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Hispanic males most likely to have a fatal interaction with police in segregated neighborhoods
2/7/19
While most media attention seems to focus on the number of black males killed by police, new UB research indicates that among men of color, Hispanic males were two times more likely to have a fatal interaction with the police in neighborhoods that have a high percentage of Hispanic residents.
Twelve ways UB researchers made groundbreaking discoveries — and headlines — in 2018
12/21/18
From identifying a potential autism treatment to creating fungal-fighting 3-D printed dentures — here are some highlights from a year of discovery.
UB School of Law to accept GRE scores as part of the application process
12/19/18
Beginning with admission for the fall 2019 semester, the UB School of Law will accept Graduate Record Examination scores in place of the Law School Admission Test as part of the application process.
Eight members of local, national legal community join UB School of Law’s Dean’s Advisory Council
11/12/18
The UB School of Law has appointed eight new members to the Dean’s Advisory Council.
Clergy willingly divulge information to protect the vulnerable — except in priest misconduct cases, says UB law expert
11/8/18
AUB law professor studying “clergy privilege” — the legal rule shielding confidential communications of priests — has found priests often recast communications to make them fall outside this testimonial protection.
UB School of Law Mitchell Lecture to address power and varying forms of capitalism in society
11/2/18
The challenge of tempering power in a world of “variegated capitalisms” is the topic of the Fall 2018 Mitchell Lecture to be held Nov. 9, sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Law.
UB School of Law trial team wins Queens District Attorney’s Mock Trial Competition
11/1/18
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The University at Buffalo School of Law received first place at the Queens District Attorney’s Annual Mock Trial Competition. The fifth annual competition held on Oct. 27-28 in Kew Gardens, N.Y. brought 16 teams from across the country together to compete.
3D printers have ‘fingerprints,’ a discovery that could help trace 3D-printed guns, counterfeit goods
10/16/18
The study describes what's believed to be the first accurate method for tracing a 3D-printed object to the machine it came from.
UB project to examine ethical issues of using artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system
10/12/18
An ambitious new project spearheaded by Jonathan Manes, assistant clinical professor of law, will examine ethical and social concerns raised by the increasing use of artificial intelligence, or AI.
UB’s School of Law professor Helen Drew gives keynote speech for the James Otis Lecture
10/5/18
UB School of Law Teaching Faculty member Helen “Nellie” Drew told high school students that freedom of expression is protected by the First Amendment as part of her keynote speech for the Sixth Annual James Otis Lecture Oct. 3.

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