Susan N. Herman

Susan N. Herman is a Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and a widely regarded expert on the Supreme Court, particularly in the area of criminal procedure.

Herman regularly speaks to judges and lawyers around the country on behalf of the Federal Judicial Center , bar associations, and CLE providers and appears in panel discussions on a range of issues at law schools and other venues.

Professor Herman has written a number of amicus briefs for U.S. Supreme Court cases in the area of criminal procedure and constitutional law and is often quoted in the media on important Supreme Court cases.

She is also the author of numerous law review articles, including recent articles in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review (The USA Patriot Act and the Submajoritarian Fourth Amendment), in a Willamette symposium on federalism (Collapsing Spheres: Joint Terrorism Task Forces, Federalism and the War on Terror), and in numerous other law reviews, including from Columbia, UCLA, and Iowa.

Herman's book, The Sixth Amendment Right to Speedy and Public Trial - part of the Praeger Press series on the Constitution - was published in 2006. She has also written sections of books on criminal law and procedure, law and film, prisoners' rights and articles and essays on civil rights for non-academic publications.

Professor Herman's seminar, Terrorism and Civil Liberties, is an outgrowth of her interest in post-9/11 constitutional issues, including both civil liberties and federalism issues. [See "Our New Federalism? National Authority and Local Autonomy in the War on Terror." 69 Bklyn. L. Rev. 1201 (2004) (symposium).]

Prior to joining the Brooklyn Law School faculty in 1980, Herman was a staff attorney and Associate Director of Prisoners' Legal Services of New York, and was the Pro Se Law Clerk to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Professor Herman has been named as Centennial Professor of Law.

Education
B.A., Barnard College
J.D., New York University School of Law