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 09/05/24

Admissions & Scholarship

  • Ryan Vacca (Chair)
  • Bob Bailey
  • Anne Alexander
  • Paul Litton, ex officio
  • JR Swanegan, ex officio

Board of Advocates

  • Chuck Henson, Chair (Trial Competitions)
  • Ryan Redmon (Supervisor, Trial Competitions)
  • Jayne Woods (1L Moot Court)
  • Cindy Bassett (Negotiation)
  • Michael Tripp (Regional Moot Court)
  • Tori Seever (1L)
  • Meghan Sanders (2L)
  • Dallas Welling (1L)

Curriculum

  • David English (Chair)
  • Cindy Bassett
  • Andrea Boyack
  • Rafael Gely
  • David Mitchell
  • Rigel Oliveri
  • Jayne Woods
  • Ben Trachtenberg, ex officio
  • Jacob Woods (3L)
  • Kiera Doughty (2L)
  • Josie Johnson (1L)

Community Building

  • Chuck Henson (Chair)
  • Abdul Alzahrani
  • Eric Hintz
  • Lauren Shores Pelikan
  • JR Swanegan
  • Rachel Wechsler
  • Amber Gray (2L)
  • Shyann Sampson (1L)
  • Jack Meadows (2L)
  • Kristin King (1L)

Honor Code

  • Brent Filbert (Chair)
  • Erika Lietzan
  • Ryan Redmon
  • Don Seitz
  • Kelly Hooper (3L)
  • Hallie Gibbs (3L)
  • Rebecca Postula (2L)
  • Daniel Altman (2L)
  • Blake Jansen(1L)

Judicial Clerkship

  • Thom Lambert (Co-Chair)
  • Ryan Snyder (Co-Chair Spring)
  • Jenny Reidy Clark

Free Speech Policy/ (ABA 208)

  • Gary Myers (Chair)
  • David Gamage
  • Rigel Oliveri
  • Ryan Snyder

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)

  • Carol Newman (Chair)
  • Michael Tripp
  • Don Seitz

LLM Admissions

  • Paul Ladehoff (Chair)
  • Rafael Gely
  • Ilhyung Lee

Policy (elected)

  • Anne Alexander
  • Andrea Boyack
  • Chuck Henson
  • Thom Lambert
  • Erika Lietzan

Standards & Readmission

  • David Mitchell (Chair)
  • Ryan Vacca
  • Dennis Crouch
  • Carli Conklin
  • Danielle Dodd
  • Ben Trachtenberg, ex officio

Student Success

  • Anne Alexander (Chair)
  • Macy Shanklin
  • Jennifer McGarr
  • Cindy Shearrer
  • Dean Hargett
  • Nathan Hurst
  • Kellie Early

Tenure & Promotion

  • Ilhyung Lee (Chair)
  • Gary Myers
  • David Gamage
  • Carol Newman

Appointments Committee for TT Positions

  • Sandra Sperino (Chair)
  • Carli Conklin
  • Dennis Crouch
  • Alex Gouzoules
  • Thom Lambert
  • Erika Lietzan
  • Paul Litton, ex officio
  • Jalyn Huntzicker (2L)
  • Kaitlyn Puyear (2L)
  • William Mollenkamp (2L)
  • Anna Miller (2L)
  • Cole Miller (1L)
  • James Tabor (1L)
  • Ana Lia McMullen (1L)
  • Ryan Campbell (1L)
  • Seth Caldwell (1L)
  • Anna Stewart (1L)
  • Magail Marie Wayman (1L)
  • Dalton Lytle (1L)
  • Katie Church (1L)
  • Lucy Brooner (1L)
  • Josie Johnson (1L)
  • Megan Cooper (1L)
  • Jennie Hubbard (1L)
  • Dane Puckett (2L)