Law

An evening lecture series offering presentations on a variety of topics of interest to senior citizens, including the new Medicare prescription drug law, paying for long-term care and planning for death or disability, will be held in June on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.

Three faculty members at the University at Buffalo have joined the ranks of distinguished professors appointed by the State University of New York Board of Trustees.

Abuse of Iraqi prisoners by members of the U.S. military spotlight a lack of leadership at the U.S. Department of Defense so profound that Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld should resign or be dismissed, according to a University at Buffalo professor, who is an international expert on human rights and international law.

The William R. Greiner Scholarship Fund has been newly established in the University at Buffalo Law School to honor UB's 13th president, who retired as UB's chief executive officer at the end of last December.

Hector Feliciano, who spent more than seven years tracking down the story of Nazi art pillaging, will describe the world of secret art trade during the keynote address of the Conference on the Ownership and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage, to be presented April 1-2 by the University at Buffalo Law School's Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy.

Erie County Surrogate Judge Barbara Howe will be recognized for distinguished service to the University at Buffalo Law School and the Western New York community at the UB Law School's 15th Annual Law Review Dinner to be held on March 26 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.

The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy in the UB Law School will continue its Faculty Seminar Series on Institutional Analysis of Law, Politics and Society with a presentation on March 12 by Robert Goodin, a major contemporary political philosopher and theorist.

Experts who participated in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case on affirmative action in law school admissions will be joined by leading scholars of diversity in higher education for the 2004 Mitchell Lecture of the University at Buffalo Law School. This panel discussion will examine innovative proposals for enhancing diversity in American law schools.

The University at Buffalo Law School will hold its fifth annual Minority High School Visitation Program from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 27 in the Center for Tomorrow on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Want to feel good while snagging a bargain? Then attend the Buffalo Public Interest Law Program's ninth annual fundraising auction, to be held from 7-10 p.m. on Feb. 27 in the Rich Renaissance Niagara Conference Center, Buffalo.