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  • UB Law Student Team Wins New York Redistricting Competition
    1/18/12
    A team of students from the University at Buffalo 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 University at Buffalo 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 University at Buffalo 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.
  • UB Law School Event Recalls Historic Nuremberg Speech
    8/25/11
    The 2011 edition of the James McCormick Mitchell Lecture, the University at Buffalo Law School's highest-profile lecture series, revisits a significant historical moment for UB and the world -- one that has been largely overlooked.
  • Six Law Students Named LAWR Fellows
    8/16/11
    Dean Makau Mutua of the University at Buffalo 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.
  • 'Hacktivist' Groups Like 'Anonymous' are not the Biggest Threat to Cybersecurity, says UB Information Assurance Expert
    8/15/11
    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.
  • UB Law School Conference to Explore Legacy of the Attica Uprising
    8/15/11
    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.
  • Department of Defense Funds Two UB Researchers
    8/9/11
    University at Buffalo 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.
  • Is the 'Right of Publicity' Out of Control?
    8/9/11
    American courts are significantly expanding the legal rights and privileges celebrities can command over others using their names or likenesses. And a University at Buffalo Law School professor is questioning whether these courts have gone too far.
  • Be Still My Eyebrows: Researchers Say Liars Can't Completely Suppress Facial Expressions
    7/13/11
    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.