Adjunct Professor of Law
B.A., J.D., University of North Carolina

Biography

B.A., J.D. Honors, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Susan H. Ehringhaus is currently the Associate General Counsel of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Before joining the AAMC, she was Vice Chancellor and General Counsel at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as UNC’s senior legal counsel for 29 years.

Professor Ehringhaus is a 1968 Honors Graduate of The University of North Carolina School of Law and, following a stint at the appellate section of the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, she returned to the University in 1970 to join the Law School faculty. She became the Assistant to the Chancellor and University Legal Counsel in 1974, and was subsequently named Vice Chancellor and General Counsel. Professor Ehringhaus has been actively involved in legal and policy matters relating to higher education, including academic freedom, research, health law, technology transfer, conflicts of interest, finance, business, corporate affiliations, as well as other areas in higher education. As Adjunct Professor of Law, she taught a course for several years on the Law of Higher Education at The University of North Carolina School of Law as well as other courses, and she is active in the National Association of College and University Attorneys. Professor Ehringhaus serves as a lecturer and consultant to many organizations on various topics relating to issues in higher education and is the recipient of several professional awards.