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Suzanne Valdez

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Director Criminal Prosecution Clinic and Externship Clinic
Subjects: Criminal Prosecution Clinic, Practice in Kansas,
Pretrial Advocacy, Deposition Skills Workshop
Phone: 785-864-9268
E-mail: suzmac@ku.edu

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Prior to joining the KU Law faculty in 1999, Suzanne Valdez was an attorney with Kansas Legal Services in Kansas City, Kan. Valdez graduated from the KU School of Law in 1996. She was a member of the Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy, a research and teaching assistant, a participant in the Legal Aid Clinic, and winner of a Foulston & Siefkin Excellence in Appellate Advocacy Award and the 1996 Walter Hiersteiner Outstanding Service Award. An outstanding teacher, Valdez was recipient of the 2000 Immel Award for Teaching Excellence and the 2002 Moreau Award for commitment to advising students.

Representative Publications

"Some Recent Developments in Kansas Landlord-Tenant Law, Including Evictions," 54 Kansas Law Review 933 (2007); "What Became of Grandma, Grandpa, and the Troxels? An Update on Grandparent Visitation Rights in Kansas" 75 J. Kan. B. Ass'n. 34 (2006); "The Impact of Clinical Legal Education on Student Trial Practice," 51 Kansas Law Review 509 (2003); "Grandparent Visitation Rights in Kansas: A Review of Troxel v. Granville," Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, October 2000; "A Third Party Visitation Statue: A Recommendation for Legislative Change in Kansas," Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 485 (2002); "Domestic Relations Issues Affecting the Elderly" in Advising the Elderly Client (West).

Research Interests

Kansas practice and procedure, family law, third-party visitation.

Education

J.D., Kansas, 1996; B.S., Nevada-Las Vegas, 1991.

Admitted

Kansas 1996, Missouri 1997, Supreme Court of the United States 2003.

Career History

Kansas Legal Services, 1996 to 1999; University of Kansas School of Law, 1999-present; Special Prosecutor, Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office, 2005-present; Judge Pro Tem (Douglas County, Kansas).

Member

Kansas Bar Association, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association; Douglas County Bar Association; Missouri Bar Association; Judge Hugh Means American Inn of Court; Kansas CLE Commission (Chair, 2003-06); Judicial Nominating Commission for the Seventh Judicial District; Kansas Judicial Council Family Law Advisory Committee; Kansas Self-Representation Study Committee.