University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

The urban public law school with a small liberal arts feel

Judith A. Sharp Clinical Professor and Staff Director of UMKC Entrepreneurial Legal Services Clinic; B.A. (Stephens College); M.A. (Bowling Green State University); J.D. and LL.M. (University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law) email 816-235-6140 Vita Class Links Judith A. Sharp earned her Juris Doctor from UMKC, where she placed as alternate in the Moot Court competition and served as Cases and Statutes Editor for the Urban Lawyer. She worked for two years as a staff attorney in the Municipal Court Unit of Legal Aid of Western Missouri before establishing and maintaining a partnership with Maureen Scully. They closed that practice when they began working for the UAW Legal Services Plan, a prepaid legal services plan provided by the “big three" U.S. auto makers to their hourly workers. After serving as Supervising Attorney for several years, she resigned to pursue an LL.M. in Taxation at UMKC, which she completed in May, 2000. Judy has over 29 years experience practicing law, mostly as a litigator. Her experience includes several jury trials and numerous bench-trials in the areas of domestic, criminal defense, consumer, and debtor defense. She also has a Masters of Arts in American Studies from the Bowling Green State University in Ohio.