Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic.

Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic

Our Mission: Because recovery goes beyond disaster relief, #UBLawResponds provides practical legal research and thoughtful pro bono service, through an ongoing collaborative partnership with the people of Puerto Rico.

Nuestra Misión: Debido a que el camino a la restauración es mucho más que la reparación de los efectos de un desastre natural, la misión de la clínica legal de la Universidad del Estado de Nueva York es la contribución al proceso de eatribución de pooder para la gente de Puerto Rico. Deseamos ser aliados para proveer servicios de investigación legal gratuita atrevés de solicitudes fáciles y prácticas en colaboración con la comunidad puertorriqueña. #UBLawResponds

Read Our Blog
Give to Our Fund  give to the prralc fund
Download our flyer  click to download a flyer
Contact Us

Kim Diana Connolly, Co-Director
Jorge Farinacci Fernos, Co-Director
Luis E. Chiesa, Academic Consultant

University at Buffalo, School of Law
507 O'Brian Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-1100
716-645-2167, law-clinic@buffalo.edu

The Clinic Faculty/Staff Our Students In the News
Local/National News:
  • Feb. 02, 2020 – “UB Legal Group Returns from Puerto Rico Trip,” Spectrum News
  • Jan. 21, 2020 – UB Legal Group Helps Out With Puerto Rico Earthquake Relief, Spectrum News
  • January 2020 - Legal clinic returns to earthquake-rattled Puerto Rico to provide on-the-ground support, UB Law Links
  • Dec. 17, 2918 - WGRZ-TV’s program “commUNITY"
  • Apr. 16, 2018 - "UB Law students provide hands-on legal help in Puerto Rico," Spectrum News
  • Feb. 23, 2018 - "Law School clinic's lesson: forget pay, perks, positions," New York Law Journal
  • Jan 21, 2018 - "UB Law students lend a hand in Puerto Rico," Buffalo Business First  & Buffalo Law Journal
  • Jan. 19, 2018 - "UB law students dispensing bottled water, and legal aid, in Puerto Rico trip," The Buffalo News
  • Jan. 18, 2018 - "Buffalo Law Students See Puerto Rico Trip as Defining Moment in Their Legal Education," New York Law Journal
  • Jan. 18, 2018 - "Jonathan Reyes-Colon: His 2 Worlds Have Come Together," New York Law Journal
  • Nov. 7, 2017 - "UB Law School clinic to help hurricane victims," The Daily Record

UB Publications:

University of Puerto Rico Publications:

  • Jan. 22, 2018 - Visita de la profesora Kim Connolly, Directora de la Clínica de Asistencia Legal de la Escuela de Derecho de State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY) (Read English translation)