Externships provide you with the opportunity to apply your doctrinal knowledge and skills in actual practice settings. In order to make it easier for you to choose an Externship based on your interests and/or coursework concentration, we have grouped the Externships by area of law. Please note that many externships and/or agencies have multiple areas of law.
This listing can change as opportunities become available. Please contact law-externship@buffalo.edu if you have any questions.
Athletics/Sports Law
UB – Collegiate Athletic Policy Formulation & Administration
Attorney for the Child
Children’s Legal Center
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
Legal Aid Society of Rochester
Business Law
Western New York Law Center – Small Business Legal Clinic
Civil Legal Services
Center for Elder Law & Justice
- Consumer Protection
- Elder Abuse Prevention
- Guardianship Services
- Health Care Advocacy
- Kinship Care Legal Services
- Long Term Care Resident Advocacy
- MedLaw Partnership of WNY
- Surrogate’s Court Help Desk
Empire Justice Center
JustCause (Rochester)
- Health Unit – Wills, Powers of Attorney, Advanced Directives
- Family Unit – Custody, Visitation, Divorce
- Tenant Defense Project (TDP)
- Immigration
- 7th Judicial District Help Center
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
- Civil Unit
- Coordinated Refugee Asylee Legal Services Project
Legal Aid Society of Rochester
- Education Law Unit
- Family Law Unit
- Housing and Consumer Law Unit
Neighborhood Legal Services
- Healthy Homes Externship
- Public Benefits Unit Externship
NYS Attorney General Buffalo & Rochester Regional Office
Prisoners Legal Services of New York
Volunteer Lawyers Project
- Attorney of the Morning at City Court - Landlord-Tenant issues
- Family Court Help Desk (Erie County, Monday – Friday; Niagara County, Wednesday)
- Working with Positive Families and Individuals – health related planning
U.S. Attorney’s Office - Buffalo & Rochester Offices
Civil Judicial placements (3Ls only)
NYS Court of Appeals (Buffalo)
NYS Supreme Court (Buffalo/Erie Co., Lockport/Niagara Co., Mayville/Chautauqua Co., and Rochester/Monroe Co.)
NYS Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 4th Department (Buffalo)
US District Court, WDNY (Buffalo and Rochester)
Corporate/Business & Transactional
Entrepreneurial Law Center Externship
Consumer/Debtor-Creditor Law
Center for Elder Law & Justice – Consumer Protection
JustCause (Rochester) – 7th Judicial District Help Center
Legal Aid Society of Rochester – Consumer Law
Western New York Law Center – Consumer Debt issues
Corporate/Debtor-Creditor Judicial law placement (3Ls only)
NYS Supreme Court Commercial Division (Buffalo/Erie Co. and Rochester/Monroe Co.)
US Bankruptcy Court, WDNY
Criminal Law
Assigned Counsel Program
Buffalo City Court Judges (3Ls only)
- Domestic Violence Court
- Drug Treatment Court
- Mental Health Court
- Veteran’s Treatment Court
Erie County District Attorney’s Office
- Appellate Bureau
- Domestic Violence Bureau
- Trials Bureau
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
- Appeals and Post-Conviction Unit
- Criminal Defense (City Court)
Monroe County District Attorney’s Office
- General
- Special Victim’s Unit
Monroe County Public Defender
Niagara County District Attorney
NYS Inspector General
US Attorney’s Office - Buffalo & Rochester Offices
Criminal Law Judicial placements (3Ls only)
Buffalo City Court
NYS Court of Appeals (Buffalo)
NYS Supreme Court (Buffalo/Erie Co., Lockport/Niagara Co., Mayville/Chautauqua Co., and Rochester/Monroe Co.)
NYS Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 4th Department (Buffalo)
US District Court Judges & Magistrate Judges, WDNY (Buffalo and Rochester)
Education Law
Buffalo Board of Education - Office of General Counsel
Legal Aid Society of Rochester – Education Law Unit
SUNY Office of General Counsel - Higher Education and Health Law
Environmental
NYS Attorney General’s Office - Environmental Protection Bureau
Family Law (see also Attorney for the Child above)
Assigned Counsel Program
Center for Elder Law & Justice
- Elder Abuse Prevention
- Guardianship Services
- Kinship Care Legal Services
- Long Term Care Resident Advocacy
- Surrogate’s Court Help Desk
JustCause (Rochester) – Family Unit
Legal Aid Society of Rochester – Family Law Unit
NYS Supreme Court Expedited Matrimonial Part (Buffalo/Erie County)
- This placement can be either an externship (2Ls or 3Ls); or a judicial externship (3Ls)
Volunteer Lawyers Project
- Family Court Help desk (Erie County and Niagara County)
- Working with Positive Families and Individuals – health related planning
Family Law Judicial Placements (3Ls only)
Erie County Family Court
Erie County Surrogate’s Court
Monroe County Surrogate’s Court
NYS Supreme Court Expedited Matrimonial Part (Buffalo/Erie County)
- This placement can be either an externship (2Ls or 3Ls); or a judicial externship (3Ls)
Health Law
Center for Elder Law & Justice
- Elder Abuse Prevention
- Guardianship Services
- Health Care Advocacy
- Long Term Care Resident Advocacy
- MedLaw Partnership of WNY
JustCause (Rochester) – Health Unit
SUNY Office of General Counsel - Higher Education and Health Law
Trillium Health, Inc. (Rochester)
Housing Law
Center for Elder Law & Justice – Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention
JustCause (Rochester) – Tenant Defense Project (TDP)
Legal Aid Society of Rochester – Housing Law
Neighborhood Legal Services – Healthy Homes
Volunteer Lawyers Project - Attorney of the Morning at City Court - Landlord-Tenant issues
Immigration and Asylum law
Journey’s End Refugee Services
JustCause (Rochester) -- Immigration
Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo - Coordinated Refugee Asylee Legal Services Project
Legal Aid Society of Rochester – Immigration Unit
US Immigration & Customs Enforcement
Volunteer Lawyers Project – Immigration (Buffalo and Batavia)
Immigration and Asylum law judicial placements (3Ls only)
US District Court, WDNY (Buffalo and Rochester)
Intellectual Property law
UB Technology Transfer – Contracts & Patents
SUNY Research Foundation – Contracts & Patents
Judicial (3Ls only) – intensive or regular
Buffalo City Court
Erie County Family Court
Erie County Surrogate’s Court
Monroe County Surrogate’s Court
NYS Court of Appeals (Buffalo)
NYS Supreme Court (Buffalo/Erie Co., Lockport/Niagara Co., Mayville/Chautauqua Co., and Rochester/Monroe Co.)
NYS Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 4th Department (Buffalo)
NYS Supreme Court Commercial Division (Buffalo/Erie Co. and Rochester/Monroe Co.)
NYS Supreme Court Expedited Matrimonial Part (Buffalo/Erie County)
US Bankruptcy Court, WDNY
US District Court, WDNY (Buffalo and Rochester)
Labor and Employment Law
Buffalo Board of Education – Office of General Counsel
Erie County Labor Relations
Kaleida Health
NYSUT (New York State United Teachers) Legal Department – Western NY
Public Employees Relations Board (PERB) - Administrative Law Judge
- This placement can be either an externship (2Ls or 3Ls); or a judicial externship (3Ls)
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Law Library
Law Library
Legislative
NYS Assembly and Senate
Municipal Law – contracts, zoning, some labor & employment
City of Buffalo Law Department
Erie County Attorney
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA)
NYS Liquor Authority
Tax Law
Taxpayer Advocate Service
Volunteer Lawyers Project – Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
Veterans Law
Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of General Counsel