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Faculty ProfileSuzanne M. RabeDirector of Legal Writing and Clinical Professor of LawE-mail: Suzanne M. Rabe Office Number: 262 Office Phone: (520) 626-2426 Office Fax: (520) 621-9140 Courses Taught: Legal Process, Analysis, and Writing (Law 603P) 
Advanced Legal Writing (Law 653A)
Curriculum Vitae SSRN Published Papers |
Biographical Information |
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| Suzanne Rabe is the Director of Legal Writing and a Clinical Professor of Law at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. She is admitted to practice in both Arizona and California. A graduate of both Arizona State University (B.A. 1976) and the University of Arizona (J.D. 1979), Professor Rabe served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas Tang on the Ninth Circuit.
Professor Rabe taught legal writing at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, during the 1980-81 academic year. In 1981, she joined the staff of Southern Arizona Legal Aid, where she remained for six years, specializing in immigration, refugee, and civil rights law.
Since 1987, Professor Rabe has taught Legal Writing, Advanced Legal Writing, and other courses at the University of Arizona. She has served as the Director of Legal Writing since 2000. She is a leader in the legal writing field. In recognition of her leadership, she was awarded in 2011 the Rocky Mountain Award "for contributions beyond measure to the Rocky Mountain legal writing community." She serves on the board of directors of the Legal Writing Institute, and she speaks nationally and internationally on a variety of legal writing topics. |
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Education |
University of Arizona College of Law, J.D. (1979) Graduated with highest distinction; Order of the Coif | Arizona State University, B.A. (1976) graduated summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Department of History, Most Outstanding Graduating Senior award |
Admitted to Practice |
Arizona | California | Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals | United States District Court for the District Arizona |
Professional Work Experience |
Director of Legal Writing, Clinical Professor of Law, James E. Rogers College of Law, 2004 - present | Director of Legal Writing, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, James E. Rogers College of Law, 2000 - 2004 | Adjunct Professor, James E. Rogers College of Law, 1987 - 2000 | Staff Attorney, Southern Arizona Legal Aid, 1981 - 1987 | Lecturer-in-Law, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, 1980 - 1981 | Law Clerk, The Honorable Thomas Tang, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1979 - 1980 |
Representative Publications |
| A "Sending Down" Sabbatical: The Benefits of Lawyering in the Legal Services Trenches, 60 J. Legal Educ. 296 (2010) (co-author, with Stephen A. Rosenbaum). |
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Presentations |
| Speaker, Tangled Up in Blue: A Conversation on Law School Rankings (Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conference, Tempe, Ariz., Mar. 23, 2012). |
| Co-Presenter, Leadership within the Law School Community: Building Law Student Support for Legal Writing Programs and Initiatives (Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference, Sacramento, Cal., June 25, 2011) (with Lorraine Gin). |
| Co-Presenter, Top Ten Mistakes That Even Experienced Legal Writers Make (and how to fix them!) (CLE, Pima County Public Defenders Office, Tucson, Ariz., Apr. 8, 2011) (with Susan Salmon & Lorraine Gin). |
| Speaker, Imagine: Students as Allies in Building Support for Legal Writing Programs (Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference, Las Vegas, Nev., Mar. 26, 2011). |
| Presenter & Discussion Leader, Legal Writing Institute One-Day Workshop (San Diego, Cal., Dec.3, 2010). |
| Speaker, Open Session Exploring Topics Raised by Keynote Speakers at Programmatic Development Plenary (Assn. Legal Writing Directors Conf., Kansas City, Mo., July 18, 2009). |
| Speaker, Creative Teaching Techniques for Adjunct Legal Writing Professors (Assn. Legal Writing Directors Conf., Kansas City, Mo., July 17, 2009). |
| Speaker, Effective and Creative Class Ideas for Busy Legal Writing Professionals (Rocky Mountain Regional Legal Writing Conf., Tempe, Ariz., Mar. 13, 2009). |
| Speaker, Accomplishment, Independence, and Assessment: Final Exams in the Legal Writing Context (Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conf., Indianapolis, Ind., July 2008). |
| Speaker, The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Legal Writing (AALS Workshop for Beginning Legal Writing Teachers, Washington D.C., July 1, 2007) (with Patricia Broussard). |
| Speaker, Challenges and Opportunities: Directing an Effective & Creative Adjunct Legal Writing Program (ALWD Biennial Conf., Denver, Col., June 15, 2007) (with Lee Tucker & Nancy Dickhute). |
Updated: 04/23/2013