Susan S. Kuo

Associate Professor of Law

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Susan Kuo is an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Her current research focuses on social justice issues in disaster law and policy, and she has particular expertise concerning riots and mob violence. She has also written about criminal law and procedure, privacy, and legal education. She teaches or has taught a variety of courses, including Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Federal Courts, Conflict of Laws, Civil Procedure, Law and Social Justice, and Race and the Law. In 2008 and 2010, Professor Kuo was voted Outstanding Faculty Member by the student body. Most recently, she was selected for inclusion in a study of "Best Law Teachers" along with 24 other law professors nationwide. The results of this study will appear in a book, What the Best Law Teachers Do, accepted for publication by the Harvard University Press.

Professor Kuo is currently serving as a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Alabama School of Law. During the 2010-2011 academic year, she served as a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Iowa College of Law (Spring Semester). Professor Kuo served previously as an Associate Professor at Northern Illinois University College of Law and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Toledo College of Law. In 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2006 she was voted Professor of the Year by the Northern Illinois graduating class. Prior to entering into teaching, she was a Special Assistant United States Attorney with the United States Attorney's Office in Atlanta, Georgia. She also completed two federal judicial clerkships, one with Judge Eugene E. Siler, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the other with Judge Robert H. Hall of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.