Sara Sun Beale (born 1949[1] in Toledo, Ohio[2]) is an American legal scholar and professor who was Charles L. B. Lowndes Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law.
Prior to her appointment at Duke Law, Beale graduated from the University of Michigan in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1974 with a Juris Doctor.
In 1976, she became an adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel, and in 1977 she became an assistant to the Solicitor General, which she held until her appointment at Duke.
[5] In 2013, Beale was noted in The New York Times as a leader for women in the field of white-collar law.
[3] In 2016, Beale was among a group of Duke faculty and staff publicly calling for the repeal of House Bill 2.