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Adjunct Faculty
In addition to our permanent faculty, we ask a handful of highly qualified Adjunct Professors to lend us (and you) their expertise each year. Next year, the following Adjunct Professors will teach 2l/3l courses:
- Alana Barragan-Scott
Alana Barragan-Scott rejoins the Legal Writing faculty after a one year absence. A 1990 graduate of the School of Law, Ms. Barragan-Scott is an deputy attorney general in the office of the Missouri Attorney General. In 2002, she was a co-winner, with Adjunct Professor Jim Layton, of one of four awards for best briefs filed by a state attorney general with the United States Supreme Court. She will teach a section of Legal Research and Writing and Advocacy and Research. - Hon. Debbie Daniels
Judge Debbie Daniels is an Associate Circuit Judge in Boone County and a long-time Adjunct Professor at MU Law School. She holds an A.A. from Columbia College, a B.A./B.S. from MU, and her J.D. from MU. Professor Daniels will teach Moot Court II in the fall semester and Moot Court I in the spring semester. - P. Pierre De Vos
Professor P. Pierre De Vos teaches constitutional law at the University of Western Cape in South Africa. His writing has been published widely in both scholarly journals and in the popular press on a wide range of topics, including gay rights, the right to equality, social and economic rights, and affirmative action. He will teach International Human Rights beginning in early January and continuing into the early part of the spring semester. - Debra J. Doxee
Dr. Doxee is a graduate of the School of Law who also holds both an MA and a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri. She has served as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology here at the University. She is the author or co-author of numerous articles in counseling psychology. She co-teaches the course in Mental Disability and the Law. - Roger Geary
A graduate of the School of Law and member of the Missouri Law Review, Roger Geary is a partner in the Kansas City firm of Shook, Hardy, and Bacon where he serves as a member of the firm’s National Product Liability Division. Professor Geary has first-chaired major asbestos and tobacco trials in Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, Minnesota, California, Pennsylvania, New York, and Missouri. He will teach Products Liability in the spring semester. - Bruce Harry, MD
Dr. Harry co-teaches the course on Mental Disability and the Law. He has both his bachelor’s and medical degree from the University of Missouri. He has served as a Lecturer and Instructor in Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and presently serves as an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri. He is a member of the American College of Psychiatrists and the American Academy of Forensic Scientists. His major research interests include: “Serial Killers and Health Care, Diagnosis and Treatment of Violent Behavior Among Mentally Disordered Persons, and Violence and Crime Among Mentally Disordered Persons.” - Jim Layton
Jim Layton, Missouri Solicitor General and Adjunct Professor of Law, received his BS cum laude and JD magna cum laude from Brigham Young University. Professor Layton will teach State Constitutional Law in the fall semester. - Lori Levine
Lori Levine is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. An honors graduate of the UMKC law school, Ms. Levine practices in Jefferson City. She has been chair of the Missouri Bar Family Law Section and was the first recipient of the Missouri Bar Family Law Practitioner of the Year Award in 2003. She served on and was President of the State Board of Law Examiners and has served as a consultant and teacher of Family Law for the National Conference of Bar Examiners. She will co-teach Family Law in the spring semester. - Jennifer McGarr
A graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, Jennifer McGarr is now practicing in Columbia. She is a former Litigation Associate with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in New York City and a former Staff Attorney with the Louisiana Legislature. She will teach Legal Research and Writing and Advocacy and Research. - Ray Phillips
Ray Phillips, Adjunct Professor of Law, received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina and his J.D. and LL.M. from Emory University. Formerly a member of the University of Georgia Law Faculty, Professor Phillips will teach Professional Responsibility in the fall and Insurance Law in the spring semester. - Karren Prasifka
Karren received both her J.D. and her LLM degree from the School of Law. She has clerked for United States Magistrate Court Judge William Knox in Jefferson City and has maintained a trial and dispute resolution practice in St. Louis. Karren will teach sections of Pretrial Litigation in both the fall and spring semesters. - Henry Setser
Henry Setser is Vice President and General Counsel of A.T. Still University of Health Sciences and is well-known in the area of Tax Exempt organizations. He has taught and will teach the course in Law of Tax Exempt Organizations in the spring semester and has also taught Corporate Finance. - Hon. Leslie Schneider
Judge Leslie Schneider is an Associate Circuit Judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit here in Boone County. Prior to that, she was a partner in a Columbia law firm and Municipal Court Judge in Columbia. She is a former deputy attorney general with the State of Missouri. Judge Schneider is a graduate of the MU School of Law. A large portion of her private practice was devoted to Family Law. She will co-teach Family Law in the spring semester. - Ron Smull
Ron Smull, a long-time Adjunct Professor at MU Law School, holds his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Missouri. Professor Smull teaches Drafting Legal Instruments in the spring semester.
