August 2020

  • Dynamic new voices in the classroom
    9/2/25
    Building on its strengths, the School of Law is welcoming to the faculty four new professors who bring diverse interests but a common commitment to making the law a real force for good in society.
  • Heather Abraham: ‘Moving the needle’ on housing equity
    9/2/25
    At a moment in U.S. history when issues of racial equity are receiving long-delayed attention, Associate Professor Heather Abraham is deeply invested in one of the most foundational: where people live.
  • Ali Harrington: The tools to effect change
    9/2/25
    Associate Professor Alexandra (Ali) Harrington, director of UB School of Law’s Innocence and Justice Project, knows well how effective student attorneys can be in addressing critical gaps in the provision of justice.
  • Paul Linden-Retek: The role of story in political constructs
    9/2/25
    Born in Prague, Paul Linden-Retek moved with his mother to the United States as a child. Now his principal scholarly interests look back across the Atlantic, at the overlapping jurisdictions and shared sovereignty of the European Union.
  • Amy Semet: New insights by the numbers
    9/2/25
    A specialist in intellectual property law as well as administrative law, Associate Professor Amy Semet brings to her scholarly work the added dimension of quantitative analysis – compiling and mining data sets to better understand how the law works in practice.
  • Racial justice and diversity initiatives continue to expand
    9/2/25
    Amid ongoing issues of racial injustice in our society, the law school’s faculty, students, administrators and alumni are fully investing in meaningful efforts toward diversity, equity and inclusion for all.
  • Defunding police called avenue for eliminating racial, ethnic disparities in law enforcement
    9/2/25
    Experts in criminal law call defunding an avenue for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in law enforcement.
  • Grant awarded to Advocacy Institute to fund help for imprisoned DV survivors
    9/2/25
    UB School of Law students and faculty will address “a historic blind spot in the judicial system” with the benefit of a major grant awarded to the school’s Advocacy Institute.
  • Law school summer fellowships offer learning opportunities
    9/2/25
    Fundraising by the Buffalo Public Interest Law Program and support from donors are covering expenses for students in these typically unpaid positions.
  • Humanities award supports Barbas’ new book project
    9/2/25
    In its recent round of grants, the National Endowment for the Humanities has designated UB Law Professor Samantha Barbas a public scholar, awarding her a grant to support her latest book project.
  • Law professor’s lessons on resiliency resonate beyond the classroom
    9/2/25
    Before discussing anything else, professor Laura Reilly starts her Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research (LAWR) class for first-year students with lessons on resiliency — why it’s important for law students and attorneys, and how to cultivate it.