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  • UB Research Provides First Scientific Proof that Handwriting Is Unique to Each of Us
    5/28/02
    Computer scientists at the University at Buffalo have provided the first peer-reviewed scientific validation that each person's handwriting is individual, according to a paper that will be published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences in July.
  • UB Law Alumni to Honor Six at Annual Dinner
    5/1/02
    Five graduates of the University at Buffalo Law School will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards for their valuable contributions to the legal profession and community at the 40th annual UB Law Alumni Association meeting and dinner to be held at 6 p.m. May 8 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
  • U.S. "Deceitful," Violates International Law in Holding Taliban Members and Other Detainees in Cuba
    1/24/02
    The detainment in Cuba of members of the Taliban and those suspected of being part of al Qaeda is questionable at best and probably illegal under the Geneva Conventions, according to an internationally known expert in human rights at the University at Buffalo.
  • U.S. in Danger of Repressing Human Rights in Ways for Which It Has Criticized Other Countries
    11/21/01
    In its efforts to prevent a repeat of the tragic events of Sept. 11, the United State is moving perilously close to creating in our own nation a police state where human rights are denied, according to a professor in the University at Buffalo Law School who is a human rights expert.
  • UB Law School Opens Full-Service Courtroom, First in a Law School Building in the U.S.
    10/18/01
    The University at Buffalo Law School has become the only law school in the nation to house a fully functioning state court in its law school building with the grand opening today of the UB Law Courtroom.
  • Raichle Foundation Gift Funds UB Law School Professorship
    10/16/01
    A generous gift from the Frank G. Raichle Foundation in memory of Raichle, a 1919 University at Buffalo graduate who was a prominent trial and appellate lawyer, has allowed UB Law School to establish its first named professorship.
  • Magavern to Receive Jaeckle Award from UB Law School, UB Alumni Association
    10/8/01
    James L. Magavern, a member of the law firm Magavern, Magavern & Grimm LLP, will receive the Jaeckle Award, the highest honor bestowed by the UB Law School and its Alumni Association, at the 26th Annual Alumni Convocation and 2001 Jaeckle Award Luncheon to be held at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.
  • UB Professor, Constitutional Law Expert Predicts Threat to Privacy, Civil Rights of Some Americans
    9/17/01
    Just as they did during the era of McCarthyism and the post-Pearl Harbor period, Americans can probably expect to see calls for measures that may seriously erode the constitutional rights of American citizens, says Lee Albert, professor of law at the University at Buffalo and a specialist in constitutional issues.
  • UB Law School Offering New Concentration in Labor and Employment Law
    8/14/01
    The University at Buffalo Law School has added a new concentration in labor and employment law to its curriculum for the fall semester in response to increased demand in the job market for lawyers who are knowledgeable in this burgeoning field.
  • UB Law School Offers Two New Interdisciplinary Programs
    8/2/01
    The University at Buffalo Law School this fall will offer two new collaborative programs that underscore the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of careers in the field of law.