June/July 2023

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Interim Dean S. Todd Brown reflects on the law school’s future

Professor S. Todd Brown will guide UB School of Law forward through a period of transition. Brown has served as the school’s vice dean for academic affairs since 2016. Named interim dean, effective July 1, he takes the helm as Aviva Abramovsky, dean of the law school since 2017, returns to the faculty.

Law School News

A conversation with Jennifer Scharf ’05, our new director for Career Services
7/10/23
Jennifer Scharf ‘05, an alum with broad connections both inside the law school and in the wider legal community, has been hired to head the School of Law’s Career Services Office.
Clarence Sundram ’72 makes major gift to support justice work
7/3/23
For Clarence Sundram ’72, the lessons he learned early in his law school career about the injustices in our legal system have never left him.
Family Violence and Women’s Rights Clinic lands major new funding
7/18/23
UB School of Law’s Family Violence and Women’s Rights Clinic is in position to dramatically expand the scope of its education and community service work, thanks to a major allocation from Erie County.
Remembering Judge Thomas Buergenthal, a human rights pioneer
7/30/23
Judge Thomas Buergenthal, a creative pioneer in international human rights and a former UB School of Law professor, died May 29th.

Faculty Spotlight

U.S. Supreme Court quotes Prof. Tanya Monestier
In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 600 U.S. __ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court recently addressed the question of whether registering to do business under a state registration statute amounts to consent to general personal jurisdiction. In his concurring opinion, Justice Samuel Alito quotes the amicus brief filed by Prof. Tanya Monestier. [See pages 13-14 of his opinion]