Name: Susan Jones
Professional Title: Professor
Affiliation: George Washington University Law School
Country: United States
Title of Presentation: Social Justice Through Social Entrepreneurship
Short Bio: Professor Susan R. Jones has directed the Small Business and Community Economic Development Clinic since 1988. She has held numerous leadership positions in the American Bar Association (ABA) and the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) including: Editor-in-Chief of the ABA Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, co-founder/co-chair of the Community Economic Development Committee of the ABA Business Law Section, and she served on the Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. She previously chaired several AALS sections including: Clinical Law, Poverty Law, and Africa. Currently, she is the co-chair of the Transactional Clinics Committee of Clinical Section and an Executive Committee member of the Section on Transactional Law and Skills. She is the author of A Legal Guide to Microenterprise Development and co-editor of Building Healthy Communities: A Guide to Community Economic Development for Advocates Lawyers and Policymakers, both published by the ABA.
