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 09/09/25
Academic and Bar Support
- Rafael Gely (Chair)
- Melody Nashan
- Rigel Oliveri
- Michael Tripp
- Alexander Gouzoules
Admissions & Scholarship
- Ryan Vacca (Chair)
- Bob Bailey
- ChelseĆ” Mitchell
- JR Swanegan (ex officio)
- Paul Litton (ex officio)
Artificial Intelligence
- Jayne Woods (Chair)
- Renee Henson
- Dennis Crouch
Appointments
- Erika Lietzan (Chair)
- Dennis Crouch
- Thom Lambert
- Andrea Boyack
- Paul Litton (ex officio)
Board of Advocates
- Ryan Redmon (Chair)
- Chuck Henson
- Michael Tripp
Civil Discourse/One Read
- Carli Conklin
- Chuck Henson
- Cindy Bassett
- Paul Litton (ex officio)
Curriculum
- David English (Chair for Fall only)
- Carol Newman (Chair for Spring only)
- Gary Myers
- Rocky Rhodes
- Don Seitz
- Ryan Vacca, ex officio
Honor Code: Completing Revisions
- Ben Trachtenberg (completing revisions only)
Honor Code: Adjudicatory
- Brent Filbert
- Eric Hintz
- Rigel Oliveri
Judicial Clerkship
- Thom Lambert (Chair)
- Eric Hintz
- Jayne Woods
- Ryan Snyder
- Jenny Reidy Clark
Library Advisory
- Cindy Bassett (Chair)
- David English (Fall only)
- Sandra Sperino
- Bailey Barnes
- Alexander Gouzoules
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
- Danielle Dodd
LLM Admissions
- Paul Ladehoff (Chair)
- Rafael Gely
- Ilhyung Lee
Mizzou Tiger Bar Association
- Ben Trachtenberg
- Erik Spence
- Nathan Hurst
- Chelsea Coursey
- Kathy Trabue
Standards & Readmission
- David Mitchell (Chair)
- Danielle Dodd
- David Gamage
- Don Seitz
- Ryan Snyder
- Ryan Vacca, ex officio
Tenure & Promotion
- Sandra Sperino (Chair)
- David Gamage
- Gary Myers
- Carol Newman
- Anne Alexander (Spring)
Policy (elected)
- Anne Alexander
- Carli Conklin
- Dennis Crouch
- Chuck Henson
- Sandra Sperino