The Advocacy Institute Fund
The Advocacy Institute is a multifaceted effort to provide experiences and help develop practical skills in trial and appellate advocacy and alternative dispute resolution.
The implementation of this program has allowed the School of Law to think big and set an ambitious goal of making the program one of the nation’s Top 10 for legal advocacy.
Professor Christine Bartholomew and Jennifer Scharf '05, co-directors of the program, see the Institute’s role as critical in creating a structured environment for advocacy training and preparing students to succeed.
“We need to ensure students develop fundamental skills in advocacy,” Bartholomew says. “These skills require practice, deliberate attention, and a degree of repetition—students need a recursive feedback loop. The Institute gives us a framework to make sure all the integrated components of advocacy are addressed, refined, and evaluated.”
Founding Donors of the Institute are: Terrence M. Connors ’71, John J. Fromen, Jr. ‘87 and the law firms of Goldberg Segalla, Brown Chiari LLP, Damon Morey LLP and Phillips Lytle LLP.
In order to reach the goal of making this one of the best programs in the nation, funding is needed for technology, programming and travel costs. Your further support is crucial for the institute to grow.
You can also make a gift by sending your contribution to:
University at Buffalo
School of Law
Office of Advancement
608 O'Brian Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
Checks should be made out to the Advocacy Institute.