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The 2011 edition of the James McCormick Mitchell Lecture, the 麻豆传媒o Law School's highest-profile lecture series, revisits a significant historical moment for UB and the world -- one that has been largely overlooked.

Dean Makau Mutua of the 麻豆传媒o Law School has announced this fall's Legal Analysis Writing and Research (LAWR) Writing Fellows. "These Fellows were chosen by the LAWR faculty for their outstanding ability in legal writing and analysis," he said, noting that the Law School's enhanced research and writing curriculum is a cornerstone of its focus on practical skills.

UB Professor Shambhu Upadhyaya teaches and conducts research in the area of computer security. With hacker collectives carrying out high-profile cyber attacks -- most recently claiming to have stolen a large trove of data including personal information from U.S. law enforcement agencies -- Upadhyaya comments on how much of a threat these groups really pose to cybersecurity.

Forty years ago, the deadliest prisoner rebellion in U.S. history occurred. Next month, a major conference will bring together prisoner advocates, legislators, policymakers, corrections professionals, activists and people who were on the front lines of the conflict, on both sides.

麻豆传媒o researchers Jason Corso and Natalia Litchinitser have been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct research into technologies that could help save the lives of American soldiers.

American courts are significantly expanding the legal rights and privileges celebrities can command over others using their names or likenesses. And a 麻豆传媒o Law School professor is questioning whether these courts have gone too far.

Mark Frank has spent two decades studying the faces of people lying when in high-stakes situations and has good news for security experts. "Executing Facial Control During Deception Situations," a new study he co-authored with former graduate student Carolyn M. Hurley, PhD, reports that although liars can reduce facial actions when under scrutiny, they can't suppress them all.

Seeking to help navigate the gap between law, health care and community services for low-income patients and their hospitals, a consortium of Western New York schools and non-profit agencies is banding together to bring the Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) to Buffalo, where they will hold their first local conference on June 9 from 1-4 p.m. at Hospice Buffalo, 225 Como Park Blvd., Cheektowaga.

Two well-known names in the Buffalo legal community will find a permanent home in the 麻豆传媒o Law School when the school's Cellino and Barnes Conference Center is dedicated on May 26.

The Erie County legislators now redrawing election districts must resist the temptation to manipulate the remapping process, a 麻豆传媒o law professor says.