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Established in May 1887, the Buffalo Law School originated as the Law Department of Niagara University. In May 1891 it became part of the University of Buffalo and held its third commencement. ABA accredited in 1937 in its 50th anniversary year. In 1962 when UB joined SUNY, it became the only publicly funded law school in New York State until CUNY Law School was added in 1981(?). An LL.B. degree was awarded until 1967; the J.D. degree has been awarded since 1968.
Two histories have been published and are located in Box 28: Buffalo Law School 75 Years (1962) and University at Buffalo Law School 100 Years 1887-1987 (1992). The UB Law Forum published irregularly since 1985 chronicles events beyond these published histories and is located in the Law Library Special Collections 03.
| Locations: |
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| 1887-1888 | Niagara Medical School, Ellicott Street |
| 1888-1893 | The Buffalo Library, Clinton Street |
| 1893-1896 | Stafford Building, upper floor, 158 Pearl Street |
| 1896-1913 | Ellicott Square Building, 9th floor |
| 1913-1917 | Third National Bank Building, 275 Main Street at Swan |
| 1923- 1949? | Townsend Hall, sw corner of Delaware Ave. and Niagara Square (present site of Buffalo City Court), served as temporary lecture space |
| 1917-1948 | 77 West Eagle Street, original building (Hoyt Mansion housed law firm of Hoyt & Spratt) |
| 1949 | Temporary classes held in the County Building, 40 Delaware (present site of Erie County Holding Center) |
| 1949-1973 | 77 West Eagle Street, new building |
| 1966-1969 | Prudential Building |
| 1973- | O’Brian Hall, UB North Campus, Amherst |
| Deans: |
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| 1887-1897 | Hon. Charles Daniels |
| 1897-1902 | Adelbert Moot |
| 1902-1903 | Christopher G. Tiedeman |
| 1903-1904 | Adelbert Moot |
| 1904-1936 | Carlos C. Alden |
| 1936-1939 | Francis M. Shea |
| 1940-1944 | Mark DeWolfe Howe |
| 1945-1948 | Philip Halpern |
| 1948-1950 | Louis L. Jaffe |
| 1951-1952 | George N. Stevens |
| 1952-1953 | Philip Halpern (acting) |
| 1953-1964 | Jacob D. Hyman |
| 1964-1971 | William D. Hawkland |
| 1971-1976 | Richard D. Schwartz |
| 1976-1985 | Thomas E. Headrick |
| 1986-1987 | Wade J. Newhouse |
| 1988-1992 | David B. Filvaroff |
| 1992-1998 | Barry B. Boyer |
| 1998- | R. Nils Olsen |
This collection contains materials generated by and for the State University of New York at Buffalo’s School of Law. The collection contains material on planning, accreditation, and curriculum; and biographical information on the school’s deans and faculty members. There are a number of internal and external publications including UB Law Links (an electronic newsletter), course schedules, commencement programs, and annual reports and published 75-year and centennial histories. Also included is information on the James McCormick Mitchell Lecture Series (held annually since 1951) and John Lord O’Brian Hall, the home of the Law School on UB’s North Campus, as well as notable issues that the school and faculty addressed.
Notable files include materials on the landmark Supreme Court case, Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 379 (1965) which held that the Connecticut law forbidding use of contraceptives unconstitutionally intrudes upon the right of marital privacy. Robert B. Fleming (’51), former associate dean, authored an amicus brief on the case on which the court based much of its opinion.
The collection is arranged in nineteen series:
Series I. Accreditation and Evaluation
Series II. Annual Reports
Series III. Clinic Programs
Series IV. Commencement
Series V. Course Schedules
Series VI. Curriculum Development
Series VII . Deans of the Law School
Series VIII. Faculty
Series IX. Grading
Series X. History
Series XI. Mitchell Lecture
Series XII. O’Brian Hall
Series XIII. Planning
Series XIV. Students
Series XV. UB Law Links, Newsletter
Series XVI. Miscellaneous
Series XVII. Photographs
Series XVIII. Alumni
Series XIX. Dalai Lama Visit, Sept. 2006
Most series are organized either alphabetically or chronologically. Please note, Series V contains Law School Course Schedules from 1958 to Spring 2007, however schedules from the 1979/1980 academic year are missing. Series VII contains two general files and is then organized alphabetically by last name. Similarly, Series XI contains two general files and is then organized chronologically by year of lecture.
| Box | Contents |
| 1.1 | Report to the Middle States Association, Oct. 1956 |
| 1.2 -1.3 | Newhouse Notebook on American Bar Association (ABA) Inspection, 1979, 1987; received by Law Special Collections from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 1.4 | American Bar Association (ABA) Inspection, 2000 |
| 1.5 | ABA/AALS Site Evaluation Reports, 2001, Access restricted to law school personnel. |
| 1.6 | Law Library Governance Agreement, 1999 |
| 1.7 | UB Law School Self Study, 2000 |
| Box | Contents |
| 13.21 | Annual Reports to the Chancellor, 1949/50, 1953/54 – 1964/65 |
| 2.1-2.3 | Annual Reports, 1965-1968 |
| 2.4 | Three-year Report, 1966-1969; prepared by the Law School in lieu of a 1968-1969 annual report |
| 2.5-3.4 | Annual Reports, 1970-1985 (missing 1982) (8 folders) |
| Box | Contents |
| 4.1-4.19 | History of Law School Clinic Programs (information compiled by Prof. Wade Newhouse), 1958-1976; received from Prof. Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 4.21 | Newspaper Articles |
| 4.21 | Public relations brochures, 2007 |
| 4.20 | Simulated Law Firm, 1975-1976 |
| Box | Contents |
| 5.1 | Commencement, UB, 1898-1969; includes Law Department commencement programs (1898, 1921), Schools of Law and Pharmacy commencement program (1944), University commencement programs (1954, 1958, 1960, 1961), UB Honor Graduates brochures (1964-1968) |
| 5.2 | Commencement bulletins, 1969-1979; includes photo of Class of 1965 |
| 5.3 | Commencement, 1980-1989; includes commencement programs and correspondence |
| 5.4-5.5 | Commencement Programs, 1990-2007 |
| 44.1-44.5 | Lists of Graduates, 1933-1989 |
| Box | Contents |
| 8.6 | Schedules and courses prior to1944 (1936 -1943) |
| 8.7 | Schedules and courses after 1943 (1944-1971 incomplete) |
| 6.1 - 8.6 | Course schedules, Fall 1958 to Spring 2005 (26 folders) |
| 37.1 - 37.8 | Course Schedules, Summer, Fall 2005 to Fall 2008 |
| Box | Contents |
| 15.7-15.8 | General, 1958-1975; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 15.1-15.2 | General, 1982-1993, undated; includes clippings, memoranda, and internal reports |
| 15.9 | Center for State and Local Government |
| 15.3 | First-year New Curriculum, 1994 |
| 38.1 | Freshman’s Key to Legal Language and Procedure in Tort Cases, Prof. Joseph Laufer, Fall, 1981 |
| 15.4 | Group Program, 1952-1968; from Jacob D. Hyman Files |
| 15.5 | Legal Methods Program, 1991-1994; from Jacob D. Hyman Files |
| 39.1 | Legal Methods Program, Court Materials, 1987 |
| 15.10 | Misc. articles |
| 15.6 | Research and Writing, 1991 |
| 16.11-16.12 | Research and Writing – Legal Writing Manuals, 1978 and 1979 |
| 39.3 | Unofficial Guide to the Curriculum – Draft, 1983 |
| Box | Contents |
| 16.1 | General, approximately, 1964 |
| 16.2 | Early Deans, undated; includes material on Charles Daniels, Adelbert Moot, and Carlos C. Alden |
| 16.3 | David B. Filvaroff, 1987 |
| 16.4 | Philip Halpern, 1963-1964, 1990 |
| 16.5 | Halpern Memorial, 1963 |
| 39.7 | Halpern Memorial Conference proceedings in the Buffalo Law Review, vol. 14, no. 1, Fall, 1964, and photos |
| 16.6 | William D. Hawkland, 1964 |
| 16.7 | Jacob D. Hyman, 1951- |
| 38.12 | Thomas E. Headrick, 1976 |
| 16.8 | Louis Jaffe, 1960, 1996-1997 |
| 38.16 | R. Nils Olsen, Edwin F. Jaeckle Award, 2007 |
| Box | Contents |
| 13.18-13.19 | Biographical information & publications, 1963-64 |
| 9.1 | Biographical Information – An Introduction to the Faculty Handbook, Dec., 1971; contains faculty resumes |
| 9.13 | Biographical Information – Miscellaneous, 1992-2002; contains information on Milton Kaplan, William Greiner and Wade Newhouse. |
| 9.2 | “The Buffalo Model” and Mission Statement (from Newhouse Notebook part 1), 1976-1977; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 9.3 | "Buffalo Model" miscellaneous, 1979; includes press release and “Suggestions for Curricular Change” drafted by Thomas Headrick. |
| 9.4 | By-laws, 1974-1993; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 43.1-43.10 | Conference on Critical Legal Studies: photocopies of program agendas, newsletters, bibliographies, correspondence, articles and clippings (1977-1990); received from Prof. John Schlegel, February 2008. |
| 13.22-13.24 | Faculty Handbook, 1968 – “raw material” designed by Wade Newhouse |
| 10.16 | Faculty in the news |
| 10.1 | Griswold v. Connecticut – Amicus Briefs, Oct, 1964 |
| 10.2 | Griswold v. Connecticut – Briefs for Appellants, Oct, 1964 |
| 10.3 | Griswold v. Connecticut - Briefs for Appellee, Oct, 1964 |
| 10.4 | Griswold v. Connecticut – Decision, June 7, 1965 |
| 10.5 | Griswold v. Connecticut – Robert B. Fleming, Correspondence, Aug 1963-June 1965 |
| 10.6 | Griswold v. Connecticut – Robert B. Fleming, notes for brief, ca., 1964 |
| 10.7 | Griswold v. Connecticut – Robert B. Fleming, photos, undated. |
| 10.8 | Griswold v. Connecticut – Newspaper clippings, 1965 |
| 10.9 | Griswold v. Connecticut – Transcript of Record and Jurisdictional Statement |
| 39.5 | Historical list of faculty to, 2005 |
| 36.1-36.25 | Meeting Minutes, 1936-1959 (Agenda for Sept. 2001) |
| 11.1-13.16 (35 folders) | Meeting minutes, 1959-1993 (1962-93 received from Prof. Wade Newhouse, June 2002) |
| 9.5-9.6 | Military Recruitment on Campus, 1989-1996; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 39.6 | News articles, public relations brochures |
| 9.14 | Obituaries and memorial programs |
| 13.20 | Professional Program Committee Meeting Minutes, 1969-71 |
| 9.7 | Promotion and Tenure, 1973-1987; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 13.17 | Publication lists, 1973, 1983 |
| 39.4 | Publication lists, 2006, 2007 |
| 9.8 | Research, approx., 1978 |
| 9.9-9.11 | Rosters, 1978-2006 |
| 39.2 | Special Needs, Committee on Law Students with… Reports, 1988 |
| 9.12 | Tolerance Statement, 1988-1999; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| Box | Contents |
| 14.1 | (Newhouse) Grading System Memorandum, 1972 |
| 14.2-14.3 | (Newhouse) Grading System Memorandum, 1992; one copy is a master and not for research use |
| 14.4-14.12 | History of the Law School Grading System compiled by Wade Newhouse, 1970-2000 |
| Box | Contents |
| 28.9 | Adelbert Moot Scholarship & other items from, 1887-1888 opening year (gift from Richard Moot, 1977) |
| 28.1 | General, 1913-1986 |
| 28.2 | Buffalo News Magazine, Sept. 6, 1987 |
| 28.5 | Buffalo Law School 1887-1987 Draft, Oct. 3, 1987 |
| 28.6-28.7 | Buffalo Law School 1887-1987, Draft, Dec. 1, 1987 |
| 28.8 | Buffalo Law School 1887-1987 ; bound volume |
| 5.6 | Buffalo Law School 75 Years, Draft |
| 5.7 | Buffalo Law School 75 Years ; printed version |
| 28.3 | Jacob D. Hyman scrapbook |
| 38.11 | Jacob D. Hyman notes |
| 28.4 | Newspaper articles, anniversary event invitation |
| 38.10 | John Lord O'Brian, miscellaneous notes, articles |
| Box | Contents |
| 17.10 | Bibliography |
| 17.1 | Correspondence from Mitchell Lecture Committee, includes material on the Mitchell Lecture Fund, 1973-76, 1986-93 |
| 17.2 | Publicity, 1960, 2003 |
| 17.3 | Lecture reprint: Robert H. Jackson,“Wartime Security and Liberty Under Law,”, 1951 |
| 17.4 | Lecture reprint: Sir Zelman Cowen, “Australia and the United States: Some Legal Comparisons,”, 1954 |
| 17.5 | Lecture reprint : George H. Dession, “The Technique of Public Order: Evolving Concepts of Criminal Law,”, 1955 |
| 17.6 | Lecture reprint: Milton Handler, “Antitrust in Perspective: The Complementary Roles of Rule and Discretion,”, 1957 |
| 17.7 | Lecture reprint: Jerome Hall, “Reason and Reality in Jurisprudence,”, 1958 |
| 17.8 | Lecture reprint: Fleming James, Jr., “Tort Law in Midstream: Its Challenge to the Judicial Process,”, 1959 |
| 17.9 | Lecture reprint: Joseph T. Sneed, “Some Reflections about the Impact of Federal Taxation on American Private Law, 1962 |
| 31.2 | Lecture poster: “Planet of the Aps: Are Corporations and Other Artificial Persons Taking Over the Legal System?”, 2005 |
| 17.10 | Bibliography, recordings in the Law Library, 1951-1990 |
| 17.11 | Publicity, 2003, 2007 |
| Box | Contents |
| 38.13 | The Amherst Campus: A History and Guide, 1980 |
| 38.2 | Architectural floor maps, 1971 |
| 16.7 | Dedication planning memoranda, 1973-1974 |
| 16.8 | Dedication Program, Apr. 8, 1974, and news articles |
| 31.1 | Moot Courtroom Renovation Architect’s Renderings, 2000 |
| 16.9 | Moot Courtroom Reuse Feasibility Study, 1999 |
| 16.10 | Photos of John Lord O’Brian, 1938, and undated. |
| Box | Contents |
| 18.1 | Academic Planning, 1965-1966; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 26.5 | Academic Planning – President’s Committee on Academic Planning Interim Report, 1976 |
| 18.2-18.3 | Amherst Move, 1958-1968, 1986; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 18.4 | Amherst Move – Building and Site Development Study Design and Action Program [for the] Faculties of Law and Jurisprudence, Educational Studies, Social Science and Administration, and the Joint Education and Social Science and Administration Library and Lecture Center, June 15, 1970 |
| 18.5 | Amherst Move – Dean Hawkland’s Report, Sept. 22, 1964 |
| 18.6 | Amherst Move – Sweet Home Central School Board, 1967-1970; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 18.7 | Amherst Move – Use of Eagle Street, 1971; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 19.1 | Amherst Move Reports – “Blue Book” Planning Information, May 31, 1967 |
| 19.2 | Amherst Move Reports– Academic and Development Plans Draft, Dec. 31, 1967 |
| 19.3 | Amherst Move Reports – First Phase Part 1 of 2 Construction Program Faculties of Law and Jurisprudence, Education, and Social Science and Administration, Dec. 20, 1968; revised, Mar. 10, 1969 |
| 19.4 | Amherst Move Reports – Facilities Program, Dec. 20, 1968; plan revised, Mar. 10, 1969 and, Oct 31, 1969 |
| 19.5 | Amherst Move Reports – The Buffalo-Amherst Corridor: A Joint-Government Development Strategy, March 1969 |
| 19.6 | Amherst Move Reports – Facilities Program Status, Nov. 14, 1969 |
| 19.7 | Amherst Move Reports – A New Community in Amherst: Interim Report to the New York State Urban Development Corporation, May 1970 |
| 23.7 | Amherst Move - Building and space memo compiled by Wade J. Newhouse, March 9, 1973 |
| 20.1-20.2 | Long-range Plan, June 1975 |
| 20.3-20.5 | Long-range Plan – Newhouse Notes, 1973-1975; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 20.6 | Long-range Plan –Tentative Draft for Faculty-Student Approval, Mar. 10, 1975 |
| 20.7 | Merger, University of Buffalo and the State University of New York, 1960-1962 |
| 21.1-22.1 | Merger – Information Compiled by Wade Newhouse, 1966-1973; 2 post-bound volumes, received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 20.8-20.9 | Planning Committee, 1992-1993; includes information on curriculum development, received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 23.1 | Planning Committee, 1994-1995; Ellen M. Gibson notebook |
| 10.15 | President’s Committee on Academic Planning-Interim Report, 1976 |
| 23.2-23.3 | Seven-year Plan, 1966-1973, Apr. 1965 |
| 23.4 | Seven-year Plan Draft, 1965; received from Professor Wade Newhouse in June 2002 |
| 23.5 | University at Buffalo Self-study, 1972 |
| 23.6 | Planning UB’s Academic Future, 1997 |
| 23.7 | Portrait of a Decade: The University at Buffalo as a State University 1962-1972 (Law School on p.27) |
| 23.8 | Ph.D. Program draft, 2006 |
| Box | Contents |
| 27.10 | Buffalo Law Students Survival Guide, National Lawyers Guild (, 1978?), 1985 |
| 31.3 | Career Services Office – “Legal Talent for Premier Law Firms” – marketing packet |
| 38.4 | Class Photos: 1965 |
| Oversize | Course Evaluation Guide: Survey by Student Bar Association, 1994-95 |
| 27.14 | News articles, death notices, memorials |
| 27.6 | Minority Students, 1983-1985 |
| 27.7 | Moot Court Handbook, 1962 |
| 27.11 | Personal Sketches Section U, Class of, 2000, 1997 |
| 38.6 | Placement Office brochure, 1979 |
| 27.13 | Prison Task Force |
| 27.8 | Student Bar Association (SBA) Sub-committee for Developing Student Issues Report to the Dean, 1988 |
| 27.15 | Student Directories: 1996-97, 1998-2000 |
| 38.5 | Student organizations & law reviews: miscellaneous |
| 27.9 | Students with Special Needs, 1988-1992 |
| Box | Contents |
| 24.1-24.17 | UB Law Links, Jan. 2003 to Fall 2006 |
| 41.1-41.6 | UB Law Links, Winter 2007- Spring 2008 |
| Box | Contents |
| 26.1 | Admissions Manual, 1984 |
| 32.1 | Banner, 1923 |
| 25.1-25.3 | Bar Exams, New York State, 1951-1954 |
| 25.4-25.6 | Bar Exams, New York State, 1957-1969 |
| 25.7 | Bar Exams, New York State, 1964 |
| 26.2 | Brochures, 1974, 1981, 1994, and undated |
| 26.3 | Buffalo-area legal history, 1876, 1906, 1908, and undated; includes ephemera |
| Digital Archive | Buffalo Law School - dvd of original video by Prof. Al Katz and Karen Spencer, 1978 |
| 26.5 | Conferences, 1988-1992 |
| 26.6 | Conferences – State and Local Government Conferences, 1952-1955 |
| 26.7 | Continuing Legal Education – Behind the Law Television Series, 1966-1967 |
| 26.8 | Continuing Legal Education – Study Notes in the Law Library II Television Series, 1968 |
| 26.13 | Continuing Legal Education – Program brochures, 1956-61 |
| 26.10 | Development – Annual Participating Fund for Legal Education, 1960 |
| 26.11 | Development -- The Campaign for UB Law, 2000 |
| 25.8 | Erie County Bar Association, centennial brochure & directory |
| 26.12 | Events, 1992, 1999 |
| 27.12 | Law School Orientation pamphlets, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1987 |
| 31.4 | Law School Orientation, 2004 – packet |
| 31.5 | Poster – “Abortion: Legality and Morality; a conversation in the disciplines program”, September 19 and 20, 1975, Presiding: Jacob D. Hyman |
| Oversize | Poster - Barrister’s Ball, 1952?, framed approx. 24” x 30” received from Alan Carrel in January 2005 |
| Oversize | Poster – Carlos C. Alden Luncheon, 1954?14” x 22” |
| 29.1 | UB General Information Bulletin, 1955 |
| 29.2 | UB Bulletin General Catalog, 1958-60 |
| 29.3 | UB University College, 1968-69 Bulletin |
| 29.4 | UB Graduate School, 1968-69 Bulletin |
| 10.10 | Women in Law – Centennial Articles, 1999; contains information on celebration of the centennial of the first female graduates of the Law School |
| 10.11 | Women in Law – Centennial Brochures, 1999 |
| 10.12 | Women in Law – Centennial Exhibit, 1999 |
| 30.1-30.2 | Women in Law – Ephemera, 1999; includes banner and tote bag |
| 10.13-10.14 | Women in Law – Research notes, ca., 1999 |
| Box | Contents |
| 33 | O’Brian Hall – miscellaneous photos of people, rooms and building |
| 34 | 77 West Eagle Street - miscellaneous photos of people, rooms and building |
| 35 | 77 West Eagle Street - oversize photos of library, courtroom, faculty |
| Box | Contents |
| 27.1 | Alumni Convocation, 1976-1977(1st and 2nd), 1981-1982 (6th and 7th) |
| 27.2 | Alumni Convocation, 1988 (Centennial) |
| 27.3 | Alumni Convocation, 1989 (13th) |
| 38.7 | Alumni Convocation, 1990 (14th) |
| 38.8 | Alumni Convocation, 1991 (15th) |
| 27.4 | Alumni Convocation, 1994 (19th), 1997 (22nd), 1999 (24th) |
| 38.9 | Alumni Convocation, 2000 (25th) |
| 27.5 | Alumni Convocation, 2002 (27th) |
| 40.1 | Alumni Convocation, 2005 (30th) |
| 40.2 | Alumni Convocation, 2006 (31st) |
| 40.3 | Alumni in the news |
| 26.9 | Dean’s Advisory Council, undated |
| 38.3 | Reunion, Class of, 1979, 20th |
| 26.4 | Reunion Photos, 1963, 1992; contains 1938 25th, 1962 30th, 1952 (50th?), 1953 50th, 1957 |
Alumni in the news |
| Box | Contents |
| 42.1 | News articles |
| 42.2-42.5 | Tibetan Manuscript Exhibit in the Law Library: manuscript descriptions, items from the exhibit, printout of online exhibit, University Libraries style guide and brochures |
| 42.6 | Chysanne Stathocos (artist) : printouts of digital photos of rose mandela and the Dalai Lama; information on the artist; copy of email correspondence with Karen Spencer |
| 42.7 | Tibetan Manuscript banners: digital file saved to a CD-ROM. Banners stored in oversize box in Law Special Collections when not on display. |
| 42.8 | Tibetan Manuscript notecards: digital file saved to a CD-ROM; packet of notecards; printout of some of the working images |
| 42.9 | Law School publications regarding the conference: Law, Buddhism and Social Change: A Conversation the the Dalai Lama, September 20-21, 2006 |
| 42.10 | Buddhism and law: background materials for exhibit |
| 42.11 | Selected emails |
| 42.2 | Background readings on the Dalai Lama teaching shared with faculty after the event to begin discussions on teaching with compassion in law school. |
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.
