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Karima Burns (left) and Bethany Holstead (right) looking over notes in preparation for a trial.

UMKC graduate Mock Trial team sweeps Nationals

Hunter Hill, Intern
April 20, 2026

  After a hard-fought week of stress and anxiety, UMKC graduate law students Karima Burns, Bethany Holstead and Kaleb Miller won undefeated at the Collegiate Mock Trial National Championship Tournament (NCT) in Dallas last week.   “The first one in UMKC History. That...

Law students at UMKC helped DACA recipients review their applications. (Source: University of Missouri-Kansas City).

Affirmative action next on SCOTUS chopping block?

Leah Taylor
August 25, 2022

UMKC Law Professor Allen Rostorn predicts that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn affirmative action.  "I do think there's a good chance that the Supreme Court will rule that way," said Professor Rostorn. "It just shows how it is difficult to predict the consequences...

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