{"id":8588,"date":"2023-07-13T08:54:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T13:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/?p=8588"},"modified":"2023-07-13T08:54:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T13:54:35","slug":"mu-alumna-becomes-chief-justice-of-the-missouri-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/2023\/07\/13\/mu-alumna-becomes-chief-justice-of-the-missouri-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"MU alumna becomes chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Russell_167-2-edited-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Chief Justice Mary Russell\" class=\"wp-image-8591\" width=\"185\" height=\"246\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chief Justice Mary Russell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the second time in a decade,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/law.missouri.edu\/news\/leveraging-justice-mizzou-law-sets-the-stage-for-women-breaking-boundaries-in-law-school-and-beyond\/\">Mizzou Law alumna Mary Russell<\/a>\u00a0is leading the Missouri Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This month she begins her two-year term as chief justice, a role she previously held from July 2013 to June 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2004, Chief Justice Russell became the third woman appointed to the court. She is its longest-serving current member and a dedicated mentor to those interested in the legal field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MU is well represented at the state\u2019s highest court. Five of the seven judges are alumni, including previous chief justice, Judge Paul C. Wilson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Chief Justice Russell, a majority of Mizzou Law graduates stay in Missouri to launch their careers and make a difference. Their leadership shapes the future of our state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Mun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time in a decade,\u00a0Mizzou Law alumna Mary Russell\u00a0is leading the Missouri Supreme Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/president.missouri.edu\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}