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Faculty Profile

F. Thomas Schornhorst

Professor Emeritus of Law
Contact Information
schornho [at] indiana [dot] edu  
(812) 855-7995  
Law Building 341
 
Education
B.A. at University of Iowa, 1956
J.D. at George Washington University, 1963
Courses
Criminal Procedure: Investigation (B601)
Criminal Law
Death Penalty
Criminal Process
Evidence
Torts
Admiralty
Fact Investigation and Analysis
Trial Techniques

Background
  • Managing editor of the George Washington Law Review; elected to the Order of the Coif at George Washington University
  • Associate, Patton, Boggs, & Blow, Washington, D.C., 1963-66
  • Indiana University Distinguished Service Award
Biography
F. Thomas Schornhorst

In more than 30 years of teaching, Professor Schornhorst taught primarily in the areas of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Torts, and Admiralty. He retired in 1998.

Schornhorst approached his teaching with the same "fire in the belly" style that punctuates all his work, and it is this energy and enthusiasm that made him a legend in the Law School.

In his years at Indiana Law, Schornhorst developed several clinical programs in the school, including Inmate Legal Assistance Project, a clinical experience for law students who assist federal prisoners in evaluating post-conviction claims. He has been an inspiration to students for his tireless commitment to the representation of indigent clients in death penalty cases. Because of his extraordinary record of public service, he was awarded Indiana University Distinguished Service Award.


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