Practical Guide to Writing Effective Prompts, John Lande
Good Language for Dispute Resolution Bots and Humanoids, John Lande
How AI Can Help Mediators Say What They Really Mean, John Lande
How Can You Turn Adversarial Attorneys into Quasi-Mediators?, John Lande
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bot: What I Learned About AI and What You Can Too, John Lande
Promoting Better Dispute Decision-Making with an AI Tool Built on RPS Theory, John Lande
RPS Coach is Biased - And Proud of It, John Lande
RPS Coach Project: A Growing Library About a Valuable AI Tool, John Lande
Teaching with AI - and Teaching Students to Use It Well, John Lande
Technology and Me and You: Getting Comfortable with AI, John Lande
The Artificially Intelligent RPS Negotiation and Mediation Coach, John Lande
The Art of Mediation Representation: Helping Clients Make Good Decisions, John Lande
Thinking Like Mediators About the Future of AI, John Lande
Training Humanoids to Use Good Dispute Resolution Language, John Lande
Using AI to Promote Student Learning Through Preparation for and Reflection about Simulations, John Lande
What's the Matter With BATNA? It's Misleading and Doesn't Help Advance Parties' Important Interests, John Lande
When AI Comes to the Table: How Tech Tools Will Change ADR, John Lande
Comparative Lessons for Enhancing Representation in the U.S. Judiciary - And Countering Democratic Decline, Shruti Rana
International Law and the Rise of Populism, Shruti Rana, Peter G. Danchin, Jeremy Farrall, Jolyon Ford, and Imogen Saunders
Causation's Due Process Dimensions, Cassandra Burke Robertson and Charles W. "Rocky" Rhodes
Submissions from 2024
Rebalancing Judicial Immunity for Civil Rights Actions, Bailey D. Barnes
The Obvious Violation Exception to Qualified Immunity: An Empirical Study, Bailey D. Barnes
Guns, Vices and Freedom, Oh My: A Preliminary Empirical Investigation, Royce de R. Barondes
Recruiting the Right Candidate, Cynthia Bassett
Just Consumer Financial Protection: Prevention or Cure, Andrea Boyack
Spatiotemporal Patterns for Agroforestry Tree Crops in the U.S. Corn Belt for USDA Census of Agriculture Periods 2012–2022, Andria Caruthers, Justin Dijak, and Robin M. Rotman
ADR in the Ongoing Experiment of American Law, Carli N. Conklin
The Original Meaning of the Sixteenth Amendment, David Gamage and John R. Brooks
The Policy and Politics of Alternative Minimum Taxes, David Gamage and Ari Glogower
Toward a Better Understanding of Mail Balloting: The Case of U.S. Labor Union-Representation Elections, Rafael Gely, Leonard Bierman, and Timothy Chandler
Choosing Your Judge, Alexander Gouzoules
The Success of Pre-Enforcement Challenges to Antidiscrimination Laws, Alexander Gouzoules
Neo-Brandeisianism's Democracy Paradox, Thomas A. Lambert and Tate Cooper
A Snapshot of How Mediators Use Technology These Days, John Lande
Creating Educational Value by Teaching Law Students to be Quasi-Mediators, John Lande
Helping You Do the Best Mediation You Can, John Lande
How Attorneys Can Be Quasi-Mediators, John Lande
Incorporating Real-World Legal Practice Into Law School Curricula, John Lande
It's Time to Make Important Upgrades to Our Mediation Curriculum, John Lande
Law Schools Should Substantially Increase Instruction in Mediation Representation, John Lande
Model Mediation Course Syllabus With Teaching Notes, John Lande
Modern Mediation Practice in American Legal Cases, John Lande
Oxymorons R Us, John Lande
Practitioners Tell Why Real Practice System Checklists Are So Useful, John Lande
Ready, Set, Mediate!, John Lande
Real Practice Systems Annotated Bibliography, John Lande
Real Practice Systems Project Menu of Checklists for Attorneys in Mediation, John Lande
The Case for Mediation Representation Clinics and Externships, John Lande
The Case for Strategic Case Evaluation and Management Courses, John Lande
The Important Role of Attorneys in Promoting Parties' Self-Determination in Mediation, John Lande
Theory and Practice of Mediation Representation, John Lande
Top Ten Ways to Improve Your Mediation Skills, John Lande
Why Do Mediators Mediate the Way They Do?, John Lande
Petition Power, Erika Lietzan
User Fee Programs, Erika Lietzan
Modernizing the Medical Malpractice Standard of Care, Philip G. Peters Jr.
Caring for the Caregivers: Reimagining Institutional Recognition of Caregiving Work after the COVID Care Crisis, Shruti Rana
Truth in Advertising for Environmental Sustainability, Robin M. Rotman and Aidan David-Pennington
State Constitutional Limitations to Cities Taxing the Digital Economy, Lauren Shores Pelikan
Integrative Highway Rights-of-Way Management to Reduce Stormwater Run-Off and Enhance Habitat, Madeline M. Showers and Robin M. Rotman
A Tribute to Professor Marjorie Corman Aaron upon Her Retirement, Sandra F. Sperino
Bostock and the Forgotten EEOC, Sandra F. Sperino
Irreconcilable: McDonnell Douglas and Summary Judgment, Sandra F. Sperino
Revisiting the Federal Circuit En Banc, Ryan Vacca
Breaking the Vicious Cycle Fragmenting National Law, Ryan Vacca and Peter S. Menell
Intimate Partner Violence: Access to Protection Beyond the Pandemic, Rachel J. Wechsler
Submissions from 2023
Advice about Written Advocacy from the Washington Court of Appeals, Douglas E. Abrams
How Law Students' Part-Time Legal Employment Can Help Employers Improve Their Own Writing Skills, Douglas E. Abrams
References to Beatles Songs in Advocacy and Judicial Opinions, Douglas E. Abrams
References to Classic American Novels in Advocacy and Judicial Opinions, Douglas E. Abrams
What Lawyers can Teach Their Employed Law Students about 'Impactful Legal Writing', Douglas E. Abrams
A Uniform Standard for Certifying Questions to State Courts, Bailey D. Barnes
Contracts for Cohabitating Romantic Partners, Bailey D. Barnes
The Constitution's Waning Enforceability: Constitutional Torts after Egbert & Vega, Bailey D. Barnes
Tort Reform & the Takings Clause, Bailey D. Barnes
Red-Flag Laws, Civilian Firearms Ownership and Measures of Freedom, Royce de R. Barondes
Selections from The Civil Right to Keep and Bear Arms: Federal and Missouri Perspectives (2023 Edition), Royce de R. Barondes
Overcoming Barriers to Documenting Institutional Knowledge, Cynthia Bassett and Lauren Seney
There is No Such Thing as Circuit Law, Thomas B. Bennett
The Shape of Consumer Contracts, Andrea Boyack
Jurisdictional Conflicts in Adult Guardianship, David M. English