Joy M. Suder, J.D., has been practicing law in Nebraska since 2008, first as a public defender in Douglas County, next in private practice, and now as the Director of the Juvenile Justice Legal Clinic at Creighton University School of Law. Joy is a Special Appointed Magistrate for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and has also served as Judge Pro-temporare for the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.
 
Joy is a certified trainer from the Gault Center (formerly National Juvenile Defender Center) in best practices for defense counsel for youth. She has been invited to train attorneys and stakeholders both locally and nationally, and currently serves on the Gault Center’s National Advisory Board as well as a Co-regional Director for the North Central Region of the United States.
 
Joy serves on the advisory board for the Juvenile Justice Certificate Program at the University of Nebraska-Omaha Juvenile Justice Institute and School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She is also a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association (NSBA), is an elected representative to the NSBA House of Delegates, and is a past-Chair of the Juvenile Law Section of the NSBA.
 
Joy lives in Omaha with her husband and sons, cheering the loudest from the sidelines at their various sporting, artistic, and academic endeavors. (The cheering is not always appreciated at the academic endeavors.)

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