The Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy is an endowed, internationally recognized institute that advances interdisciplinary research on law, legal institutions and social policy. More than 150 UB faculty members from numerous departments participate in Baldy Center research, conferences, working groups and publications. The Center maintains cooperative ties to other interdisciplinary research centers and co-sponsors a network of socio-legal scholars in the Great Lakes Region. The Baldy Center also hosts distinguished scholars from around the world as visitors, speakers and conference participants.
Baldy Center Research Project proposals related to Law, Legal Institutions, and Social Policy
Guidelines included on the application form
Deadline April 16, 2012
Where Now? Moving Beyond Traditional Legal Geographies Conference
April 19th - 20th, 2012 | 509 O'Brian Hall, North Campus
Click here to view the conference website
Beyond Jurisdiction:
Wetlands Policy for the Next Generation
April 26th - 27th, 2012 | 509 O'Brian Hall, North CampusClick here to view the conference website
Baldy Center Research Development Workshop
Toni Pressley-Sanon
UB Transnational Studies
"Istwa: History, Memory and Cultural Production in Haiti."
Click here for PDF of chapter: Marine (Pre)Occupations
- Baldy Center
Visiting Scholar Presentation
Friday, December 9th
12:30 pm (Lunch at 12 pm)
509 O'Brian Hall
Helge Arsheim,
University of Oslo
• Legal Forms of
the Religious Life pdf
- October 24th, 2011
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
509 O’Brian Hall
Baldy Conference - Implementing Truth
and Reconciliation: Comparative Lessons
for Korea
• Flyer pdf
- October 14th-15th, 2011
Major Developments in Redistricting
• Flyer pdf
- October 14th, 2011
1:00 - 3:00 pm
532 Park Hall
Maritime History
Baldy Cosponsorship:
Michael Pearson
University of
New South Wales ;
• Flyer pdf
- October 7th, 2011
12:00 pm 509 O'Brian Hall
Finding a New Foundation for Justice in China
Flora Sapio, Researcher
Centre of Advanced Studies on Contemporary China, Turin, Italy, and Visiting Scholar, New York University School of Law
• Press Release 9/30/11
- October 6th, 2011
12:00 pm 509 O'Brian Hall
The Confused Place of Mercy in Legal Discourse
Robert Ferguson
Columbia University Law School
- September 12th-13th 2011
40 Years After the Attica Uprising: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Distinguished Speakers 2011-2012
The Future of Interdisciplinary Legal Scholarship:
Predictions and Prescriptions
Franz von Benda-Beckmann
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Interdisciplinary Legal Scholarship: Experiences,
Probabilities and Suggestions
Click here to read the Abstract (pdf)
April 18th, 1:30 pm • 509 O'Brian Hall
Kim Lane Scheppele
Princeton University
Title TBA
Date TBA, 12:00 pm • 509 O’Brian Hall
Cesar Rodriguez Garavito
University of the Andes
Title TBA
Date TBA, 12:00 pm • 509 O’Brian Hall
Scott Barclay
Drexel University
Future Directions in Law and Social Sciences
September 9th, 12:00 pm • 509 O'Brian Hall
Robert Nelson
American Bar Foundation, Northwestern University
Race and Representation: Researching Employment Civil Rights Litigation in the Post Civil Rights United States
September 23rd, 12:00 pm • 509 O'Brian Hall
Race and Representation in Employment Civil Rights Litigation pdf
Michael McCann
University of Washington
Beyond Legal Mobilization: Rethinking How Law Matters in the
Transpacific Struggles of Filipino Cannery Workers
October 21st, 12:00 pm • 509 O'Brian Hall
Andrew Harding
University of Victoria
Asia's Rise, Asian Legal Studies, and the Future of Legal Interdisciplinarity
December 2nd, 12:00 pm • 509 O'Brian Hall
Mariana Valverde
University of Toronto
How the Earth Became a Collection of Land Uses -- or Did It? Reflections on Doing Sociolegal Research in a Post-Theoretical Age
March 2nd, 12:00 pm • 509 O'Brian Hall
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