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Press Mentions

June 17, 2013

HuffingtonPost.com - Lecturer in Law Stephen Paskey participated on a HuffPostLive webcam discussion regarding the prosecution of Nazi war criminals.

June 13, 2013

NY Daily News - Associate Professor Michael Halberstam was quoted in the NYDailyNews.com on the public financing of elections and the cost to taxpayers.

May 21, 2013

Thomson Reuters - Associate Professor Todd Brown was quoted in an article about a bankruptcy decision in Wilmington, Del., that ruled that $1.2 billion was an appropriate net present value for current and future asbestos claims for Specialty Products Holding Corp. and Bondex International Inc.

May 19, 2013

The Buffalo News - Adjunct instructor Nadia Shahram is quoted in an article about a domestic violence conference held to draw attention to extreme violence against women and to see how it can be prevented in and around Buffalo.

May 15, 2013

The Buffalo News - Professor Anthony Szczygiel is quoted in a story about a mass email sent out by Dent Neurologic Institute that included confidential information about more than 10,200 of the group’s patients.

May 6, 2013

Slate.com - Dean Makau Mutua’s article, “Savages, Victims, and Saviors: The Metaphor of Human Rights” was cited in a story about a documentary focusing on the pro-choice movement and sex-selection in India and China.

Apr. 26, 2013

New York Law Journal - Article quotes Professor David Westbrook and reports that this fall the Law School will offer an accelerated degree program for lawyers who hold law degrees from institutions outside the U.S., allowing them to earn a J.D. in two years.

Apr. 15, 2013

The Buffalo News - Professor Mark Bartholomew is quoted in an article about a case before the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether human genes should be patented and a local woman in the last stages of ovarian cancer possibly because of the policy of Myriad Genetics, which controls the patents behind two genetic tests that can detect a family propensity for breast and ovarian cancer

Apr. 12, 2013

Wall Street Journal – Associate Professor Samantha Barbas’ book The First Lady of Hollywood was included in a listing of Carl Rollyson’s favorite Hollywood biographies

Apr. 16, 2013

New York Times - Professor Charles P. Ewing is quoted in an article about the murder trial of a schizophrenic man accused of killing a psychologist in her Upper East Side office five years ago that ended in a mistrial on Tuesday.

Apr. 4, 2013

New York Times - Professor Charles P. Ewing was quoted in an article about how having a mental illness is no guarantee that an insanity defense will succeed during trial

Mar. 28, 2013

Buffalo Rising - Article about a report titled "The Niagara River Greenway: Fulfilling the Promise" was released by the Partnership for the Public Good and was compiled with the assistance of seventeen law students under the guidance of Clinical Adjunct Professor Samuel Magavern.

March 25, 2013

Buffalo Law Journal - Article about a legal settlement easing the rules to allow tens of thousands of Medicare patients with chronic conditions to qualify for Medicare coverage of home health care, skilled nursing home care and outpatient therapy reports Professor Anthony Szczygiel has been reaching out to those who advise seniors to let them know certain beneficiaries may be eligible for a re-review of claim denials.

March 14, 2013

Southeast Texas Record - Article on House Resolution 982, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2013, mentions that Associate Law Professor, S. Todd Brown, was a witness before the U.S. House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law

Mar. 4, 2013

The Daily Record - The Rochester Chapter of Law Alumni Association celebrates the Law School’s 125th anniversary and welcomes alumni who were recently admitted to the New York State Bar

Feb. 17, 2013

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel - Associate Professor Jessica Owley was quoted in a story about a Wisconsin iron ore mine whose future could be influenced by an American Indian tribe that opposes the project

Feb. 25, 2013

Daily Nation (Kenya) - Dean Makau Mutua wrote an article about why Kenya cannot be ruled from The Hague

Feb. 15, 2013

Olean Times Herald - Professor Anthony Szczygiel is quoted in an article about the costs of negligence in patient care at health facilities

Feb. 11, 2013

Buffalo Business First - Dean Makau Mutua has been selected by the Kenyan government to help craft a new Bill of Rights

Feb. 08, 2013

Buffalo Business First - Dean Makau Mutua is #110 in Buffalo Business First’s “Power 200: WNY's most influential people”

Feb. 06, 2013

The Buffalo News - The Law School’s five-member Moot Court team narrowly missed advancing to the international round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition after losing a split decision in the semifinals of the Midwestern regionals.

Feb. 4, 2013

The Buffalo News - Professors Matthew Dimick and James Gardner were quoted in an article about five employees fired from Hispanics United for Facebook posts that upset another employee, and the resulting legal case.

Jan. 30, 2013

The Buffalo News - Professor Susan Mangold is quoted in a column that calls on Erie County to be more transparent about the circumstances that led to the tragic beating death of Abdifatah Mohamud by his stepfather last year.

Jan. 29, 2013

The Buffalo News - An article on the new Buffalo Civil Legal Advice and Resource Office (CLARO), a program that helps consumers battling abusive creditors, highlights the Law School’s involvement through Clinical Professor Lauren Breen’s Consumer Financial Advocacy Clinic.

Jan. 29, 2013

The Buffalo News - An op-ed that calls for closing the Niagara County landfill to hazardous waste, notes that Professor Nils Olsen has stated that there seems to be a “symbiotic relationship” between Chemical Waste Management and some representatives of the Department of Environmental Conservation.

Jan. 29, 2013

The Buffalo News - Controversy over President Obama’s appointments to the National Labor Relations Board has drawn attention to a panel with two members who have SUNY Buffalo Law ties, Mark G. Pearce '78 and Richard F. Griffin '57.

Jan. 25, 2013

The Buffalo News - A column about “Zooland: The Institution of Captivity,” written by Associate Professor Irus Braverman, calls the book “penetrating and insightful” and notes, “It will serve as a basic reference and should be in the personal library of everyone interested in zoos.”

Jan. 25, 2013

The Buffalo News - Law student Daniel DeVoe, president of the LGBT student group OUTLaw, responds to Obama's support for equality .

Jan. 21, 2013

The Buffalo News - Professor Teresa Miller discusses her documentary film “Attica, The Bars That Bind Us” and her work as a volunteer adviser to the Attica Lifers Group

Dec. 31, 2012

Buffalo Law Journal - Daniel Lukasik '88, founder of the local support group "Lawyers with Depression" is coordinating with the Law School to offer a support group for law students during the spring semester.

February 2013

Golf Digest - Joseph Hanna '05 on how his legal career and love of golf led him to establishing the not-for-profit charity, Bunkers in Baghdad

Jan. 20, 2013

The Buffalo News - James P. Harrington '69 is representing one of five men accused of plotting and carrying out the Sept. 11 attacks

Nov. 18, 2012

Monocle Weekly - Associate Professor Irus Braverman, discusses her new book, “Zooland”, on a weekly podcast based in London (MP3)

Nov. 27, 2012

New York Law Journal - SUNY Buffalo Law School students can now take part in a practicum focused on housing law, thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo.

Nov. 28, 2012

WGRZ News - Professor Nils Olsen was interviewed about the number of lawyers who dropped Paul Ceglia in his case against Facebook

Dec. 6, 2012

WBFO News Radio - Associate Professor Irus Braverman discusses her latest book "Zooland: the institution of captivity"

Dec. 12, 2012

The Buffalo News - Professor Charles P. Ewing was quoted in an article about care for the mentally ill and access to mental health services

Jan. 8, 2013

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin - Paul Battaglia, an adjunct faculty member specializing in tax law, is quoted in an article about a property assessment dispute between United Health Services Hospitals Inc. and the Town of Vestal.

Jan. 11, 2013

Huffington Post - An article about the growing use of temporary workers in American industries such as construction and warehousing, and the subsequent increase in unsafe working conditions, quotes Martha McCluskey, professor of law and co-author of a report on the trend.

Jan. 15, 2013

Niagara Gazette and Lockport Journal - Professor Nils Olsen, an expert in environmental law, is quoted in two articles about a hazardous waste storage and disposal facility in the towns of Lewiston and Porter that has applied to renew its permit to operate with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The Buffalo News, Nov. 17, 2012 - Lecturer Nan L. Haynes, "County inmates should benefit from phone call profits"

Nov. 16, 2012 - Professor Charles P. Ewing is quoted in an article about two Buffalo teens accused of attempting to burn alive a puppy and whether this crime is linked to one of the teens witnessing a violent crime seven years ago. (The Buffalo News)

Nov. 11, 2012 – Professor Charles P. Ewing was quoted in an article about local cases of abuse in the Boy Scouts of America (The Buffalo News)

Nov. 9, 2012 - Associate Professor Tara Melish, an expert in international law and human rights, participated in a Q&A on "FDR's Second Bill of Rights Speech" (Boston Pheonix)

Nov. 5, 2012 - Associate Professor Michael Halberstam, an expert on election law, on the legality of posting a photo of one's ballot to social media (WVIB)

Nov. 5, 2012 – The Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition returning to Buffalo City Court (Buffalo Business First)

Oct. 29, 2012 - A Q&A with Dean Makau Mutua (New York Law Journal)

Oct. 29, 2012 – Op-ed on the Obama administration's use of drones features comments by Professor David Westbrook. (The Buffalo News)

Oct. 28, 2012 – Professor Susan Mangold is quoted in a column about putting more women in positions of authority in order to reduce institutional cover-ups of child abuse. (The Buffalo News)

Sept. 28, 2012 - Professor Charles P. Ewing is quoted in an article about a mother found guilty of kidnapping her daughters and taking them to Barbados to escape domestic violence. (The Buffalo News)

Sept. 27, 2012 - Clinical Professor Suzanne Tomkins is quoted in an article about Erie County District Attorney’s decision to stop prosecuting misdemeanors and violations in a specialized domestic violence court because of the large number of dismissals and acquittals. (The Buffalo News)

Aug. 20, 2012 - Professor Teresa Miller is interviewed about her new documentary about the human cost of long-term exposure to Attica State Prison (WBFO)

Sept. 7, 2012 - Professor James Milles discusses whether law students should embrace social media. (U.S. News and World Report)

June 29, 2012 - Professor Anthony H. Szczygiel is interviewed about the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, and who will benefit the most. (WVIB)

Aug. 13, 2012 - On Talk of the Nation, Professor Charles Ewing talks about how mental health professionals are faced with difficult decisions about when to warn about potential threats to public safety (NPR)

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