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Family Violence and Womens Rights Students at the Domestic Violence Summit held on Oct. 15, 2024.

Students from the Family Violence & Women's Rights Clinic at the Domestic Violence Summit held on October 15, 2024.

Clinics are popular, so acceptance to a Clinic is not guaranteed. We recommend that you register for a full schedule in case there is not room for you in a clinic next semester. If you are approved for a clinic and submit all the required paperwork, we will help you adjust your schedule.

The application deadline for the Fall 2025 Clinics is on Friday, April 4, 2025. Follow our social media accounts for updates. 

Fall 2025 Clinics

  • Access to Justice Clinic
    12/18/24
    In the Access to Justice Clinic (A2J), student attorneys work to protect and advance civil rights, equal rights, and reproductive justice, especially for vulnerable and underrepresented communities.
  • Civil Rights & Transparency Clinic
    12/3/24
    The Civil Rights and Transparency Clinic is a litigation clinic focused on civil rights and civil liberties. As a part of our civil rights mission, we represent tenants facing eviction and engage in impact litigation in practice areas like housing and employment discrimination.
  • Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic
    12/6/24
    The Criminal Justice Advocacy Clinic provides students with an opportunity to represent incarcerated individuals in second-look proceedings and to advocate for criminal system reforms in New York State. 
  • Family Violence and Women’s Rights Clinic
    11/8/24
    In the Family Violence and Women’s Rights Clinic (FVWRC), students are invited to join the fight towards attaining justice and safety for survivors of family violence.
  • Entrepreneurship Law Center Clinic
    8/13/24
    The Entrepreneurship Law Center Clinic (e-Law Center Clinic) will provide legal services to entrepreneurs and startups who are not yet ready or able to engage outside legal counsel.
  • Environmental Advocacy Clinic
    8/26/24
    The Environmental Advocacy Clinic focuses on state, national, and international environmental policy issues that have direct impact on Western New York as well as national and international implications.
  • Sports Law Clinic
    12/6/24
    This exciting new clinic provides students with the opportunity to work on current issues in sports law and policy.  
Bar Applicant Documentation

All graduates who complete a law clinic will need to document their pro bono work in order to submit an application for admission to practice in NY.

For more information, see Pro Bono Requirement - Documenting Your Pro Bono Work for Clinic Students

Before Submitting Your Application

Applicants should be aware that all enrolled clinic students are considered members of the School of Law’s Clinical Legal Education Program Law Practice, and will be admitted to practice under a practice order. Accordingly, enrolling in a UB law clinic requires students to agree to abide by law firm policies and procedures, including appropriate conflicts checks and confidentiality commitments that may go beyond matters in the particular clinic in which the student enrolls. This will be a substantial commitment both for the semester(s) in which the student is in a clinic, and thereafter. All new clinic student attorneys are expected to enroll for at least 4 credits during their first semester.

Because of the intensity of the experience, students may not enroll in more than one clinic, practicum, or externship per semester.

Questions regarding the clinical program or related experiential learning should be directed to Vice Dean Bernadette Gargano at law-clinic@buffalo.edu.

JD/MSW Students

All JD/MSW students should consult directly with Melinda Saran regarding their choice of Clinic, or a Law and Social Work placement, for their JD/MSW Advanced year.

Application Instructions

The application deadline for the Fall 2025 Semester is Friday, April 4, 2025.

To apply for a clinic, please:

  1. Complete the online application. You must list different first and second choices for a clinic, practicum, and/or externship. You may list a third choice if you wish.
  2. Submit the online application by providing your electronic signature. Please be aware that you are now required to upload your Cover Letter, Resume, Unofficial Transcript, Writing Sample, and Conflict Inventory Acknowledgment along with your application.
  3. Submit your online application by Friday, April 4, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. 
  4. You will be notified by email of whether or not you have been selected for a clinic. Students will be reviewed by their first choice initially. If not selected, your application materials will be forwarded to your second choice.
  5. If you accept a position in a clinic you will be part of the Clinical Law Firm. Thus, your professors plan around your presence in the clinic. Accordingly, accepting an offer to participate in a clinic means you agree to stay enrolled absent extraordinary circumstances and may not withdraw without consulting your Clinic Director and the Director of Clinical Legal Education.
  6. Enrolled students must complete other necessary forms (for the court and the law firm) for registration. Your registration will not be approved until you submit all required paperwork, and your approval will be rescinded if you do not submit all paperwork within the required deadlines.
Online Application