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Pro Bono Scholars Program delivers 100% bar passage-again
5/15/26
Celebrating a six year streak of 100% bar success, the law school's Pro Bono Scholars Program continues to demonstrate its impact. All four of this year’s took the bar exam in February and passed it. With their pro bono service finished, they’re ready for admission and poised to begin their careers.
Closing a chapter, leaving a legacy
5/15/26
Two longtime UB Law staff members, Dawn Skopinski and Dawn Skopinski, associate director of The Advocacy Institute and experiential education, and Amy Hypnarowski, who helped shape the UB Law experience, are stepping into retirement.
UB’s Human Rights Center releases ‘Ending Complicity’ report on immigration
5/15/26
A report prepared by researchers in the School of Law’s Buffalo Human Rights Center found “serious violations” of the rights of Western New York residents as a result of cooperation by local and state authorities with federal immigration enforcement agencies.