Getting Started
- Registering for classes – Records & Registration, 304 floor O'Brian
- Library entrance – 2nd floor O'Brian
- Student mail room – 2nd floor O'Brian walkway
- Courses that have been graded – "big red dot" bulletin board on 3rd floor
- Force slips for courses – Faculty Assistants
- Faculty assistants assignments – window of Records & Registration, 3rd floor O'Brian
- Swipe card access – Tim Conti, 319 O'Brian
- Computer Questions – Law IT Services, 405 O'Brian
- Keys for student group offices – Student Services Reception, 314 O'Brian
- Work Study & Student Assistant Payroll – Jennifer Hayes or Arlene Rizzo, 317 O'Brian
Academic Policies & Procedures
Visit Academic Policies & Procedures where you will find information on:
- Requirements for degree completion
- Information on Independent Study, taking courses in other Departments at UB
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Examination Policies and Procedures
Administration
See also Departmental Directory
Most Often Used
- Admissions Office – Vice Dean Lillie Wiley-Upshaw
309 O'Brian Hall, 645-2907 - Career Services – Associate Dean Lisa Patterson, Associate Director Mark Davies, Assistant Director Dawn Skopinski
608 O'Brian Hall, 645-2056 - Clinical Legal Education – Clinical Professor Suzanne Tomkins and Professor Tony Szczygiel, co-directors
507 O'Brian Hall, 645-2167 - Externships and Judicial Clerkships – Lise Gelernter, Teaching Faculty and Director of Externship Programs & Donna Crimens, Administrator
508 O'Brian Hall, 645-3152 - Financial Aid – Brezetta Steverson, Assistant Director
306B O'Brian Hall, 645-7324 - Information Technology
405 O'Brian Hall, 645-7393 - Records & Registration – BobbyJo LaDelfa, Director
304 O'Brian Hall, 645-5060 - Student Services – Vice Dean Melinda Saran
314 O'Brian Hall, 645-6223
General
- Academic Affairs – Vice Dean James A Gardner
316 O'Brian Hall, (716) 645-3607 - Administration – Vice Dean James Newton
319 O'Brian Hall, 645-2052 - Alumni Relations – Vice Dean Ilene Fleischmann, Assistant Dean Lisa Mueller
312 O'Brian Hall, 645-2107 - Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy – Professor Rebecca French, Director
511 O'Brian Hall, 645-2102 - Communications and Public Relations – Vice Dean Ilene Fleischmann
310 O'Brian Hall, 645-7347 - Dean's Office – Dean Makau Mutua
319 O'Brian Hall, 645-2052 - Development Office – Vice Dean Alan Carrel, Vice Dean Deborah Scott, Assistant Dean Karen Kaczmarski
408 O'Brian Hall, 645-2109 - Webmaster – Kristina Lively
206A O'Brian Hall, klively@buffalo.edu
Admissions Office
309 O'Brian Hall, 645-2907, law-admissions@buffalo.edu
- Requests for information pertaining to the admission process
- Contact Vice Dean Lillie Wiley-Upshaw or Assistant Director of Admissions Kimberly DeWaal - Coordination of student visits to the Law School
- Contact Marie McLeod, Sharon Hassett, or Assistant Director of Admissions Kimberly DeWaal - Financial Aid concerns and student scholarships
- Contact Assistant Director of Financial Aid Brezetta Steverson
306B O'Brian Hall, 645-7324 - Admission statistics
- Contact Lillie Wiley-Upshaw
Advice for Student Groups
- Special Photocopying (at group expense)
- Contact Barb Premielewski, Law School Copy Center, 503 O'Brian Hall - Event Planning
- Event planning and program counseling, marketing, press coverage, interaction with alumni and the Alumni Association
- Contact Vice Dean Ilene Fleischmann
310 O'Brian Hall, 645-7347, fleisch@buffalo.edu - Law School Calendar Listing
- Contact Amy Hypnarowski, Alumni Office
312 O'Brian Hall, 645-2107, hypnarow@buffalo.edu - Room scheduling – classroom, Letro Courtroom
- Contact Tim Conti, Dean's Office
319 O'Brian, 645-2052, tjconti@buffalo.edu - Fundraising by students
- Contact Assistant Dean Karen Kaczmarski, Development Office
408 O'Brian Hall, 645-2109, krkacz@buffalo.edu - Swipe Card Access to Student Group Offices
- Tim Conti, Dean's Office, 319 O'Brian, 645-2052, tjconti@buffalo.edu
- Authorization must come from student group president - Key Access to Student Group Offices
- Ellen Kausner, Student Services Office, 314 O'Brian, 645-6223, ekausner@buffalo.edu
- Authorization must come from student group president - Student Group Advisement
- Vice Dean for Student Affairs Melinda Saran, 314 O'Brian, 645-6223, saran@buffalo.edu
- Student groups should have a faculty advisor of their choice
Audio Visual/IT Services
Audio visual needs: Koren AV Center, 5th floor, Law Library
- Video conferencing services
- Computer laboratory issues – see lab assistant
- Library based computers
- Printing to the Law Library printers
IT needs: Law IT office, 405 O'Brian
- Swipe card malfunctions – Law IT office, 405 O'Brian
- Swipe card functionality related problems
- Email-related problems and questions (liaison to University Services)
Career Services
Visit Career Serices website
608 O'Brian Hall, 645-2056
- Job postings
- Self assessment resources
- Resume and cover letter review
- Career Counseling; coaching and strategy development
- On-and off-Campus interview programs
- Judicial clerkship applications and OSCAR
- Access and passwords to online databases
- Lists of national job fairs, conferences and writing competitions
- Career and professional development lending library
- Questions about estimated class rank policy
- Employment data collection, including student employment preference surveys, summer employment forms and graduate employment forms
- Collaboration with student groups
- Connect with alumni for career assistance and networking
- Request reciprocity with other school's Career Services Office
Clinics
Visit Clinical Legal Education website
507 O'Brian Hall, 645-2167
- Co-directors: Professor Anthony Szczygiel & Clinical Professor Suzanne Tomkins
Examinations
Visit Final Exam Schedules & Policies website to find:
- Final examination schedule
- Examination Policies and Procedures
Externships
Visit Externships and Judicial Clerkships website.
Contact:
- Lisa Gelernter, Director
- Donna Crimens, Administrator
419 O'Brian Hall, 645-3152, crimens@buffalo.edu
Faculty Assistants
Faculty Assistants Assignments - Fall 2009 [PDF]
Faculty Assistant Assignments - Bridge 2010 [PDF]
Faculty Assistant Assignments - Spring 2010 [PDF]
Contact a Faculty Assistant when you need the following:
- Assignment sheets
- Obtaining force slips for permission of instructor courses
- Scheduling appointments with faculty
- Viewing graded examinations and assignments
- Wait lists – getting on wait list for closed courses and obtaining a force slip if your name is reached on the waiting list for a course
Law Library
- Administration – 205 O'Brian (in Law Library), 645-2041
- Circulation – 2nd floor entrance, 645-6765
- Reserve materials – 2nd floor entrance, 645-6765
- Reference desk – 2nd floor entrance, 645-2047
- Koren Audio Visual Center – 5th floor, 645-2045
Helpful University Services
- Student Response Center
- Counseling Center
- Student Health Services - Services, records, and other health resources.
- Student Medical Insurance - Learns about insurance costs and benefits from SBI Student Medical Insurance, a service of Sub Board I, Inc., Student Owned Services.
- Campus Parking and Transportation - Get to and from campus, and all over town, easily with information from this campus parking and transportation resource.
NYC Program in Finance & Law
Visit NYC Program website.
- Professor Philip Halpern, Director
623 O'Brian, phalpern@buffalo.edu - Cheryl Tubinis, Administrator for Skills & Special Programs,
703 O'Brian, tubinis@buffalo.edu
LL.M. Program
- Joseph Schneider, Director of Post-Professional and International Education,
704 O'Brian, 645-2527, jes2@buffalo.edu - Advise JD students on LL.M. program requirements
- Advise LL.M. students on: selection, immigration requirements, examination requirements, housing issues, personal counseling, coursework in LL.M. colloquium, job placement assistance, optional practical training
Notary
- Tim Conti, Dean's Office, 319 O'Brian
- Vice Dean Melinda Saran, Student Services Office, 314 O'Brian
Records & Registration
Visit Records & Registration website.
- Change of address forms
- Complete degree cards – when registering for your last semester before graduating
- Force registration for permission of instructor courses and from wait list – must obtain force slips from the faculty assistant
- Transcripts – fill out a form at counter (304 O'Brian), or visit Transcripts
Registration Information
Visit Registration Information and you will find:
- Course descriptions and lists
- Course schedule schematic
- Clinic information
- Externship and Judicial clerkship information
- Concentration information
- Future semester projected course lists
Research Centers
- Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy
511 O'Brian Hall, 645-2102
Professor Rebecca French, Director - Buffalo Human Rights Center
621 O'Brian Hall
Professor Tara Melish, Director - Canada-US Legal Studies Centre
Professor Robert Berger, Director - Center for Study of Business Transactions
Clinical Professor Thomas Disare, Director - Edwin F. Jaeckle Center for State and Local Democracy
Professor James Gardner, Director - Law and Religion Program
Professor Winnifred Sullivan, Director - Regional Institute
Beck Hall, South Campus, 829-3777
Kathryn Foster, Director - UB Program for Excellence in Family Law
Professor Susan Mangold and Clinical Professor Suzanne Tomkins, Co-Directors
Research & Faculty Development
Contact Errol Meidinger, Vice Dean for Research and Faculty Development
- Faculty workshops and visiting speakers
- Research assistance and resources
- Research funding (external and internal)
- Disseminating and publicizing scholarship
Skills Program
Contact Charles Ewing, Vice Dean for Legal Skill
- Administrator for Skills and Special Programs: Cheryl Tubinis
- Moot Courts: George Kannar
- Trial Advocacy Program: Co-Directors Hon. Tim Franczyk and Chris O'Brien
- Coordinator of the Legal Research & Writing Program: Johanna Oreskovic
Student Services
Contact Melinda Saran, Vice Dean for Student Affairs
314 O'Brian Hall, 645-6223, law-studentaffairs@buffalo.edu
- Academic issues
- Bar exam issues – questions, retaking the bar examination
- New York State Bar Examination
Given last Tuesday and Wednesday of February and July
- Other State Bar Examinations
- Multistate Professional responsibility Examination (MPRE)
Required by most states for admission to the bar
- Offered every March, August and November - Commencement/graduation issues
- Disability issues and accommodations [PDF]
- Law student orientation
- Student group advisement
- Student questions and personal issues
Textbooks
- University Bookstore – Lee entrance (next to the UB Commons), 645-3131