SUSAN L.
SCHNEIDER
EDUCATION
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW GPA 3.04
Juris Doctor; May 2015
Honors: Pro Bono Service Award; CALI Award
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION GPA 4.00
Master of Science in Cultural Foundations of Education; May 2015
Certificate for Advanced Study in Disability Studies; May 2015
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY GPA 3.56
Bachelor of Arts in English, minor in Theater; December 2005
EMPLOYMENT
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Syracuse, NY
Law Research Assistant September 2014 – April 2015
Research issues regarding advanced constitutional law for Professor Gary Kelder. Report on new developments, compile new case law, and construct outlines for future coursework. Additionally researching educational issues relating to equal protection.
BURTON BLATT INSTITUTE Syracuse, NY
Law Research Assistant September 2013 – August 2014
Worked on several projects that seek to advance the civic, economic, and social participation of people with disabilities. Researched for current and future cases at bar, for national and international organizations, and for publications such as the Disability Law & Policy e-Newsletter, for which I was the Senior Editor.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Syracuse, NY
Summer Law Research Assistant May 2013 – August 2013
Provided research assistance for Professor Arlene Kanter, Director of the Disability Law and Policy Program & Co-Director of the Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies. Researched and compiled information for "International and Comparative Disability Law Web Resources", a comprehensive bibliographic resource devoted to international and comparative disability laws.
COLD CASE JUSTICE INITIATIVE Syracuse, NY
Summer Intern June 2013 – August 2013
Researched racially motivated murders during the Civil Rights era; worked on the Five Cities Project, including travel to Atlanta, GA; provided resource and curriculum research for public schools; and extensively assisted with 50th Anniversary Conference on the Civil Rights Movement.
THE CHILDREN’S HOME OF WYOMING CONFERENCE Binghamton, NY
Night Family Life Specialist August 2009 – August 2012
Developed and maintained therapeutic relationships and followed established treatment plans for children aged 5-17. Prepared clients for successful living within societal norms toward reunification with family, foster family, or independent living.
VOLUNTEER & ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founded and currently manage Upstate Dance & Arts Center; member and guest speaker for Catalysts for Intellectual Capital: Leadership Initiative; volunteer for Senator Gillibrand's North Country Office, Cold Case Justice Initiative, YMCA Watertown, and Endicott Performing Arts Center.
CERTIFICATIONS
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), CPR, AED, First Aid.
PUBLICATIONS
SUMMER 2013
RESEARCH ASSISTANT for Professor Arlene Kanter, Director of the Disability Law and Policy Program & Co-Director of the Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies at Syracuse University College of Law.
Researching for and updating the "International and Comparative Disability Law Web Resources" web page, one of the first comprehensive bibliographic resources devoted to international and comparative disability laws.
INTERN with Cold Case Justice Initiative, which seeks justice for racially motivated murders during the Civil Rights era on behalf of the victims, their families, local communities, and society at large.
CCJI assists and advocates on behalf of families and works to reinvestigate or newly investigate unsolved Civil Rights Era murders so that individual, organizational, and institutional perpetrators will be held legally accountable through prosecutions or civil actions in state or federal courts and held publicly accountable through documentation of parties and entities that are responsible for these crimes.