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Publications | Presentations | Professional Memberships
After law school, Susan Brody served as law clerk for the Honorable Lloyd A. Van Deusen of the Illinois Appellate Court. Then she practiced with Beermann, Swerdlove, Woloshin, Barezky, and Berkson, concentrating in family law and appellate practice. At John Marshall, Professor Brody served as director of the Lawyering Skills Program from 1985-1995. She was associate dean for academic affairs from 1995-1997 and associate dean for institutional affairs during 1998. She currently serves on the strategic planning committee and the development committee, and was a member of the decanal search committee (2002-2003).
Professor Brody also serves on committees of the American Bar Association, Association of American Law Schools, Illinois State Bar Association, and SCRIBES (the American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects). She has spoken on topics concerning legal education and lawyering skills for numerous groups. She has consulted for law schools and presented seminars at law firms, corporate legal departments, and governmental agencies. She also serves on bar committees dealing with issues about women and the law.
Professor Brody joined the John Marshall faculty in 1982. She teaches Civil Procedure and Family Law.
Full Curriculum Vitae
Publications
Books
Sourcebook on Legal Writing Programs (with Ralph L. Brill, Christina L. Kunz, Richard K. Neumann, Jr., and Marilyn R. Walter) (Lexis/Nexis 1997).
Legal Drafting (co-authored with Jane Rutherford, Laurel Vietzen and John Dernbach) Little, Brown & Co. 1994).
Articles
"Taking Standards of Appellate Review Seriously: A Proposal to Amend Rule 341" (with Timothy O'Neill), 83 IBJ 512 (1995).
'Teaching Skills and Values During The Law School Years," The MacCrate Report Conference Proceedings, pp. 22-27 (1993).
'Notice to Minors Under the Illinois Juvenile Court Act: An Anomaly of Due Process," 36 DeP.L.Rev. 343 (1987).
Book Review, Martineau, Fundamentals of Appellate Advocacy, 19 J.Mar.L.Rev. 541 (1986).
"The Inverted Pyramid Style of Writing and Its Application to Objective Memoranda," 1, No. 2, Quarterly Publication of the Legal Writing Institute (l985).
"A Model for Teaching Persuasive Writing" co-authored with Constance Fisher, Vol. 1, No. 3, Quarterly Publication of the Legal Writing Institute (1985).
"Promoting the Welfare of Children: Agreements to Set a Minimum Amount of Child Support," 1 Ill.J.Fam.L. 51(1984).
"Rape of the Mentally Deficient: Satisfaction of the Nonconsent Element," 15 J.Mar.L.Rev. 115(1982).
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Presentations
AALS, Workshop on Women in Legal Education, "Finding Support and Challenges Outside Our Institution," New York, September 1999.
ALWD Conference: "ABA Annual Survey and Site Evaluations" (with Richard Neumann) July 1997.
ALWD Conference: "Performance Testing: Institutional Challenges of Performance
Testing on Legal Writing Curriculum and Pedagogy" (with Maureen Kordesh and Francis Morrissey) July 1997.
Legal Writing Institute, "The Proposed ABA Standards" (July 1996).
Chicago Bar Association, "Life in the Law Faculty Lane," October 18, 1995.
American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative. Strategies for Developing Skills Curriculum, Washington, D.C. (November 8-9, 1994).
Legal Writing Institute, "The MacCrate Report: Effects on the Future of Legal Research and Writing" (July 1994);
ABA, The MacCrate Report: Building The Educational Continuum Conference, Minneapolis (September 30-October 2, 1993).
Association of American Law Schools Teaching Conference: "Problem Development", and "Selecting, Hiring and Training Legal Writing Teachers" (July 1993).
Society of American Law teachers Conference: Emerging Issues for Legal Writing
Faculty: Integrating Gender, Race, Disability, and Sexual Preference Into Teaching (New York, May 1993).
Midwest Legal Writing Conference: "Teaching Legal Drafting" (July 1991).
American Bar Association Conference Making the Competent Lawyer: Models for Law School Action: "Need for Effective Legal Writing Programs," (St. Louis, Nov.l-3, 1990).
American Bar Association Annual Meeting: "Wielding a Sharp Red Pencil: Drafting," (Chicago, Aug. 4, 1990).
Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting "Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Analysis as a Necessary Part of the Law School Curriculum" (January 1990).
Legal Writing Institute, "Composition Theory and Teaching Legal Writing" (July 1992); "Hiring and Training Legal Writing Faculty" (July 1988 and July 1990);
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education: "How to Write Effectively" (1988 and 1989).
State Appellate Defender Workshop: "How to Write Effectively" (November 4, 1988). Legal Writing Institute, "Legal Drafting" (1986).
Illinois Appellate Judges Conference (December 1984).
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
Pre Law Committee, 2005 - present
American Bar Association Site Inspection Team, 2007-2005, 2002-2000, 1998-1995, 1992
Association of American Law Schools: Committee on Bar Admission and Lawyer Competence, 1997-2000, Chair, 1999-2000.
Illinois State Bar Association, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1998.
Illinois State Bar Association, Special Committee on Women and the Law, 1997-1999.
Illinois State Bar Association Committee on Legal Education, Admission & Competence, August 1996- 1999.
Association of Legal Writing Directors, Board of Directors 1996-1999.
Advisory Committee, Educational Testing Services (ETS) and Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Research on Interlinear Writing Exercises, March 1995-1997.
American Bar Association Committee on Communication Skills (formerly Legal Writing Committee): member since 1989; chair, 1995-1998; vice-chair, 1992-1995; program committee, 1990-1991;
Association of American Law Schools: Chair, Section on Writing, Reasoning, and Research, 1989-1990; Secretary, 1987-1989.
Legal Writing Institute Board of Directors, 1984 to 1998.
IICLE, Planning Committee, "How to Write Effectively" (1989).
Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association Chairman, Moot Court Bureau Committee, 1983, 1984; Board of Directors, 1984 to 1986.
Illinois Appellate Lawyers Association & The John Marshall Law School Appellate Advocacy Clinic, Coordinator (November 1988).
SCRIBES, member; Annual Program Committee, 200 1-02
Chicago Bar Association Professional Responsibility Committee, 1989-1993, Civil Practice Committee, 1982-1985.
Chicago Bar Association Alliance for Women Committee on Gender Free Jurisprudence, 1992-1994.
Illinois State Bar Association: Journal Editorial Board, 1992-1998; Professional Conduct Committee, associate member, 1990-1992; Judge Lincoln Award Writing Contest, 1985.
Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission: Member Inquiry Board, 1992-1995; Member, Hearing Board, 1995-1996.
Reporter to Illinois Judicial Conference, September 1988.
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