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Professor of Law; B.A.(Middlebury College);
J.D. (University of Colorado); LL.M. (University of
Missouri-Kansas City); S.J.D. (Northwestern University)
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Professor Ragsdale received his B.A. from Middlebury College
in 1966, his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School in
1969 and his LL.M. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City
in 1972. He also received his S.J.D. from Northwestern
University School of Law. Among other honors, he received the
American Jurisprudence Award for the highest grade in
Constitutional Law, Torts, and Contracts, and was a member of
the Order of the Coif. He received a Gage Fellowship at UMKC for
1971-72, a Nelson Fellowship at Northwestern for 1978-79 and was
graduate editor of The Urban Lawyer.
After graduating from law school. Professor Ragsdale worked
as a law clerk to Judge Phillips of the United States Court of
Appeals for the 10th Circuit. In 1971, he became an associate in
the firm of Hemphrey and Woods in Denver, Colorado. He joined
the UMKC Law School faculty in 1972 and was a visiting professor
at California Western Law School in San Diego, California,
during the 1979-80 academic year.
Professor Ragsdale teaches American Indian Law,
Constitutional Law, Contracts, Environmental Law, Jurisprudence,
Land Use, Municipal Government, Preservation Law and Natural
Resources Law.
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