September 2024

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No. 2

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Summer fellowships offer great experiences, equal access

A law student’s summer placement can be a game-changer—a foot in the door, or a newly cemented appreciation for the impact of a legal career. UB Law’s summer public interest fellowship program is a catalyst for those crucial experiences, both in connecting students with placement opportunities and helping them make ends meet while they’re working without pay in the public interest. And in recent years, a groundswell of alumni support has made more such pairings possible. [Read More]

DV SUMMIT ON OCT. 15

  • A unified front on domestic violence
    9/30/24
    It takes a coordinated effort to help people who’ve suffered from domestic violence reach a place of safety and new hope. Now a major Western New York summit with strong UB Law ties will help providers work together to ensure that no one at risk goes unaided.

FACULTY FOCUS

  • A backward look at English legal history
    10/2/24
    As a constitutional law and legal historian, Prof. Matthew Steilen follows his scholarly pursuits wherever they lead, including most recently the University of Cambridge in England, where he was a visiting legal scholar.

No. 1

Manhattan skyline.

New avenues to the New York experience

New York City has many of the most sophisticated legal practices in the world, and, by one estimate, over 175,000 lawyers work there. That means plenty of fascinating opportunities for UB Law graduates to explore in our nation’s largest legal market, and the law school continues to ramp up its efforts to help students and graduates find success in the Big Apple. [Read More]

MILITARY JUSTICE IN ACTION

FACULTY FOCUS

  • Remembering Professor Stephanie Phillips
    10/14/24
    The School of Law is mourning the loss of Professor Emerita Stephanie Phillips, who over three decades of teaching in Buffalo pursued intellectual interests including African-American legal history, Critical Race Theory and—a personal passion that she grew into a wildly popular course on self-care in legal practice—mindfulness and meditation.
  • Prof. Luis Chiesa's Tribute to Stephanie Phillips
    10/14/24
    A tribute by Luis E. Chiesa, Dr. Teresa A. Miller Professor in Law and Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Belonging.