Susan Harthill

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Title/Position

Professor of Law

Department

Faculty

E-mail Address

Phone Number

(904) 680-7760

Room

282

Building

Baypine

BACKGROUND

  • Formerly Special Counsel at Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington D.C. specializing in Employment and ERISA litigation
  • Served as loaned associate from Steptoe & Johnson, LLP to The Legal Aid Society of Washington D.C. (family law, landlord-tenant, public benefits)

EXPERTISE

  • Employment Law
  • Employment Discrimination
  • ERISA Class Action
  • Litigation

EDUCATION

  • B.A. Hons. University of Leeds, England M.Sc. University of Bristol, England
  • J.D., University of Cincinnati College of Law

TEACHING & SCHOLARSHIP

  • Evidence
  • Civil Procedure
  • Employment Law
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Scholarship focuses on workplace bullying
  • ERISA remedial relief

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Commissioner, Jacksonville Human Rights Commission (2010-present)
  • Board Member, The Betty Griffin House (Safety Shelter of St. John's County) (2008-present)
  • Advisory Board, The New Workplace Institute, Mass. (2008-present)

PUBLICATIONS

LAW REVIEW ARTICLES
  • Workplace Bullying As An Occupational Safety and Health Matter: A Comparative Analysis, __ HASTINGS. J. INT'L & COMP. L. __ (forthcoming Spring 2011)
  • The Need for a Revitalized Regulatory Scheme to Address Workplace Bullying in the United States: Harnessing the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Act, 78 U. CINN. L. REV. 1250 (2010)
  • A Square Peg in a Round Hole: Make Whole Relief Under ERISA § 502(a)(3), 61 OKLA. L. REV. 721 (2009)
  • Bullying in the Workplace: Lessons from the United Kingdom, 17 MINN. J. INT’L L. 247 (2008)