Michael Schill

Michael H. Schill took office as Northwestern’s 17th president on September 12, 2022. He also serves as a professor of law in the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and a professor of finance and real estate in the Kellogg School of Management. He previously spent seven years as president of the University of Oregon.

Schill is a nationally recognized expert in property, real estate, and housing law and policy, and is the author or co-author of three books and over 40 scholarly articles. He served as dean and professor at the law schools of the University of Chicago and UCLA, and also held tenured faculty positions at New York University and the University of Pennsylvania.