Gary Myers is the Earl F. Nelson Professor of Law at the School of Law. Myers received his juris doctor with honors from Duke University School of Law and graduated summa cum laudewith a bachelor’s degree in economics from New York University. He also earned an MA in economics from the Duke University Graduate School as part of a joint degree program while at Duke. Myers was an article editor on the Duke Law Journaland was a member of the Moot Court Board. After graduation, he served as a law clerk for Judge Gerald Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Jacksonville, Fla. He then practiced complex commercial litigation with the Atlanta law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, which has since merged with the Bryan Cave law firm.
Before serving as the sixteenth dean at the School of Law from 2012 to 2016, Myers was a long-time member of the faculty at the University of Mississippi School of Law. At Mississippi, Myers held the Ray & Louise Stewart Lectureship and served as its first associate dean for research. Myers has been a visiting professor of law at the College of William & Mary School of Law and Tulane University School of Law. He also served as a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans.
Myers is an elected member of the American Law Institute, a member of the American Law and Economics Association, and a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He is the author or coauthor of a series of five books: (1) Intellectual Property: Cases & Materials (West 4th edition 2012); (2) Principles of Intellectual Property (West 2d edition 2012); (3) Entertainment Law: Cases & Materials (West 5th edition 2016); (4) Intellectual Property: Questions & Answers (LexisNexis 2d edition 2014); and (5) The Intersection of Intellectual Property & Antitrust Law (West 2007). He is also the author of more than a dozen articles, including publications in the Duke Law Journal, the Minnesota Law Review, the Washington & Lee Law Review, the Columbia-VLA Journal of Law & the Arts and the Journal of Intellectual Property Law.
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Debate on the Marketplace of Ideas
Missouri-Columbia Student Chapter
Mizzou Law SchoolHulston Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
The 'Twitter Files' and the Implications of the Missouri v. Biden Lawsuit
Louisville Student Chapter
The University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law2301 S 3rd St
Louisville, KY 40208
Missouri v. Biden
Missouri-Columbia Student Chapter
University of Missouri School of Law203 Hulston Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
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Missouri-Columbia Student Chapter
University of Missouri School of LawHulston Hall, 820 Conley Ave.
Columbia, MO 65201
Social Media Regulation
Louisville Student Chapter
Brandeis School of Law Room 275University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Panel Two: Defending Unpopular Clients: The Ethics of Targeting Attorneys, Firms, and Clients for Reprisals
2022 Missouri Chapters Conference
The 2022 Missouri Chapters Conference took place on January 24, 2022, at the Missouri State...
Panel Two: Defending Unpopular Clients: The Ethics of Targeting Attorneys, Firms, and Clients for Reprisals
2022 Missouri Chapters Conference
The 2022 Missouri Chapters Conference took place on January 24, 2022, at the Missouri State...