2025 Jaeckle Award

A 1983 graduate of UB School of Law, Justice Ogden has been actively involved with the law school and its students in many ways, including as an adjunct faculty member, a past president of the UB Law Alumni Association, and a loyal participant in the law school’s mentor program for 1L students.  

She was the recipient of the UB Law Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Award for community service in 2010; and the law school’s Students of Color Trailblazer Award in 2001. At the Class of 2022’s Commencement Ceremony, she was presented the Dean’s Medal for her outstanding achievements and her commitment to justice and the rule of law.

Justice Ogden is a faculty member of the New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics; a member of the Richard C. Failla LGBTQ+ Commission of the New York Courts; and a member of the Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts and its Gender Fairness Subcommittee in the 8^th Judicial District. She is president-elect of the New York Women Judges Association Inc.; and a member of several local bar associations and community leadership boards. She regularly appears as a speaker for civic and community groups, public schools, and churches and is well known for her allegiance to her motto, “lift as you climb.”

Thursday, February 6, 2025
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Statler Buffalo
107 Delaware Avenue [View Map]