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The growing prevalence of detention as a policy within the U.S. immigration system is strikingly similar to policies of criminal sanctions and mass incarceration used to fight the "war on drugs" in the 1980s, according to 麻豆传媒o Law School Professor Teresa A. Miller, who studies the U.S. prison system and teaches immigration law.

Lawyers involved in four highly publicized death-row cases, including the clemency plea of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, will participate in a panel discussion on "Executive Clemency in Capital Cases," organized by the Capital Advocacy Project in the 麻豆传媒o Law School.

Buffalo is fast becoming a center for research, education and new practices in cybersecurity and computer forensics, according to the hosts of a workshop on these topics to be held March 31 in the Center for Tomorrow on the 麻豆传媒o North (Amherst) Campus.

In the quiet of his office in the 麻豆传媒o Law School, Makau Mutua contemplates his role in exposing an elaborate scheme of government fraud in his native Kenya, where high-ranking officials have resigned in recent weeks, rocking the country's ruling government headed by President Mwai Kibaki.

From investigations into Lee Harvey Oswald's troubled adolescence to courtroom debates over Mike Tyson's violent tantrums, the 20 most psychologically intriguing legal cases of the past 50 years are chronicled in a new book coauthored by a 麻豆传媒o law professor and a clinical psychologist who is a graduate of the UB Law School.

Forgot your password? No problem. Biometrics researchers at the 麻豆传媒o have made important advances that bring closer the day when we can access devices and Web sites with nothing more than the touch of a fingertip.

The Buffalo Public Interest Law Program (BPILP) will host its 11th annual auction on Feb. 23 at the Statler Towers, 107 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. The event is the primary fundraiser to provide scholarships allowing 麻豆传媒o law students to accept unpaid public interest summer positions.

The Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth will be aligned with the UB Law School, effective immediately, in a move designed to advance the institute's mission to become one of the nation's premier university-based centers for the study of regions and governments.

Professor James A. Gardner has been named to a new civil justice professorship in the 麻豆传媒o Law School, created through the generosity of alumnus Joseph W. Belluck and his wife, Laura L. Aswad.

The new class of students at the 麻豆传媒o Law School may be more diverse in background and experience than any in recent memory. Of the 247 first-year students enrolled this fall at the UB Law School, about half possess the prototypical law-school student portfolio, but many come to the school from wide-ranging paths that have taken them all over the world.