Susan Stefan

University of Miami School of Law

Until the pandemic, Susan  Stefan was a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Miami  School of Law, where she taught Disability Rights Law, Mental Health  Law, and Health Law. She currently represents people with psychiatric  disabilities at the trial and appellate level in Massachusetts. She has  written four books, numerous textbook and treatise chapters, and  articles on the rights of people with psychiatric disabilities. She has  testified as an expert on consent decrees in institutional conditions  cases in several federal court cases. She worked as an expert consultant  for Amnesty International in Ireland, the President’s New Freedom  Commission on Mental Health, the Institute of Medicine of the National  Academies of Science, and the Substances and Mental Health Services  Administration. She is also a disability rights advocate who has  successfully litigated a number of civil rights cases seeking equal  treatment and inclusion for people with disabilities. Ms. Stefan has  received numerous advocacy and teaching awards. She graduated from  Stanford Law School, received a Master’s Degree from Cambridge  University in England, and graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University.