School of Law

Learn by Doing at New York State’s Law School

7/26/22

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

Inspiring Innovation

7/26/22

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

Less Debt = More Opportunities

7/26/22

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.

More Than a Law School

7/26/22

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

Welcome New Law Students

7/27/22

Congratulations on your admission to UB School of Law! We look forward to welcoming you to campus for New Student Orientation being held Monday, August 22.

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.

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UB Law goes to Washington to honor Judge Paul L. Friedman '68 with its highest award
7/25/22
The presentation of the 2022 Edwin F. Jaeckle Award to Judge Paul L. Friedman '68 drew remarks from the highest echelons of the bench and bar—including past presidents of the American Bar Association, a national legal affairs correspondent, a former deputy attorney general for the United States, the chief judge of U.S. District Court's D.C. Circuit and our newest U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Student blog posts commemorate 50th anniversary of Title IX
7/19/22
The UB Law Sports & Entertainment Forum marked the 50 anniversary of Title IX of the Higher Education Act with the publication of a series of student blog posts reviewing the decades-old law in a new light.
Expanding crucial bar support at crunch time
7/19/22
There’s strength in numbers—and motivation, and camaraderie, and by all accounts some excellent breakfast options. That’s one happy result of a UB School of Law initiative this summer to provide extended support to newly graduated students as they prepare for the New York State Bar Exam.
Back in person, Discover Law explores the possibilities
7/20/22
The energy was positive and the spirits were high as 19 undergraduate students worked, socialized and pondered their way through the Discover Law Program held this summer in O'Brian Hall.
A new approach to practice for a new generation of lawyers
7/25/22
At first Professor Luis Chiesa thought he’d limit enrollment in his new course, called Contemplative Practice, Meditation, and Law, to 30 students. When registration filled up within five minutes and dozens more students were eager to get in, he had to rethink the plan.
Together again! A reunion full of smiles
7/20/22
A beautiful setting, good music, great food, incredible summer weather—it all came together for our All-Alumni Reunion Celebration held on June 4th. And because this was the first such gathering since the pandemic began, the good vibes were off the chart.

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Health and Safety

A Message to the Community

The announcement of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization marks a monumental setback to the rights of women to make personal decisions about their healthcare. In the dissent, Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan write, “Whatever the exact scope of the coming laws, one result of today’s decision is certain: the curtailment of women’s rights, and of their status as free and equal citizens.”

The University at Buffalo School of Law is resolute in our mission of promoting justice. As the State of New York’s law school, we support Governor Kathy Hochul in her commitment to protecting access to safe reproductive healthcare as a fundamental human right. And we remain dedicated to preparing future lawyers and leaders who will fight to defend our inalienable rights and uphold justice for all." - Dean Aviva Abramovsky

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The Changemakers

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

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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.