Dr. Susan Klein

Biography

Susan R. Klein is the Alice McKean Young Regents Chair and a Law Professor at the University of Texas School of Law. She is a nationally prominent scholar in the fields of criminal procedure, federal criminal law, sentencing, and prosecutorial ethics. Her articles have appeared in top-10 law journals and have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Klein consulted on numerous high-profile criminal cases and serves on the State Bar of Texas standing committee on Criminal Pattern Jury Charges. She is also the Reporter for the Fifth Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (West 2024). After graduating second in her class from Boalt Hall School of Law, she clerked for Judge Cynthia H. Hall of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and spent four years as a federal criminal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, rotating through the Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture section, Public Integrity Unit, and Terrorism & Violent Crimes at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. In addition, she is a co-author of 'Federal Criminal Law Enforcement' (7th ed., West 2020) and its 2023 update, which is widely adopted in law schools. Professor Klein is actively involved in educating state and federal judges, prosecutors, and the defense bar on matters of criminal law.

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