University at Buffalo School of Law students pose for a class photo outside a campus building, many making the UB horns hand sign.

Introducing our JD Class of 2029!

Welcome the University at Buffalo School of Law’s JD Class of 2029! We are excited to see the impact they will make within our law school community and beyond.

These figures are accurate as of August 18, 2026.
If you have any further questions about these figures, please contact the Admissions Office.

This year’s Median LSAT Score:  159

By the Numbers

Completed Applications Received: 1,199
Entering Class: 149

Median LSAT: 159
25th-75th percentile: 156 – 162

Median GPA: 3.73
25th-75th percentile: 3.53 – 3.89

First Generation College Students: 15%
First Generation Law Students: 71%

Females: 55%
Males
: 43%
Gender non-conforming/Other: 2%

Age Range: 19 – 49
Average Age: 25
Age 25+: 28%

Advanced Degrees: 9%
Ethnic Diversity: 28%

Geographic Diversity

In State Population: 85%
Out of State Population: 15% (includes international)

Countries/States Represented:
Connecticut, Florida, Ghana, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ontario (Canada), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming

County Breakdown:
Albany (2), Bronx (1), Cattaraugus (1), Chautauqua (2), Chenango (1), Erie (61), Herkimer (1), Kings (4), Madison (1), Monroe (18), Nassau (3), New York (2), Niagara (10), Onondaga (1), Ontario (3), Orange (3), Queens (3), Steuben (1), Suffolk (2), Tompkins (1), Ulster (1), Warren (1), Westchester (2), Wyoming (1)

Languages spoken:
American Sign Language, Amharic, Bengali/Bangla, Bosnian, Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, Croatian, Dinka, French, Georgian, German, Greek, Hindi, Igbo, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu

Where they have lived, worked, or studied:
Australia, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Paths to Law School

  • African American Studies
  • Anthropology
  • ASL English Interpretation
  • Biology, General
  • Biology, Specialization
  • Business Administration
  • Business Management
  • Business/Commerce - Other
  • Chemistry, General
  • Community & International Development
  • Computer Science, General
  • Criminal Justice
  • Criminology
  • Economics
  • English
  • English Literature and Language Studies
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Finance
  • French
  • Geography
  • Global Studies
  • Government & Politics
  • Government/Service
  • History
  • Humanities – Pre-Law
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Industrial Relations
  • International Relations
  • International Studies
  • Journalism
  • Law
  • Legal Studies
  • Media Study
  • Middle Eastern, South Asian & African Studies
  • Music
  • New Media Marketing
  • Paralegal
  • Philosophy
  • Physics, General
  • Policy Analysis & Management
  • Policy Studies
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Religion & Human Values and History
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Spanish Language & Literature
  • Sport Management
  • World Politics
  • Adelphi University
  • Alfred University
  • Baruch College
  • Binghamton University
  • Brandman University
  • Brown University
  • Buffalo State University
  • Canisius University
  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Daemen University
  • Duquesne University
  • Franklin & Marshall College
  • Furman University
  • Georgetown University
  • George Washington University
  • Grinnell College
  • Hamilton College
  • Harvard University
  • Indiana University Bloomington
  • Iona University
  • John Carroll University
  • Le Moyne College
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • Loyola University Maryland
  • McGill University
  • Medaille College
  • Mercyhurst University
  • Michigan State University
  • Nazareth University
  • New York University
  • Niagara University
  • Ohio State University
  • Oregon State University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Rollins College
  • Seton Hall University
  • St. Bonaventure University
  • St. John Fisher University
  • St. John’s University
  • St. Lawrence University
  • Stony Brook University
  • SUNY Brockport
  • SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  • SUNY Fredonia
  • SUNY Geneseo
  • SUNY Oswego
  • SUNY Plattsburgh
  • SUNY Potsdam
  • Syracuse University
  • Temple University
  • Trinity College
  • University at Buffalo
  • University of Buckingham
  • University of Ghana
  • University of Central Florida
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Dayton
  • University of Florida
  • University of Maryland, College Park
  • University of North Texas
  • University of Rochester
  • University of Southern Mississippi
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Vermont
  • University of Wyoming
  • Vassar College
  • Washington & Jefferson College
  • Western Washington University
  • Whitworth University
  • Wilfrid Laurier University
  • York University
  • ABLE Program Manager
  • Academic Advisor
  • Accredited Education Department Manager
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Administrative Coordinator
  • Admission Counselor
  • American Sign Language Interpreter
  • AmeriCorps VISTA
  • AmeriCorps VISTA Fellow for Mobilizing Opportunities for Volunteer Experience (M.O.V.E.)
  • Analyst
  • Assistant Coordinator
  • Assistant Daycare Teacher
  • Assistant Retirement Benefits Examiner
  • Associate
  • Baker
  • Bankruptcy Paralegal
  • Bar Back
  • Bar Manager
  • Barista
  • Bartender
  • Beauty Advisor
  • Belonging and Enrichment Committee Coordinator
  • Bike Department Manager
  • Bistro Supervisor
  • Brand Manager
  • Brand Representative
  • Building Manager
  • Business Intelligence Specialist
  • C-Store Advisor
  • Calendar/Billing Assistant
  • Camp Counselor
  • Campaign Intern
  • Case Manager
  • Cashier
  • Cashier Manager
  • Chapter President
  • Chemistry Teaching Assistant
  • Civil Engineer Intern
  • Clerical Assistant
  • Clerk
  • Closing Specialist
  • Co-Manager
  • Community Engagement Manager
  • Community Outreach Coordinator
  • Content Writer
  • Continuing Education Specialist in Risk Management
  • Contributing Writer
  • COO
  • Copy Editor
  • Copywriter
  • Court Clerk
  • Creative Director
  • Crew Chief
  • Crew Member
  • Criminal Law Legal Assistant
  • Cross Country Coach
  • CSTEP Summer Research Intern
  • Customer Service Representative
  • Customer Success Associate
  • Data Analyst
  • Deputy Executive Director
  • Director of Content
  • Director of Event Planning and Relations
  • Director of Policy
  • Dishwasher
  • Editor-in-Chief
  • Environmental Project Assistant
  • Environmental Scientist
  • Esthetician
  • Executive Assistant to the President
  • Federal Research Manager
  • Field Organizer
  • Free People Stylist
  • Front End Coordinator/Manager
  • Graduate Assistant
  • Groundskeeper
  • Head Counselor
  • Head Squash Coach
  • High Ropes Technician
  • Hindi Language Program Coordinator
  • Hockey Referee
  • Home Equity Processor
  • Hostess
  • Housekeeper
  • HR Specialist
  • HRIS Analyst
  • Immigration Legal Assistant
  • Insurance Law Legal Assistant
  • Intellectual Property Legal Assistant
  • Judicial Assistant
  • Kindergarten Teacher
  • Lab Assistant
  • Landscaping
  • Law Clerk
  • Lead After-School Teacher
  • Lead PAL Tutor
  • Lead Researcher
  • Leasing Coordinator/Administrative Assistant
  • Leasing/Billing Coordinator
  • Legal Assistant
  • Legal Intern
  • Legislative Intern
  • Licensed Insurance Representative
  • Lieutenant/Special Projects Officer
  • Lifeguard
  • Line Cook
  • Literacy Tutor
  • Litigation Clerk
  • Litigation Legal Assistant
  • Logistics Analyst
  • Long-Term Substitute Teacher
  • Manager
  • Marketing Director
  • Mental Health Technician
  • Music Director
  • Nurse's Assistant
  • Office Manager
  • Operations Manager
  • Outdoor Educator
  • Paralegal
  • Park Naturalist
  • Patient Service Representative
  • Pharmacy Technician
  • Phlebotomy Intern
  • Piano Teacher
  • Pre-Litigation Intern
  • President
  • Press Intern
  • Production Worker
  • Program Aide
  • Program Coordinator
  • Program Coordinator in Dispute Resolution and Restorative Practices
  • Program Manager
  • Project Assistant
  • Project Coordinator
  • Property Tax Intern
  • Proposal Coordinator
  • Public Policy Intern
  • Receptionist
  • Regional Field Specialist
  • Research Assistant
  • Research Intern
  • Residential Advisor
  • Restaurant Hostess
  • Restaurant Server
  • Retail Sales Associate
  • Retail Trainer
  • Rugby Referee
  • Run Coach
  • Sales Associate
  • Sales Manager
  • Sauna Studio Staff
  • Scientist
  • Scorekeeper
  • Senior Consultant
  • Senior Manager of Brand Communications
  • Senior Peer Consultant
  • Senior Vice President
  • Server
  • Sous Chef
  • Social Media Assistant
  • Special Education Administrator
  • Special Projects Manager
  • Staff Paralegal
  • Store Associate
  • Store Manager
  • Student Ambassador
  • Student Assistant
  • Student Pilot
  • Student Researcher
  • Student Tutor
  • Substitute Teacher
  • Swim Coach
  • Switchboard Operator
  • Teaching Assistant
  • Technical Project Manager
  • Transition Coordinator
  • Tutor
  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
  • Universal Banker
  • Urban Fellow Intern
  • Valet
  • Vice President
  • Waitress
  • Warehouse Clerk
  • Wealth Management Advisor
  • Women's Rugby President
  • Youth Support Specialist
  • Agape Hospice
  • Allegany County Court
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • American Climate Corps
  • American Legion Auxiliary Empire Girls State
  • AmeriCorps
  • AmeriCorps/JVC Northwest
  • Amherst Central Alumni Foundation
  • Anew Center
  • The Bell Center
  • Best Buddies
  • The Blood Center
  • The Borgen Project
  • Buffalo C.A.R.E.S. Animal Rescue
  • Buffalo City Court
  • Buffalo City Mission
  • Buffalo Community Laboratory
  • Buffalo Food Not Bombs
  • Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
  • Catholic Health
  • Chautauqua Lake Rowing Associations
  • Chenango County District Attorney's Office
  • Child and Family Services
  • City of Rochester
  • Clean Air Coalition of WNY
  • Congressional Office of Dan Newhouse
  • Congressman Tim Kennedy's Buffalo District Office
  • Councilwoman Everhart
  • Dartmouth Class Alumni Executive Committee
  • Davis-Ulmer Fire Sprinkler
  • District Congressional Office
  • DSA – 2025/26 Tax the Rich Campaign
  • DSA – Zohran Mamdani and Adam Bojak Campaigns
  • EarthEcho
  • Eleanor's Legacy
  • Elmwood Village Charter School
  • Empire State Ride
  • Erie County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project
  • Erie County Democratic Committee
  • Erie County Sheriff's Office
  • Erie Niagara Area Health Education Center
  • Feeding America
  • For Goodness Cakes
  • Frank Lloyd Wright's Graycliff
  • Friends of Night People
  • Fuzzy Fawn Wildlife
  • Gavia LifeCare Center
  • Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Troop 0036
  • GRACE Marketplace
  • Grace Smith House
  • Green Law Firm
  • Guitars Over Guns
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Harvard Mindich Service Fellowship
  • Headstrong Foundation
  • Heart, Love and Soul
  • Hodgson Russ LLP
  • Huertas VT
  • iCan Bike
  • ICNA Relief
  • Immigrant Arc
  • Impact Volleyball Club
  • Indiana Democratic Party
  • International Institute of Buffalo
  • International Rescue Committee
  • International Service Center
  • InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
  • JC & Associates
  • The JED Foundation
  • Jewish Family Services Refugee Resettlement
  • Journey's End Refugee Services
  • Justice for Migrant Families
  • Kathryn Franco for Common Council
  • Kevin Guest House
  • Kids In Danger
  • Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc - LALDEF
  • The Law Firm of Yuan Jiang, P.C.
  • Law Offices at 150 Payne Ave.
  • Leadership Buffalo
  • Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
  • Legal Assistance of Western New York
  • Legislator Taisha St. Jean Tard
  • Manhattan District Attorney's Office
  • Mary Cariola Children's Center
  • Mayor of North Tonawanda
  • McGoldrick Library
  • Mental Health Advocates of Western New York
  • Meridian Strategies
  • Michael Ann Russell Jewish Community Center
  • Miracle League Orlando
  • Monroe County Clerk's Office
  • Monroe County Public Defender's Office
  • Monroe Plan for Medical Care/Elm and Oak Health
  • Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Zambia
  • National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Providers
  • Nazareth University
  • Neighborhood Legal Services
  • New Orleans Halfmoons
  • New Orleans Rowing Club
  • New York Birth Control Access Project
  • New York Central Mutual Insurance Company
  • New York Civil Liberties Union
  • New York Law Department
  • New York State Office of the Attorney General
  • New York State Unified Court System
  • NewYork-Presbyterian
  • Niagara County Family Court, Lockport
  • Niagara County Public Defender's Office
  • North Shore Youth Council
  • Office of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
  • Office of Manne and Humpf
  • Orleans County District Attorney's Office
  • Osceola County Courthouse
  • Otsego County Literacy Volunteers
  • Our City Action Buffalo
  • Peace Corps
  • Peaceprints of WNY
  • Phi Alpha Delta
  • Phillips Brooks House Association
  • Pick of the Litter
  • The Police Athletic League
  • Port Jefferson Arts Council
  • Prevention Point Pittsburgh
  • Public Defender's Office
  • The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network - RAINN
  • Refugee Assistance & Immigration Services CSS Alaska
  • Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York
  • Resurrection Life Church
  • Ride for Roswell
  • Rochester Regional Health
  • Roosevelt Elementary School
  • The Rural Outreach Center
  • SAP
  • Sarah's Circle
  • Sean Ryan for Buffalo
  • Senator Jeremy Cooney's Office
  • Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
  • Seneca County VITA Program
  • Service Scholars FLX
  • Seton Hall University – The Diplomatic Envoy
  • Seton Hall University's Women of Diplomacy Leadership Program
  • Sisters in Law
  • Special Olympics New York
  • St. John Vianney
  • St. Jude the Apostle Parish
  • St. Lawrence Vineyard Ministries
  • St. Luke's Mission
  • Stitch Buffalo
  • Suffolk County District Attorney's Office
  • Sullivan County Surrogate's Court
  • Symphony Real Estate
  • Trinity College Homelessness Project
  • Trout Unlimited
  • United Nations
  • United States House of Representatives
  • University at Buffalo CSTEP
  • University of Mississippi Alternative Break
  • Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program - VITA
  • Volunteer Lawyers Project
  • Vote Forward
  • Warren County District Attorney's Office
  • WeCare Corvallis
  • Weinrieb Law
  • Western New York Law Center
  • Women's Place of South Niagara
  • Youth Activists–Youth Allies Network - YA-YA Network
  • Zero Waste