After practising law at Piper Alderman, Suzanne moved to academia, where she is Professor of Law at the Adelaide Law School and Deputy Dean, Learning and Teaching, of the Faculty of the Professions, University of Adelaide.
Suzanne has held a number of senior roles at the University, including as Dean of Law, whilst also maintaining active involvement in teaching and research. Suzanne’s research interests are focused on corporate law and professional ethics, with a particular focus on the regulation of independence in a number of professional contexts. She has more than 50 scholarly publications and has contributed to numerous law reform initiatives in her areas of expertise. Details of Suzanne’s research can be found here
In teaching, Suzanne has led innovation in the law curriculum, including a first year ‘boot camp’ approach, a refreshed curriculum and honours program. She is currently responsible for the learning and teaching portfolio for the Schools of Law, Business and Economics. Her teaching skills have been recognised by an Executive Dean’s Award (April 2015) and a NIFTEP Fellowship awarded by the National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism (July 2012). This fellowship is supported by a consortium of centres based at US universities. Fellows are identified through a competitive process open worldwide.
Suzanne has a number of board roles, including as Chair of St Ignatius College, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has been a distinguished overseas visitor at a number of overseas universities, as well as a Fellow at the Stein Center of Law and Ethics at Fordham University, New York. Suzanne is a member of the SA Judicial Development Committee, an editor of the international journal, Legal Ethics, President of the Australian Corporate Law Teachers Association, a member of the Law Council of Australia’s Corporations Committee, ASIC’s Regional Liaison Committee and of the International Association of Legal Ethicists.
She is regularly invited to speak at conference and professional events, including as keynote speaker. These include the ASIC Annual Forum, the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association National and SA Conferences, The Society of University Lawyers, The Governance Institute, the Law Society of South Australia, the Law Institute Victoria, The Law Society of Tasmania, the Law Society of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Institute of Company Directors, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, the Law Council of Australia, the SA Judicial Development Day, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Ideas Exchange and the Australian Government Legal Network.
