Sandy Conti, Administrative Assistant for Communications
May 2015
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What does it mean to implement international human rights treaties locally? What would that mean in Buffalo? Those were the key question engaged at an exciting conversation held at the School of Law.
UB’s location on the Canadian border makes it an ideal choice for students who want to deepen their knowledge of cross-border legal issues. Now a proposed new master of laws program which builds on that strength has passed a critical milestone.
Change is difficult. That’s true in personal life and it’s especially true in societies, where cultural attitudes run deep. Often a change in laws leads the way to true progress. That’s the situation now in Brazil, says a longtime public prosecutor who is attending UB School of Law this year, earning an LL.M. degree in criminal law.
It’s no small accomplishment to keep a complex machine like UB School of Law running smoothly. Now one of the school’s best-connected administrators, after more than a decade in John Lord O’Brian Hall, is moving on down the road.
Erin Decker tests well. OK, that’s an understatement. She’s one of only a handful of test-takers who aced her LSAT, close-reading and problem-analyzing her way to a perfect 180 score.
Looking back in celebration and forward in anticipation, the School of Law’s students of color gathered at their annual dinner to renew their commitment to “lift as we climb.”