Externships & Judicial Externships - Placements

A sampling of just some of our past and present placement opportunities are listed below.

Applications and placement information: For instructions on how to register for an externship and judicial externship, deadlines, and a current listing of all our placement opportunities, please visit Records & Registration.

Visit our Experiential Opportunities Application for information on our application process.

Academic Institutions Externships

  • Buffalo Board of Education, Office of Legal Counsel
  • New York State Teacher’s Union (NYSUT)
  • SUNY University Counsel's Office, Higher Education and Health Law
  • University at Buffalo – NCAA Compliance & Policy

Government Externships

  • City of Buffalo Law Department
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  • Erie County Attorney
  • Erie County Clerk’s Office
  • Erie County District Attorney
  • Federal Pro Se Assistance Program (PSAP)
  • Labor Law Externship, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
  • NYS Attorney General's Office
  • NYS Liquor Authority
  • U.S. Attorney's Office
  • U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement

Judicial Externships

Available only to third-year students, multiple placement options in federal, state, county, and city courts.

  • Center for Elder Law & Justice
  • Children’s Legal Center
  • Empire Justice Center (Rochester)
  • Evergreen Health 
  • Jobs to Move America
  • Just Cause (Rochester)
  • Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
  • Monroe County Public Defender (Rochester)
  • Monroe County Conflict Defender (Rochester)
  • Neighborhood Legal Services
  • Prisoners’ Legal Services
  • Volunteer Lawyers Project