Committees

Mizzou Law committees feature faculty, staff and students assigned to examine, inform and support school-wide initiatives related to each committee’s purview. Committee members are appointed by the dean and are updated every fall semester. Committee membership lasts the full academic year.

Revised 10/05/26

Admissions & Scholarship

  • Ryan Vacca (Chair)
  • Bob Bailey
  • Chelseá Mitchell
  • JR Swanegan (ex officio)
  • Paul Litton (ex officio)

Artificial Intelligence

  • Jayne Woods (Chair)
  • Renee Henson
  • Dennis Crouch
  • Bradley Reimer (1L)
  • Naveen Rau (3L)
  • Caleb McCullison (3L)

Appointments

  • Erika Lietzan (Chair)
  • Eric Hintz
  • Dennis Crouch
  • Thom Lambert
  • Rigel Oliveri
  • Paul Litton (ex officio)
  • Ben Hahs (3L)
  • Kristin King (3L)
  • Alex Morelock (3L)
  • Arin Liberman (2L)
  • Mia Capuano (2L)
  • Margaret Mathis (2L)
  • Tanner Esplin (2L)
  • Jacob Griessel (1L)
  • Thad Harman (1L)

Board of Advocates

  • Ryan Redmon (Chair)
  • Chuck Henson
  • Michael Tripp
  • Danielle Dodd
  • Jayne Woods

Curriculum

  • Rocky Rhodes (Chair)
  • Mike Tripp
  • Carol Newman
  • Andrew Boyack
  • Ryan Vacca, ex officio
  • Sophia Sander (3L)
  • Marybeth Baggett (2L)
  • Matt McCabe (1L)

Honor Code: Completing Revisions

  • Ben Trachtenberg (completing revisions only)

Honor Code: Adjudicatory

  • Brent Filbert (Chair)
  • Rigel Oliveri
  • Ryan Redmon
  • Chelseá Mitchell
  • Andrew Durham (1L)
  • Alex Morelock (3L)
  • Gabriel Todd (2L)
  • Marisa Daddazio (2L)
  • Kera Mingus (1L)

Judicial Clerkship

  • Thom Lambert (Chair, Fall)
  • Ryan Snyder (Chair, Spring)
  • Jayne Woods
  • Jennifer Reidy Clark

Library Advisory

  • Cindy Bassett (Chair)
  • Erika Lietzan
  • Bailey Barnes
  • Alexander Gouzoules
  • Brent Filbert
  • Bea Morales
  • Ben Hahs (3L)
  • Gavin Vaughn (1L)
  • Gabby Reed (1L)
  • Lucy Banion (1L)
  • Nathan Danner (1L)
  • Nicholas Davis (1L)
  • Claire Johnson (1L)
  • Nicklas Herbert (1L)
  • Isabella Baker (1L)
  • Maddie Bunger (1L)

Law Journals Advisory

  • Missouri Law Review: Andrea Boyack
  • Journal of Dispute Resolution: Ilhyung Lee
  • Business, Entrepreneurship, and Tax Law Review: Lauren Shores Pelikan

Learning Assessment Outcomes (ABA 315)

  • Anne Alexander (Chair)
  • Rocky Rhodes
  • Rafael Gely

LLM Admissions

  • Paul Ladehoff (Chair)
  • Rafael Gely

One Read/Across the Aisle

  • Carli Conklin
  • Rachel Wechsler
  • Paul Litton

Standards & Readmission

  • David Mitchell (Chair)
  • Ben Trachtenberg
  • Ilhyung Lee
  • Don Seitz
  • Danielle Dodd
  • Ryan Vacca, ex officio

Tenure & Promotion (TT)

  • Sandra Sperino (Chair)
  • David Gamage
  • Gary Myers

Tenure & Promotion (NTT)

  • Carol Newman (Chair)
  • Anne Alexander
  • Chuck Henson

Policy (elected)

Members pending election