University at Buffalo Law School
University at Buffalo School of Law | |
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Established | 1887 |
School type | Public |
Dean | S. Todd Brown (Interim) |
Location | Amherst, New York, U.S. |
Enrollment | 446[1] |
Faculty | 49[2] |
USNWR ranking | 108th (2024)[3] |
Bar pass rate | 86.48%[4] |
Website | www |
The University at Buffalo School of Law (also known as State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, or SUNY Buffalo Law School) is the law school of the University at Buffalo. Founded in 1887, and affiliated with Niagara University until 1891, it is the State University of New York (SUNY) system's only law school.
According to the University at Buffalo School of Law's 2022 ABA-required disclosures, 76% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[5]
Background
The University at Buffalo School of Law has a student-faculty ratio of 5.5:1. Currently, more than 75 percent of its upper division courses comprise fewer than 40 students. In addition, many of the 81 faculty members hold advanced degrees in the social sciences and other disciplines in conjunction with their law degrees.
The first-year program includes traditional legal courses in
. In the second and third years students choose from a dozen curricular concentrations that allow for in-depth study. Each student has the opportunity to craft a custom-made curriculum, beyond the selected concentrations to build a personalized sequence of courses and experiences.Under the Law School's Legal Analysis, Writing and Research (LAWR) program, all students complete a 10-credit, three-semester LAWR curriculum, with two semesters in their first year and a third semester during their second or third years. All three semesters are taught by full-time LAWR faculty. Throughout the LAWR program, students learn legal analysis and writing through immersion in the practice of writing, and through cycles of trial and error, feedback, and reflection. Because the courses are taught in small sections with an excellent instructor-to-student ratio, students are inspired to think critically and approach legal questions in a newly disciplined way.
Most students are part of the
The Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce is a joint program of UB Law with UB's
The general
The student newspaper, The Opinion, has been in publication since November 29, 1949.[8]
UB's Clinical Legal Education program operate the school's
The
The University at Buffalo School of Law is located on the university's North Campus in O'Brian Hall, which was named after notable alumnus John Lord O'Brian.
Admissions
The class of 2021 had a median
Employment
According to the University at Buffalo School of Law's official 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 69.2% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.[5] The University at Buffalo School of Law's Law School Transparency under-employment score is 17.8%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2018 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[9]
Costs
Tuition and fees for the 2019-20 academic year will be $25,410 for in-state residents with a $2,069 comprehensive fee and a $393 "academic excellence fee." Total for New York State residents is $46,746 with an additional $4,090 for out-of-state residents. 80% of the student body received grants and scholarships. The school does not award scholarships that may be reduced or eliminated based on law school academic performance other than failure to maintain good academic standing.[10]
Notable people
Notable faculty
- Thomas Buergenthal – judge, International Court of Justice – professor 1962–1975
- William R. Greiner – former President of University at Buffalo, 1991–2004; former professor, provost, and dean of the University at Buffalo Law School
- Jacob D. Hyman – former dean
- Muhammad Kenyatta – visiting professor, 1988-1992
- sociologist, author of The Lonely Crowd, professor 1937–1941
- Clyde Summers (1918–2010) – labor lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Notable alumni
- Michael A. Battle (1984) – director, Executive Office for United States Attorneys (2005–2007); United States Attorney for the Western District of New York (2002–2005)
- Harry Bronson – New York State Assemblyman
- Ronald Castorina Jr. – Former New York State Assemblyman (2016-2018); Former Commissioner NYC Board of Elections (2013-2015)
- New York State Court of Appeals
- Joseph S. Forma – Judge, New York Supreme Court
- Paul L. Friedman (1968) – United States District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
- Julio M. Fuentes (1975) – United States Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Newark, New Jersey duty station)
- United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1940 to 1947, playwright, novelist, and lawyer[11]
- William J. Hochul Jr. (1984) – United States Attorney for the Western District of New York (2010–2016)
- Sara Horowitz – Founder of Freelancers Union and Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Nicole Lee, Executive Director of TransAfrica.
- Henry J. Nowak – U.S. Representative (1975–1993)
- John Lord O'Brian – United States Attorney for the Western District of New York (1909–1914), Special U.S. Assistant Attorney General, War Emergency Division (1917–1919), U.S. Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division (1929–1933), General Counsel of the War Production Board (1941–1944)
- New York State Attorney General Candidate, and Senior Adviser to New York Governor David Paterson and Eliot Spitzer.
- Eugene F. Pigott Jr. – associate judge, New York Court of Appeals (2006–2016)
- Jack Quinn III – Former New York State Assembly Member (2004–2010)
- Cynthia M. Rufe (1977) – United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Hugh B. Scott – Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of New York; first African-American federal prosecutor
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Michael A. Telesca – United States District Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of New York
- Wallace Thayer New York State Assemblyman (1914)
- New York State Attorney General(1994–1998)
- Dale Volker – New York State Senator
- Raymond Walter – New York State Assemblyman
- Jeffrey White – Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California
See also
References
- ^ "ABA 509 Consumer Information Report" (PDF).
- ^ a b "UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO-SUNY - 2019 Standard 509 Information Report". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "University at Buffalo--SUNY - Best Law Schools - US News".
- ^ "UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO-SUNY - 2020". abarequireddisclosures.org. American Bar Association. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ a b "SUNY Buffalo Profile" (PDF).
- ^ "Buffalo Law Review website". Buffalo Law Review. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
- ^ "SUNY Buffalo Law School Law Journals". SUNY Buffalo Law School. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
- ^ "The Opinion Digital Archives". University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
- ^ "SUNY Buffalo Profile".
- ^ "Consumer Information (ABA Required Disclosures)". www.law.buffalo.edu.
- ^ "Gray, David". World Biography: Biographical Encyclopedia of the World, Volume 1. Institute for Research in Biography. 1948. p. 2057.