Buffalo, NY – The Canisius University Frank G. Raichle Lecture Series on Law in American Society welcomes Rebecca Kelly Slaughter to campus on Thursday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the Chester HON ’01 and Diane Stranczek Science Hall Commons. The event, titled “For Cause: On Careers in Public Service and Fighting for Justice,” is free and open to the public; doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Slaughter has served as a Federal Trade Commissioner (FTC) since 2018, first appointed by President Donald Trump and reappointed by President Joe Biden in 2023. At the FTC, she has been a forceful advocate for consumers and working families, championing greater transparency and robust enforcement of competition and consumer protection laws.
Before joining the FTC, Slaughter served as Chief Counsel to U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of New York and was an associate at Sidley Austin LLP in Washington, D.C. She holds a BA in Anthropology magna cum laude from Yale University and a JD from Yale Law School, where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal.
Slaughter is currently the plaintiff in Trump v. Slaughter, now before the U.S. Supreme Court, which will determine whether Congress has the authority to protect members of independent regulatory agencies from removal except for cause. The case challenges the President’s authority to remove agency heads and could result in the Court overturning its 1935 decision in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States — with far-reaching implications for the independence of federal agencies and the separation of powers.
The Frank G. Raichle Lecture Series is sponsored by the Frank G. Raichle Pre-Law Center, established at Canisius University in 1981. The center was made possible by a gift from the late Frank G. Raichle, Esq., a leader of the American Bar Association and former member of the Canisius University Board of Trustees.
For more information on Rebecca Kelly Slaughter’s lecture at Canisius, contact the Office of University Communications at 716-888-2792.
Canisius was founded in 1870 in Buffalo, NY, and is one of 27 Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S. Consistently ranked among the top institutions in the Northeast, Canisius offers undergraduate, graduate and pre-professional programs distinguished by close student-faculty collaboration, mentoring and an emphasis on ethical, purpose-driven leadership.
