Lynn Boepple Su
Professor of Legal Writing
Associate Director, Writing Program

Lynn Boepple Su is the associate director of the Writing Program, and professor of legal writing. In addition to teaching courses, Professor Su supervises the upperclass writing courses and oversees the operation of the first-year adjunct training program. She also helps prepare the first-year curriculum and supervise the adjunct faculty.

From 1986 to 1990, Professor Su was an assistant district attorney in Bronx County, New York, working in the Criminal Courts, Felony Evaluation Case Unit, and Investigations Bureaus. She prosecuted criminal cases in New York State and City courts and coordinated the investigation and prosecution of economic crimes.

Professor Su broadened her legal experience as an associate at several New Jersey law firms. In private practice, she concentrated in the area of employment litigation, assisting in the representation of management in wrongful termination and discrimination cases and in matters of employer-employee relations. She also worked on appeals and helped litigate prerogative writ land use cases.

Professor Su is a graduate of New York University (B.A., 1982, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) and Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1985, cum laude). She recently coauthored The Lawyer’s Craft: An Introduction to Legal Analysis, Writing, and Advocacy (Anderson Publishing Co., 2002) and has written on free speech in the workplace.

Contact information:
T:   212-431-2366
F:   212-343-1860
E:   lsu@nyls.edu
O:  C311
Assistant: Janera Vance
T:  212-431-2376
E:  jvance@nyls.edu

Education:
New York University, B.A. 1982 magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Washington & Lee, J.D. 1985 cum laude.

Former Assistant District Attorney for Bronx County. Practiced at private law firms for nearly six years.

Courses:
Legal Reasoning, Writing
  & Research
Memorandum & Brief  
  Writing 
Written & Oral Advocacy Persuasion
Drafting: Contracts

At New York Law School since 1992.