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Susan Clarke is a partner, located in Gowlings' Toronto office. After practising for several years in the financing and commercial law areas, Susan now acts full-time as the Firm's director of professional development, developing and implementing training and educational programs for Gowlings' professionals and students.

Prior to joining Gowlings, Susan clerked for Mr. Justice Ritchie in the Supreme Court of Canada; practised law with a Toronto firm; acted as consultant to the National Judicial Institute, the Medical Research Council of Canada and several government departments and agencies; and lectured full time in Legal Research and Writing at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Susan is a regular instructor in the Osgoode "Written Advocacy" program and has previously instructed in the Legal Writing and Drafting section of the Law Society of Upper Canada's Bar Admission Course. She has also developed and taught plain language legal writing courses for diverse groups, including law firms, government departments and agencies (provincial and federal), and the LSUC.