University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

The urban public law school with a small liberal arts feel

Click here for the Supreme Court Petition to Decision web site. David Jacks Achtenberg Law Foundation Scholar and Professor of Law; B.A. (Harvard University); J.D. (University of Chicago Law School) email 816-235-2382 Vita Professor Achtenberg received his bachelor of arts degree with honors from Harvard University in 1970 and his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1973. While at Chicago, he was the winner of the Osgood Hall Moot Court Competition, and he declined service on the Law Review to work for the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic. From 1973 until joining the faculty as a visiting professor in 1988, Professor Achtenberg was in private practice in Kansas City. His litigation practice emphasized civil rights, employment law, and bankruptcy matters. He represented clients in courts and administrative agencies ranging from the United States Supreme Court to the former Magistrate Court of Jackson County, Missouri. He has been named one of the best lawyers in America in two separate fields: First Amendment Law and Labor & Employment Law. Since joining the faculty, Professor Achtenberg has been chosen to receive the Daniel L. Brenner Faculty Publishing Award three times, has been voted the Law School's outstanding professor twice, and has received the Elmer F. Pierson Teaching Award. His research focuses on the intersection between civil rights and legal history. Professor Achtenberg currently teaches Evidence, Civil Procedure I & II, Missouri Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, and the Seminar on the Supreme Court. He also coaches the law school's client counseling team and supervises the school’s court clerkship program. In previous years, Professor Achtenberg taught Contracts, Remedies, Lawyering Skills, and Constitutional Law. You can access my papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=83670