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Figures released by the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) in early June paint a disappointing picture for recent law school graduate job placement. The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit law school graduate career planning and development firm ...

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Erik R. Teifke, a Monroe County special assistant public defender, has been appointed a practitioner-in-residence at the Syracuse University College of Law. He will be the director of the college’s Criminal Defense Clinic for one year beginning in early July.

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Roberts Wesleyan College’s Students In Free Enterprise are among the top eight teams in the nation out of more than 575 teams. The local team placed as first runner-up recently in the semi-final round at the 2011 SIFE National Exposition in Minneapolis.

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Two well-known names in the Buffalo legal community have a permanent home at the University at Buffalo Law School, which dedicated its Cellino and Barnes Conference Center on Thursday.

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Two key professors at the University at Buffalo Law School have been elevated to the rank of distinguished professor by the State University of New York board of trustees.

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The University at Buffalo Law School is getting a makeover. The centerpiece of the project — a brand new glass vestibule entranceway in John Lord O’Brian Hall — will be ready in time for graduation festivities this weekend.

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A former school board president is expected to be named interim superintendent of Rochester's public school system, replacing the man chosen to run Chicago's schools. Rochester Teachers Association President Adam Urbanski ...

Last week, New York Attorney General Eric. T. Schneiderman announced that his office, along with numerous other state attorneys general, reached a $90.8 million settlement with Swiss bank UBS for fraudulent and anticompetitive conduct in connection with municipal bond derivatives.

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A free lecture on protecting intellectual property will be offered May 12 at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Ave. Michael Brown, founding partner of Brown and Michaels PC ...

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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a funding competition for the State University of New York’s four university centers to grow, hire more faculty and raise tuition. The SUNY 2020 program based on a long proposed model ...

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The state Education Department has approved a new paralegal certificate program at Finger Lakes Community College that will allow those who already have college degrees to move into the profession more quickly. Starting in fall 2011, eligible students can begin the 33-credit program ...

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Until now, blind law school applicants haven’t been able to utilize the Internet to access the website law schools use to receive applications. However, the National Federation of the Blind announced this week that they have settled a lawsuit ...

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