John Bessler
Visiting Professor of Law
B.A., University of Minnesota
J.D., Indiana University School of Law
M.F.A., Hamline University
M.ST., University of Oxford
Expertise
Contact Information
Telephone: (410) 837-4690
Room Number: LC 104A
Email
Administrative Assistant: Rose McMunn, (410) 837-4645, (on campus x4645), LC 103
Courses Taught
Introduction to Lawyering Skills/Civil Procedure I
John Bessler has taught at the University of Minnesota Law School and The George Washington University Law School. He clerked for U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Mason of the District of Minnesota, and practiced law for many years in the area of civil litigation as a partner at the Minneapolis law firm of Kelly & Berens, P.A. He has written four books, three on the subject of capital punishment and one on the craft of writing. He has a B.A. in political science from the University of Minnesota, a law degree from the Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington, an M.F.A. from Hamline University, and a master's degree in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University. His law review articles have appeared in the Indiana Law Journal, the Arkansas Law Review, the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review and elsewhere. John Bessler is also an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law School.