Matthew Dimick

Matthew Dimick is a Professor of Law at the University at Buffalo School of Law and Director of the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy. His research focuses on labor and employment law, contracts, tax policy, legal theory, law and economics, and the political economy of income inequality. He holds a JD from Cornell Law School and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with prior experience at Georgetown University Law Center and the Service Employees International Union.

Dimick's research examines the intersection of law and political economy, with current projects on capitalism's relationship with antidiscrimination law and co-editing a volume on Jürgen Habermas's legal theory. His work critically addresses topics including wage regulations, racial reification under capitalism, and tensions between labor rights and antitrust frameworks.

His publications demonstrate sustained focus on income inequality mechanisms, with recent analyses of minimum wage impacts, neoliberal data distortions, and redistributive legal frameworks. Articles frequently engage with labor law's philosophical foundations, critiques of market power, and policy alternatives for economic justice.

Dimick teaches courses in contracts, labor law, employment discrimination, tax policy, and law & society. He has contributed to public discourse through media outlets like The Atlantic and Jacobin, translating complex legal-economic concepts for broader audiences.