News & Events

The difficult but achievable path for aspiring lawyers of color—getting into law school and succeeding while there, passing the bar exam and settling into their first legal position—will be at the center of an ambitious forum to be held on Friday, April 16 from noon to 2 p.m.

Building on an intensive focus, especially in the last two years, the School of Law’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is moving forward with new leadership and growing resources.

The law school’s DEI initiatives have always been collaborative, but they’ll be led forward through the combined efforts of Professor Luis Chiesa, the new vice dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and Program Coordinator Amber Melvin ’13. We asked them to reflect on the work ahead and the opportunities it represents.

People incarcerated at Connecticut’s Danbury Federal Correctional Institution–a population at particular risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic–have found an advocate in the law school’s Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic. Clinic students are monitoring conditions at the prison, following the settlement of a class-action lawsuit in federal court.

Sometimes judges disagree and over time case law gets complicated.

Please save the new date for the UB Law Alumni Association's presentation of the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Awards

A major gift to the law school will help students grow their legal advocacy skills by taking part in nationwide competitions.

The UB Law Alumni Association is making life a little easier for your mail carrier—but it’s making a guest appearance in your email.

The business of America’s favorite sport—and the business of covering it for America’s premier newspaper—were on the table at a lively pre-Super Bowl webinar called “View From the Sidelines: The Business and Politics of the NFL."

Shortly after the recent passing of critically acclaimed actor Hal Holbrook, Gary Ketcham, Class of 1991, reached out to the Law Library.  He requested a copy of an article he wrote about the actor in 1990 for The Opinion, the law school’s student newspaper, and shared his story of a chance encounter with Holbrook at a Florida airport, just months after the article was published. Read his story below.