Faculty Assistance & Support

All law faculty are assigned a faculty assistant, however any member of the team can assist as needed.

Faculty Assistant Assignments - Spring 2021 (PDF)

Faculty Support Office

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Location: 405A O’Brian Hall

The faculty assistants are available and able to support in the following ways:

Format correspondence
Assembly of course materials
Post class announcements and posting of course materials on UB Learns
Prepare electronic seating charts
Maintain paper and electronic files as needed
Acceptance of student papers, either paper copies or electronically, as required
Preparation of expense vouchers for travel and other reimbursement using the CONCUR System
Order examination copies of books if needed, verify book status (new editions, supplements, etc.) and place book orders
Proctor final exams
Mail correspondence; send UPS, etc. as required
Assist with faculty events; conduct polls to ascertain availability for meetings, arrange rooms
Liaison between faculty members and their students regarding scheduling appointments, recommendation letters, and relating student complaints to the appropriate faculty member

Faculty Printing: Faculty who need printing support must email their documents and instructions to law-facultyprint@buffalo.edu. Document received before noon can typically be completed by the end of the day (depending on the size). Documents received after 2:00 p.m. cannot be guaranteed for delivery until the next business day. Once the print request is completed, documents can be retrieved from the Faculty Support Office (405), delivered individually to the faculty member’s office, or delivered to the faculty member's mailbox (524).

Student Assistant Desk: For small jobs that are required immediately, student assistant runners can pick those documents off the printer and run them to the faculty office. To utilize this service, please call the student assistant desk (716-645-7715) between 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.