Ward Farnsworth

Ward Farnsworth is the Dean and John Jeffers Research Chair at the University of Texas School of Law.

He previously served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Boston University Law School.

Farnsworth's distinguished career includes clerking for Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and working as a Legal Adviser to the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.

He holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.

Farnsworth has authored books on law, philosophy, rhetoric, and chess, and published scholarly articles on various legal topics.

He serves as Reporter for the American Law Institute's Restatement Third, Torts: Liability for Economic Harm.