Susan Carle

American University Washington College of Law

Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Scholarship

4300 Nebraska Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20016

United States

http://www.wcl.american.edu/faculty/carle/

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Movement Lawyering Roundtable Symposium

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 47, 2018
Number of pages: 121 Posted: 07 Apr 2019
Ellen Yaroshefsky, Purvi Shah, Meena Jagannath, Sameer M. Ashar, Bruce A. Green, Marci Seville, Marci Seville, Paul R. Tremblay, Baher Azmy, Scott L. Cummings, Michael Haber, Susan Carle, Sarah Leberstein, Katherine R. Kruse and Mary Yanik
Hofstra University - Maurice A. Deane School of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Community Justice Project, Inc., University of California, Irvine School of Law, Fordham University School of Law, Golden Gate UniversityGolden Gate University School of Law, Boston College - Law School, Seton Hall Law School, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law, Hofstra University - Maurice A. Deane School of Law, American University Washington College of Law, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Tulane University - Law School
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legal ethics, movement lawyering, case studies

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A Social Movement History of Title VII Disparate Impact Analysis

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 19 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2010
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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Title VII, disparate impact, employment discrimination, social movements, history of civil rights movement

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Theorizing Agency

American University Law Review, Vol. 55, p. 307, 2005
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 11 May 2007
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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legal theory, agency, ethics, social change, political activism

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Acknowledging Informal Power Dynamics in the Workplace: A Proposal for Further Development of the Vicarious Liability Doctrine in Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment Cases

Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy, Vol. 14, p. 85, 2006
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 May 2007
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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sexual harassment, Title VII, sex discrimination

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Race, Class, and Legal Ethics in the Early Naacp (1910-1920)

Law and History Review, Vol. 20, p. 97, 2002
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 May 2007
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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legal ethics, professional responsibility, NAACP, history of the legal profession, public interest law

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Debunking the Myth of Civil Rights Liberalism: Visions of Racial Justice in the Thought of T. Thomas Fortune, 1880-1890

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 77, 2009, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2008-59
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 04 May 2015
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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From Buchanan to Button: Legal Ethics and the Naacp (Part II)

University of Chicago Legal Forum, Vol. 8, p. 281, 2001
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 May 2007
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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legal history, NAACP, legal ethics, pro bono lawyers, public impact litigation

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Lawyers' Duty to Do Justice: A New Look at the History of the 1908 Canons

Law & Social Inquiry, Vol. 24, p. 1, 1999
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 May 2007
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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legal ethics, legal history, canons of professional responsibility

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Short Notes on Teaching About the Micro-Politics of Class, with Examples from Torts and Employment Law Casebooks

Buffalo Law Review, Vol. 56, 2008, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2008-63
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 30 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 12 Dec 2012
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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Liquidation and the Fourteenth Amendment

Florida Law Review, Forthcoming, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2023-06
Number of pages: 139 Posted: 25 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2023
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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constitutional law; Fourteenth Amendment; post-Dobbs; constitutional interpretation

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Power as a Factor in Lawyers' Ethical Deliberation

Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 1, Fall 2006
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 11 May 2007
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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legal ethics, legal theory, lawyering

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Progressive Lawyering in Politically Depressing Times: Can New Models for Institutional Self-Reform Achieve More Effective Structural Change?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Feb 2008
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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democratic experimentalism, structural reform, lawyering

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Structure and Integrity

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 93, 2008, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2008-60
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2008
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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Legal ethics, legal profession, individualism, structuralism, government lawyers, David Luban

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Analyzing Social Impairments Under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act

UC Davis Law Review, Forthcoming, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2016-08
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 19 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2016
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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Americans with Disabilities Act, social impairment, employees with disabilities

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Re-Valuing Lawyering for Middle Income Clients

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Re-Valuing Lawyering for Middle Income Clients

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 70, p. 719, 2002
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 11 May 2007
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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legal ethics, public interest law, poverty law

Re-Valuing Lawyering for Middle-Income Clients

70 Fordham Law Review 719 (2001).
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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legal services for middle-income clients

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Angry Employees: Revisiting Insubordination in Title VII Cases

Harvard Law and Policy Review, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2016 Forthcoming
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 17 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2015
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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antidiscrimination; Title VII; labor law; NLRA; Atlantic Steel; insubordination; retaliation clause

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Book Review: Professional Legal Ethics: Critical Interrogations

17 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 165 (2003).
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 23 Mar 2016
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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legal ethics, in the United Kingdom

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Why the U.S. Founders' Conceptions of Agency Matter Today: The Example of Senate Malapportionment

9 Texas A&M L. Rev. 533 (2022), American University, WCL Research Paper 2022-12
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 22 Nov 2022
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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human agency, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Senate

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Reconstruction's Lessons

13 Columbia Journal of Race and Law 1 (2023), American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2023-09
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2023
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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racial justice, Reconstruction Amendments, racial equality, constitutional law

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Re-Envisioning Models for Pro Bono Lawyering: Some Historical Reflections

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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pro bono lawyering, history

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How Myth-Busting About the Historical Goals of Civil Rights Activism Can Illuminate Future Paths

7 Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 167, 2011.
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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civil rights, history

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The Failed Idea of Judicial Restraint: A Brief Intellectual History (Book Review, Brad Snyder, Democratic Justice: Felix Frankfurter, the Supreme Court, and the Making of the Liberal Establishment. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2022).

49 Law & Social Inquiry 569 (2024)., American University Washington College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2024
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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legal history, jurisprudence, judicial restraint, book review

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Introduction: Symposium on Lawyers' Special Responsibilities as Public Citizens in a Rapidly Changing World

19 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law 1061 (2011).
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 23 Mar 2016
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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legal ethics, social responsibility

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Women in Law: Book Review

8 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law 795 (2000).
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 24 Mar 2016
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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women in th legal profession, legal history

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The Current Anxiety About 'JD Advantage' Jobs: An Analysis

San Diego Law Review VOL. 57: 675, 2020
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 28 Jun 2022
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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Legal employment, JD advantage jobs, legal education

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Conceptions of Lawyers' Agency in Legal Ethics Scholarship

70 Fordham Law Review 1591 (2002).
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Mar 2016
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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legal thics, lawyer agency

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Book Review: The Effect of Context on Practice

52 Buffalo Law Review 1347 (2004).
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Mar 2016
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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client-centered legal practice

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How Should We Theorize Class Interests in Thinking About Professional Regulation?: The Early NAACP as a Case Example

12 Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy 571 (2003).
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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class interests, public interest lawyering, regulation of lawyers

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A Hazardous Mix: Discretion to Disclose and Incentives to Suppress Under OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard

97 Yale Law Journal 581 (1988).
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Mar 2016
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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OSHA, hazardous materials, Hazard Communication Standards

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The Reform of the Russian Legal Profession: Three Varying Perspectives

Fordham International Law Journal, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2018, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2019-09
Posted: 03 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2019
Delphine Nougayrède and Susan Carle
Columbia Law School and American University Washington College of Law

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Russia, lawyer regulation, rule of law

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Brief of Amicus Curiae Professor Susan Carle in Support of the Plaintiffs Arguing for Affirmance in Johnson and Tinker V. City of Boston, MA

Amicus Brief, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Appeal No. 20-1691 (2021)
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 Jun 2022
Susan Carle
American University Washington College of Law
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amicus brief, federal employment law, antidisctimination law