2020 Top Legal Innovations: Anthony Luppino (LLM ’86)
When former business and tax lawyer Tony Luppino made the move from UMKC Law adjunct professor to full-time faculty nearly two decades ago, he quickly realized that the gap between his new home and the adjacent business school was far greater than the campus walkway separating the next-door academic neighbors.
Bridging that gap with new business-planning and entrepreneurship courses involving law and business students became a mission, as Luppino formed teams with other faculty to promote such collaborations across academic units.
That interdisciplinary-first initiative has broadened to embrace computer science, engineering, public policy and other academic disciplines in projects-based courses. Luppino particularly highlighted the inspiration and support for these endeavors from the Kansas City-headquartered Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and its enduring commitment to entrepreneurship education.