Susan Smith Bakhshian, Clinical Professor of Law &
Director of Bar Programs
- Remedies
- California Civil Procedure
- Law & Process: Privacy Torts
- Fundamentals of Bar Exam Writing
- Ethical Lawyering
- Legal Drafting
- Legal Research and Writing
- Introduction to Negotiation
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Education
- BS, summa cum laude, California State University Northridge
- JD, magna cum laude, Loyola Law School, Order of the Coif
Background
After graduating from Loyola Law School's evening program, Susan Smith Bakhshian practiced with a Los Angeles law firm as a trial attorney, representing clients in a variety of environmental and general litigation matters. Her clients ranged from multinational oil companies to a small chain of non-profit retail stores here in Southern California. Before joining the faculty at Loyola, Bakhshian taught at Whittier Law School. She has been a member of the Loyola Law School faculty since 1997 and she became the Director of Bar Programs and Academic Success in 2011.
Selected Publications & Public Engagement
- Criticism of Non-Exam Pathway is Thinly Veiled Protectionism, Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 3, 2022
- Supreme Court of California, Blue-Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar Exam Member (2021 to present)
- State Bar of California, Law School Council Member (2019-present)
- Provisional License Program Promises More Than It Can Deliver, Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 9, 2020
- It’s Time to Replace the California Bar Exam, The Recorder, July 16, 2020
- Clearing the Last Hurdle: Mapping Success on the California Bar Exam (Wolters Kluwer 2020) (with W. Temm)
- ALWD National Conference, May 2019, “Leading the Way: Using Low Stakes Techniques from Legal Writing for Assessment Across the Curriculum”
- Western States Legal Writing Conference, August 2018, “The Real Thing: Using Jury Instructions to Prepare Students for Practice"
- National Legal Writing Conference, July 2018, “Getting Students to the Finish Line: Perspectives on Bar Prep Classes, Strategies, & Materials to Prepare Students for the Bar Exam”
- ALWD National Conference, July 2017, “An Ill-Advised Line: Disparate Impact of the Changes to Bar Passage Standard 316”
- Academic Support Professionals Conference, May 2017, “Getting Inside Their Heads: How Fixed Mindset Explains Why Some Students Don’t Improve & Teaching Techniques to Change That”