Learning and doing

For Matthew Eldred '15, the lessons of his first-year research and writing classes have stayed top of mind.

After his first-year legal writing class, Ryan Ganzenmuller ’15 went from sports writer for his undergraduate newspaper to the editor-in-chief of the Buffalo Law Review and winner of a national writing award.

“Students must learn to pursue leads, make contacts, formulate good questions, gain the trust of the people they talk to, make sense of the narratives they acquire, and become good listeners.”