University of Buffalo Law School
| The University at Buffalo School of Law | |
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| Established | 1887 |
| School type | Public |
| Dean | James A. Gardner (Interim) |
| Location | Amherst, New York, U.S. |
| Enrollment | 456 |
| Faculty | 42 |
| USNWR ranking | 106 |
| Website | www.law.buffalo.edu |
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Founded in 1887, the University at Buffalo School of Law (also known as UB Law, State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, or SUNY Buffalo Law School) is a graduate professional school at the University at Buffalo. It is the State University of New York (SUNY) system's only law school. U.S. News & World Report ranks the University at Buffalo School of Law 106th in the nation for 2018, a drop of six places from the previous year, and the first time the law school has dropped out of the second tier. However, many lesser known sites rank the Law School much higher. The University at Buffalo School of Law is No. 1 in Thomson Reuter's "Super Lawyers" ranking of law graduates practicing in Upstate New York, which includes 54 of the 62 counties in New York State. This is in addition to the UB Law School's 2010 national ranking, where it placed 48th out of the 180 law schools in the country that produced Super Lawyers, a measure which examines "twelve indicators of professional achievement". Also, Malcolm Gladwell, in the New Yorker Magazine, devised a formula that ranks UB within the top 50 whereas Reuters ranks UB Law as 48th overall in the nation.
According to the University at Buffalo School of Law's 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 60.5% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
The University at Buffalo School of Law has a favorable student-faculty ratio of 12.5:1. Currently, more than 75 percent of its upper division courses comprise fewer than 40 students. In addition, many of the 81 faculty members hold advanced degrees in the social sciences and other disciplines in conjunction with their law degrees.
The first-year program includes traditional legal courses in civil procedure, torts, contracts, property, criminal law, constitutional law, and ethics. In the second and third years students choose from a dozen curricular concentrations that allow for in-depth study. Each student has the opportunity to craft a custom-made curriculum, beyond the selected concentrations to build a personalized sequence of courses and experiences.
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