John Francis
- Contact
- 1700 SW College AveRobert J. Dole HallRoom 223
Topeka, KS 66621785.670.1685
- Degrees & Certifications
- Lafayette College, Bachelor of Arts
- American Univ/Washington Law, Juris Doctor
- Career Accomplishments
Presentations
Panelist, "Criminal Procedure Beyond the Casebook," Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2025 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, January 11, 2025.
"Qualified Immunity: Friend or Foe," Central States Law School Association, 2022 Annual Scholarship Conference, Washburn University School of Law Topeka, Kansas, September 10, 2022.
Co-presenter, "Update: Kansas Criminal Justice Reform Commission Findings and Recommendations," Topeka Bar Association Criminal Law Committee, CLE webinar, January 28, 2022.
"Recent Cases and Issues in Criminal Justice," 2020 Selected Topics and Miscellany CLE webinar, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 19, 2020.
"Should Criminal Courts Borrow Structures and Remedies Used by Civil Courts to Address Spoliation of Evidence?," Association of American Law Schools, 41st Annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Chicago, Illinois, May 2, 2018 (work-in-progress).
"Recognizing the Assets and Closing the Gaps in Underserved Communities Through Client-Centered Lawyering," Midwest Clinical Legal Education Conference, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, October 13, 2017 (with Janet Thompson Jackson).
"Work/Life Balance as a Lawyering Skill," Institute for Law Teaching and Learning Summer Conference," Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 11, 2016 (with Janet Thompson Jackson).
"Transforming Our Teaching By Engaging with the Global Community," 37th Annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education, The Association of American Law Schools, Chicago, Illinois, April 28, 2014.
"Teaching Law Abroad: Bringing Home Interactive, Student-Centered Learning," Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, Hybrid Law Teaching, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, June 8, 2013 (with Tonya Kowalski).
"Beyond Angkor Wat and the Killing Fields: Law, Education, and Life in Cambodia," Washburn University Brown Bag International Lecture, Topeka, Kansas, February 8, 2012.
"From Muriithi to Padilla: A Lawyer’s Ethical Duty to Determine the Immigration Status of Clients in Criminal Cases," Continuing Legal Education Program, Washburn Law Clinic 40th Anniversary Celebration, Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, October 23, 2010.
Panelist, "Why Specialty Clinics? – What do Specialty Clinics Add to Legal Education, Clinical Education and the Global Community? Autonomous or Integrated - Is There a Best Practice?," Fourth Annual Indian Law Clinics & Externship Programs Symposium, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 21, 2010 (with Meetali Jain, Practitioner-in-Residence, American University, Washington College of Law).
"Substantive Criminal Law in Tribal Court" and "Tribal Court Practice," multi-session panels at Introduction to Tribal Court Practice, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Mayetta, Kansas, October 3, 2008 (with Tonya Kowalski and Aliza Organick).
Panelist, "The Worst-Case Scenario: Malpractice and Serious Ethical Breaches by Students," 2008 Association of American Law Schools Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Tucson, Arizona, May 5, 2008. (Also served as Planning Committee Member for the Conference.)
"Charting the Rocks and Shoals of Immigration Consequences When Representing Non-Citizen Clients in Criminal Cases," Third Judicial District of Kansas Criminal Defense Bar Meeting/CLE, Topeka, Kansas, November 15, 2005.
"A Step-by-Step Guide to Batson: Making Miller-El and Johnson Work," The Third Annual Building the Mitigation Case: Advocating for Life, Topeka, Kansas, November 11, 2005 (Co-presented with Christina Swarns).
"Avoiding Immigration Consequences When Representing Non-Citizen Clients in Criminal Cases," Washburn Law Clinic 35th Anniversary CLE, Topeka, Kansas, September 10, 2005.
"Lawyering Skills in the Digital Age," AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, San Diego, California, May 4, 2004 (Co-presented with Professor Conrad Johnson, Columbia University School of Law).
"Whose Client is it Anyway?" AALS Workshop on Clinical Legal Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 2003 (Co-presented with Professor Douglas Colbert, University of Maryland School of Law and Professor Carol Turowski, Case Western Reserve School of Law).
"DNA Exonerations and the Death Penalty," Kansas Coalition Against the Death Penalty, Topeka, Kansas, November 2000.
"A Comparative Look at Criminal Practice in New York and Kansas," Third Judicial Criminal Defense Bar CLE, Topeka, Kansas, June 2000.
Professional Service
Member, Criminal Justice Reform Commission, 2019-.
Special Judge for the Tribal District Court of Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, 2017-2019.
Member, Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools Section on Clinical Legal Education, 2013-December 2016
Volunteer Teaching, Royal University of Law and Economics, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Fall Semester 2011 (five weeks while on sabbatical teaching lawyering and advocacy skills to an English speaking section of Cambodian law students).
Honors and Awards
Recipient, Warren W. Shaw Distinguished Service Award, Topeka Bar Association, 2019.
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