Alumni
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Where are Mizzou Law Alumni?
The Mizzou Law alumni network stretches throughout Missouri, the Midwest, all 50 states and 38 countries.
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To promote the accomplishments and activities of our alumni, Mizzou Law publishes Alumni Notes on an ongoing basis on our website. To submit Alumni Notes, or to update your contact information, please use the Alumni Update Form or send an email to mulawdean@missouri.edu.
Mizzou Alumni in the Courts
Shaping History
Throughout the more than 150-year history of the University of Missouri School of Law, countless alumni have made an incredible impact on the law school, the justice system, and the world at large.
At present, Mizzou Law alumni make up:
- Six of seven judges on the Missouri Supreme Court
- All four women on the Supreme Court, making it the first female-majority bench in Missouri history.
Alumni News
Sep. 12, 2025
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium hosts Loyola professor
On Sep. 17 (Wednesday), Ellen Aprill (Loyola) will present the draft paper, “Revoking Tax-Exemption for Pursuit of DEI and Other Alleged Forms of Discrimination”, at the Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at dgamage@missouri.edu for details, the zoom login, and…
Sep. 11, 2025
Professor Emeritus Esbeck Quoted in Christianity Today
Carl Esbeck, the R.B. Price Professor Emeritus of Law and the Isabella Wade & Paul C. Lyda Professor Emeritus of Law, was quoted in a recent article in Christianity Today. The article addressed potential legal issues with the Trump White House issuing a suggestion that all Americans pray for at least one hour a week. Carl Esbeck teaches constitutional law at the University of Missouri School of Law and has authored Supreme Court briefs on many religious liberty cases over the years. He recently published an essay about some of the recent state laws requiring the display of…
Sep. 11, 2025
Faculty Spotlight – Meet Bailey Barnes
by Tanner Riley When it comes to underdog stories, people often think of mismatches: the tortoise versus the hare, Rocky versus Apollo Creed, or Mizzou versus Kansas basketball this past December. These are the stories where the odds lean heavily in one direction until the right person, with the right amount of determination, changes everything. Bailey Barnes, a first-year law professor at Mizzou Law and a civil rights scholar, is one of those people. “I don’t like bullies. That probably comes from being from small-town Appalachia—scrappy,” Barnes said. “When it’s government agents harming people in the government’s name, that’s…
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