Profile

Biography:
B.A., Brandeis University
M.A., Northwestern University
J.D., New York University Law School
LL.M., Columbia University Law School
Ph.D., Syracuse University

Once an actor with the National Theater of the Deaf, Professor Schwartz began his legal career as a law clerk to a Southern District of New York judge. He then served as Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office; Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington; solo practitioner in the New York City metro region; and Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State Department of Law.

Professor Schwartz earned a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University, a master’s degree from Northwestern University and a juris doctor from New York University. He earned an LL.M. at Columbia Law School and a Ph.D., in Education and Disability Studies, from Syracuse University.

A member of the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut bars, Professor Schwartz directs the Disability Rights Clinic, where he supervises students in disability litigation and teaches disability law.

Courses:
LAW 923:Disability Rights Clinic

Links:
Disability Law and Policy Program

Publications: