Clinical Legal Education

The clinical programs include:

Affordable Housing Clinic - Celebrating 20 Years 2007-08
Students work with faculty and other experts to represent nonprofit developers of affordable housing and to assist in financing the creation of low-income and special-needs housing. UB Law students have leveraged over $165 million since 1987 funding 2,000 units of affordable housing in Western New York for low-income families, the elderly, targets of domestic violence, and people with disabilities.

Community Economic Development Clinic
In this clinic, students counsel community organizations and enterprises, not-for-profit corporations, worker-owned businesses, labor unions, and government agencies in a wide array of transactional matters.

Environment and Development Clinic
Students in this clinic work on projects addressing issues in the area of environment and development on behalf of local governments and/or community groups. This year the Clinic will undertake an analysis of legal and policy questions related to developing offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes.

Immigration Law Clinic
In this clinic focused on business immigration, students examine the laws, governmental agencies, and procedures used in the submission of cases to the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the U.S. Department of State.

Law and Social Work Clinic
Students enrolled in the JD/MSW dual degree program work in legal service agencies, social service agencies, prosecutor offices, or in the therapeutic courts consistent with their concentration in the Masters of Social Work Program. Students are also enrolled in the JD/MSW Colloquium to discuss issues and concerns of being a dual professional.

Mediation Clinic
Working on cases referred by local courts or other mediation agencies, students help resolve disputes in family law, small claims, and the community. They learn about the dynamics of conflict, the theory and practice of negotiation, and the practical aspects of conducting an effective mediation proceeding.

William and Mary Foster Elder Law Clinic
Students work in areas relevant to medical care in the context of cases dealing with health-law issues faced by the elderly.

Women, Children & Social Justice Clinic (formerly the Family Violence Clinic)
Students work in legal service agencies, social service agencies, prosecutor offices, or legislative offices and participate in a range of legal counseling, advocacy, and research to address the problems of family violence.

Externships and Judicial Clerkships
Students participate in carefully selected and closely supervised placements, including judicial clerkships, legislative externships, and selected externships associated with curricular concentrations.