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

By Mary Beth Spina

Release Date: June 19, 2000 This content is archived.

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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 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½.

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 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of New Mexico Law School, Jon Goldberg-Hiller of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Hawaii, Denise Ferreira daSilva of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of California at San Diego, Bonita Lawrence of the Institute of Women's Studies at Queens ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½, Richard Lempert of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Michigan, Alfonso Morales of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Texas at El Paso, Sherene Razack of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ of Toronto and Robert Westley of the Tulane ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ 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.