UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — Some of them were in the same sections; some of them became friends outside of class. But five members of the UB School of Law’s Class of 2021 share this distinction: All are entering the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, a team of lawyers for the U.S. military who administer the Uniform Code of Military Justice and serve as legal counsel to the command to which they are assigned. It’s an outstanding professional achievement for Joseph Fumerelle, James Hatton, Rina Hernández, Keith Kronenberg and Amber Small. And it’s a point of pride for UB Law to send five grads from a single class into the JAG Corps, whose acceptance rate for applicants is in the low single digits. JAG officers are full members of the military branch in which they serve. They provide legal advice and may handle matters as diverse as personnel law, the law of war, contracts, estate law, and both prosecuting and defending in court martial cases. They make a four-year commitment to active duty followed by a period in the U.S. Reserves.