University at Buffalo Law School Dean Nils Olsen to receive Edwin F.

Daily Record (Rochester, NY), Nov 7, 2007 by Tara E Buck

University at Buffalo Law School Dean Nils Olsen is to be bestowed with the school's highest honor on Nov. 13, when he will receive the Edwin F. Jaeckle Award for "his decade of distinguished leadership to the Law School and his extraordinary service to the university and the Western New York community," a release from the school states.

Olsen has served as the 18th dean of the law school since 1998 and has overseen numerous successes, including significantly improving the school's classrooms and student facilities and increasing enrollment by 25 percent, a release from the school states.

"Olsen's tenure as dean has been characterized by a desire to reshape and advance the law school's curriculum and socially progressive clinical legal education, providing students with many real-life opportunities to practice law through work with community members and groups," the release states.

Past Jaeckle Award recipients include Hon. Charles S. Desmond; Hon. Matthew J. Jasen; Manly Fleischmann, Jacob D. Hyman; Hon. M. Dolores Denman and William R. Greiner.

UB Provost Satish Tripathi will present the award at a dinner to begin at 6 p.m. at the Twentieth Century Club, Buffalo. To make a reservation call the Law Alumni Office at (716) 645-2107.