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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.

More Than a Law School

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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.

Passionate. Purposeful. Proud to be Public.

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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.

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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In the Press

The New York Law Journal published an op-ed co-authored by Vice Dean Bernadette Gargano calling for an increase in the provision of legal services for unrepresented civil litigants in federal courts.

Vox mentioned Professor Matthew Dimick’s paper “Productive Unionism” in an article about sectoral bargaining, where unions negotiate with industrial sectors, not specific companies.

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Niagara River Corridor receives international wetlands status
10/2/19
The Niagara River – and pro bono work by University at Buffalo School of Law students – is gaining national prominence as the river and its corridor are named a Wetland of International Importance and part of the Ramsar Convention.
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.

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