Alumni Association

Parting accolade - 2007 Jaeckle Award goes to departing Dean Olsen
In the waning months of his tenure as dean, Nils Olsen had some loose ends to tie up. UB Law School and the UB Law Alumni Association tied up one of their own: They honored Olsen with the Edwin F. Jaeckle Award, UB Law's highest honor. [more...]

Check out law.buffalo.edu/GetLinked
The University at Buffalo Law School and the UB Law Alumni Association announce the launch of its new online alumni community, Get Linked! Get Linked! provides an online forum where UB Law alumni can stay connected to their law school and their former classmates. [more...]

UB Law alumni services - Continuing Legal Education Programs
Your $50 membership includes free CLE credits, valuable written handouts and breakfast at three "UB Law Downtown" seminars. GOLD Group members pay just $15 per seminar. Non-members pay $20 per seminar. [more...]

1975 graduate is the Law Alumni Association's first lifetime member
It was 35 years ago that Changse L. Kim, a native of South Korea with a brand-new doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester, came to UB Law School, the first Asian student ever admitted there. His first course: Torts, with Professor Jack Hyman. "That was really a wonderful experience for me in terms of my introduction to U.S. jurisprudence," he said. "I still remember almost every case from that course. I enjoyed my life at the Buffalo Law School tremendously." [more...]

Celebrating our stories - Law Alumni Association dinner recognizes career achievements
Law School stories past and present were the focus as members of the UB Law Alumni Association gathered for their 45th annual meeting and dinner. [more...]

UB Law alumni mark 15 years of going for GOLD
A group founded 15 years ago to meet the needs of recent UB Law School graduates has been a boon for the Law School as a whole. [more...]

Professor James A. Gardner tells NYC alumni: "New York's judicial selection process is fine – it's the party system that needs fixing."
James A. Gardner, Joseph W. Belluck and Laura L. Aswad Professor of Civil Justice, spoke on "Judicial Selection in New York After Lopez-Torres" at the annual alumni luncheon last January at the Union League Club. Since then, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Lopez-Torres. The Court reversed the 2nd Circuit and upheld the present system. The following is a summary of his remarks: [more...]