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EVENTS

IN BUFFALO

Tuesday, February 25

Mentoring Reception for alumni mentors to meet their first-year law student mentees. 5:30 p.m. Center for Tomorrow, Amherst campus. For more information e-mail Mary Ann Rogers at marogers@buffalo.edu or telephone (716) 645-2113.

Thursday, February 27

UB Distinguished Speakers Series presents Mae Jemison, Astronaut, Engineer and Entrepreneur. UB Law is a co-sponsor for this Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Event. 8 p.m., Center for the Arts Mainstage. For Visa or MasterCard orders call TicketMaster at 852-5000.

Friday, February 28

Buffalo Public Interest Law Program (BPILP) will host its eighth annual auction to support internships for students who want to spend their summer working in the public interest. Top-shelf open bar, food, and countless items for live and silent auction at one of the largest student sponsored events. Hyatt Regency, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets are $25 for students, $30 for all others. For more information e-mail sschwing@acsu.buffalo.edu or telephone (716) 645-2056.

Thursday, March 6

Appellate Division, New York State Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department to hold Admissions Ceremony. 2 p.m., Slee Concert Hall, Amherst campus. For more information call Clerk of the Court JoAnn Wahl at (585) 530-3101.

Friday, March 21

3-hour ethics CLE program sponsored by the UB Law Alumni Association’s GOLD Group (Graduates of the Last Decade). The Buffalo Club, 388 Delaware Ave., 8:30 a.m -12 p.m. Dress code. Breakfast included. For more information e-mail Lisa Mueller at lmueller@buffalo.edu or call 645-3176.

Friday, March 28

Buffalo Law Review dinner to honor Hilary Bradford ’53. Twentieth Century Club, 595 Delaware Ave. Cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. $50 for Buffalo Law Review alumni. E-mail Gina Rossettie at gmr2@buffalo.edu

Friday, April 4

2003 Mitchell Lecture on, “What Good is the Media? Shaping the Press for Democracy,” featuring a presentation by Professor C. Edwin Baker of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, followed by a panel discussion with Professor Marc Raboy of the University of Montreal, Attorney Cheryl Leanza of the Media Access Project, and former F.C.C. Commissioner Nicholas Johnson, now a Visiting Professor at the University of Iowa Law School. Slee Concert Hall, Amherst campus, lecture 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., commentators 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. No admission charge. For more information e-mail Martha McCluskey at mcclusk@buffalo.edu

Friday, April 4

Kenneth B. Forrest ’76 will be honored by the UB Alumni Association as a Distinguished Alumnus at their Celebration of Excellence Dinner. Buffalo/Niagara Marriott. Cocktails 6:00 p.m. Dinner 6:45 p.m. $80 per person. For more information e-mail Jude Schwendler at alujas@buffalo.edu or call (716) 829-2608.

Friday, April 25-Sunday, April 27.

Buffalo Criminal Law Center Conference, “Model Penal Code: Sentencing.” For more information e-mail Markus Dubber at dubber@buffalo.edu or call him at 645-6213.

Wednesday, April 30

UB Law Alumni Association’s 41^st Annual Meeting and Dinner and presentation of Distinguished Alumni Awards. Buffalo Hyatt Regency. Meeting 5:30 p.m., Cocktails 6 p.m., Dinner 6:45 p.m. Judicial Award will be presented to Hon. Hugh B. Scott ’74; Private Practice Award to Lawrence H. Wagner ’49; Public Service Award to Hon. Barbra A. Kavanaugh ’83; Community Service Award to Michael R. Wolford 68’; Business Award to David F. Smith’78; Non-Alumnus Award to Paul A. Tokasz. $50 per person. For more information e-mail the alumni office at law-alumni@buffalo.edu or call (716) 645-2107.

Saturday, May 10

Law School Commencement. Center for the Arts, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. E-mail Melinda Saran at saran@buffalo.edu or call 645-6223.

Thursday, June 12

Dean’s Dinner for members of the Edwin and Erma Jaeckle Society, John Lord O’Brian Society and Jacob D. Hyman Society. Anderson Gallery, 1 Martha Jackson Place. 6 p.m. E-mail Deborah Scott at devdm@buffalo.edu or call 645-6429

REGIONAL EVENTS

IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

Wednesday, February 26

Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals. 5:30 p.m. pre-game gathering at the F Street Sports Bar (pay as you go). 7 p.m. face-off, MCI Center, 601 F. Street NW. $38 for UB Alumni Association members (who may bring one non-member at the same price) and $48 for non-members. $60 for Game Ticket and New UBAA Membership. Contact Laura Jones Godwin at (716) 829-2608 or ljgodwin@buffalo.edu)