UMKC Child & Family Law Faculty
June Carbone, Edward A.
Smith/Missouri Chair of Law, teaches Family Law, Assisted Reproduction,
Bioethics, and Property.
Mary Kay Kisthardt, Professor
of Law, teaches Elder Law, Family Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution and
Mediation.
Barbara Glesner Fines, Ruby M. Hulen Professor of Law and
Associate Dean for Faculty, teaches Family Law, Professional
Responsibility, Ethics of Family Representation and co-teaches the Seminar
in Family Violence.
Mary Kay O’Malley, Clinical
Associate Professor, directs the Child and Family Services Clinic, the Guardian Ad Litem Workshop, and the
Jackson County Youth Court.
Nancy Levit,
Curator’s and Edward D. Ellison Professor of Law, teaches Gender and
Justice, Employment Discrimination, Jurisprudence and Torts.
Wanda Temm, Director of Legal
Writing and Clinical Professor of Law.
Professor Temm, directs the first-year legal writing program and, in
that program, teaches the specialized family law section.
Peter Raith, Adjunct Professor of
Law, teaches Juvenile Offenders and the Law. He is the principal of the Raith Law Firm,
providing representation to juveniles and parents in delinquency, abuse and
neglect actions.
Mary Weir, Adjunct Professor of Law, co-teaches
the Seminar in Family Violence. She
is the contract attorney for Hope House and other domestic violence
shelters in the Kansas City metropolitan region.
Janelle Jennings
Drummond, Adjunct Professor of Law, coaches the Family Law Moot Court team
and is the former director of the Jackson County Family Court Clerkship
Program.
Larry D. Wright,
Adjunct Professor of Law, co-teaches the Divorce Practice and Procedures Class.
