Alumni
Life after Law School
Where are Mizzou Law Alumni?
The Mizzou Law alumni network stretches throughout Missouri, the Midwest, all 50 states and 38 countries.
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To promote the accomplishments and activities of our alumni, Mizzou Law publishes Alumni Notes on an ongoing basis on our website. To submit Alumni Notes, or to update your contact information, please use the Alumni Update Form or send an email to mulawdean@missouri.edu.
Mizzou Alumni in the Courts
Shaping History
Throughout the more than 150-year history of the University of Missouri School of Law, countless alumni have made an incredible impact on the law school, the justice system, and the world at large.
At present, Mizzou Law alumni make up:
- Six of seven judges on the Missouri Supreme Court
- All four women on the Supreme Court, making it the first female-majority bench in Missouri history.
Alumni News
June 10, 2025
Melissa Cullman Cosgrove ,’13, named U.S. Supreme Court Fellow
Melissa Cullman Cosgrove, ’13, was named a 2025-2026 U.S. Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the Federal Judicial Center, the education and research agency for the federal courts. Cosgrove joins the Supreme Court Fellows Program from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, where she was a career law clerk for the Honorable Stephen R. Welby. She previously clerked for the Honorable Stephen R. Clark and the Honorable E. Richard Webber of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. She was also an Assistant Attorney General in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. Cosgrove…
May 8, 2025
Alumni Spotlight — Meet Gretchen Myers
by Anna Sago Growing up, Gretchen Myers, ’84, always viewed her father, a trial attorney and Mizzou Law graduate, as her hero. Now, after a long and decorated legal career, Myers will return to her and her father’s alma mater to deliver this year’s Mizzou Law commencement speech. Myers always admired her dad’s career as an attorney, calling him the “real life Atticus Finch.” But it was through debate and other public speaking in grade school and high school that her path was solidified. “I loved doing it. There was something about it that I found fun and exhilarating, when…
April 17, 2025
Remembering Zack
By Anna Sago When Andy Kasnetz’s son Zack Kasnetz, ’16, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly, in 2023, he and his family knew they wanted to use the tragedy to support a place that served as a launching point for their son: his alma mater Mizzou Law. “This became a really important starting point for him as an adult, both personally and professionally,” Andy said. “So, in that regard, it has a really special place in our lives.” Zack Kasnetz’s journey to law school wasn’t always linear, Andy explained. After growing up in St. Louis and attending school at the University…
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