Search | Check E-Mail | Contact Us | News & Events
Mercer University School of Law Suzianne D. Painter-Thorne
Mercer University School of Law
  Prospective Students | Accepted Students | Current Students | Faculty & Staff | Alumni & Donors | Bench & Bar
  You are here: Mercer Home > School of Law Home > Faculty > Choose Profile > Suzianne D. Painter-Thorne


Suzianne D. Painter-Thorne

Associate Professor


Phone: 478.301.2647 E-Mail: painter_s@law.Mercer.edu
Office: Room 341

B.A., Anthropology 1999 University of Maryland, College Park; J.D. 2002 University of California, Davis . Member of the Mercer Law Faculty since 2006.

CV / Resume: painter_s.pdf

Involvement:

Assistant Editor, Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors
Legal Writing Institute
Association of Legal Writing Directors
Society of American Law Teachers
California Bar Association

Publications:

If You Build It, They Will Come: Preserving Tribal Sovereignty in the Face of Indian Casinos & the New Premium on Tribal Membership, 14.1 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. __ (2010) [forthcoming February 2010].

One Step Forward, Two Giant Steps Back: How the “Existing Indian Family” Exception (Re)Imposes Anglo American Legal Values on American Indian Tribes to the Detriment of Cultural Autonomy, 33 Am. Indian L. Rev. 329 (2009) (peer reviewed journal).

Craft Careful Analogies—And Become a Better Legal Writer, The Complete Lawyer, September/October 2008.

7 Virtues of Appellate Brief Writing: An Update from the Bench, 38 SW. U. L. Rev. 221 (2008) (co-authored with Hon. Harry Pregerson).

Reprinted, ABA Young Lawyers Division, “Anatomy of an Appeal, Part II: Persuasion,” American Bar Association Spring Conference, May 15-17, 2009.

Contested Objects, Contested Meanings: Native American Grave Protection Laws and the Interpretation of Culture, 35 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1261 (2002).


Presentations:

Speaker: “Rhetorical Stepping Stones,” Association of Legal Writing Directors Conference, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, July 18, 2009 (with Profs. Linda Berger & Karen Sneddon).

Moderator: “Diverse Teaching Methods Designed to Improve the Education of Law Students,” Southeastern Association of Law Schools 62nd Annual Meeting, West Palm Beach, August 3, 2009.

Speaker: "Advanced Writing Instruction in Small Group Sessions," Biennial Conference of the Legal Writing Institute, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, Indiana, Indianapolis, July 15, 2008 (with Prof. Jennifer Sheppard).

Speaker: “Legal Writing for Law Clerks,” Judicial Clerkship Institute Conference, Pepperdine University School of Law, March 17, 2006 (with Hon. Harry Pregerson).

Moderator: "The Law Professor as Administrator," Southeastern Association of Law Schools 61st Annual Meeting, West Palm Beach, July 31, 2008.

Honors:

Order of the Coif
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Senior Research Editor, U.C. Davis Law Review
Patrick J. Hopkins Memorial Writing Award
Witkin Award for Academic Excellence

Teaches:

Legal Writing I
Legal Writing II
Advanced Writing Group
American Indian Law
Introduction to Counseling

Admissions:

California State Bar
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

 
 
Mercer Law Review
Mercer University

Mercer University School of Law - Home