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The University of Missouri School of Law educates and trains the next generation of lawyers and leaders in Missouri and beyond. With six of the seven judges on the Missouri Supreme Court as alumni, as well as dozens of politicians and hundreds of corporate and legal leaders, Mizzou Law is changing our world one student at a time. We foster a diverse faculty of nationally recognized scholars who are committed to effective teaching and attract a student body with diverse experiences and views. Mizzou Law offers an intellectually rigorous and collegial environment for the study of law. Furthermore, we graduate well-rounded lawyers who are sensitive to ethical issues, prepared to serve clients, and ready to be leaders in promoting justice.
WHY MIZZOU LAW?
#8
Ranked Best Value Law School, National Jurist
#57
Best Law School, U.S. News & World Report
97%
Overall employment within 10 months of graduation, Class of 2024
Meet the Missouri Method
LEARN BY DOING
Mizzou Law students learn the law by practicing the law. Mizzou Law boasts four clinics, 10 dual degree programs, eight certificate programs and countless elective courses to provide students with a challenging and practice education. This is enhanced by a strong traditional curriculum with an orientation toward lawyering as a problem-solving endeavor.
Pictured: Students gain practical experience in national competitions, like the National Disability Law Apellate Competition, which our students have won two years in a row.
Meet Our Faculty
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FACULTY
Mizzou Law faculty are recognized for achievement inside and outside the classroom. They are regularly honored for excellence in teaching with awards such as the Kemper Fellowship and the Gold Chalk Award. However, their influence isn’t limited to the classroom. They have published industry-changing articles in national academic journals, called upon by national media outlets for their expertise, and have presented around the world on a variety of legal issues.
Graduate with Minimal Debt
An incredible legal education doesn’t need to come with a hefty price tag.
- Mizzou Law is ranked as the #11 Best Value Law School by National Jurist
- We rank as a Top 15 law school where you can pay off debt, according to U.S. News
- 70% of Mizzou Law students receive scholarships
- $24,000 – median scholarship amount
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dec. 18, 2025
Professor Rana publishes new article on how populist governments engage with international bodies
Assistant provost and professor Shruti Rana recently published a new article in the Melbourne Journal of International Law examining how populist governments in constitutional democracies often challenge, de-legitimize, or withdraw from treaty-based and other international bodies. Rana’s article, written alongside co-authors Peter Danchin, Jeremy Farrall and Imogen Saunders, proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing contemporary patterns of state engagement and disengagement with international law and institutions amid rising populist backlash against the post-1945 liberal order. To read the full article, click here.
Dec. 18, 2025
Professor Boyack connects scholarship and real-world legal challenges
by Tanner O’Neal Riley Professor Andrea Boyack continues to advance legal scholarship that bridges theory, teaching and practical policy challenges, with a focus on housing, consumer protection and economic inequality. Her work – including her two current book projects, classroom engagement innovations, op-eds, and comparative research – offers insights into how law shapes everyday life. Professor Boyack is writing an ambitious book called Framing Housing Law and Policy, a project based on collaborative research with retired Professor Tim Iglesias of San Francisco. The book will examine how the way legal rules are conceptualized (or “framed”) affects both policy and…
Dec. 15, 2025
Associate Dean Lietzan speaks at Food and Drug Law Institute conference
Associate Dean Erika Lietzan spoke at the annual Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance conference of the Food and Drug Law Institute earlier in December. She addressed the likely impact on FDA of several recent Supreme Court administrative law cases, including SEC v. Jarkesy (relating to an agency’s ability to adjudicate civil money penalties administratively) and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (which overruled the Chevron decision and established that courts must consider questions of law de novo rather than deferring to an agency’s interpretation of the statute it administers). Among other things, Professor Lietzan discussed her new paper on the impact of Loper Bright (available…
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