Sarah Hughes
University Scholar and Fellow in Commercial Law
Office: 243Phone: 812-855-6318
E-mail: sjhughes@indiana.edu
A.B., 1971, Mount Holyoke College; J.D., 1974, University of Washington. Board of Editors, Washington Law Review. Federal Trade Commission, Seattle, Washington, and Washington D.C., 1974-88.
Professor Hughes is a dedicated and dynamic teacher, and for her enthusiastic focus on students she was honored with the Law School's Leon Wallace Teaching Award in 1993 and the graduating class's Gavel Award in 1996 and 1997. Her courses include Sales, Negotiable Instruments, Secured Transactions, and Regulated Industries--Banking Law.
Professor Hughes is a nationally recognized expert on payment systems (domestic, international, Internet banking, smart cards, wire transfers, checks, embezzlement, credit cards); public and private methods to deter, detect, and prosecute domestic and international money laundering; and consumer protection and privacy.
Professor Hughes is a member of the American Bar Association's Subcommittee on the Law of Cyberspace, Subcommittee on Electronic Commerce, Subcommittee on Payments Systems, and Subcommittee on the Uniform Commercial Code.
Teaching and Research Interests
Courses
- Negotiable Instruments (B623)
- Sales (B670)
- Secured Transactions (B672)
- Banking Law (B769)
- White Collar Crime (B557)
Current Teaching
Fall 2008 - 2009
- Secured Transactions (B672)