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MAY 2004 CONTENTS

Class Action, Your UB Law Network
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program Auction Raises Record Scholarships
Suny Distinguished Service Professor Emerita Virginia A. Leary to be Commencement Keynote on May 15th
Innovative Course in Advanced Trial Technique Hones Students' Skills
Greiner Scholarship Fund Established in the Law School to Honor UB's 13th President
Buffalo Law Review Dinner Celebrates Four Issues and Judge Howe
Deans Advisory Council Members Bring Their Expertise To Class
UB Law Alumni Honor Six at Annual Dinner
New York Alumni Hear Appeals Justice Wesley
Satish Tripathi Named Provost of University at Buffalo

LAW SCHOOL REPORT

CLASS ACTION, YOUR UB LAW NETWORK: Keep in touch with your former classmates, professors and friends by sending us your personal and professional news, including marriages, births and deaths.

BUFFALO PUBLIC INTEREST LAW PROGRAM AUCTION BRINGS IN RECORD SCHOLARSHIPS: A football autographed by the Buffalo Bills' Josh Reed. A high-end wine tasting with Professor Lucinda Finley. A Jacuzzi suite at the Hampton Inn. All those and more - much, much more - awaited bidders at the Buffalo Public Interest Law Program's ninth annual fund-raising auction at the Rich Renaissance Atrium on Feb. 27. From the sublime to the, well, kind of silly, the merchandise helped raise nearly $22,000, a record take for the group. The money goes to provide fellowships for UB Law School students looking to work in the public sector over the summer - jobs that generally are unpaid. In total, through the combined efforts of BPILP, alumni donors and the Law School, a record 21 fellowships will be sponsored.

SUNY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROFESSOR EMERITA VIRGINIA A. LEARY TO BE COMMENCEMENT KEYNOTE ON MAY 15th: Her work in international law, human rights law and labor law has taken her around the world. Fittingly, in retirement she makes her home in Geneva, Switzerland, where she directs a project on the social aspects of trade liberalization at the University of Geneva's Graduate Institute of International Studies.

INNOVATIVE COURSE HONES STUDENTS' TRIAL TECHNIQUE: The course is called Advanced Trial Technique, and the UB Law School students who were learning the intricacies of litigation work this spring certainly showed they had advanced in skill. The innovative course gives students academic credit for preparing for and participating in trial team competitions. Three teams of students progressed far into the final rounds of two such competitions this spring.

GREINER SCHOLARSHIP FUND ESTABLISHED IN THE LAW SCHOOL TO HONOR UB'S 13TH PRESIDENT: The William R. Greiner Scholarship Fund has been newly established in the University at Buffalo Law School to honor UB's 13th president, who retired as UB's chief executive officer at the end of last December. To date, nearly $225,000 has been raised for the fund, which will support an endowment for a full-tuition scholarship to the UB Law School for a meritorious student who exemplifies leadership ability, dedication to public service and commitment to the Western New York community as a whole.

BUFFALO LAW REVIEW DINNER CELEBRATES FOUR ISSUES AND JUDGE HOWE: A banner year for the Buffalo Law Review culminated in a dinner with a decidedly triumphant tone on March 26 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. It was the 15th annual such event for the Law Review, which for the first time in its 51 years published four issues in the 2003-04 academic year. The highlight came in honoring Hon. Barbara Howe '80 for her distinguished service to UB Law School and Western New York. Judge Howe, a former president of the UB Law Alumni Association, was cited for "her dedication to the legal community, the Buffalo community and the Law School, and her consistently high standards of excellence that are a source of inspiration to us."

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DEANS ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS BRING THEIR EXPERTISE TO CLASS: As the practice of law becomes increasingly specialized, even knowing the range of career options open to new attorneys becomes a challenge. A recent initiative arising from UB Law School's Dean's Advisory Council aims to bridge that knowledge gap by bringing into the classroom alumni lawyers practicing in widely varied specialties. The first presenter in the new DAC program was Gary A. DeWaal '80, executive vice president and general counsel of the financial services firm Finat USA. He met March 3 with Professor John Henry Schlegel's class and spoke about the regulation of derivatives.

UB LAW ALUMNI HONOR SIX AT ANNUAL DINNER: Five graduates of the University at Buffalo Law School were recipients of Distinguished Alumni Awards for their valuable contributions to the legal profession and community at the 42nd annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner, held Wednesday, April 28th, in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. The alumni association also recognized a non-alumnus, Matthew J. Murphy III, Niagara County District Attorney, who received a special award for "outstanding service to the university and community."

NEW YORK ALUMNI HEAR APPEALS JUSTICE WESLEY: UB Law School's largest alumni population outside upstate New York came out in force Jan. 30 for the increasingly popular New York Alumni Luncheon. Held in the tony Union League Club, the event featured an address by Richard C. Wesley, justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Wesley's connection with the school is a most personal one: His daughter Sarah is a current UB Law student. And it was from that dual perspective - as a jurist and a father - that Wesley spoke of UB Law's mission as SUNY's only public law school.

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO

SATISH TRIPATHI NAMED PROVOST OF UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO: Internationally accomplished computer scientist Satish K. Tripathi, Ph.D., dean of the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside, has been named provost of the University at Buffalo by UB President John B. Simpson. Tripathi, who will take office as UB's chief academic officer on July 1, has been dean of the engineering college and the William R. Johnson, Jr. Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering at UC Riverside since 1997. He also served as acting executive vice chancellor from March 2002 through June 2002. Prior to joining UC Riverside, he was a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, where his 19 years as a faculty member in the department included being chair from 1988-95. He has been involved in substantial funded research; published more than 200 scholarly papers; supervised 25 doctoral students; and served on program committees of numerous international conferences.