Professor James B. Atleson
James B. Atleson was a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University at Buffalo School of Law. A pioneering scholar in labor law, he joined the faculty in 1964 and taught labor law and related courses to many hundreds of students for over 40 years.
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October 22, 2007
Interviewed By
UB Distinguished Professor Emeritus Fred Konefsky
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About Professor James B. Atleson
James B. Atleson authored numerous books and articles on labor law and labor history, including the seminal 1983 book Values and Assumptions in American Labor Law. A labor arbitrator for several decades, he resolved many hundreds of individual employment disputes.
In addition to labor law, he taught legal history, international law and human rights.
He received law degrees from Stanford University and Ohio State University, where he was editor in chief of the Law Review. Throughout his life, he allied himself in mind and spirit with working people, their rights and their struggles.
Apart from the world of law, he was an inveterate banjo player and aficionado of old-time music, playing in his own group, the Hot Cargo String Band, and with a community of musicians in New York, Maine and elsewhere.
Born Sept. 24, 1938—Died Oct. 23, 2022