Minority Bar Association of WNY

Buffalo’s first ever Legal Diversity Career Fair to be held on August 12

The Bar Association of Erie County, University at Buffalo School of Law, and the Minority Bar Association of WNY have teamed up to launch Buffalo’s first legal diversity career fair. The mission of the job fair is to help build a more diverse legal workforce in Western New York region. The career fair will be …

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Bar Association of Erie County supports Buffalo’s proposed Right to Know Law and calls for extensive public education and awareness around police and criminal justice reform.

On February 9, 2021, the Bar Association of Erie County’s Board of Directors voted to support adoption of Buffalo’s proposed Right to Know Law, the latest in a series of police reform measures considered by its Board of Directors at the request of the Minority Bar Association of Western New York (“MBAWNY”) Criminal Justice Reform …

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Minority Bar Association of WNY Publishes Police Reform Recommendations

The Minority Bar Association of WNY’s Criminal Justice Reform Task Force has published a police reform proposal to be adopted by the City of Buffalo and the Buffalo Police Department. Excerpt: The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor highlighted a policing problem in Black and Brown communities across the nation that has existed for …

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