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 2026
Taxing Dynasties, David Gamage, Brian D. Galle, and Bob Lord
Expert Report On The California 2026 Billionaire Tax: Revenue, Economic, and Constitutional Analysis, David Gamage, Brian D. Galle, Emmanuel Saez, and Darien Shanske
Expert Report on Valuation of Controlling Shares of Publicly Traded Companies Under the California Billionaire Tax Act (CBTA), David Gamage, Brian D. Galle, Emmanuel Saez, and Darien Shanske
Correcting the Record: Responding to Some Legal Arguments About the 2026 Billionaire Tax Act, David Gamage, Brian D. Galle, and Darien Shanske
The Bankruptcy Judge and the Generalist Tradition, Alexander Gouzoules
De-Skilling or Re-Skilling? The Case for Smarter Writing Assignments, John Lande
Why AI May Be Your Best Negotiation and Mediation Coach, John Lande
Turning Risks of Cheating with AI into Opportunities for Better Teaching, John M. Lande
FDA After Loper Bright, Erika Lietzan
Toddlers, Investors, and Tax Policy, Lauren Shores Pelikan
Investigation Expenses, Ryan Vacca
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
Lynk Labs: How the Least-Vetted Documents Destroy Issued Patents, 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
Assessing the Tax Communications of E-Commerce Vendors, Part II, David Gamage
Beyond Blinders and Boomerangs: Assessing State Business Taxation, David Gamage
Profit Shifting and the States: A Short Primer, David Gamage
Moore Questions, Some Answers: Fixing the Personal Tax System Despite Constitutional Constraints, David Gamage, John R. Brooks, and Edward J. McCaffery
Money Moves: Taxing the Wealthy at the State Level, David Gamage, Brian D. Galle, and Darien Shanske
Tax Base Diversification as an Enforcement Tool, David Gamage, Brian Galle, and Yulia Kuchumova
NCTI is the New GILTI, and States Should Still Conform, David Gamage and Darien Shanske
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
A Video Guide for Teaching Law Students to Use AI Wisely, John Lande
Choosing to Use Good Language in the "ADR" Field, John Lande
Did Your Student or a Bot Write This Paper?: Teaching and Grading in the Age of AI, John Lande
Facing Faculty Fears About AI, John Lande
Faculty Use of Artificial Intelligence in Teaching, 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
How Mediators and Lawyers Can Use AI: A Practical Video Guide, 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
Solving Professors' Dilemmas about Prohibiting or Promoting Student AI Use, 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 AI Prompting in Law and Dispute Resolution Practice, 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
Teaching with AI: Insights from a Faculty Focus Group, John M. Lande
Evergreening's Empirical Chasm, Erika Lietzan
Whose Right(s)?: Civil Rights Impact of Cultural Conflicts in the Curriculum, S. David Mitchell
Housing Sexual Harassment: A Department of Justice Case Study, Rigel C. Oliveri
Legal and Policy Responses to Sexual Harassment in Housing, Rigel C. Oliveri
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
A Silence after Slaughter-House: Nineteenth-Century State Constitutional Substantive Rights, Liberties, and Privileges, Charles W. "Rocky" Rhodes
Causation's Due Process Dimensions, Cassandra Burke Robertson and Charles W. "Rocky" Rhodes
Historical Practice at the Founding, Ryan Snyder
When is Discrimination Harmful?, Sandra F. Sperino
Understanding Landowner Perceptions: Enhancing Conservation Easement Adoption in Missouri's Priority Landscapes, McKenna N. Thompson, Jennah I. Klein, Robin M. Rotman, Sonja A. Wilhelm Stanis, Gus C. Raeker, and Michele D. Baumer
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
Coping With California’s Deficit, Part 1: Borrowing and Taxes, David Gamage and Darien Shanske
Coping With California’s Deficit, Part 2: Permissible Borrowing, David Gamage and Darien Shanske
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
Bridging the Divide: Does the EU’s AI Act Offer Code for Regulating Emergent Technologies in America?, Renee Henson
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