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July 2008
Message from the Dean
"I am both honored and humbled to have been chosen to lead this fine institution at a pivotal time in its history. It will be my privilege to work with our talented faculty, dedicated staff, fine students, and devoted alumni to enhance academic excellence – the cardinal reason for our being – at UB Law School." [ read more...]
Law School Report
The Next First Step: Yale legal historian urges graduates to confront ethical issues
Challenge, celebration and congratulations were the order of the day at UB Law School's 119th Commencement. Dean Makau W. Mutua issued the first challenge to the newly minted lawyers amassed in the auditorium. "From today onward," he said, "you will be forever known for your identity as a lawyer."[ read more...]
 Commencement Awards
 Event Slideshow
UB Law School Professors Building International Network to Fight Domestic Violence
Two University at Buffalo Law School professors have taken steps to make UB a world-renowned center to confront what they call the epidemic of domestic violence crimes, both locally and internationally. [ read more...]
 Isabel Marcus on Teaching Domestic Violence Advocacy
Filling the Gaps: Judge finds some redeeming value in tax regulation
In an appearance sponsored by the libertarian-leaning Federalist Society, a U.S. Tax Court judge played the contrarian, arguing in favor of more government regulation – at least in the tax arena. Hon. Mark V. Holmes, who has served as a federal Tax Court judge since 2003, spoke to students and faculty Feb. 28 in the Baldy Center conference room. [ read more...]
The Price of Free Legal Service: Baldy conference examines the promise and pitfalls of pro bono programs
"The Evolving Role of Pro Bono in the Legal Profession," a two-day conference that explored developments in pro bono work and the opportunities and limitations of pro bono in expanding access to the justice system. [ read more...]
Law School Report Urges State Plan To Harness Offshore Wind Power: Wind turbines in lakes Erie and Ontario would create renewable energy, new jobs
New York State should become a leader in developing clean, renewable offshore wind power, an alternative energy source that could trigger an economic renaissance and a greener image for the Western New York community, according to a report prepared by the Environment and Development Clinic in the UB Law School. [ read more...]
Executive Summary / Report
More on " Greener Shade of Blue"
Faculty
A Lesson in Rhetoric: Gardner delves into the real purpose of political campaigns
The common complaint, Professor James A. Gardner said, is that presidential campaigns are not thoughtful enough, not rational enough, too thin, too superficial, and driven by personality and image rather than substance. "But the question we like to ask in the Law School is, compared to what?" he said. [read more...]
Legal Fiction: A former UB Law professor mines the drama in patent law
Every so often, Paul Goldstein says, people will approach him at a conference and say, "I read your book, and I loved it." He knows, he says with a laugh, that they are not talking about his four-volume treatise on U.S. copyright law. More likely those readers passed a pleasant weekend with Errors and Omissions or, now, A Patent Lie, his second novel in the legal thriller genre, published June 17 by Doubleday. [read more...]
Law School Documentary Goes Behind Attica's Walls
Teresa Miller, a professor in the University at Buffalo Law School focusing in criminal punishment, knows all too well the stereotypes of law students visiting prisons. People naturally assume the students are the unselfish ones, and the inmates – who have little to lose and time to waste – get all of the benefits. [read more...]
Watch excerpts from "Encountering Attica": Orientation and Inverview
Alumni
When Their Country Calls …
A federal program to attract the best and brightest to government
service has chosen its 2008 group of Presidential Management Fellows
– and six are new UB Law graduates. Four students accepted
the opportunity. They are Brian J. McCarthy, Daniel J. Christiansen,
Harold T. Babcock-Ellis, and Emily G. Conley. Lisa M. Patterson,
associate dean for career services, said the achievement reflects
students' broader awareness of the program's extraordinary opportunities.
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UB Law Alumni Association Dinner Celebrates Luminaries of the School
A long tradition of UB Law alumni gathering to enjoy each other's company, and to salute some of the best among them, added a new chapter May 1 with the 46th Annual Dinner of the UB Law Alumni Association. Held at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo, the event culminated with the presentation of Distinguished Alumni Awards to five graduates and one non-alumnus – then-interim Dean Makau Mutua. [read more...]
Event Slideshow
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A list of names and web resources available to make communicating with UB Law School's Alumni office more efficient. [read more...]
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