Professor John Parsi will join the faculty at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center at the start of the Fall 2024 semester.
Professor John Parsi, JD, PhD, who has extensive experience as an attorney in the private sector and as a nonprofit leader, will join the faculty at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center at the start of the Fall 2024 semester. Parsi has taught at the University of Nebraska College of Law since 2022 and was previously on the faculty of Arizona State University. Parsi 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.
Parsi teaches criminal law, administration of criminal justice, family law, and remedies, as well as health law and science and technology law. His research and writing focuses 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.
“I am thrilled to be joining the tremendous faculty at LSU Law. The Law Center’s access to world class scholars in both common and civil law best positions students to launch successful legal careers anywhere in the world,” said Parsi. “Dean Alena Allen and the faculty and staff at LSU Law are dedicated to being at the forefront of legal practice, the energy at the Law Center is electrifying, and I am honored to be a part of it.”
“Professor Parsi’s research focuses on the regulation of bodily autonomy. He brings an interdisciplinary approach to both the classroom and his research, and he is particularly passionate about teaching,” said LSU Law Dean Alena Allen. “We are excited to welcome him this fall.”
Prior to joining the University of Nebraska College of Law faculty, Parsi held several positions at Arizona State University (ASU), where he earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science and Sociology as well as a master’s and Ph.D. in Political Science. He served as a Professor of Practice at ASU from 2019 to 2022 and led the Center for the Advanced Study and Practice of Hope at ASU as executive director from 2020 to 2022.
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.
Parsi also has administrative experience at academic and nonprofit organizations. 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.
