Susan Poulter, J.D., Ph.D.

Advisory Committee, Professional Standards Subcommittee

Susan Poulter is Emeritus Professor of Law at the S. J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where she has taught environmental law, toxic substances, torts, and intellectual property until 2004. Prior to joining the College of Law faculty in 1990, she served was in private practice for seven years. Ms. Poulter has written and spoken extensively on science and law in toxic injury litigation, as well as on risk assessment and environmental law. She participated in the AAAS project on Intellectual Property and Electronic Publishing and is a member of the Advisory Boards of the AAAS projects on Court Appointed Scientific Experts and on Science and Intellectual Property in the Public Interest. She has also served on the Council of the American Bar Association's Section of Science and Technology Law and was section representative and ABA co-chair to the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists, a joint committee of the ABA and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Currently, she is the Section Liaison to the NCLS. Ms. Poulter earned her J.D. in 1983 at the University of Utah College of Law, and B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1965.