LAWRENCE DESSEM

Dean - School of Law

After graduation from Harvard Law School, Dean Dessem served as law clerk for Judge William K. Thomas of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He then served as Assistant General Counsel for the National Education Association (1978-1980) and trial attorney (1980-1984) and senior trial counsel (1984-1985) with the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice. In 1985 Dean Dessem joined the faculty of the University of Tennessee College of Law, serving as associate professor, professor, and, from 1993 to 1995, associate dean for academic affairs. From 1995 to 2002, Dean Dessem served as professor and dean of the Mercer University School of Law, becoming dean and professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia in July 2002.

E-Mail: dessemrl@missouri.edu

230 Hulston Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 882-3246

School of Law Web Site: http://law.missouri.edu
Dean Dessem Faculty Web Site: http://law.missouri.edu/faculty/desseml.html