The Fall 2025 Mitchell Lecture

Prof. John Henry Schlegel is a UB Distinguished Professor and Floyd H. & Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar at the University at Buffalo School of Law. He joined the UB Law faculty in 1973, teaching for more than five decades primarily in the areas of corporate and commercial law and regional economic development.

A legal historian, his scholarship has focused on the history of legal education and the evolution of American Legal Realism in the 1920s and 30s.

He is the author of numerous books and articles, including, most recently, While Waiting for Rain: Community, Economy and Law in a Time of Change (University of Michigan Press, 2022).

Prof. Paul Linden-Retek (Chair)
Prof. Michael Boucai
Prof. Alexandra Harrington
Prof. David Westbrook
Lisa Mueller
Daniel Ortega
Brandon Tubinis