About
Hope Forsyth teaches and writes about litigation and alternative dispute resolution examined through communication theory. Her interdisciplinary scholarship explores how physical and technological structures affect adjudication.
Forsyth brings deep experience in the federal judiciary. She was a Supreme Court fellow during the Court’s October 2024 term, where she worked in national judicial administration, policy development and civics education. She then joined the federal courts’ Electronic Public Access Program, where she worked as an attorney-advisor and subject-matter expert in federal law, judiciary policy and public user needs regarding privacy and public access in court records. She previously clerked for the Honorable John F. Heil III of the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma. Before going into public service, she practiced commercial litigation.
A two-time UTulsa alumna, Forsyth also holds a Master of Laws in dispute resolution from the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University. She has served as the president of the Northern/Eastern Oklahoma Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, a judicial profiles editor of The Federal Lawyer magazine and a research fellow at the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities.
Awards & Honors
- Outstanding Junior Alumna, University of Tulsa College of Law, 2024
Education
- LL.M., Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law
- J.D., The University of Tulsa College of Law
- B.A., Honors Program, The University of Tulsa
Research Interests & Areas of Expertise
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Cameras in the courtroom
- Civil procedure
- Communication, media and information law
- Evidence
- Federal courts
- Intellectual property
- Law and technology
- Privacy
- Remote access and remote proceedings