Dr. Susan Yorke

Biography

Susan Yorke studies the interplay between procedure and appellate decision-making. She is particularly interested in how courts interpret and use precedent, as well as the ways in which procedural methodology impacts judicial opinions and institutional integrity. Her recent article, 'The Curious Case of Missing Canons,' was published in the Stanford Law Review. Professor Yorke holds a B.A. in Mathematics and English from Williams College, an M.P.A. from Princeton University, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. Before joining the faculty at the University of Texas, she co-taught the 9th Circuit Practicum at Berkeley Law and served as a Thomas C. Grey Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School. Additionally, she has clerked for Judges Susan P. Graber and Edward Leavy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and served as counsel to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau, working as an appellate litigator in both government and private practice, where she argued cases in federal and state courts.

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