EducationB.A., 1977, Kentucky Wesleyan College CoursesContract drafting, legal analysis and communication, integrated contracts, civil procedure, trusts and estates, and legal process Other: Bio
Before joining the law school faculty in 1987, Professor Adams practiced law with the Indianapolis firm of Stark Doninger Mernitz and Smith, focusing on general business, acquisitions and mergers, commercial loans, and trusts and estates. She has served as an adjunct professor of English at Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis and an adjunct professor of English at Butler University. Since joining the law school faculty, she has taught courses in the above mentioned subjects to J.D. and/or international LL.M. students. She has also served as co-director of the Law School’s Latin American Law Program. Publications
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Presentations "Bringing the Law School Curriculum into the New Global Reality," Panel Presentation, Southeastern Association of Law Schools' Annual Meeting, Palm Beach, August 2009. "The Pedagogy and Methodology of Incorporating Lawyering Skills into a Contracts Course," University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, July 2009. "Prometheus Unbound: Using Myths, Folktales, and Legends to Convey Legal Concepts in the Global Classroom," Global Skills Conference, Georgetown University, May 2009. "Challenges in Negotiating and Drafting International Dispute Resolution Provisions in Commercial Contracts," Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey, August 2008. "Beyond a Discussion of Cabbages and Kings: Designing a Relevant U.S. Contracts Course for International Students," Emory Law Conference on Teaching Drafting and Transactional Skills, May 31, 2008. "International Arbitration and Mediation: Negotiating and Drafting Terms for Resolving Disputes," Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey, Mexico, Global Legal Skills Conference, February 2008. "Mainstreaming Study Abroad in Legal Education," Co-Presenter, American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, New York, 2008. “Challenges of the Multi-Cultural Classroom,” Co-Presenter, Global Legal Skills Conference II, Chicago, Illinois, 2007. "Integrating International Law Issues into Non-International Law Courses," Participant, Round Table, American Society of International Law (ASIL) Interest Group on Teaching International Law, Washington, D.C., 2007. "Going Global: Contract Drafting Issues and International Law Students," Twelfth Biennial Conference of The Legal Writing Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, 2006. "Crossing Over from the Dark Side: Providing a Better Learning Experience," New England Consortium of Legal Writing Teachers, Boston Massachusetts, 2005. "Teaching Contract Drafting to ESL Law Students," Global Legal Skills Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2005. "Strategies for Teaching Writing and Analysis to International Students," Eleventh Biennial Conference of The Legal Writing Institute, Seattle, Washington, 2004. "Strategies for Organizing a Predictive Legal Analysis," Third Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conference, University of New Mexico School of Law, 2003. Other Activities "Liberty and the Writings of Alexander Hamilton" Conference. Participant in roundtable discussion, Conrad Hilton, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 2009. |

