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Appellate division’s presiding justice will address new graduates at Commencement
4/27/26
Hon. Gerald J. Whalen ’83 of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, will serve as the keynote speaker at the School of Law’s 137th Commencement ceremony at 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, at UB’s Center for the Arts on the North Campus.
Clinic students help secure unemployment benefits for state employees
4/27/26
The School of Law’s Clinical Legal Education Program and the Empire Justice Center have secured a major settlement in a long‑running federal case on behalf of non‑professional school employees who were improperly denied unemployment benefits during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
UB Law on the rise
4/27/26
If UB School of Law were listed on the stock exchange, investors would be taking notice. A wave of national and global recognition is signaling that the law school is on a powerful upward trajectory fueled by its ongoing commitment to ensuring student success.
A critical voice for democracy
4/27/26
In this Q&A, Professor Manoj Mate, recently named the Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar, reflects on his new role as director of the Edwin F. Jaeckle Center for Law, Democracy, and Governance.