Faculty Spotlight
10/2/23

Named director of the law school’s LAWR program, Angie McDuff uses her experience coaching moot court teams to shape the next generation of legal minds.

Less Debt = More Opportunities
9/1/22

With Buffalo’s low cost of living and our affordable public-school tuition, most of our students carry less debt than their peers at other law schools.

Charging the Field
7/26/22

Get a foothold in sports law. UB's Center for the Advancement of Sport offers an interdisciplinary approach to preparing you to tackle sports-related legal issues.

Learn by Doing at New York State’s Law School
9/1/22

Powerful programs and practical opportunities. We prepare you to tackle the real world through clinics, clerkships and hundreds of hands-on learning experiences.

More Than a Law School
9/1/22

At the State of New York’s premier public law school, faculty become friends and classmates become family. Here, people help and inspire you.

2023 All-Alumni Reunion – Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023
9/27/23

Join your UB Law classmates for a night of celebration honoring the classes that end in 3 or 8.  All - no matter when you graduated - are invited! [Learn more]

Inspiring Innovation
2/1/23

Turn ideas into action. Our Entrepreneurship Law Center puts students at the forefront of an economic boom, providing legal services to entrepreneurs and startups.

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  • Podcast: Free Speech and the Supreme Court
    10/2/23

    While other children played house, Samantha Barbas played journalist. Today, she is a leading authority on the intersection of media, culture and the law. In this episode of Driven to Discover, she discusses the subject of her latest book: New York Times v. Sullivan, the 1964 case that transformed free speech in America and that could now be in danger of reversal by a very different Supreme Court.

  • Meet our new faculty
    10/2/23
    An impressive group of new instructors and scholars has joined the UB Law faculty as the fall semester gets into full swing. They bring a wide variety of experience and expertise, furthering the law school’s strengths in the interdisciplinary study of law. And they’re teaching at all levels, including traditional doctrinal courses, legal research and writing, and courses in the law school’s B.A. in Law program.
  • Doctoral students span the globe
    9/29/23
    UB Law’s newly established doctoral program has hit its stride this fall with the arrival of the first full cohort of students pursuing the JSD degree.
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Fall 2023
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A Message in Honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month:

At UB School of Law, we take pride in celebrating the diversity and vibrancy that our Latin community brings to our law school, not just for this month but for the entire year. Together, we honor the past, embrace the present, and look forward to a future where the contributions of the Latin community continue to enrich our institution and society at large.

Visit our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page where you will find:

The Changemakers

Meet 10 UB School of Law alumni who are making the fight for change central to their lives and their work.

Recognitions

The University at Buffalo School of Law is situated on the flagship campus of a world-class research-intensive public university, the largest in the northeastern United States.

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Named by PreLaw Magazine as a top school for Environmental Law.

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Designated a leading law school by PreLaw Magazine for alumni recognized as Super Lawyers.

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Recognized by PreLaw Magazine as a top school for Family Law.

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Named by PreLaw Magazine as a Best Value Law School.

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Named a Best School for Practical Training by PreLaw Magazine.