Study by Robert Granfield, Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology at the State University of New York at Buffalo and is director of the Institute for the Study of Law and Urban Justice. He is also the cofounder of the Initiative on Civic Engagement and Public Policy at SUNY-Buffalo. He is the author of more than 50 scholarly articles and reviews and has published four books, including Making Elite Lawyers: Visions of Law at Harvard and Beyond (Routledge, 1992). Granfield has conducted a range of empirical investigations in the areas of law and legal institutions as well as in the areas of substance abuse prevention, addiction, and recovery.