Richard D. Schwartz

Richard Derecktor Schwartz was an American lawyer, focusing in natural law, administrative law, and the impact of welfare reform. He was the Ernest I. White Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University College of Law and formerly Dean and Professor at State University of New York at Buffalo and an Elected Fellow of the American Political and Social Science Society. He also co-founded the Law and Society Association and in 1981 the Syracuse-Area Middle East Dialogue Group.