Susan Herman

Susan Herman holds the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Professorship at Brooklyn Law School, specializing in constitutional law and criminal procedure. As former President of the American Civil Liberties Union (2008-2021), she led landmark litigation challenging post-9/11 security policies. Her scholarship examines the balance between national security and civil liberties, with recent work focusing on digital privacy and pandemic-related constitutional issues.

Key research areas include:

• Counterterrorism legislation and executive power
• Fourth Amendment protections in digital age
• Gender equality jurisprudence
• Criminal justice reform

She teaches seminars on constitutional issues including 'COVID and the Constitution,' exploring pandemic-era legal challenges to voting rights, religious freedoms, and prison conditions.