Experts by Expertise: Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties

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8/16/21
Samantha Barbas
Professor of Law

Expertise: Mass media law, libel, privacy, freedom of the press

Phone: 716-645-6216
Email: sbarbas@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Christine P. Bartholomew

Professor of Law

Expertise: class actions, antitrust law, consumer protection, clergy abuse, clergy privilege
Phone: 716-645-7399
Email: cpb6@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Guyora Binder

SUNY Distinguished Professor of Law and Hodgson Russ Faculty Scholar

Expertise: criminal law, felony murder, homicide, jurisprudence, legal theory, international law
Phone: 716-645-2673
Email: gbinder@buffalo.edu
12/12/22
Michael Boucai
Professor of Law
Expertise: Law and policy on sex, sexuality, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation; reproductive rights; constitutional, criminal, and family law; LGBTQ history
Phone: 716-645-1743
Email: mboucai@buffalo.edu
6/27/22
Shawn J. Donahue

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Expertise: voting rights, redistricting, gerrymandering, state and local politics (including New York State and Buffalo-area politics), campaigns, elections, civil liberties, Constitutional law, election law
Phone: 716-645-8446
Email: shawndon@buffalo.edu
9/19/22
Jorge Luis Fabra-Zamora
Associate Professor of Law
Expertise: legal philosophy, transnational law, transitional justice, truth commissions, Colombia’s peace agreement, international human rights and compensation

Phone: 716-645-3292
Email: jorgefab@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Lucinda M. Finley

Frank G. Raichle Professor of Trial and Appellate Advocacy
Expertise: abortion, reproductive rights, women and the law, Supreme Court, employment discrimination, equal protection law, tort law and reform
Phone: 716-645-6152
Email: finleylu@buffalo.edu
Contact: Finley can also be contacted through Doug Sitler in UB Media Relations at 716-645-9069 or drsitler@buffalo.edu.
8/18/21
James A. Gardner
Bridget and Thomas Black SUNY Distinguished Professor of Law

Expertise: election law, constitutional law, federalism, voting rights, redistricting, democracy, state constitutional law
Phone: 716-645-3607
Email: jgard@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Athena D. Mutua

Professor of Law and Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar
Expertise: civil rights law; constitutional law (Fourteenth Amendment); critical race and feminist legal theory; law and political economy; race and the legal justice system
Phone: 716-645-2873. Athena D. Mutua can sometimes be contacted more quickly through the UB Media Relations team at ub-news@buffalo.edu.
Email: admutua@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Anthony O’Rourke

Joseph W. Belluck and Laura L. Aswad Professor of Civil Justice

Expertise: criminal law and procedure, inequality in the criminal justice system
Phone: 716-645-3097
Email: aorourke@buffalo.edu