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  • Students Develop Economic Revival Plans for Buffalo Neighborhoods
    3/22/12
    Don't tell the students in the Â鶹´«Ã½o Law School's Regional Economic Development class the next big idea to revive Western New York communities isn't sitting in plain sight -- complete with reader-friendly illustrations.
  • Law School Clinic and the Verizon Foundation Team Up to Assist Pet-Owning Domestic Violence Victims
    2/26/12
    Domestic violence victims often remain in abusive relationships to prevent their partner from harming or killing their pets. The Â鶹´«Ã½o Law School Women, Children, and Social Justice Clinic's new project, Animal Shelter Options for Domestic Violence Victims, is designed to remove this barrier to safety for individuals and their pets.
  • On Being A Black Lawyer (OBABL) Names Makau Mutua One of the Most Influential Black Attorneys in the U.S.
    2/21/12
    On Being a Black Lawyer (OBABL) recently selected the 100 most influential black attorneys in the United States. The Â鶹´«Ã½o Law School is very pleased to announce that Dean Makau Mutua has been named to this exceptional group.
  • Intensive Summer Program Opens the World of Law to Promising Minority Students
    2/3/12
    About two dozen college students will spend four weeks on the Â鶹´«Ã½o campus this summer to learn about the law and legal studies, develop their writing and test-taking skills, and imagine the possibilities of life as an attorney.
  • Major Grant Will Fund Study to Improve Lives of Kids in Foster Care
    2/2/12
    Making tax dollars devoted to child welfare work most effectively for children is the focus of a promising two-year study led by a Â鶹´«Ã½o Law School professor.
  • SOPA's Vague Language Could Lead to Wide Restrictions on Information Available on the Internet, UB Expert Says
    1/18/12
    American courts are significantly expanding the legal rights and privileges celebrities can command over others using their names or likenesses. And a Â鶹´«Ã½o Law School professor is questioning whether these courts have gone too far.
  • Researcher Looks at Changing Indigenous Governments in the U.S.
    1/18/12
    In "A New Way Forward: Native Nations, Nonprofitization, Community Land Trusts, and the Indigenous Shadow State," published in the current issue of Nonprofit Policy Forum, Â鶹´«Ã½o graduate student Samuel W. Rose considers what Native American governance bodies should do now that the political and legal avenues that served their interests well for years no longer work.
  • UB Law Student Team Wins New York Redistricting Competition
    1/18/12
    A team of students from the Â鶹´«Ã½o Law School has been named a winner of the 2012 New York Redistricting Project, a national competition that challenged student teams to draw new congressional, state senate and state assembly district maps.
  • Building a Bridge to Practice: UB Offers January Bridge Courses
    1/7/12
    January is the season for one of Â鶹´«Ã½o Law School's most distinctive traditions: the intensive learning experiences known as bridge courses.
  • Media Advisory: UB's Conference Explores the Legacy of 'Attica, Attica'
    9/8/11
    BUFFALO, N.Y. Mixing a historic panel of eyewitnesses and survivors with past and present multi-media attractions, the Â鶹´«Ã½o will mark the 40th anniversary of the most deadly prison riot in the nation's history with a three-day conference, Sept. 11-13 at UB and other Buffalo college campuses, a short drive away from the prison.