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SUSAN LOW BLOCH
(0) Georgetown Univ. Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
(202) 662-9063
(H) 4335 Cathedral Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
(202) 363-7979
EDUCATION
Law School: J.D. – Summa Cum Laude; University of
Michigan, 1975
First in class (GPA = 4.26; 4.0=A)
Honors: Michigan Law Review, Note & Comment
Graduate School:
Honors:
Editor 1974-75; Associate Editor,
1973-74
Order of the Coif – March 1975
Daniel H. Grady Prize Award – 1975
(Highest standing through the full
course of studies in the law school)
Henry M. Bates Memorial Scholarship –
1975 (“Outstanding Seniors in Law
School”)
Class of 1908 Memorial Scholarship – 1975
(Highest scholastic average at beginning
of senior year)
Maurice Weigle Scholarship Award – 1973
(Outstanding achievement in freshman
year)
American Law Book Company Book Award for
“Most significant contribution toward
overall legal scholarship” – first year,
1973; second year, 1974; third year,
1975
West Publishing Company Award for Highest
Scholarship Average in the Class – first
year, 1973; second year, 1974; third
year, 1975
University of Michigan
Ph.C. – computer and communication
Sciences – August 1972
Master’s Degree – Computer and
Communication Sciences – May 1971
Master’s Degree – Mathematics –
December 1970
National Science Foundation Fellow,
1970-72
Teaching Fellowships, 1969-72
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EDUCATION (can’t)
Undergraduate: Smith College – B.A. Major: Mathematics;
Economics
Honors:
Minor:
Graduated “With Distinction” (Top 10
students); Phi Beta· -Kappa ( Junior Year) ;
Sigma Xi; House President
High School: West Orange Mountain High School,
New Jersey – Valedictorian;
American Field Service
Exchange Student; Class Officer in
freshman, sophomore, junior and senior
years
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Member of the Bars of District of Columbia Court of Appeals
United States court of Appeals for the District of Columbia’ . , and united states Supreme court
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Law: Professor
Georgetown University Law Center
?00 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.
Washington, o.c. 20001
1982-present
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering
2445 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037-1420
1978-82
Judicial Clerkship – U.S. Supreme Court
Mr. Justice Thurgood Marshall – 1976-77
Judicial Clerkship – U.S. court of Appeals
o.c. Circuit – Judge Spottswood w.
Robinson, III – 1975-76
Other Fields: University of Michigan Computing Center,
summer 1970
Bell Telephone Laboratories – Department
of Computer Graphics and Economics –
September 1968 – August 1969
Radio Astronomy Observatory, University of
Michigan – Assistant Research Mathematician –
September 1966 – September 1967
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GEORGETOWN COURSES AND
COMMITTEES
Courses: Federal Courts and the Federal System;
Constitutional Law I: The Federal System;
Constitutional Law II: Individual Rights;
Communications Law;
Supreme Court ?erninar
Expected Future Courses:
Committees:
Comparative Constitutional Law;
Administrative Law; Regulation of Mass Media
University Rank and Tenure committee
(1992-present)
Georgetown university L?w Center Rank and Tenure
Committee (1991-92, 1994 -present)
Chair of Judicial Clerkship
Committee (1983-1992);
Financial Aid Committee (1987-92)
Finance committee (1983-1986);
L ong-Term Planning Committee (1983-84)
COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES
Editorial Advisor to “Justice11 –Journal
of the Department of Justice 1986-92
Steering Committee of D.C. Bar Section for Courts,
Lawyers, and the Administration of Justice
(1995-present)
Board of Institute for Public
Representation (since 1985)
Worked with the GULC Street Law Clinic on
“Lawyer-Teacher Partnership” for D.C.
o.c. Ba? Ethics Committee–1990-93
D.C. Bar Administrative Law section Nominating
Committee
D.C. Bar Committee to Celebrate the
Bicentennial of the Constitution (1986-91)
organized and participated in series of
symposia on the Constitution–Winner of “Best
Bar Project for 198711 ; Helped to establish
“Lawyer-Teacher Partnership” in D.C.
United states Court of Appeals Oral History
Project
United States court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit Judicial Conference-Arrangements/
Program Committee (1986; 1990);
chair of Program Committee (1994)
American Civil Liberties Union Nominating
Committee (1985)
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MEMBERSHIPS
Committee of Visitors for the University of
Michigan Law School (since 1978)
Smith College Reunion Committee (1986-92)
Women’s Bar Association;
Women’s Legal Defense Fund;
American Civil Liberties Union;
American Bar Association;
Washington Council of Lawyers;
Steering Committee – D.C. Bar Section on Courts
Lawyers, and The Administration of Justice
LECTURES AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
“Disciplining Congress: The Taxing and Spending
Powers, 11 10th Annual Lawyers Convention, The
Federalis? Society, 1966 (arguing against the
constitutionality of the 104th Congress’ adoption
of supermajority rules – Nov. 1996
“Can one Constitutionally Sue a Sitting
President?” AALS conference section on Civil
Rights, New Orleans, Jan 1995
“Suing a Sitting President,° Federalist Society
Debate with William Van Alstyne, Detroit Michigan,
October 1994
Judge in Seigel Memorial Moot court Competition,
Duke University, February 1995
Participant, Gruter Institute Conferences
1989-Law and Biology: A Sense of JusticeMonterey,
California;
1990-Law and Biology-Squaw Valley,
California;
1991-An Interdisciplinary Approach to
Environmental Regulation-Tauberbischofheim,
Germany
Interviews on Constitutional Law and the
Supreme Court for CNN, NBC, ABC, NPR
(including some interviews in Spanish), and
newspapers
Moderator for Role of Attorney General–October
1988
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PUBLICATIONS
Panel participant on “Independent Counsel:
Lawful or Not?”–GULC–March 1988
organizer and Moderator, “Celebrating the
Bicentennial of the Constitution–Can It Serve
Another 200 Years?,” June 30, 1987
Participant in various “Press Briefings on the
Supreme Court” ·at GULC
Tribute to Chief Judge Spottswood Robinson
United States Court of Appeals for the D.c.
Circuit, Judicial Conference, 1987
Presentation to the Legal History Section
of the AALS, “John Marshall’s Misuse of
History”
Panel participant on Role of the Supreme
Court–GULC
“The Constitutionality of Supermajority Rules,”
14 Constit?tional Commentary 1 (1997)
Foreword: “Can We Indict a Sitting President?”
Nexus, Spring 1997
Point-counterpoint, “The Supermajority Rules are
Unconstitutional,” ABA Journal, Spring 1997
supreme court Politics: The Institution and Its
Procedures, with co-author Thomas
Krattenmaker, West Publishing Co., 1994
Point – counterpoint, “Does the Constitution
Permit suing a Sitting President?” ABA
Journal, June 1994
Foreword, “Do What You Can With What You
Have,” Okla. L. Rev. 1994
“Remembering Justice Thurgood Marshall,” 1
Journal on Fighting Poverty 9 (1993)
The supreme court Justices, Illustrated
Biographies 1789 – 1993, Supreme Court
Historical Society (ed. Clare Cushman)
(Contributer) 1993
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