The Educational Institute
Presented by the
Women, Children & Social Justice Clinic and
SUNY Buffalo Law Program for Excellence in Family Law
The Educational Institute is designed to link the law school to the local, national and international community of scholars, practitioner and advocates. Each year the Educational Institute gathers policy makers, service providers, attorneys and students to learn about current models of practice and research initiatives that can enhance the delivery of services to families, women and children.
For suggestions or ideas on upcoming Educational Institutes, please email us at lawlink@buffalo.edu or by calling 716-645-3616. If you are interested in materials from our most recent Educational Institute please contact us.
PAST PRESENTATIONS OF THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE
March 31, 2010 - Celebrating a Life’s Work on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Violence Against Women An interactive conversation with Dr. Judith L. Herman, M.D.This videoconference was presented by The Baldy Center working groups: Children, Families, and the Law; Gender and the Law. Dr. Judith Herman discussed the evolution of her life's work researching the effects of trauma on victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. She will also present on mental health issues related to survivors and an analysis of legal interventions. [To here the entire conversation, listen here to Judith Herman . . .]
February 26, 2009 - Sandra Lane, Health and Wellness, Social Work, "Viewing Poverty through Different Lenses: The Impact of Poverty and Race on Health."
This lecture was organized by the Working Group on Children, Families, and the Law. Sandy Lane is chair of the Syracuse University Department of Health and Wellness and a professor of social work. She holds a joint appointment with the SUNY Upstate Medical University, where she is a research professor with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. A medical anthropologist and epidemiologist, her research focuses on the impact of racial, ethnic, and gender disadvantage on maternal, child, and family health in urban areas of the United States and the Middle East. She received an R.N. diploma from the New England Baptist Hospital School of Nursing; a bachelor’s degree in North African Studies, a master’s degree in anthropology, and a master of public health in epidemiology, all from the University of California, Berkeley; and a Ph.D. in medical anthropology from the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Lane is interviewed here by Bernadette Hoppe, an attorney and adjunct faculty member at SUNY Buffalo Law School. [Read More]
February 17, 2009 - Susan V. Mangold on Following the Money: The Impact of State and Local Funding Strategies on Child Welfare Policies
Our guest today is Professor Susan V. Mangold of the University at Buffalo Law School. Professor Mangold has been conducting a large-scale research project looking at the wide diversity of funding strategies for child welfare programs at the state and local level, and how funding affects policies and outcomes. Professor Mangold is interviewed here by SUNY Buffalo Professor Rick Su. [Read More]
March 2008 - The Clinic in conjunction with the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy co-sponsored a Working Group Luncheon Presentation by Molly Dragiewicz, Professor of Criminology, Justice and Policy Studies at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology presented "A Discussion of Gender in the Etiology of Violence." This event was organized by Organized by the Working Groups on Children, Families & the Law and Gender, Law, and Social Policy. For more information please see the Baldy Center website.
December 16, 2007 - Maia Jaliashvili and Eduardo Muchado on Studying Domestic Violence Internationally
Maia Jaliashvili is a lawyer and activist from the Republic of Georgia, and Eduardo Muchadois a prosecutor from Brazil. Both of them have spent the last semester in Buffalo as the first participants in the new University at Buffalo Law School international program intended to develop expertise in identifying, preventing and prosecuting domestic violence. They are interviewed here by UB Clinical Law Professor Suzanne Tomkins. [Read More]
May 2007 - Faculty Conversation: Matthew J. Murphy on Domestic Violence Prosecution.
UB Clinical Professor Suzanne Tomkins talks to Niagara County District Attorney Matthew J. Murphy III. As District Attorney, Matt helped to develop a model domestic violence program that has been set a new standard for the rest of New York State. [Read More]
February 2007 - The Clinic offered an interdisciplinary approach to Intersection of Domestic Violence and Mental Health Symptoms. A copy of this seminar can be downloaded by clicking the link above.
April 2006 - The Educational Institute focused on Interpersonal Violence in Same Sex Couples. A copy of the Interpersonal Violence in Same-Sex Couples: Barriers to Service materials distributed at this conference may be downloaded.
April 2005 shed light on Emerging Issues in Domestic Violence.