S. David Mitchell

S. David Mitchell
  • Torts
  • Criminal Justice Administration
  • Law and Society
  • Felon Disenfranchisement
  • Citizenship
  • Critical Race Theory
  • Law and Race & Ethnicity
Associate Professor of Law

BA (1991), Brown University
MA (1999), University of Pennsylvania
JD (2002), University of Pennsylvania

  • Phone Number: (573) 882-8113
  • Room Number: 318 Hulston Hall
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  • Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Professor Mitchell joined the University of Missouri School of Law faculty in 2006 where he teaches courses in both civil and criminal. Professor Mitchell has been recognized for his teaching as a Gold Chalk Award recipient in 2009. In his scholarship, he takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of criminal law incorporating his academic training as a sociologist and legal scholar. His research focus is on issues related to felon disenfranchisement and reentry. Prior to joining the law school, Professor Mitchell was a Scholar in Residence in the Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has also served Federal District Court law clerk for the Honorable Andre M. Davis, currently of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Professor Mitchell pursued a dual degree at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a JD and a MA in Sociology. During his law school tenure, he served on the Student Ethics and Responsibility Committee, was a member of the Jessup International Moot Court Team and Board, a member of the American Inns of Court and an active member of the Black Law Students Association. Professor Mitchell has a wealth of teaching experience. Following his graduation from Brown University with a bachelor of arts in Sociology and Political Science and a brief stint as a paralegal at Paul, Weiss in New York, he returned to his high school alma mater, Collegiate School. As a high school teacher, he taught several history courses while also serving as the Director of Student Diversity, Sophomore Class Dean, and an Assistant Track Coach.

Recent Publications

Academic Journals

In With the New, Out With the Old: Expanding the Scope of Retroactive Amelioration, 37 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW 1 ( 2009).
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