Lisa Farnsworth

Lisa Farnsworth serves as a Senior Lecturer in Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where she has leveraged 12 years of prior legal practice experience since joining the faculty. Based in Baier Hall 243, she teaches specialized courses for graduate law students with contact via farnswor@iu.edu.

Her academic credentials include:

• B.A. from Indiana University (1977)
• J.D. from Indiana University Maurer School of Law (1982)

Professor Farnsworth specializes in legal research and writing pedagogy with deep expertise in criminal law, juvenile justice, and public interest law. She has designed foundational curricula for international graduate students, emphasizing legal analysis, exam preparation, and discipline-specific writing forms. Her nationally recognized teaching methodology bridges academic theory with practical legal application, particularly for LLM and SJD candidates navigating the U.S. legal system.

Her teaching excellence has been formally recognized through prestigious institutional awards.

• TERA award for excellence in teaching (awarded twice)

She actively mentors students through the Public Interest Externship Program and Graduate Practicum, providing direct engagement with legal practice while supervising thesis development for advanced degree candidates. Her administrative support includes Assistant Jessica Cowden (cowdenj@iu.edu).

Professor Farnsworth maintains active involvement in legal education initiatives without dedicated research laboratories or specialized teams described in available materials.