John Parsi

Biography

Professor John Parsi, J.D., Ph.D., joined the faculty of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2024. He teaches criminal law, administration of criminal justice, family law, and health law, as well as remedies and science and technology law. His research and writing focus on bodily autonomy at the intersection of health, science, and technology law, particularly in the ways bodily autonomy is regulated and criminalized, and its impact on civil rights.

Professor Parsi launched his career with the Federal Public Defender for the District of Alaska in 2010, and subsequently served as a law clerk for the Alaska Supreme Court and Special Assistant to the Attorney General for the Alaska Department of Law before entering private practice in 2013. He practiced in multiple areas of law, including corporate commercial litigation, emerging technology, municipal employment, and appellate law, at firms including K&L Gates, Davis Wright Tremaine, and Stinson LLP. He also served as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska.

Prior to joining LSU Law, Professor Parsi taught at the University of Nebraska College of Law and was previously on the faculty of Arizona State University. He held several positions at Arizona State University, including Professor of Practice, and led the Center for the Advanced Study and Practice of Hope at ASU as executive director from 2020 to 2022. Along with leading the ASU Center for Advanced Study and Practice of Hope, he served as president of the Kids at Hope nonprofit organization in Tempe, Arizona from 2019 to 2022, and the Last Frontier of Comedy nonprofit in Anchorage, Alaska from 2018 to 2023.

Professor Parsi earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science and Sociology as well as a master’s and Ph.D. in Political Science from ASU. He earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where he graduated cum laude and served as Notes Editor on the Editorial Board of the Michigan Law Review.