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  • Lecturer in Residence
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  • sschechter@law.berkeley.edu
  • Tel: 510-643-7387
  • 471.a Boalt Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 MC:7200
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Sue Schechter has spent most of her career since graduating from law school in 1988 in law school administration and law student support positions. Prior to coming to Berkeley Law, Schechter worked at Golden Gate University School of Law as the Associate Dean for Student Services; the Honors Lawyering Program Administrative Director; and Assistant Dean for Law Career & Alumni Services.

For more than a decade, Schechter has been teaching in and helping to administer field placement programs. She was an Adjunct/Clinical Professor at Golden Gate and is currently Berkeley Law’s first full-time Field Placement Coordinator working with students doing general field placements, judicial externships, and away placements.

Prior to her work at law schools, Schechter was the Project Director for the Public Interest Clearninghouse’s Public Interest Law Program in San Francisco; a Patients’ Rights Advocate/Attorney at the Mental Health Advocacy Project in Santa Clara County; and as a Campus Organizer/Staff Attorney with the National Association for Public Interest Law (NAPIL, now known as Equal Justice Works) in Washington, DC.

Schechter has served on a number of committees and maintains memberships in many organizations including but not limited to: AALS, Clinical Section and former Executive Committee Member for the Student Services Section (2003-2005); Co-founder and member of Bay Area Consortium on Externships (1998 – present); former board member and treasurer for La Raza Centro Legal (1998-2000) in San Francisco; Far West Regional Coordinator (1998-1999), Mark of Distinction Award Committee Member (1997-1998), Co-founder and member of the Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Transgender Committee (1994-2000), Vice-Chair Small/Medium Employers Committee (1995-1996) for NALP, the National Association for Law Placement; Board Member and Summer Fellowship Committee Chair for Pride Law Fund (1998-2000); and chair of the State Bar of California, Legal Services Section, Committee on Moderate Income Delivery Chair (1996-1998).

Education

B.A., Washington University School of Law (1982)
J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law (1988)


Susan Schechter is teaching the following courses in Spring 2023:

• 285.81 sec. 001 - Lawyering in the Public Interest/Public Sector World
• 289A sec. 001 - Judicial Externship Seminar
• 295 sec. 001 - Civil Field Placement Ethics Seminar
• 295 sec. 002 - Civil Field Placement Ethics Seminar
• 295.6A sec. 001 - Civil Field Placement
• 295.6B sec. 001 - Criminal Field Placement
• 295.6C sec. 001 - Environmental Field Placement
• 295.7A sec. 001 - Away Field Placement
• 295.7K sec. 001 - IN Human Rights Law and Practice: Away Field Placement
• 295.8A sec. 001 - Judicial Externship:Away
• 295.8B sec. 001 - Judicial Externships: Bay Area
• 295.9A sec. 001 - UCDC: Law Field Placement
• 295.9K sec. 001 - UCDC: Law and Lawyering in the Nation's Capital Workshop
• 295B sec. 001 - Field Placement Workshop
• 295B sec. 002 - Field Placement Workshop
• 295C sec. 001 - Criminal Law Ethics Seminar
• 295D sec. 001 - UCDC: Law and Lawyering in the Nation's Capital Seminar
• 295H sec. 001 - IN Human Rights Law and Practice: Advanced Away Field Placement Seminar
• 295J sec. 001 - Away Field Placement Workshop


Courses During Other Semesters

SemesterCourse NumCourse Titlelock Teaching Evaluations
Fall 2022 289A sec. 001Judicial Externship Seminar 
 295 sec. 001Civil Field Placement Ethics Seminar 
 295.6A sec. 001Civil Field Placement 
 295.6B sec. 001Criminal Field Placement 
 295.6C sec. 001Environmental Field Placement 
 295.7A sec. 001Away Field Placement 
 295.7L sec. 001Away Field Placement - Bay Area 
 295.8A sec. 001Judicial Externship:Away 
 295.8B sec. 001Judicial Externships: Bay Area 
 295.9A sec. 001UCDC: Law Field Placement 
 295B sec. 001Field Placement Workshop 
 295C sec. 001Criminal Law Ethics Seminar 
 295D sec. 001UCDC: Law and Lawyering in the Nation's Capital Seminar 
 295F sec. 001IN Human Rights Law and Practice: Away Field Placement Seminar 
 295J sec. 001Away Field Placement Workshop 
 295K sec. 001Professional Identity in US Public and Private Sector PracticeView Teaching Evaluation
Spring 2022 285.81 sec. 001Lawyering in the Public Interest/Public Sector WorldView Teaching Evaluation
 289A sec. 001Judicial Externship Seminar 
 295 sec. 001Civil Field Placement Ethics Seminar 
 295.6A sec. 001Civil Field Placement 
 295.6B sec. 001Criminal Field Placement 
 295.6C sec. 001Environmental Field Placement 
 295.7A sec. 001Away Field Placement 
 295.7J sec. 001Berkeley Law in The Hague 
 295.7K sec. 001UN Human Rights Law and Practice: Away Field Placement 
 295.7L sec. 001Away Field Placement - Bay Area 
 295.8A sec. 001Judicial Externship:Away 
 295.8B sec. 001Judicial Externships: Bay Area 
 295.9A sec. 001UCDC: Law Field Placement 
 295B sec. 001Field Placement Workshop 
 295B sec. 2Field Placement Workshop 
 295C sec. 001Criminal Law Ethics Seminar 
 295D sec. 001UCDC: Law and Lawyering in the Nation's Capital 
 295H sec. 001UN Human Rights Law and Practice: Advanced Away Field Placement Seminar 
 295J sec. 001Away Field Placement Workshop 
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