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UB AD, local experts to address sexual harassment, discrimination issues
7/19/18
UB Athletic Director Mark M. Alnutt and three other experts on sexual harassment and discrimination issues, will present “Playing by the Rules: Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Issues in Employment, Education and Athletics” on Aug. 3.
UB experts on diversity and inclusion in athletics to speak at national conference
6/15/18
Three University at Buffalo experts on diversity and inclusion in athletics will participate in a forum on June 19 in the Albany Capital Center aimed at preventing sexual and interpersonal violence against sexual and gender minorities.
Media Advisory: UB School of Law to host Puerto Rico Day on April 16
4/13/18
The UB School of Law and the Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy will hold a program on April 16 to discuss the law school’s efforts to create legal and political solutions in post-Maria Puerto Rico.
Constitutional law scholar to discuss free speech in an era of economic and technological change
3/15/18
The UB School of Law will host a forum to discuss economic and technological changes and their impact on free speech at its upcoming Mitchell Lecture.
Cadogan to lead diversity initiatives at UB School of Law
3/6/18
The UB School of Law has named Kendra N. Cadogan as its inaugural director of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Barbara Howe to receive UB School of Law’s Jaeckle Award Jan. 26
1/17/18
Hon. Barbara Howe, former New York State Surrogate Judge for Erie County, will receive the UB School of Law’s 2018 Edwin F. Jaeckle Award.
Fifteen ways UB researchers changed the world — and made headlines — in 2017
12/27/17
From developing a pneumonia vaccine to desalinating water with the sun, here are some highlights from a year of discovery.
University at Buffalo School of Law students to provide on-the-ground legal assistance to Puerto Rico
11/1/17
The UB School of Law has launched a new law clinic in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, which has left thousands of Puerto Ricans in critical need of legal assistance.
Law clinic advocates access to information, teaches the power to ‘do good’
8/15/17
When the Vietnam Veterans of America filed a federal lawsuit to end what it saw as the federal government’s willingness to expose private details about millions of veterans, the organization turned for legal muscle to the UB School of Law’s Civil Liberties and Transparency Clinic.
UB School of Law announces new graduate program in environmental law
7/26/17
The UB School of Law has developed a new graduate program in environmental law designed to prepare the next generation of global leaders in environmental scholarship, research and public policy.

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