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Mikah Thompson

Associate Dean and Rubey M. Hulen Professor of Law in Urban Affairs
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

Mikah Thompson is the Associate Dean and Rubey M. Hulen Professor of Law in Urban Affairs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. She teaches Civil Procedure, Evidence, Race and the Law, and Employment Law. Her scholarship examines the intersection of race and evidentiary law, with a particular focus on racial bias in trial proceedings and the influence of racial stereotypes on juror decision-making.

Mikah has received numerous honors for her teaching and scholarship, including the Elmer F. Pierson Good Teaching Award and the UMKC School of Law Professor of the Year Award. She is a certified mediator in Kansas and Missouri, serves as a Tri-Chair of the Missouri Supreme Court’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness, and regularly serves as an expert witness in matters involving California’s Racial Justice Act. She earned her J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis.