Events Calendar Spring 2008

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Please check back often, as we will be adding many interesting events.

All faculty, graduate, and law students are invited to attend the following Baldy Events. All events will be held in the new Baldy Center/Law School Conference Center - 509 O'Brian Hall, unless otherwise indicated.
RSVP for lunch to Ellen Kausner at ekausner@buffalo.edu or 645-2102.

March 27-29

Workshop on Re-Describing the Sacred/Secular Divide: The Legal Story
Organized by Winnifred Sullivan, UB Law; and Robert Yelle, History, Memphis University
Details
Scholars of law, humanities, and the social sciences will examine contemporary relations between law and religion in society and culture. Topics will include the nature of modern religion under the rule of law, the impact of secularization on religion and its relation to law, and the affect of legal regulation of religion on the experience of religious practices, places, and objects.

March 28, 12:00 - 2:00 pm

Faculty Seminar Series: The Immigration Crucible flyer
with Daniel Kanstroom, Director, Human Rights Center,
Boston College School of Law
"Deportation Nation: Outsiders in American History"
Commentator:

March 28 - 30, various locations

Cosponsored Event
American Studies Graduate Student Association 4th Annual Storytellers of America Conference
"Honoring the Life and Work of John C. Mohawk"

April 9, 12:00 - 2:00 pm

Work in Progress luncheon presentation flyer
with Sasha Pack, UB History
"Neo-Catholicism, Pilgrimage, and the Politics of Religion in Modern Spain"

April 9, 4:00 pm, 250 Baird Hall

Of Interest
IRWEG Distinguished Faculty Lecture with Susan Cahn, UB History
"Spirited Youth or Fiends Incarnate: Sex, Memory and the Segregated Past"

April 10

Cosponsored Event
Graduate School of Education Annual Research Sumposium with Dr. Arthur Levine, President, Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation
"Strengthening Higher Education"

April 18, 12:00 - 2:00 pm

Faculty Seminar Series: The Immigration Crucible
with Matteo Taussig-Rubbo, UB Law
Dying to be Citizens: Immigrants in the U.S. Military"
Commentator: Brenda Moore, UB Sociology

April 23, 1:00 - 2:30 pm (lunch at 12:30 - delayed start)

Working Group luncheon presentation
"Ontology of Law" flyer
with Barry Smith, Director, Ontology Research Group, UB Philosophy
Organized by the Working Group on Theory

April 24, 12:00 - 2:00 pm

Book Publishing Workshop
with Melody Herr, Acquisitions Editor, University of Michigan Press. Individual meetings available by appointment before and after workshop.

April 24, Main-Seneca Building, 237 Main Street

Reception (5:00 pm) and Keynote Address (6:00 pm) on Where is the Public in Lawyers' Public Service? Pro Bono and the Bottom Line
with Deborah Rhode, Stanford Law School; introduced by Hon. Rose H. Sconiers, NYS Supreme Court Justice

April 25-26

Workshop on Private Lawyers and the Public Interest: The Evolving Role of Pro Bono in the Legal Profession
Organized by Robert Granfield, UB Sociology
Details
The legal profession's commitment to the expansion of pro bono has achieved significant gains in recent years. This workshop will explore the evolving role of pro bono, the relationship between pro bono ideals and pro bono in practice, and the opportunities and limitations of pro bono in expanding access to justice.

April 25-26, 4:00 pm, 354 Millard Fillmore Academic Complex

Cosponsored event on Antagonistic Tolerance: A Comparative Analysis of Competitive Sharing of Religious Sites
with Robert M. Hayden, University of Pittsburgh Law School and Department of Anthropology

April 30, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Book Manuscript Workshop
with Vasiliki Neofotistos, UB Anthropology
"Accommodating Marginality: Albanian Identity and Power Politics in Macedonia"
Commentators: Robert M. Hayden, University of Pittsburgh, Anthropology, Law and Public & International Affairs; Director, Center for Russian & East European Studies
Susan Woodward, PhD Program in Political Science, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

May 8, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, University of Toronto Center for Criminology, Canadiana Building, 14 Queen's Park Crescent West

Annual Regional Sociolegal Studies Conference
Details
13th annual meeting
Organized by UB, York University, University of Toronto, and others
Carpools from UB

May 27, 12:30 - 2:00

Visiting Scholar luncheon presentation
with Antoni Abad i Ninet, University of Barcelona, Spain
"The Spanish Constitutional System: A Sui Generis Model of a Decentralized State"

June 26, 12:30 - 2:00

Workshop on Patent Law
with Paul Goldstein, Stanford Law
Joint Baldy Center/Law School event

 

 

Conferences & Workshops

Spring 2008

Re-Describing the Sacred/Secular Divide: The Legal Story

Organized by Winnifred Sullivan, UB Law; and Robert Yelle, History, Memphis University
Scholars of law, humanities, and the social sciences will examine contemporary relations between law and religion in society and culture. Topics will include the nature of modern religion under the rule of law, the impact of secularization on religion and its relation to law, and the affect of legal regulation of religion on the experience of religious practices, places, and objects.
March 27-29, 2008 Details

Private Lawyers and the Public Interest: The Evolving Role of Pro Bono in the Legal Profession

Organized by Robert Granfield, UB Sociology
The legal profession's commitment to the expansion of pro bono has achieved significant gains in recent years. This workshop will explore the evolving role of pro bono, the relationship between pro bono ideals and pro bono in practice, and the opportunities and limitations of pro bono in expanding access to justice.
April 25-26, 2008  flyer   Details

Fall 2007

The High Road Runs Through the City: Advocating Economic Justice at the Local Level

Organized by Sara Faherty, UB Law, Martha McCluskey, UB Law, and Sam Magavern, UB Law
September 27-28, 2007 Details

The Abortion Controversy in Context

Organized by Lucinda Finley, UB Law; Martha McCluskey, UB Law; and Athena Mutua, UB Law
October 11-12, 2007 Details flyer

Limited Health Care Resources: Prioritizing Access in a Community Emergency Details

Organized by Sheila Shulman, UB Law, and Donald Rowe, UB Public Health and Health Professions
November 16, 2007