School of Law

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.

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.

Inspiring Innovation

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

Charging the Field

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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.

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 Colorado Sun reported on the ethics of Colorado’s felony murder law and included comments by Professor Guyora Binder on a proposal from Colorado State Senator Pete Lee to reclassify the charge from first-degree murder to second-degree murder.

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Civil Liberties and Transparency Clinic’s New Expert
1/14/20
Our Civil Liberties & Transparency Clinic has hired Michael Higgins as a staff attorney and clinical teaching fellow who will continue the Clinic’s work in the areas of government accountability and freedom of the press.
Legal clinic to provide on-the-ground support to earthquake-rattled Puerto Rico
1/9/20
University at Buffalo School of Law’s Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic is preparing for its fifth service-learning trip to the island where a #UBLawResponds team of students and faculty will continue legal and policy work to support a resilient Puerto Rico.
Second-year law student balances law school and service
12/18/19
In the Army they call it war gaming. You ask yourself: If I were the enemy, how could I poke holes in this plan? Lawyers know it as constructing an argument.
Michael Battle '81 to receive the 2020 Jaeckle Award
12/11/19
Former U.S. Attorney Michael A. Battle will receive the 2020 Edwin F. Jaeckle Award, the highest honor the University at Buffalo School of Law and the UB Law Alumni Association can bestow.

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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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On the front lines of artificial intelligence
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From tech business to tech law
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A new wave of legal marketing
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Leading the way for next-generation tech
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A cutting edge in cancer care
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Creative thinking from the bench
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Creating her own path
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Helping leaders to connect
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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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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.