Tuesday, April 25. Law Day panel presentation. “Liberty Under Law: Separate Branches, Balanced Powers” a discussion of the separation of powers and role of the judiciary. Speakers will be Hon. Peter W. Hall, Second Circuit Court of Appeals; Hon. Richard J. Arcara, U.S. District Court, WDNY; Hon. Eugene Pigott Jr., Presiding Justice, Appellate Division, Fourth Dept.; and Hon. Sharon S. Townsend, Administrative Judge, 8th Judicial District. Francis M. Letro Courtroom, 9:30 a.m. Contact: Melinda Saran, saran@buffalo.edu

Wednesday, April 26. Work in Progress luncheon presentation with Debra Street, UB Sociology; and Brian Gran, Case Western Reserve University Sociology. “Public Subsidies for Private Health Insurance: Perverse Incentives or Practical Welfare?” 5 O’Brian Hall, 12:30-2:00 p.m. (Lunch available at noon; RSVP required.) Organized by the Working Group on International and Comparative Legal Studies. Contact: Ellen Kausner, 645-2102 or ekausner@buffalo.edu

Thursday, April 27. Baldy Center Book Manuscript Workshop with Jason Sorens, UB Political Science “Secession and Democracy”. Commentators: Allen Buchanan, James B. Duke Prof. of Philosophy and Public Policy, Duke University and Stephen M. Saideman, Canada Research Chair in International Security and Ethnic Conflict, McGill University. Law Library Looseleaf Room, 3:00-6:00 p.m. Contact: Ellen Kausner, 645-2102 or ekausner@buffalo.edu

Thursday, April 27. Buffalo Law Review 17th Annual Dinner. Denise E. O’Donnell ’82, a candidate for state attorney general and a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP and Robert Schwenkel ’82, a partner in the NYC based law firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver and Jacobson will be honored. The Buffalo Club, 6:00 p.m. Contact: Michael Mann, mmann@buffalo.edu

Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29. Baldy Center Conference “Merging Immigration and Crime Control: An Interdisciplinary Workshop.” 12 O’Brian Hall. Organized by Teresa Miller, UB Law School. Earn up to 5.0 CLE credits in Professional Practice and Ethics. Participants include Jonathan Simon, UC Berkeley; Dan Kanstroom, Boston College; Michael Welch, Rutgers; Nora Demleitner, Hofstra University. Details at www.law.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/immigration06.htm Contact: Ellen Kausner, 645-2102 or ekausner@buffalo.edu

May 2006

Tuesday, May 2. Reading Group Discussion. Organized by the Baldy Center ClassCrits Working Group. Law Library Looseleaf Room, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Contact: Ellen Kausner, 645-2102 or ekausner@buffalo.edu

Wednesday, May 3. OUTLaw Dinner, 10th Anniversary. Buffalo/Niagara Marriott, 1340 Millersport Highway, 6:00 p.m. cocktails, 7:00 p.m. dinner. Cost TBD. Contact: Heath Miller, 645-8964 or hmiller@buffalo.edu

Thursday, May 4. Buffalo Seminar on Racial Justice “Race, Class, and Historical Agency in the Modern World Economy: An African Diaspora Perspective” with Keith Griffler, UB African American Studies. 378 Crescent Avenue, Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Contact: Ellen Kausner, 645-2102 or ekausner@buffalo.edu

Friday, May 5. Reading Group Discussion. Organized by the Baldy Center ClassCrits Working Group. Law Library Looseleaf Room, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Contact: Ellen Kausner, 645-2102 or ekausner@buffalo.edu

Friday, May 5-Saturday, May 6. Class of 1981 25th Reunion. Check out all the information at www.law.buffalo.edu/reunions. Contact: Amy Hayes Atkinson, (716) 645-6224 or aatkins@buffalo.edu

Friday, May 5-Saturday, May 6. Class of 1986 20th Reunion. Check out all the information at www.law.buffalo.edu/reunions. Contact: Amy Hayes Atkinson, (716) 645-6224 or aatkins@buffalo.edu

Friday, May 5-Saturday, May 6. Class of 1996 10th Reunion. Check out all the information at www.law.buffalo.edu/reunions. Contact: Amy Hayes Atkinson, (716) 645-6224 or aatkins@buffalo.edu

Saturday, May 6. Accepted Student Visit. O’Brian Hall, 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Contact: Lillie Wiley, (716) 645-2907

Wednesday, May 10. UB Law Alumni Association Annual Dinner and Distinguished Alumni Awards. Honorees include: For Public Service – Hon. Elena Cacavas-Schietinger ’85; For Community Service – Christopher T. Greene ’74; For Business – Robert P. Fine ’68; For Private Practice – Garry M. Graber ’78; For the Judiciary – Hon. John P. Lane ’53. Hyatt Regency, 5:30 p.m. Contact: Ilene Fleischmann, 645-2107 or fleisch@buffalo.edu

Saturday, May 20. UB Law Commencement. Center for the Arts, 3:00 p.m. Contact: Melinda Saran, 645-6223 or saran@buffalo.edu

June 2006

Friday, June 2. Annual Regional Sociolegal Studies meeting. Hosted by the Canadian Law and Society Association. Osgoode Hall, York University. Contact: Lynn Mather (lmather@buffalo.edu) or Mariana Valverde (m.valverde@utoronto.ca) for details.

Friday, June 2-Saturday, June 3. Class of 1966 40th Reunion. Check out all the information at www.law.buffalo.edu/reunions. Contact: Amy Hayes Atkinson, (716) 645-6224 or aatkins@buffalo.edu

Friday, June 2-Saturday, June 3. Class of 1971 35th Reunion. Check out all the information at www.law.buffalo.edu/reunions. Contact: Amy Hayes Atkinson, (716) 645-6224 or aatkins@buffalo.edu

Friday, June 2-Saturday, June 3. Class of 1976 30th Reunion. Check out all the information at www.law.buffalo.edu/reunions. Contact: Amy Hayes Atkinson, (716) 645-6224 or aatkins@buffalo.edu

Saturday, June 3. Class of 1956 50th Reunion. Check out all the information at www.law.buffalo.edu/reunions. Contact: Amy Hayes Atkinson, (716) 645-6224 or aatkins@buffalo.edu

Friday, June 9. Reading Group Discussion. Organized by the Baldy Center ClassCrits Working Group. Law Library Looseleaf Room, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Contact: Ellen Kausner, 645-2102 or ekausner@buffalo.edu

Friday, June 9. Accepted Student Visit. O’Brian Hall, 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Contact: Lillie Wiley, 645-2907

Friday, June 9. Sunday, June 11. Baldy Center Conference “The Police Power Reconsidered: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Modern Governance”. Venue TBA. Organized by Markus Dubber, UB Law School and Mariana Valverde, University of Toronto. Contact: Ellen Kausner, 645-2102 or ekausner@buffalo.edu

Tuesday, June 13. Dean’s Dinner for members of the Hyman, O’Brian, and Jaeckle Societies (donors who give over $1,000 to the Law School annually). Center for the Arts, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Contact: Maryanne Jusko, 645-2109

Wednesday, June 21. New York City Dean’s Dinner. By invitation. Lotos Club, 5 East Sixty-sixth Street, 6:00-10:00 p.m. Contact: Maryanne Jusko, 645-2109

August 2006

Wednesday, August 16. 50+ Reunion Luncheon for all UB Law Alumni that have graduated 50 or more years ago. 12:00 noon, Reading Room on the 2nd Floor of the Law Library. Contact: Amy Hayes Atkinson, (716) 645-6224 or aatkins@buffalo.edu