In conjunction with the Law School Admission Council’s National Minority Law School Recruitment Month, the Students of Color Law Day will be held on Saturday, March 4, 2006. The Latin American Law Student Association (LALSA), the Black Law Student Association (BLSA), and the Asian-American Law Student Association (AALSA) at the University at Buffalo Law School, encourage all students considering a career in law to attend. LALSA, BLSA, and AALSA are working to ensure that more students of color enter law school. More importantly, we want to ensure that students who enter law school are well prepared.
To help answer questions and provide students with valuable information about attending law school we cordially invite you to attend the Students of Color Law Day. We hope that the various workshops and events provide a venue to address student concerns and give them the opportunity to meet other students of color. In deciding how to pursue a law school education, we encourage students to ask the hard questions. We are committed to answering them.
Date: Saturday March 4, 2006
Time: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location: University at Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, NY
North Campus, John Lord O’Brian Hall, First Floor
Cost: Free
Includes a continental breakfast and lunch
RSVP deadline: February 24, 2006
Sessions:
Student Panel
The Path to Law School
Alumni Panel
Networking Session
The program is open to all individuals who are interested in attending law school.
If you have any questions or if you would like to register, please contact Melissa Fruscione, Director of Recruitment at (716) 645-2907 or via email at law-admissions@buffalo.edu.
Posted January 18, 2006 in Announcements
Pursuing a career in law takes a special kind of passion and persistence. A life of law is an exploration that becomes an inseparable part of who you are and how you think. From the stimulating classroom lectures and discussions to the rewarding hands-on opportunities and valuable relationships you encounter along the way, UB Law is a life changing experience.
To learn more about UB Law, please attend our Open House on Wednesday February 15, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. in room 106 O’Brian Hall.
For directions and parking information please visit www.buffalo.edu/directions and www.buffalo.edu/maps. Please note the closest parking lots will be the Jacobs Lots A-C. Parking permits are required until 3 p.m. If you chose to park at a metered parking space, payment is required until 5 p.m.
Posted January 18, 2006 in Announcements
Universty at Buffalo Law School participates in this program:
LSAC, in conjunction with its member law schools, is sponsoring National Minority Law School Recruitment Month, which actually extends from January 15 through March 15, 2006. More than two-thirds of LSAC’s 205 member law schools have designed programs that will enhance recruitment efforts for traditionally underrepresented minority groups. Programs include mock trials, book clubs, information sessions, tours, and much more.
Link to LSAC information on NMLSRM 2006
Contact information for University at Buffalo School of Law is Melissa Fruscione at mf24@buffalo.edu.
Posted January 17, 2006 in Announcements
LSAT is now offering an online tool to help you improve your LSAT comprehension and readiness.
The LSAT is a paper-and-pencil test, but now there’s an online option for becoming familiar with the item types that comprise the test. LSAC’s new, online LSAT familiarization tool, LSAT ItemWise, lets you answer test questions of all three types—logical reasoning, analytical reasoning, and reading comprehension; keeps track of your answers; and shows you explanations as to why your answers are correct or incorrect. Although it is best to use our paper-and-pencil Official LSAT PrepTest® products to prepare for taking the LSAT, you can enhance your preparation by understanding all three item types and why your answers are right or wrong.
Link to LSAC online store
Posted January 17, 2006 in Tutorials, LSAT
This is off-topic, but a link I found on BuffaloPundit on everything Buffalo called “Buffalo Rising” looks to be an interesting resource for anybody interested in events in the Buffalo community. Very nicely done!
Link to “BR Now” or also called “Buffalo Rising Online”
Posted January 13, 2006 in Uncategorized
This is a Buffalo-area blog that you should look at. It’s has insightful, intelligently written posts on everything from government (local, state, and federal) issues to urban planning and regulations. A random extract:
And it occurred to me that a simple set of zoning regulations that could be applied to any and all development in town would avoid the sort of case-by-case action/reaction we get now.
It was suggested that Buffalo won’t do that because of its inferiority complex. But Buffalo is selling itself short. I don’t think anyone really wants Buffalo neighborhoods to resemble Transit or the Boulevard any more than they already do.
Why doesn’t the City of Buffalo have a set of rules and regulations that all developers have to follow all the time?
Link to BuffaloPundit
One of many articles discussing Samual A Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Mr Alito should expect a tougher ride than John Roberts, who sailed through the Senate on a 78-22 vote last September. His far lengthier career as a judge offers far more meat for critics to chew on. But this is a good thing. Candidates with records are preferable to “stealth candidates” precisely because of the greater opportunity for scrutiny this affords.
Financial Times Article
Based on a survey conducted by Findlaw.com, most Americans can’t name any Supreme Court Justices. Looks like Americans should polish up a bit on the Judicial role of the government. But many can name at least one (hovering close to 45%) so that it isn’t really that drastic.
In spite of broad, high-profile news
coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court in the past year, 57 percent of Americans
can’t name any current U.S. Supreme Court justices. According to a new
national survey conducted by FindLaw.com, the leading legal Web site, only
43 percent of American adults can name at least one justice who is currently
serving on the nation’s highest court.
Link to Article
This website would be a good source for Pre law students wishing to stay up-to-date on current happenings in our justice system. In particular, this website focuses on federal appellate decisions.
Decision of the Day Link
The LSAT Blog site is a website devoted to discussion about LSAT questions and actual exams. You can find some good solutions to difficult LSAT questions here, as well as read about how others did on recent LSAT exams.
LSAT Blog Link
Posted January 4, 2006 in LSAT