January 2023

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Law school mentor program reflects decades of success

For two decades now, the law school’s Career Services Office and the UB Law Alumni Association have collaborated to match 1L students with mentors — practicing lawyers who understand the rigors of law school and who can shed light on the landscape of the legal profession. In turn, mentors have an opportunity to build relationships and connect directly with the next generation of the profession. [Read more / View photos from the Mentor Reception]

Law School News

Law Review amends associate selection criteria to promote diversity
1/31/23
With the goal of making the Buffalo Law Review the best it can be, its student editors have made a significant change in how new associates are selected—one that will diversify its membership and encourage a rich mix of voices at the table.
Sports Law Center takes on emerging issues
2/7/23
Responding to recent developments in the world of athletics, UB’s Center for the Advancement of Sport is directing its students’ energies towards emerging issues that are changing the face of the game.
Remembering Professor Charles Carr
1/31/23
Colleagues and former students are remembering Professor Charles E. Carr as a thoughtful teacher and an inspiring mentor, someone who pushed students to think deeply about the justice system and work to make it even-handed.
Fulbright Research Scholar banks on Buffalo
1/31/23
It’s a financial vehicle that works: syndication, in which banks band together to construct large-scale loans that can finance huge projects in areas like infrastructure, health care or education.

Faculty Spotlight

Prof. Jorge Luis Fabra-Zamora examines the idea of objectivity in the law
1/31/23
As every lawyer knows, words can be elusive; so much depends on shades of meaning. That’s especially true in legal philosophy, and it’s a truth that Associate Professor Jorge Luis Fabra-Zamora grapples with in a new volume.