News Releases

Expert on racial discrimination law criticizes Supreme Court ruling in Ricci Case
06/30/09   Athena D. Mutua, law professor at the University at Buffalo, today criticized the Supreme Court's reverse discrimination ruling that determined New Haven officials acted illegally when denying white firefighters promotions, calling it another example of a double standard working against equality for people of color.

UB Law Students Receive Awards at 120th Commencement
06/12/09   University at Buffalo Law School held its 120th commencement ceremony on May 23 where nearly 250 students received a J.D. degree and an additional 10 students received a LL.M. degree. Awards were presented to graduates.

Protecting Our New Millennium Oil: UB's Great Lakes Conference Takes on the Big Questions
06/11/09   Recognizing the profound importance of this region's most valuable resource -- its abundance of fresh water -- and solving the monumental task of protecting that resource heads the agenda of "Great Lakes Connecting Channels," an all-day conference open to the public to be held Friday (June 12, 2009) in the University at Buffalo's Center for the Arts, North (Amherst) Campus.

UB Law Receives $1 Million Gift from Cellino & Barnes
06/04/09   The University at Buffalo Law School has received an unrestricted gift of $1 million from two well-known alumni, Ross M. Cellino Jr. and Stephen E. Barnes, shareholders in the Buffalo-based personal injury law firm Cellino & Barnes, P. C. It is one of the largest cash gifts UB Law has received in its 122-year history.

Do Elections Sway Political Opinion?
05/21/09   A new book on the role American elections play in shaping how its citizens arrive at political opinions -- written by nationally known University at Buffalo Law School election expert James A. Gardner -- looks at the expectations shared by many Americans that political campaigns should shape what people think about the major political issues in the election.