Associate Professor of Law
BA cum laude (1986), University of California, Davis
Master of Professional Writing (1990), University of Southern California
JD (1994), Duke University Law School
PhD (Law) (2002), University of Cambridge
DPhil (2003), University of Oxford
Phone Number: (573) 882-2465
Room Number: 216 Hulston Hall
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Stacie I. Strong is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, having previously taught jurisprudence and British constitutional, contract and tort law at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Professor Strong’s primary teaching assignments at Missouri are International Commercial Arbitration, Lawyering and Wills & Trusts. Her research lies in the areas of international dispute resolution, English law, comparative constitutional law and jurisprudence. Her scholarly work has received recognition in both the U.S. and the U.K., with her doctoral dissertation winning the prestigious Yorke Prize from the University of Cambridge in 2003.
In addition to her work as a legal academic, Professor Strong has extensive experience as a practicing lawyer qualified in New York and Illinois and as a solicitor in England and Wales. Prior to joining the faculty at Missouri, Professor Strong was a litigator in the New York and London offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Counsel specializing in international commercial litigation and arbitration in the Chicago office of Baker & McKenzie LLP. Professor Strong also acted as the Executive Director of the National Association of Women Lawyers and spent several years as a book editor.
Professor Strong received a BA in English literature from the University of California, Davis; a Master of Professional Writing degree from the University of Southern California; a JD from Duke University Law School; a PhD in law from the University of Cambridge; and a DPhil from the University of Oxford. While at Duke, she served as Editor in Chief of the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law. She is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in both New York and Illinois, as well as the United States Supreme Court, and as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of England and Wales.
Professor Strong serves on the board of Chicago Tap Theatre, one of the country’s most exciting and innovative tap dance ensembles, and is herself an avid student of the art form. She has written several articles on tap dance for leading magazines and has edited a book entitled Top Tap Tips.
Books
Research and Practice in International Commercial Arbitration: Sources and Strategies, (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2009).
Complete Tort Law: Text, Cases & Materials with Liz Williams, (Oxford University Press 2008).
