Susan Clade

Ms. Clade is an Instructor in the Department of Management & Marketing, teaching law-related courses, including Legal Environment of Business, Business Law, and Employment Law for Human Resource Managers. Prior to becoming an Instructor, Ms. Clade taught those same courses and a few others at UNO as an adjunct faculty member since 2001.

She earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Tulane University Law School in 1982 and has practiced law continuously since that time. Her practice has traditionally included many areas of the law, including contracts, construction, suretyship, environmental, complex business litigation, business transactions, and more. However, her area of specialization has been and remains employment law.

Throughout her legal career Ms. Clade has tried and argued many cases in state and federal district and appellate courts. She has authored many appellate briefs, including writ applications to the U.S. Supreme Court. She is also an arbitrator on the employment law roster of the American Arbitration Association and has arbitrated numerous cases involving employment matters in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas.