Susan Harrell
Associate Professor of Legal Studies
Phone: (850) 474-2344
E-mail: sharrell@uwf.edu
Office: Bldg. 85, Room 159

Courses Taught:

Domestic Law/Family Law
Legal Research and Writing
Law Office Management
Legal System and Ethics

Specialties:

Family Law

Current Research Interests:

A Comparative Study of Formal Ethical Standards: Professionals in Law and Higher Education,The Use of Professionals as Educators: A Comparative Analysis, Legislative Attempts to Control Suicidal Behavior

Brief Vitae:

Education: B.F.A., University of Georgia, 1978; J.D., Cumberland School of Law, 1984.

Activities and Awards:

• Recipient - UWF Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award, 1997 and 2007.
• Recipient - Resolution acknowledging exemplary voluntary service for AAfPE in the role of Editor-in-Chief of The AAfPE Technology Journal – Fall 2004.
• Recipient - Resolution acknowledging exemplary voluntary service for AAfPE in the role of Chair of the Publications Committee – Fall 2004.
• Recipient – 2004 Distinguished Teaching Award from the UWF Student Government Association.
• Recipient - 2002 Distinguished Author Award (with lead author, Carol Bast) at the Annual Conference of the American Association for Paralegal Education, Orlando, Florida, Oct.16-20, 2002.
• Nominated by former students for recognition in “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers” - Spring 2002, 2004, 2005.
• Recipient - Faculty Sabbatical. August 1999-April 2000.
• Recipient - 1997 Distinguished Author Award (with lead author, Margaret T. Stopp) at the Annual Conference of the American Association for Paralegal Education, Kansas City, Oct. 15-19, 1997.
• Recipient - "President's Award for Outstanding Service" in recognition of continued service to the Escambia-Santa Rosa County Bar Association July 1996.
• Recipient - UWF Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching & Advising Award April 1995. Nominated for UWF Distinguished Faculty Service Award by Dean Richard Doelker October 1993. Nominated by students for the 1990-1991, 1991-1992, 1993-1994, 1994-1995 and 1995-1996, 2003-2004 Distinguished Teaching Awards given by the U.W.F. Student Government Association.
• Presented with a lapel pin in recognition of service to Child Guardians, Inc. and the Guardian Ad Litem Program of Escambia County, Florida at the 1992 Guardian Ad Litem Reception.
• Awarded a Pro Bono Publico Equal Access to Justice Certificate of Commendation from Northwest Florida Legal Services, Inc. 1991. Nominated Fall 1989 and Fall 1990 by Circuit Judge Nancy T. Gilliam of the First Judicial Circuit for the Tobias Simon Award (The Florida Bar Pro Bono Service Award).
• Recipient - "President's Award" from the Escambia-Santa Rosa County Bar Association for "Outstanding Service" as Chairperson of the Children and the Law Committee for 1989 - 1990.
• Awarded 2003/2004 Faculty Grant ($1,933.00) through the UWF Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee (SCAC) for “Transparenting/Helping Children Cope with Divorce-Escambia & Santa Rosa Counties – 1993-2003.” Spring 2004
• Awarded $2,500.00 and a new laptop computer through the UWF Program for Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Technology for proposal to create on-line orientation course on Prometheus to comply with American Bar Association Guidelines. Summer 2001

Notable Publications:

• “Ethical Issues Faced by the Dual Professional: Lawyers as Faculty in Higher Education.” Journal of College and Character, Volume VIII, No. 2, pp. 1-13. February 2007. http://collegevalues.org/articles.cfm
• “State Laws on Suicide and Rates of Suicide in 2001”, North American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 43-50, March/April 2005.
• “Legal Citations at a Crossroads,” The Journal of Legal Studies Education, Vol. 21, Issue 2, pp. 281-298, Winter/Spring 2004.
• “Ethical Obligations: Performing Adequate Legal Research and Legal Writing”, Nova Law Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 40-73, Fall 2004.
• “Common Ground? The Definition of ‘The Practice of Law’ in the United States.” The Professional Lawyer, The American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility Standing Committee on Professionalism, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 18-24, Spring 2004.

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