Carli Conklin Succeeds Ilhyung Lee as Director of Missouri’s Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution

Professor Carli N. Conklin has been named Director of the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution (CSDR) at the University of Missouri School of Law. She succeeds Professor Ilhyung Lee, who served as the Center’s director from 2019 to 2025.

Carli brings a rich blend of scholarly insight, historical perspective, and teaching excellence to her new role. An associate professor of law and Kinder Institute associate professor of constitutional democracy, she holds a JD/MA and a PhD in American Legal History from the University of Virginia. Her research explores arbitration, legal philosophy, and rights dialogues in early America, and her work has been featured in leading journals such as the American Journal of Legal History, the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, and the Journal of Dispute Resolution. She is also an invited contributor to both volumes of Discussions in Dispute Resolution.

Her scholarship has earned national and institutional recognition, including the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award for her book, The Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era, and the Missouri Lawyers’ Weekly Women’s Justice Award. She has also received numerous teaching honors, including the Kappa Alpha Theta Outstanding Faculty Award and the School of Law Board of Advocates Faculty Achievement Award. At Mizzou, she teaches lawyering, dispute resolution, and legal history, helping students appreciate both practical and philosophical dimensions of conflict and decision-making.

We are very fortunate that Ilhyung served as director of our Center. A respected scholar and teacher, he holds the Edward W. Hinton Professorship of Law. His research spans cross-cultural dispute resolution, Asian American jurisprudence, and sports law. He has taught courses ranging from international commercial arbitration to trademarks and served as a Fulbright Scholar at Waseda University in Tokyo.

During his tenure as Director, Ilhyung strengthened the Center’s scholarly profile while remaining active in practice. He has served as a neutral for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, USA Track & Field, and the World Intellectual Property Organization, and has contributed significantly to the University’s Campus Mediation Service. Prior to academia, he practiced law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York and Kim & Chang in Seoul, and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Please join us in celebrating Professor Conklin’s appointment and honoring Professor Lee’s leadership. The Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution continues to thrive thanks to the talent and dedication of its faculty, students, and alumni.

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