Curriculum Vitae 2013
SUSAN P. STUART
Professor of Law
Valparaiso University School of Law
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
CURRENT
Valparaiso University School of Law
Position:
Professor of Law
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Legal Writing & Reasoning
Education Law
Trusts & Estates
Insurance Law
Remedies
Education Law & Policy Seminar
Debtor-Creditor Rights
Director of Academic Success Program (2001-2007); Summer Director (2002-2007)
Comparative Family Law (Cambridge Summer Program, 2001)
Legal Writing (summer ASP Program)
1996-2000
Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington
Position:
Lecturer in Law
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Legal Research & Writing
SUMMER, 2003
Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation
Position:
Instructor for Indiana Bar Review (Multistate Performance Test)
SUMMERS, 1997 (IUB), 2000 (IUB), 2002 (VUSL), 2010 (VUSL)
Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity (ICLEO)
Positions:
Co-Director of Academics & Legal Writing Professor (2002) (VUSL)
Legal Writing Instructor (1997, 2000) (IU-Bloomington)
Legal Writing Instructor (2010) (VUSL)
Responsibilities:
 (2002) In coordination with the Co-Director for Administration, prepared proposal
and budget for VUSL to host Indiana students entering all four Indiana law schools
and who qualified for ICLEO program to assist minority and educationally
disadvantaged students; administered the day-to-day academic affairs of the Institute;
taught legal writing class.
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(1997, 2000, 2010) Legal Research & Writing instructor for inaugural ICLEO
Summer Institute 1997 and Summer Institutes 2000 & 2010; created syllabus for and
taught legal writing classes; developed portfolio requirement for Fellows.
TEACHING HONORS
Teaching Excellence Recognition Award (TERA) – IU-Bloomington (1999, 2000)
Michael & Dianne Swygert Teaching Fellow (2010-2012)
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
Bringing a Knife to the Gunfight: The Academically Underprepared Law Student & Legal
Education Reform (co-author: Ruth Vance) (in circulation)
All Roads Lead from Vietnam: The War on Drugs, Drug Policy, & Veterans (working title), ___
ALB. GOV’T L. REV. ___ (2013) (work-in-progress; invited Symposium Overdose: The Failure
of the US Drug War and Attempts at Legalization)
Warriors, Machismo & Jockstraps: Sexually Exploitative Athletic Hazing and Title IX in the
Public School Locker Room, 35 W. NEW ENG. L. REV. ___ (2013) (forthcoming).
“Hope and Despondence”: Emerging Adulthood and Higher Education’s Relationship with Its
Nonviolent Mentally Ill Students, 38 J. COLL. & U.L. 319 (2012) (peer-reviewed).
A New Sheriff in Town: Armistice in the War on Drugs and Students’ Civil Rights, 13 FLA.
COASTAL L. REV. 335 (2012).
War as Metaphor and the Rule of Law in Crisis: The Lessons We Should Have Learned from the
War on Drugs, 2011 S. ILL. U. L.J. 1 (2011).
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DIVERSITY IN EDUCATION (James A.
Banks, ed. Sage Pub. 2012) (solicited contribution)
In Loco Parentis in the Public Schools: Abused, Confused and in Need of Change, 78 U. CIN. L.
REV. 969 (2010).
When the Cure Is Worse than the Disease: Student Random Drug-Testing & Its Empirical
Failure, 44 VAL. L. REV. 1055 (2010) (invited Symposium).
Participatory Lawyering & the Ivory Tower: Conducting a Forensic Law Audit in the Aftermath
of Virginia Tech, 35 J. COLL. & U. L. 323 (2009) (peer-reviewed).
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Shibboleths & Ceballos: Eroding Constitutional Rights Through Pseudo-Communication, 2008
BYU L. REV. 1545 (2008).
Voices from the Bottom of the Well: No Child Left Behind and the Allegory of Equitable Education
as a Gateway to Crime and Delinquency, in OUR PROMISE: ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY FOR
AMERICA’S CHILDREN (Dan Weddle & Maurice Dyson, eds., Carolina Academic Press 2009) (coauthor with Geneva Brown)
Citizen Teacher: Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t, 76 U. CIN. L. REV. 1281 (2008)
Lex-Praxis of Education Informational Privacy for Public Schoolchildren, 84 NEB. L. REV. 1158
(2006).
Jack & Jill Go to Court: Litigating a Peer Sexual Harassment Case under Title IX, 29 AM J.
TRIAL ADVOC. 243 (2005-06).
A Local Distinction: State Education Privacy Laws for Public Schoolchildren, 108 W. VA. L.
REV. 361 (2006).
Fun with Dick and Jane and Lawrence: A Primer on Education Privacy as Constitutional
Liberty, 88 MARQ. L. REV. 563 (2004).
McClanahan v. Remington Freight Lines: Making a Mountain Out of a Molehill, 22 IND. L.
REV. 1 (1989) (co-authored with Richard S. Pitts)
White v. State: And Now for Something [Completely] Different, 21 IND. L. REV. 85 (1988) (coauthored with Richard S. Pitts)
Evidentiary Use of Other Crime Evidence: A Survey of Recent Trends in Criminal Procedure, 20
IND. L. REV. 183 (1987)
Student Note, Indianapolis Desegregation: Segregative Intent & the Interdistrict Remedy, 14
IND. L. REV. 799 (1981)
Assistant Editor for:
Lisa T. McElroy, Christine N. Coughlin, & Deborah S. Gordon, The Carnegie Report and Legal
Writing: Does the Report Go Far Enough?, 17 LEGAL WRITING: THE JOURNAL OF THE LEGAL
WRITING INSTITUTE 279 (2011).
Sean Flammer, Persuading Judges: An Empirical Analysis of Writing Style, Persuasion, and the
Use of Plain English, 16 LEGAL WRITING: THE JOURNAL OF LEGAL WRITING INSTITUTE 183
(2010)
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James Parry Eyster, Lawyer as Artist: Using Significant Moments and Obtuse Objects to
Enhance Advocacy, 14 LEGAL WRITING: THE JOURNAL OF LEGAL WRITING INSTITUTE 87 (2008)
Carol McCrehan Parker, Writing Is Everybody’s Business: Theoretical and Practical
Justifications for Teaching Writing Across the Law School Curriculum, 12 LEGAL WRITING: THE
JOURNAL OF LEGAL WRITING INSTITUTE 175 (2006)
Toni M. Fine, Legal Writers Writing: Scholarship & the Demarginalization of Legal Writing
Instructors, 5 LEGAL WRITING: THE JOURNAL OF LEGAL WRITING INSTITUTE 225 (1998)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/LEGAL PRESENTATIONS
“Warriors, Machismo & Jockstraps: Male Gender Identity & Title IX” (call for papers)
AALS Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., January, 2012
“Teaching Academic Writing”
APPEAL: Preparing Students for the Practice of Law: Helping Students Develop Their Ability
to Read and Write in English
Seattle University School of Law and University of Zululand
Mtunzini, South Africa, December 7-9, 2011
“Title IX & Hostile Hallways”
AAUW presentation (October 2011)
“E-mail & How You Do the Job” (co-presenter)
Central States Regional Legal Writing Conference
John Marshall School of Law—Chicago (September 2011)
“Social Justice Lawyering” panel
“Law, Culture, Constitutionalism, & Governance: Conference to Honour Martin Chanock”
University of Cape Town & University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (December 2010)
“Student Drug-Testing”
Symposium: “Civil Rights in the Obama Era,” Valparaiso Law Review
Valparaiso University School of Law (November 2009) (invited)
“In Loco Parentis & the Public Schools”
Oxford Roundtable, Oxford University, Oxford, England (July 2009) (invited)
“Providing Remedial Instruction”
APPEAL: Conference on Promoting of Teaching of Legal Writing in Southern Africa
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (July, 2009)
“The Minefield of Local Privacy Practices”
51st Annual Conference, Education Law Association, Memphis (November, 2005)
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“Old Lawyers Never Die; They Just Lose Their Appeal” (co-presenter)
Continuing Legal Education, Valparaiso University School of Law (April, 2005)
“Advanced Legal Writing & Professional Writing Seminar”
Indiana Paralegal Association, 25th Anniversary Conference (November, 2004) (invited)
EDUCATION
Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis
Degree:
Juris Doctor, summa cum laude (May, 1982)
Honors:
INDIANA LAW REVIEW Board of Editors, Note & Development Editor
American Jurisprudence Award (Labor Law; Federal Jurisdiction)
Dean’s List
Valparaiso University
Degree:
Master of Education (August, 1976)
DePauw University
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts (Liberal Arts) with distinction (May, 1973)
Honors:
Mortar Board; Dean’s List
BAR ADMISSION
Indiana (#1917-49), Northern & Southern Districts of Indiana
CERTIFICATION
Indiana Life Teaching License
PROFESSIONAL LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
1996-2001
Lowe Gray Steele & Darko, LLP
Indianapolis, Indiana
Position:
Of Counsel/Contract employment
1987-1996
Lowe Gray Steele & Hoffman
Indianapolis, Indiana
Position:
Associate; Partner
Practice Areas: Education/Labor, Commercial and Business Litigation, Bankruptcy
Responsibilities:
 One of outside counsel for Indiana State Teachers Association
 General creditor representation & firm’s sole bankruptcy practitioner
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1985-1987
Buschmann Carr & Meyer
Indianapolis, Indiana
Dates of Employment: 1985-1987
Position: Associate
Practice Areas: Commercial and Business Litigation, Bankruptcy
1982-1985; 1987
Indiana Court of Appeals
Indianapolis, Indiana
Hon. Stanley B. Miller (1982-1985; 1987)
Hon. Patrick D. Sullivan (Summer, 1987)
Position: Law clerk
OTHER EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT
Crown Point Community School Corporation (1974-1976; 1977-1979)
South Harrison School Corporation (1976-1977)
Kankakee Valley School Corporation (1973-1974)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Education Law Association
 Member
 Dissertation Committee (2005-2010)
 Presenter at 2005 Annual Conference
Legal Writing Institute
 Member
 Associate Editor (1998, 2006 to current)
AALS
 Education Law Section
Scribes: The American Society of Legal Writers
 Screener: Scribes Brief Award (2008, 2009, 2012)
American, Indiana State and Indianapolis (past member) Bar Associations
National Organization of Lawyers for Education Associations (past member)
2007 Indiana State Bar Association Legal Education Conclave (attendee)
2010 Indiana State Bar Association Legal Education Conclave (presenter)
JURIMETRICS: THE JOURNAL OF LAW, SCIENCE, & TECHNOLOGY (2009—peer reviewer)
LEGAL COMMUNICATION & RHETORIC: JALWD (2012—peer reviewer)
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UNIVERSITY & COMMUNITY SERVICE
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Valparaiso University
 VUSL Honors Program (2012, Director pro tem)
 Faculty coach, BLSA MLK Debate teams (2012)
 Provost Search (2008 – Law School representative)
 VU Task Force on Student Writing (2010-2011)
 VU Future Search participant (2008)
 Curriculum Committee (2002-2005; 2006-2009 – Chair; 2012-present)
 Career Placement Center Committee (2011-2012 – Chair)
 Graduate Studies Committee (S.J.D.) (2008, 2009, 2010)
 Appointments Committee (2006-2007)
 Admissions Committee (file reader 2008-2011, 2012-2013)
 VUSL Academic Planning – Curriculum & Student committee
 Accommodations Committee (2005-2007, 2009-present)
 Budgeting & Planning Workgroup (2007-2009)
 Women’s Law Student Association (advisor)
 International Moot Court (faculty advisor, 2010-present)
 Committee to Enhance Learning & Teaching (Spring, 2001)
 Faculty Secretary – General & Executive (2001-2003)
 Moot Court Honor Society
o appellate writing advisor (2004-2009)
o Swygert Moot Court Competition, Elite 8 Judge (2003-2011)
o faculty judge for competition practice
o faculty advisor pro tem (spring 2012)
 Task Force on Retention Standards & Related Issues (2002)
 Supervisor of miscellaneous Honors Projects, Law 600 (2001-02; Fall, 2002; 200304)
 Supervisor of numerous Law 490 Independent Reading & Research projects
(compensated & uncompensated)
 Advisor for Law Review Notewriters (one to two Notes per year)
 Judge for Law Review Scribe Award (2006, 2007)
 Judge for BLSA/LLSA Scholarship Essay contest (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012)
 Guest Lecturer, VU School of Education (special education due process lecture for
teacher certification – fall, spring & summer classes; school law presentation for ED
306, School & Society)
 Miscellaneous career services: mock interviews, employment counseling, numerous
letters for employment & bar references
 Faculty Hooder: graduation 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
 Faculty Advisor, Class of 2009
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Indiana University
 Career Services Committee
 Women Partners Program (Office of Women’s Affairs)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Valparaiso
 Legal Environmental Aid Foundation of Indiana, Inc. (Chair: Board of Directors
until Dec. 2011, when LEAF merged with Hoosier Environmental Council)
 American Association of University Women
Indianapolis
 Indianapolis Museum of Art and Alliance (rental gallery volunteer)
 Indiana Academic Decathlon State Competition (interview judge)
 Conner Prairie and Alliance (volunteer)
 Central Indiana Radio Reading, Inc. (host “SportsTime” weekly radio program)
 National Soap Box Derby - Challenger Division (for children with disabilities)
 Kiwanis Club of Indianapolis (past member)
 Pan American Games volunteer (1987)
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