Law

John A. Payton, a renowned civil rights attorney and one of the nation's most passionate and determined voices for justice, will give this year's University at Buffalo Law School's Mitchell Lecture at 2 p.m. on Oct. 22 in John Lord O'Brian Hall on UB's North (Amherst) Campus.

Against the backdrop of last week's Congressional hearing into the future of forensic science, researchers from the University at Buffalo's Laboratory for Forensic Odontology Research in the School of Dental Medicine, have published a landmark paper on the controversial topic of bitemark analysis.

The Christopher Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy in the University at Buffalo Law School has established three new prizes for innovation in law and social science: online communication, new scholarship and distinguished contribution.

Athena D. Mutua, law professor at the University at Buffalo, today criticized the Supreme Court's reverse discrimination ruling that determined New Haven officials acted illegally when denying white firefighters promotions, calling it another example of a double standard working against equality for people of color.

University at Buffalo Law School held its 120th commencement ceremony on May 23 where nearly 250 students received a J.D. degree and an additional 10 students received a LL.M. degree. Awards were presented to graduates.

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga will make his first trip to the U.S. since the election of President Barack Obama tomorrow (Saturday, May 23) when he will make remarks and answer questions from the media from 9-11 a.m. at the Top of the Falls Restaurant on Goat Island in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and then give the University at Buffalo Law School commencement address 3 p.m.

A new book on the role American elections play in shaping how its citizens arrive at political opinions -- written by nationally known University at Buffalo Law School election expert James A. Gardner -- looks at the expectations shared by many Americans that political campaigns should shape what people think about the major political issues in the election.

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga will make his first trip to the U.S. since the election of President Barack Obama on Saturday, May 23, when he will make remarks and answer questions from the media from 9-11 a.m. at the Top of the Falls Restaurant on Goat Island in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and then give the University at Buffalo Law School commencement address 3 p.m. that day.

The University at Buffalo Law Alumni Association will honor five UB graduates and Justice Sharon S. Townsend, administrative judge of the Eighth Judicial District, at the 47th annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner at 6 p.m. on May 5 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

Republic of Kenya Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga will deliver the University at Buffalo Law School commencement address in a ceremony that will include conferral of honorary degrees to Irene Zubaida Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International, and J. Mason Davis Jr., a practicing attorney who played a key role in the desegregation of Alabama in the 1960s.