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  • UB Expert Available to Speak on Supreme Court Ruling on Immigration
    6/25/12
    The U.S. Supreme Court has taken the "remarkable" step and upheld the single most controversial provision of the Arizona immigration law, giving law enforcement officials the right to verify immigration status of anyone reasonably suspected to be an unauthorized immigrant, according to Rick T. Su, an expert on immigration law and associate professor at the University at Buffalo Law School.
  • Report: Health Care Reform Must be Local, Regardless of Court Decision
    6/20/12
    Even with an imminent Supreme Court ruling on the health care overhaul law, it's still the primary care physician and the local community that will determine the path of true health care reform. That's the message from "Communities of Solution: The Folsom Report Revisited," a policy paper published online in the May/June issue of Annals of Family Medicine.
  • At Attorney General Holder's Request, UB Expert on Police Health Will Participate in Law Enforcement Summit
    6/18/12
    John Violanti, PhD, professor of social and preventive medicine in the University at Buffalo's School of Public Health and Health Professions, will participate in a Law Enforcement Executives Summit on June 27 at the invitation of U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.
  • Plaintiffs Face Greater Obstacles in Discrimination Suits, Study Shows
    5/22/12
    University at Buffalo Sociology Professors Ellen Berrey, PhD, and Steve G. Hoffman, PhD, have co-authored a study that shows plaintiffs' limited resources and tumultuous experiences in employment discrimination lawsuits lead them to see this litigation as profoundly unfair.
  • Harvard Law Dean to Deliver Keynote at UB Law Commencement Ceremony
    5/14/12
    Martha Minow, dean of Harvard Law as well as the Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law at that institution, will be the keynote speaker May 19 as the University at Buffalo Law School celebrates its 123rd commencement.
  • University at Buffalo Law School Alumni to Honor Six at Annual Dinner
    4/16/12
    Five University at Buffalo Law School alumni and one non-alumnus will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards on May 3 as the Law Alumni Association holds its annual dinner at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
  • Lippes Speaker Series to Feature Renowned Harvard ethicist Lawrence Lessig
    4/2/12
    Award-winning ethicist and Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig will deliver a lecture entitled "Institutional Corruption and the Financial Crisis."
  • After 32 Years, Buffalo Authors Revisit the Tragic World of Death Row
    3/28/12
    Bruce Jackson is known in some circles as the dean of prison culture. Since the early 1960s he has been studying the little-known lives and culture of inmates in one of America's oldest penal institutions, the O.B. Ellis Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison in the Walker County, Texas.
  • Students Develop Economic Revival Plans for Buffalo Neighborhoods
    3/22/12
    Don't tell the students in the University at Buffalo Law School's Regional Economic Development class the next big idea to revive Western New York communities isn't sitting in plain sight -- complete with reader-friendly illustrations.
  • Law School Clinic and the Verizon Foundation Team Up to Assist Pet-Owning Domestic Violence Victims
    2/26/12
    Domestic violence victims often remain in abusive relationships to prevent their partner from harming or killing their pets. The University at Buffalo Law School Women, Children, and Social Justice Clinic's new project, Animal Shelter Options for Domestic Violence Victims, is designed to remove this barrier to safety for individuals and their pets.