Want to learn while doing? Want to help a client with a legal matter? Apply for a clinic!
We are now accepting applications for the Spring 2025 clinics. The deadline for the Spring 2025 application for clinics is Friday, November 8, 2024 at 5:00pm.
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.
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
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.
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.
Questions regarding the clinical program? Email law-clinic@buffalo.edu.
To apply for a clinic, please:
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.