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As UB Law looks to the start of a new academic year, its Advocacy Institute—the constellation of classroom and courtroom experiences that build students’ skills in the vital art of advocacy—is welcoming new leaders with deep roots in the craft.

When the email arrived informing Olivia Barth that she had won a Fulbright Scholarship, it came as a surprise. But that email changed everything. Now Barth is trying to learn a little Mandarin in advance of her Sept. 1 assignment teaching English in Kaohsiung, the third most populous city in Taiwan.

Professor Tanya Monestier is appealing a $1 billion class-action settlement against the National Association of Realtors to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguing it provides minimal relief to consumers, grants excessive fees to attorneys, and was approved without adequate judicial review.