Events Calendar Fall 2008

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All faculty, graduate, and law students are invited to attend the following Baldy Events. All events will be held in the Baldy Center/Law School Conference Center - 509 O'Brian Hall, unless otherwise indicated.
RSVP for lunch to Ellen Kausner at ekausner@buffalo.edu or 645-2102.

September 9

Visiting Scholar presentation
with Marc Galanter, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Law and South Asian Studies
Speaking in Professor Winnifred Sullivan's class
Organized by the Working Group on Religion

September 10, 12:00 - 2:00

Legal Studies Faculty Seminar
with Marc Galanter, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Law and South Asian Studies
"The Elastic Tournament: The Second Transformation of the Big Law Firm" (coauthor W.D. Henderson)

September 19, all-day event

Conference on "James Atleson, Values and Assumptions in American Labor Law: A 25th Anniversary Retrospective"
Organized by UB Law professors Dianne Avery, Fred Konefsky, Rob Steinfeld, and Jim Wooten preliminary flyer

September 25, 12:00 - 2:00 pm (tentative)

Visiting Scholar luncheon presentation
with Lee Epstein, Northwestern University School of Law
Title tba
Cosponsored with UB Political Science

September 26, 12:00 - 2:00 pm

Visiting Scholar luncheon presentation
with Nancy Staudt, Northwestern University School of Law
Title tba

October 3, 12:00 - 5:00 pm

Workshop on "Same-Sex Marriage and Federalism"
Organized by Les Jacobs, York University, James Gardner, UB Law, and
Lynn Mather, UB Law and Political Science

October 22, 12:00 - 2:00 pm

Working Group luncheon presentation
"The Discomfort of Religion: Integration of Post War Immigrants in Western Europe Compared with the U.S."
with Leo Lucassen, Leiden University, Social History
Organized by the Working Group on Migration, Pluralism and Policy

October 29, 2:00 - 4:30 pm

Working Group presentation on "Community-held Intellectual Property" (tentative title)
with Dorothy Noyes, Ohio State University, English; Director of Center for Folklore Studies

November, date tba

Legal Studies Faculty Seminar
with Richard Abel, UCLA Law, discussing his new book "Lawyers in the Dock: Learning from New York Disciplinary Cases"

December 4, 5:00 pm

Keynote Address by Teresa Collett, University of St. Thomas School of Law
"Can Attorneys Disclose Clients' Suicidal Thoughts? Exploring the Ethical and Legal Issues"

 

December 5, all-day

Workshop on "Can Attorneys Disclose Clients' Suicidal Thoughts? Exploring the Ethical and Legal Issues"
Cosponsored with the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry & Policy Research Associates.
Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.
There is no fee; however, registration is required for planning purposes.
Please email Christina Smith at Christina_Smith@URMC.Rochester.edu.

 

 

Conferences & Workshops

Fall 2008

James Atleson, Values and Assumptions in American Labor Law: A 25th Anniversary Retrospective

Organized by UB Law professors Dianne Avery, Fred Konefsky, Rob Steinfeld, and Jim Wooten
preliminary flyer

Spring 2008

Re-Describing the Sacred/Secular Divide: The Legal Story

Organized by Winnifred Sullivan, UB Law; and Robert Yelle, History, Memphis University
Details

Private Lawyers and the Public Interest: The Evolving Role of Pro Bono in the Legal Profession

Organized by Robert Granfield, UB Sociology
 flyer   Details