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Ward Farnsworth (born 1967) is Professor of Law and holder of the W. Page Keeton Chair at the University of Texas School of Law, where he was Dean from 2012-2022. He served as Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm, and is the author of books on law, rhetoric, philosophy, and chess.


Education and clerkships

Farnsworth graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut in 1989 (B.A.) and with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 1994 (J.D.). Immediately after law school, Farnsworth served as a law clerk for Judge Richard A. Posner on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Seventh Circuit and then clerked for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court. He then worked as a Legal Adviser to the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague.


Academic career

Prior to beginning his tenure as dean at Texas, Farnsworth taught for 15 years at Boston University School of Law,Farnsworth New Dean of University of Texas School of Law
Leslie Friday, BU Today and served several years as associate dean for academic affairs. He was appointed Dean of the University of Texas School of Law in May 2012. He has received many teaching awards over the years, including the United Methodist Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award in 2009 from Boston University.


Publications

Farnsworth has written on a wide range of subjects. His legal writing includes articles on economic analysis of law, constitutional law, statutory interpretation, and legal applications of cognitive psychology. He is author of ''Restitution: Civil Liability for Unjust Enrichment'' (Chicago 2014), and ''The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking About the Law'' (Chicago 2007), an acclaimed guide to interdisciplinary approaches to legal thought. He is Reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm. He also is the co-author (with Mark F. Grady) of a casebook on the law of torts, and co-author (with Andrew Kull) of a casebook on the law of restitution, both published by Aspen. Farnsworth is the author of three books on the English language: ''Classical English Rhetoric'' (Godine 2010), ''Classical English Metaphor'' (Godine 2016), and ''Classical English Style'' (Godine 2020), all of which have received critical acclaim. He is also the author of two books on philosophy, ''The Practicing Stoic'' (Godine 2018) and ''The Socratic Method'' (Godine 2021), and a treatise on chess available online.


See also

* List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 1)


References


External links

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''Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric''
– Reviewed by Geoffrey K. Pullum * *
"''Classical English Style'' -- Reviewed by Barton Swaim in the Wall St. Journal)"


* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-socratic-method-book-review-let-us-reason-together-11656085510 "''The Socratic Method'' -- Reviewed by Martha Bayles ''Wall Street Journal''"]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Farnsworth, Ward Living people 1967 births Legal educators Wesleyan University alumni University of Chicago Law School alumni Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Boston University faculty University of Texas School of Law faculty American legal writers Deans of law schools in the United States