Susan Gilles
Ph: 614-236-6618 | Fx: 614-236-6956 | Room: 618 | sgilles@law.capital.edu
Before coming to Capital in 1990, Professor Gilles was an attorney with Baker and Hostetler in Cleveland, Ohio, where her practice focused on media law. Professor Gilles also has taught as a visiting professor at American University (1993-94) and Washington & Lee University (1994-1995). She teaches Civil Procedure, Torts and a seminar in Media Law. Professor Gilles publishes in the area of media law and has served as the chair-elect and chair of the AALS Section on Mass Communication (2003, 2004). Professor Gilles is a past recipient of the Student Bar Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award and is the faculty advisor to the Women’s Law Association.
Career Highlights
- Professor, Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio (1990-present)
- Visiting Professor at Washington & Lee University, American University, Baylor University and Oklahoma University
- Litigation Associate, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio (general and media litigation) (1985-1990)
- Chair, AALS Section on Mass Communication (2004)
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Selected Publications
- From Rehnquist to Roberts: Has Informational Privacy Lost a Fried and Gained a Foe?, 91 Marquette L. Rev. 453 (2007)
- Public Plaintiffs and Private Facts: Should the “Public Figure” Doctrine be Transplanted into Privacy Law?, 83 Nebraska L. Rev. 1204 (2005)
- From Baseball Parks to the Public Arena: Assumption of the Risk in Tort Law and Constitutional Libel Law, 75 Temple L. Rev. 231 (2002)
- Taking First Amendment Procedure Seriously: An Analysis of Process in Libel Litigation, 58 Ohio State Law Jo. 1753 (1998).
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Courses
- Civil Procedure
- Torts
- Media Law
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Education
- LL.M, Harvard University
- LL.B., University of Glasgow, Scotland
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