Steven L. Schwarcz is an American lawyer. He is the Stanley A. Star Professor of Law and Business at

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Early life and education

Schwarcz was born and raised in New York City to father Charles Schwarcz. After earning his

Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...

from

New York University Tandon School of Engineering The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United St ...

, he received his

Juris Doctor A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law. In the United States and the Philippines, it is the only qualifying law degree. Other j ...

(J.D.) in 1974 from the

Columbia Law School Columbia Law School (CLS) is the Law school in the United States, law school of Columbia University, a Private university, private Ivy League university in New York City. The school was founded in 1858 as the Columbia College Law School. The un ...

Career

With his J.D. degree, Schwarcz worked as a partner at the law firms of

Shearman & Sterling Shearman & Sterling was a White shoe multinational law firm headquartered in New York City, United States. In 2024 it merged with Allen & Overy to form A&O Shearman. History Wall Street origins Shearman & Sterling was founded in New York City ...

and

Kaye Scholer Kaye Scholer was a law firm founded in 1917 by Benjamin Kaye and Jacob Scholer. The firm had more than 450 attorneys in nine offices located in the cities of Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, New York City (headquarters), Shanghai, Palo A ...

and as a faculty member at Columbia Law School, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. He eventually joined the law faculty at

in 1996, and was shortly thereafter appointed the Stanley A. Star Professor of Law and Business. In 2010, Schwarcz was elected a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and later a Senior Fellow of the

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. In 2017, Schwarcz accepted multiple visiting fellowships in the

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and two of his texts on international trade were chosen by the

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) (French language, French: ''Commission des Nations Unies pour le droit commercial international (CNUDCI)'') is a subsidiary body of the United Nations General Assembly, U.N. Gene ...

to present at its 50th anniversary Congress.

Personal life

Schwarcz married Susan Beth Kolodny in 1976. Two years later, Schwarcz, Gerard R. Wolfe, and Paul P. E. Bookson collaborated to restore the Eldridge Street Synagogue, which his grandfather has presided over in his prime.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schwarcz, Steven L. Living people Jewish American academics New York (state) lawyers Writers from New York City Duke University faculty Columbia Law School alumni New York University alumni People associated with Shearman & Sterling Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American Jews