UB’s Baldy Center to Host Workshop on Race and the Law

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- "Race and the Law: Critical Discourses Exploring Law and Society Methods and Traditions" will be the theme of the Law and Society Association's Eighth Summer Institute July 5-9, hosted by the Christopher Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy at the University at Buffalo.

UB is one of three universities chosen to host the rotating, prestigious, annual institute because of the Baldy Center's strong tradition of excellence in socio-legal studies.

Featured at the July institute -- which is one of several events planned to celebrate the Baldy Center's 25th anniversary -- will be nationally recognized faculty members who will discuss their theme-related scholarly work and provide advice, instruction and mentoring to advanced graduate students and junior faculty members from across North America.

Among the presenters will be Margaret Montoya and Christine Zuni-Cruz of the University of New Mexico Law School, Jon Goldberg-Hiller of the University of Hawaii, Denise Ferreira daSilva of the University of California at San Diego, Bonita Lawrence of the Institute of Women's Studies at Queens University, Richard Lempert of the University of Michigan, Alfonso Morales of the University of Texas at El Paso, Sherene Razack of the University of Toronto and Robert Westley of the Tulane University Law School.

The interactive, roundtable format will provide an opportunity for participants and presenters to discuss applications of socio-legal research and interdisciplinary scholarship using critical race theory, LatCrit theory and similar approaches.

David Engel, UB professor of law, is director of the Baldy Center; Laura Mangan is associate director.