Susan is a frequent speaker on topics related to CEQA, wetlands permitting, water quality and the Coastal Act. She has also taught land use and environmental courses at Chapman University School of Law, the University of California, Irvine, and the University of Southern California, and since 1998 co-chairs and speaks at the UCLA Extension Land Use Law and Planning Conference. Some of her recent presentations include:

Panelist, “The Journey: Women in Real Estate,” Urban Land Institute, Tustin, CA, March 12, 2024.

Speaker, “Bridging Housing Attainability, Affordability & Community Goals,” Orange County Council of Governments and The Concord Group’s Housing Orange County webinar series, April 28, 2021.

Moderator, “The Mall is Dead… Long Live the Mall!” UCLA Annual Land Use Law and Planning Conference, January 18, 2019.

Speaker, Women of Influence Forum, Irvine Chamber of Commerce, March 18, 2016.

Instructor, “California Coastal Zone Management,” UCLA Extension, March 15, 2016.

Moderator, “The Affordable Housing Quandary: We Need it, But How and Where?” UCLA Annual Land Use Law and Planning Conference, January 22, 2016.

Speaker, AEP Annual Advanced CEQA Update Workshop, 2006 to 2014.

Speaker, “Quick Hits: Native American Sacred Sites” and “Quick Hits: Water Supply: Delta and the Desert,” UCLA Extension, Land Use Law and Planning Conference, January 2014.

Speaker, “Certified Regulatory Programs,” CLE International, CEQA Case Law & Practice Tips, December 2013.

Speaker, “When Do You Need to Consider the Impact of the Environment on the Project?” Law Seminars International, October 2013.

Speaker, “Quick Hits: State’s Proposed Wetlands Definition” and Moderator, “Can I Interest You in an Auto Mall: Revisiting the Fiscalization of Land Use,” UCLA Extension, Land Use Law and Planning Conference, January 2013.

Speaker, “Ballona Wetlands: Major CEQA Paradigm Shift?” CLE International, CEQA Case Law & Practice Tips, December 2012.

Speaker, “Current Issues in Land Use Regulation and Development,” Continuing Education of the Bar, September 2012.

Speaker, “Nuts and Bolts: Defensible CEQA Biological Resources Analysis and Mitigation,” Orange County Association of Environmental Professionals, July 2012.

Speaker, “CEQA: Basics and New Developments,” California State Bar Real Property Law Section Retreat, May 2012.

Speaker, “Quick Hits: Revisiting Rapanos” and “Quick Hits: A Post-Peter Douglas Coastal Commission,” UCLA Extension, Land Use Law and Planning Conference, January 2012.

Speaker, “CEQA at 40: Applying CEQA in Challenging Times and Contexts,” UC Davis School of Law, November 2011.

Speaker, “Offsite Preservation,” CLE International, CEQA Legal Updates, Initiatives & Reform, August 2011.

Speaker, “Fee Fi Fo Fum: Proposition 26,” UCLA Extension, Land Use Law and Planning Conference, January 2011.

Conference Co-Chair and Moderator, “CEQA: Climate Change, Renewable Energy and More,” CLE International, September 2010.

Speaker, “Public Access,” CLE International, California Coastal Law, April 2010.

Speaker and Moderator, “Planning for LIDs: The New Alphabet Soup of Water Quality,” Land Use Law & Planning Conference, 2010.

Speaker, “Putting Things Together: Interrelated Wetlands Standards,” ALI-ABA Wetlands Law and Regulation, November 2009.

Speaker, “Biological and Cultural Resource Mitigation,” CLE International, CEQA, August 2009.

Speaker, “Defensible Not Gold-Plated EIRs,” AEP State Conference, March 2009.

Speaker, “What Happens When a Locally Issued Permit Is Appealed,” CLE International, California Coastal Law, March 2009.

Speaker, “Biological Mitigation,” CLE International, CEQA, August 2008.

Speaker, “State Protections of Wetlands and Other Waters in California,” ALI-ABA Wetlands Law and Regulation, May 2008.