The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy - University at Buffalo

04/22/2026

Podcast Episode 54 with Judith Resnik (Yale), John Giammatteo, and Alexandra Harrington is out now! Listen on Podbean or wherever you stream:

Judith Resnik, John Giammatteo, and Alexandra Harrington come together in Episode 54 to discuss Resnik's book, Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy. Their conversation is about how prisons evolved as institutions shaped by democratic ideals while simultaneously underm...

04/16/2026

Join us in-person or via Zoom Friday April 17 12:30pm- 2pm for César F. Rosado Marzán's (Iowa Law) presentation "A Baseline of Decency: Social Capital, Symbolic Capital, and The Moral Economy of Alt-labor and Worker Centers." For more info visit: https://www.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/events/speakers.html -3

04/10/2026

Join us Thursday April 16 for the Alison L. Des Forges Symposium. For more information and to register visit: https://www.alisondesforges.org/upcoming-events/2026/2/13/how-to-maintain-peace-and-secure-justice-in-the-strait-of-taiwan

04/03/2026

Join us Monday April 6 from 12pm- 1:30pm for PAIR speaker Joshua R. Coene's presentation "Between Rights and Work: The Prisoners' Rights Council Employment Project." To access the paper using your UB credentials visit: https://www.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/events/conferences/prison.html

03/10/2026

Read Baldy Center postdoctoral fellow Meghan Dawe's recent publication in Fordham Law Review "Lawyers' Career Aspirations in Canada and the United States":

By Meghan Dawe and Ronit Dinovitzer, Published on 03/01/26

03/06/2026

Join us in-person or via Zoom Friday March 27 12:30pm- 2pm for Judith Resnik's (Yale) book talk "Impermissible Punishments: How Prison Became a Problem for Democracy." For more info and to register visit: https://www.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/events/speakers.html -1

03/04/2026

UB faculty and graduate student research and conference grant applications are open until 11:59p.m. (EST) Sunday, March 29, 2026. For more info and to apply visit: https://www.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/research/grant-applications.html

02/27/2026

Join us Monday March 2 from 12pm- 1:30pm for PAIR speaker Hannah Nario-Lopez's presentation "When the Panopticon Turns on the Observer: Officer Surveillance and Docility in Prison Reform." To access the paper using your UB credentials visit: https://www.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/events/conferences/prison.html

02/09/2026

Join us Friday Feb 13 12:30pm- 2pm for Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco's (University of Surrey) presentation "The Politics of Civic Maturity vs. the Politics of Justice: Reflecting on Bernard Williams’ Separation Thesis." For more info visit: https://www.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/events/speakers.html

01/26/2026

Join us Monday Feb 2 12pm- 1:30pm in 509 O'Brian Hall for the first PAIR speaker of the semester Carole Emberton (History). For more info and to access the paper with your UB credentials visit:

Join us for the Prison and Incarceration Research (PAIR) Interdisciplinary Work-In-Progress (WIP) Speaker Series. The speaker series is designed to strengthen campus research on one of the most pressing legal and social challenges of our time, mass incarceration. Each speaker offers unique perspecti...

01/20/2026

Podcast Episode 53 is out! Listen as our director Matthew Dimick
discusses law, income inequality, the economics of justice, and his recent book Ending Income Inequality. https://www.buffalo.edu/baldycenter/multimedia/podcast/podcast-25-26/dimick-income-inequality.html

01/12/2026

Podcast Episode 52 is out! Listen as Raj Sharman (School of Management) discusses crisis-ready healthcare, resilience, and trust in information systems.

In Episode 52 of The Baldy Center Podcast, Raj Sharman (School of Management) discusses how healthcare systems and public institutions prepare for crises. Drawing on his research in disaster response, hospital information systems, and telehealth, Sharman explains why resilience depends on preparedne...