UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — It happens every 10 years: the statistics-heavy redrawing of the electoral map to reflect new Census population figures. This year in New York, that means carving up the state into 150 Assembly districts, 63 State Senate districts and 26 congressional districts. It’s a process that is fraught with political implications, and it hasn’t always been transparent. Now advocates are aggressively seeking out the public’s ideas about redistricting—and a UB School of Law proposal is in the mix. The students in Legislative Redistricting, a fall semester seminar taught by adjunct instructor Frank Housh ’93 have taken on the challenge. Working in teams, the five students—four second-year law students (Alize Allen ’23, Eric Klementowski ’23, Miranda Neyerlin ’23 and Zachary Schuler ’23) and one from UB’s Department of Geography (Brendan Kunz, M.S. Candidate) —developed criteria to guide their decisions, then created statewide district maps for the Assembly and the Senate’s review. Housh and his teaching assistant, third-year law student Roxanna Herreid ’22, drew the map of proposed congressional districts. It’s an exercise in applying constitutional law, specifically the New York State Constitution, Housh says, as well as guidance from the federal appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.