Susan H. Bitensky
Professor of Law
447 Law College Building
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517/432-6898
bitensky@law.msu.edu
Degrees: J.D. University of Chicago Law School, 1974; B.A. magna cum laude, Case Western Reserve University, 1971
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Bar Admissions: Michigan State Bar, New York State Supreme Court, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits, U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Courses: Constitutional Law I, Constitutional Law II, Evidence, International Human Rights, Jurisprudence
Biography: Upon graduation from law school, Professor Bitensky served as assistant general counsel to the United Steelworkers of America for three years in Pittsburgh, followed by four years of private practice with a Manhattan labor law firm. Before joining the Law College faculty in 1988, she was associate counsel to the New York City Board of Education for six years during which time she dealt mainly with commercial law and education law matters. Professor Bitensky has published a book Corporal Punishment of Children: A Human Rights Violation (Transnational Publishers 2006), a chapter of an American Bar Association volume, a piece in an encyclopedia on childhood, issued by The University of Chicago Press, as well as a host of law review articles in leading journals such as Northwestern University Law Review and Notre Dame Law Review. She has also presented papers at numerous international symposia. Her scholarship focuses on children's rights under the federal Constitution and international human rights law. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Before college, Professor Bitensky was an apprentice to the Robert Joffrey Ballet Company. She teaches Evidence, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, and International Human Rights Law.