Alumni Association

Check out law.buffalo.edu/GetLinked

"It's a great method to keep in touch with friends and colleagues or find a lost classmate and reconnect." – Ilene R.Fleischmann,executive director of the UB Law Alumni Association

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.

The community features an alumni directory of over 9,500 law graduates. Alumni can update their online profile or search for and network with other alumni throughout the world. "It's a great method to keep in touch with friends and colleagues or find a lost classmate and reconnect," says Ilene R. Fleischmann, executive director of the UB Law Alumni Association.

The community's Class Notes tool enables users to share professional accomplishments, personal news and photos with just a few clicks on the keyboard. Most notes submitted electronically are posted daily, and may also appear in the Law School's annual magazine, UB Law Forum, or the quarterly e-mail newsletter, UB Law Briefs.

Get Linked! makes registration for UB Law alumni events much easier by utilizing the university's events calendar which resides within the University at Buffalo's alumni community (called UB Connect). The UB events calendar provides information on upcoming social, networking and educational programs at the Law School and throughout the University with convenient online payment options.

Get Linked! is a password-protected community, free and accessible for all UB Law graduates. Law School alumni will receive registration information by mail, or may request information on how to become a member at www.law.buffalo.edu/GetLinked.

GET LINKED! with UB Law's new online community

To register:

1. Visit www.law.buffalo.edu/GetLinked
2. Click on "Register Now" under "First time visitors"
3. Follow the simple instructions

Note: Your ID number for your initial registration is the last four digits of your Social Security number. You will only need this number the first time you enter the community. Once registered, you will choose your own user ID and password. If you do not have a Social Security number, or if you experience any difficulty registering, contact Lisa Mueller at lmueller@buffalo.edu.

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.

Networking is easy! – Need a printout of alumni/ae in your area? Give us the ZIP codes, and we will send you a list. Contact the Law Alumni office for assistance. Look for our new online alumni community coming shortly.

Career Assistance – Association members receive a reduced rate on the employment newsletter published by the Career Services Office. The CSO will also help alumni find mentors in their practice areas who can offer invaluable career advice. And our alumni office provides lists of alumni/ae by geographic area to assist alumni with their networking efforts.

Regional Events – Every January we sponsor a New York City alumni luncheon in conjunction with the State Bar meeting. Among our celebrity speakers have been Chief Judge Judith Kaye, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, former New York Attorney General Dennis Vacco and Gov. Eliot Spitzer. The Association also underwrites events in Rochester, Washington, D.C., Syracuse and Chicago.

Recognize Distinguished Law Alumni twice a year – The coveted Jaeckle Award, the highest award the Law School and the Law Alumni Association can bestow, is presented to an outstanding alumnus/a in the fall. Five alumni are recognized at the Annual Meeting and Dinner in the spring. Awards are presented in the categories of private practice, judiciary, community service, business and public service.

All alumni receive UB Law Forum, UB Law Links, and UB Law Briefs – Our annual award-winning magazine provides news of the Law School, faculty, graduates and students. Don't be left out: Be sure to send your news in or submit your news online. We also publish an electronic newsletter, Law Links, four times a year, and a brief print newsletter, Law Briefs, six times a year. All our publications are available online.

The Buffalo Alumni Mentor Project – A program designed to help law students and recent graduates make the transition from law school to the legal community.

Assistance with Reunions – We do class mailings, hire photographers, order favors and offer other support to alumni/ae who organize reunions. Class pictures and directories are provided free of charge to all reunion attendees.

Student Support – We help underwrite a printed photo directory for first-year law students, and host a welcome reception for the entire first-year class providing an opportunity for students to meet practitioners, faculty and members of the judiciary. Students are invited to many alumni events as guests of the Law Alumni Association.

Free parking – Paid members enjoy free parking in the Center for Tomorrow lot. O'Brian Hall is just a short shuttle bus trip away.

Online Services – Join our new online community Get Linked! and check out the host of services available through UB Law's on-line home at www.law.buffalo.edu. Alumni can e-mail our faculty and staff, search our library collections, visit Career Services, join the Law Alumni Association or make a gift to the Law School. Subscribe online to UB Law Links, our e-mail newsletter, to receive the latest Law School and classmate news.

Bookstore Discounts – Paid members for the current membership year receive a 20 percent discount on UB Law logo and UB Law Alumni logo merchandise available at the Law School bookstore.