Lisa Farnsworth
Director, Graduate Legal Studies, and Senior Lecturer in Law
Office: Lewis Building 205Phone: 812-855-0919
E-mail: farnswor@indiana.edu
BA 1977, JD 1982, Indiana University. Clerk, Hon. James B. Young, Indiana Court of Appeals, 1982-84. Lecturer, Indiana University School of Law, 1984-86. Deputy Public Defender, Monroe County, Indiana, 1985-87. Supervising Attorney, Indiana University Student Legal Services, 1987-92. Section Chief, Office of the Indiana Attorney General, 1993-94.
As a deputy public defender, Professor Farnsworth counseled and represented indigent clients at the trial and appellate levels. At Indiana University's Student Legal Services, she supervised and instructed law students in their representation of Bloomington campus students. In the Indiana Attorney General's Office, she supervised attorneys in contracts, advisory, and constituent services sections, and she advised boards in administrative proceedings and state agencies in state and federal litigation.
After her return to the faculty at Indiana in 1994, Professor Farnsworth became the director of the Graduate Legal Studies Program. She teaches the Introduction to the American Legal System as well as Legal Research and Writing.
Courses
- Graduate Practicum (B790)
- Legal Writing & Research Methods for LLM and MCL Students (B530)
- Academic Legal Writing for LLM Students (B560)