Cynthia M. Adams Clinical Professor of Law Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis Lawrence W. Inlow Hall, Room 210E 530 W. New York Street Indianapolis, IN 46202-3225 Phone: (317) 274-4909 Fax: (317) 278-3326 E-Mail: cmadams@iupui.edu

Education

B.A., 1977, Kentucky Wesleyan College
J.D., 1983, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis

Courses

Contract drafting, legal analysis and communication, integrated contracts, civil procedure, trusts and estates, and legal process

Other:
Chair, AALS Section on Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers
Chair, Committee on Global Legal Writing Programs and International Outreach, Legal Writing Institute
Executive Committee, AALS Section on International Exchange
Chair, Website/Listserv Committee, African APPEAL (Academics Promoting the Pedagogy of Effective Advocacy in the Law)
Manager of Listserve for Global Writing Programs, Legal Writing Institute

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.

Professor Adams, coauthored a book entitled The International Lawyer's Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in the United States, (Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2008). Professor Adams is an active member of the Indiana Bar Association and the Indianapolis Bar Association. She also is a member of the Legal Writing Institute and serves as the Chair for the AALS Section on Graduate Programs for Foreign Lawyers. She was one of the first faculty members to receive Indiana University's Trustee's Teaching Award in recognition of teaching excellence and is a three-time recipient of the law school’s Teaching Excellence Recognition Award. Professor Adams has made many presentations at regional and national conferences.

Publications

Books and Chapters

The International Lawyer's Guide to Legal Analysis and Communication in the United States, coauthored with Deborah B. McGregor, (Aspen Publishing, Inc., 2008).


Other Publications

Indiana Pleading and Practice (updates and revisions 2002-2007), a treatise on Indiana Rules of Civil Procedure, Matthew-Bender