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.

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.

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.

Less Debt = More Opportunities

12/20/19

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.

Inspiring Innovation

2/5/20

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.

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Creating real change: a conversation with UB School of Law alum Orlando Dickson
7/6/20
Civic leader and activist Orlando Dickson, JD ’19, brings a wide lens to the nation’s current reckoning with racism and police brutality. Born in Chicago and raised in Las Vegas, he spent most of his childhood homeless before joining the Army on his 18th birthday. He served for nine years, doing two tours of duty (in Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively), and eventually taking college courses online. He left the military the day he earned his degree; two years later, at the age of 28, he entered law school at UB.
Professor Mutua appointed to state advisory committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
6/30/20
Her appointment comes at a tipping-point moment in history. Mutua says she recognizes that anyone concerned with ensuring and expanding civil rights in America can see opportunity in the current moment.
Anne E. Joynt ’05 to lead 2020-21 Law Alumni Association
6/29/20
Anne E. Joynt ’05, a junior partner in the Buffalo law firm Lipsitz Ponterio, LLC, has been elected 2020-2021 president of the UB Law Alumni Association (LAA).
Using the tools of law to advocate for racial justice
6/29/20
At a time of high emotion nationwide over racial injustice and violence, the School of Law is reinforcing its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Four new alumni leaders join the Dean’s Advisory Council
6/29/20
The four newest members of the Dean’s Advisory Council are geographically worlds apart – two practice in Buffalo, two in San Diego – but all are coming together in the best interests of the School of Law and its students.

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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

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