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Powerful programs and practical opportunities. UB School of Law prepares you to tackle the real world through clinics, clerkships and hundreds of hands-on learning experiences.

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At the State of New York’s premier public law school, faculty become friends and classmates become family. Here, people go out of their way to help you, teach you, and inspire you to achieve more than you ever thought possible.

Less Debt = More Opportunities
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Advocate for the elderly. Pursue a political career. 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 – giving you the freedom to pursue a career you’ll love.

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Policy makers, thought leaders and champions for justice. Blaze your own path at UB School of Law, where access to justice is at the heart of everything we do.

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In the Press
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Las Vegas Review-Journal spoke to Nellie Drew, director of the School of Law’s Center for the Advancement of Sport, about how a professional sports work stoppage would affect tourism in Las Vegas.

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USA Today quoted Professor Mark Bartholomew in a story on Facebook changing its sign-up page slogan from “It’s free and always will be” to “It’s quick and easy.”

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News

  • Justice Ginsburg recounts a living history
    8/30/19
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg never expected to become a role model for aspiring women lawyers. She was just pursuing her passion for the law – one that led all the way to the nation’s highest court.
  • Mediation, Vienna Style: A Transformative Week at the CDRC Competition
    8/21/19
    This summer the School of Law’s mediation team, Rachel Vicario '20 and Darian Wilkom '20, advanced to the quarterfinals in the CDRC Mediation and Negotiation Competition held Vienna, Austria. Read about their experiences competing in this international event, pitting them against 85 other law students from around the globe.
  • All aboard for public service
    8/15/19
    Make way for the Justice Bus! Soon this new initiative will be rolling into neighborhoods and rural areas to provide on-the-spot legal help to poor and disabled people in Western New York.
  • D.C. alumni chapter builds on its connections
    7/24/19
    The D.C. Chapter of the UB Law Alumni Association is one of our strongest, with alumni that are helpful and supportive to the law school and to law students. That loyalty powers the work of the alumni chapter, which develops opportunities for alums to network with each other and supports the work of the law school’s career services office.
  • Pro Bono Scholars hit the ground running
    7/24/19
    The Pro Bono Scholars Program allows students in their final year of law school to devote their last semester of study to performing pro bono service through a legal services provider or law school clinic. While it’s a lot of work, it affords both the satisfaction of providing legal help where it’s sorely needed, and gives Scholars a head start on their post-law-school career.
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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.

UB School of Law receives recognition for environmental law.

Our Environmental Law program received top school recognition by the pre-eminent magazine for prospective law students.

UB has achieved an all-time high ranking among the nation’s best public and national universities.

UB has achieved an all-time high ranking among the nation’s best public and national universities.

School of Law earns recognition as a top law school for black law students.

School of Law earns recognition as a top law school for black law students.

The Knowledge Review Magazine recognized us in their annual listing of “The 10 Best Law School’s in America.".

The Knowledge Review Magazine recognized us in their annual listing of “The 10 Best Law School’s in America."

LLMGuide.com lists the School of Law as a top 10 LL.M. program in New York State.

LLMGuide.com lists the School of Law as a top 10 LL.M. program in New York State.