Susan works in three capacities – as an educator, lawyer and writer/editor. She served as the Education Director at the National Judicial Institute, the educational organization which serves the Canadian judiciary. In 2011, Susan began working with the Ontario Court of Justice in Toronto, advising the Court on the design, development and delivery of their educational programming for justices of the peace and judges. In 2019, she moved to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Attorney General – Criminal Law Division, where she serves as Counsel, Education and Diversity Lead. Susan worked as a part-time professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. Her work has included co-authoring several books and has appeared in an array of publications. Her most recent publication is Public Inquiries in Canada: Law and Practice which she co-authored with Ronda Bessner. From 1994 to 2015, she was a lawyer member of Ontario’s Consent and Capacity Board. An active volunteer, she has served on a wide variety of boards of directors over the years, including the Writers’ Trust of Canada, Project Bookmark Canada and Ottawa Salus.