Dr. Blanck is University Professor at Syracuse University, which is the highest faculty rank granted to only eight individuals in the history of the University. He is chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University. In addition to his appointment at Syracuse University College of Law, Dr. Blanck holds appointments at the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, the College of Human Services and Health Professions, and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Dr. Blanck has written over 125 articles and books on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related laws, received grants to study disability law and policy, represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court in ADA cases, and testified before Congress. His work has received national and international attention. He is a board member of the National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.) and of Disability Rights Advocates (DRA). His recent writings include a treatise and casebook on disability civil rights law and policy.

He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester , a Juris Doctorate from Stanford University, where he was president of the Stanford Law Review, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University . Dr. Blanck is a former member of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities, and a Senior Fellow of the Annenberg Washington Program, a former Fellow at Princeton University 's Woodrow Wilson School, and a Mary Switzer Scholar.