School of Law

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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.

Inspiring Innovation

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

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.

Learn by Doing at New York State’s Law School

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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.

Charging the Field

12/23/19

Make your play in the growing sports law industry. UB’s Center for the Advancement of Sport offers an interdisciplinary approach to preparing you to tackle sports-related legal issues.

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Dynamic new voices in the classroom
9/8/20
Building on its strengths, the School of Law is welcoming to the faculty four new professors who bring diverse interests but a common commitment to making the law a real force for good in society.
Grant awarded to Advocacy Institute to fund help for imprisoned DV survivors
9/3/20
UB School of Law students and faculty will address “a historic blind spot in the judicial system” with the benefit of a major grant awarded to the school’s Advocacy Institute.
Summer fellowships offer learning opportunities
8/18/20
Fundraising by the Buffalo Public Interest Law Program and support from donors are covering expenses for students in these typically unpaid positions.
Law panel discusses defunding police
9/2/20
Experts in criminal law call defunding an avenue for eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in law enforcement.
Lecturer Laura Reilly's lessons on resiliency resonate beyond the classroom
8/31/20
Before discussing anything else, professor Laura Reilly starts her Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research (LAWR) class for first-year students with lessons on resiliency — why it’s important for law students and attorneys, and how to cultivate it.
Humanities award supports Barbas’ new book
8/31/20
In its recent round of grants, the National Endowment for the Humanities has designated UB Law Professor Samantha Barbas a public scholar, awarding her a grant to support her latest book project.

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ON THE PASSING OF JUSTICE GINSBURG

Read the Dean’s Message to the Community

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A Message to the Community

"We ask that all members of our law school community join us by taking the time to truly understand individuals’ very real struggle for justice and by openly and unequivocally rejecting any and all forms of systematic racism and transphobia."

Dean Aviva Abramovsky

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

Meet Our Alumni Innovators

As the pace of change continues to accelerate, bright lawyers are reinventing how legal work is done. UB School of Law graduates are at the helm, bringing their innovative spirit to their life’s work – and changing the world along the way.

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A cutting edge in cancer care
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Leading the way for next-generation tech
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Easing the way for both clients and lawyers
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A creative approach to serving creators
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Helping leaders to connect
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Creating her own path
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On the front lines of artificial intelligence
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A new wave of legal marketing
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From tech business to tech law
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Creative thinking from the bench
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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 PreLaw Magazine.

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

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

Designated a top law school in the Eastern United States for black law students by Lawyers of Color Magazine.

The Knowledge Review Magazine recognized us in their annual list of "America's 10 Most Valuable Law Schools for 2019."

Prelaw Magazine named us a best school for Practical Training based on our clinical, externship and advocacy opportunities.