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Associate Dean for Students and William R. Jacques Constitutional Law Scholar and Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Allen Rostron joined the UMKC law school faculty in 2003. He teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, tort law, products liability, and conflict of laws. Before becoming a teacher, Rostron worked in Washington, D.C. as a Senior Staff Attorney at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, where he was part of a nationwide litigation effort that included lawsuits brought against gun manufacturers by several dozen major cities and counties. Rostron began his career working as a law clerk for Judge Thomas S. Ellis III of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and then as a litigation associate at the Cravath Swaine & Moore law firm in New York City.

Experience

  • –present
    Constitutional Law Scholar and Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City