Professor of Law

Susan.Stuart@valpo.edu
CV | SSRN

Education

J.D., Indiana University - Indianapolis
M.Ed., Valparaiso University
B.A., DePauw University

Courses Taught & Research Interests

Legal Writing, Trusts and Estates, Education Law, Insurance Law, Remedies.

Scholarly Works

Participatory Lawyering & the Ivory Tower:  Conducting a Forensic Law Audit in the Aftermath of Virginia Tech, 35 J. Coll. & U. L. Rev. 323 (2009). SSRN

Shibboleths & Ceballos:  Eroding Constitutional Rights Through Pseudo-Communication, 2008 BYU L. Rev. 1545 (2008).

Citizen Teacher: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t, 76 University of Cincinnati Law Review 1281 (2008).  SSRN

Book Chapter - 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., 2008).

Lex-Praxis of Education Informational Privacy for Public Schoolchildren, 84 Neb. Law 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). SSRN

Fun with Dick and Jane and Lawrence: A Primer on Education Privacy as Constitutional Liberty, 88 Marq. L. Rev. 563 (2004).

Previous Professional Experience

Professor Stuart practiced law for 11 years in Indianapolis after a three-year clerkship with the Indiana Court of Appeals. Her practice focused on education, labor and employment law, but also included commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters. She left practice in 1996, to join the faculty at Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington and joined the Valparaiso University School of Law faculty on a full-time basis in Fall, 2000.