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 09/09/25

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