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Susan Saab Fortney

Susan Saab Fortney

  • Professor of Law and Director
  • Program for the Advancement of Legal Ethics

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Expertise

  • Legal Ethics
  • Malpractice
  • Lawyer regulation
  • Law firm ethics and culture
  • Attorneys’ professional liability insurance
  • Health care and bioethics mediation

Research & Publications

Education & Experience

Get To Know Susan Saab Fortney

Achievements & Awards

  • 2015

    Selected to represent Hofstra University in the Harris Manchester Summer Research Fellowship Program at Oxford University

  • 2014

    Selected to deliver the 23rd Annual F.B. Wickwire Memorial Lecture in Professional Responsibility for Schulich School of Law and Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, and named keynote speaker for the national conference of Canadian Discipline Administrators

  • 2013

    Named to the 2013 Martindale Hubbell Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers

  • 2013

    Selected as a John Gregory Research Scholar, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University

  • 2012

    Named a 2012 Top Rated Legal Malpractice Attorney in Long Island, New York

  • 2012

    Selected as a Research Fellow, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra

  • 2012

    Naming of the Fortney Public Service Fellowship Program at Texas Tech

  • 2011

    Awarded Hofstra Faculty Diversity Research and Curriculum Development grant

  • 2011

    Appointed Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics and Director of the Hofstra Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics

  • 2010

    Selected by the Texas Bar Foundation to be the recipient of the Lola Wright Foundation Award in recognition of outstanding public service in advancing and enhancing legal ethics in Texas. The $10,000 award went to a charity.

  • 2010

    Selected as an Integrated Scholar by the provost, Texas Tech University

  • 2008

    Selected by Texas Lawyer magazine as one of the 30 Extraordinary Women in Texas Law

  • 2008

    International Scholar at the University of Melbourne

  • 2008

    Elected as a member of the American Bar Foundation

  • 2008

    Appointed as a Paul Whitfield Horn University Professor

  • 2007

    Awarded a grant in the Texas Tech Research Enrichment Competition

  • 2007

    Texas Tech Law School Distinguished Researcher Award

  • 2007

    Elected as a member of the American Law Institute

  • 2006

    Texas Tech University’s Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award — one recipient for the entire university

  • 2006

    Texas Tech Law School Distinguished Researcher Award

  • 2005

    Texas Tech University Presidential Academic Achievement Award, a university-wide award for excellence in teaching, research, and service

  • 2003

    Most Influential Texas Tech Law Professor – TEXAS LAWYER survey of law students

  • 2002

    Texas Tech Association of Parents – Spencer A. Wells Faculty Award, university-wide recognition for the Most Valuable Contribution to Creative Excellence in Teaching

  • 2001

    University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Nomisma Honoris and D.D.D. Diploma

  • 2001

    Fulbright Scholar teaching legal ethics in Slovenia

  • 2000

    Texas Tech University President’s Excellence in Teaching Award

  • 1999

    Elected to the Texas Tech University Teaching Academy

  • 1999

    Texas Tech Law School graduates created the Fortney Ethics Award

  • 1997

    Outstanding Professor Award, selected by law students (tied)

  • 1996

    Outstanding Professor Award, selected by law students

  • 1994

    Texas Tech Ex-Students Association New Faculty Award