University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

The urban public law school with a small liberal arts feel

Robert C. Downs Law Foundation Scholar and Professor of Law; B.A., J.D. LL.M. email 816-235-2392 class links Vita Professor Downs earned his B.A. in 1963 from Kansas State University. He received his J.D. from the University of Nebraska in 1966, where he won the Roscoe Pound Scholarship and was a member of Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity. He received his LL.M. from UMKC in 1976. A member of the Missouri and Nebraska bars, Professor Downs served in the U.S. Army Adjutant General's Corps from 1966 to 1968. Before joining the law faculty in 1978, he practiced law with the Kansas City firm of Linde, Thomson, Fairchild. Langworthy and Kohn. Professor Downs teaches Contracts. Business Organizations, Corporate Planning, Tax of Corporate Reorganizations, Securities Regulation, Mergers and Acquisitions and Jurisprudence. You can access my papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=622828