Susan Yorke

Susan Yorke studies the interplay between procedure and appellate decision-making. In particular, she is interested in how courts interpret and use precedent, as well as the ways in which procedure and methodology impact judicial opinions and institutional integrity. Professor Yorke's most recent article, "The Curious Case of the 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. After law school, she clerked for Judges Susan P. Graber and Edward Leavy of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and served as court counsel to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Palau. She then worked as an appellate litigator, first in government and later in private practice, arguing cases in both federal and state courts. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Texas, she co-taught the 9th Circuit Practicum at Berkeley Law and was a Thomas C. Grey Fellow and Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School.