Welcome to our blog, #UBLawResponds. This blog gives clinic students a forum to relay their experiences while participating in School of Law’s #UBLawResponds Clinics.

You can select entries from each our clinics below.

AccessiBULL Justice Podcast For more than 40 years, University at Buffalo student attorneys and faculty in the clinics have provided access to justice through the legal system for people and organizations who need our help. This podcast has been developed to share relevant aspects of our work, as well as work of our community partners, with a wider audience. Listen to our podcast.

Summer Fellowships Every summer, the School of Law has a large number law students doing exciting public interest work through our fellowship program. None of this would be possible without the support from the Buffalo Public Interest Law Program (BPILP) and other generous donations funding several donor-driven fellowships. Follow along with our summer fellowship recipients as they describe their work..

ABA Standard 303: Curriculum (c) In 2022, the American Bar Association (ABA) revised Standard 303[*] to add a requirement that law schools provide education on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism at the start of law school and at least once before graduation. This blog is designed to provide and share resources, materials, and documents from law schools across the county in hopes in aiding schools in the implantation of Standard 303(c). [*]Am. Bar Ass’n Section of Legal Educ. & Admissions to the Bar, Revisions to the 2021-2022 ABA Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools, Standard 303 Read entries from this Project.

COVID Response Legal Clinic COVID Response Legal Clinic was created to respond to new and legally urgent needs arising from the disruptions due to COVID-19. #UBLawResponds student attorneys in this Clinic help provide legal assistance in multiple legal areas to lessen the burden on existing legal services providers. This blog was created to provide important topical areas that our student attorneys are studying and actively addressing within the Clinic. Read entries from this Clinic.

Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic This Clinic provides practical legal research and thoughtful pro bono service, through an ongoing collaborative effort to empower a resilient Puerto Rico. Read entries from this Clinic.

U.S.-Mexico Border Clinic This Clinic is an experiential course in which students will complete two weeks of intensive study in refugee and asylum law and practice followed by one week in the South Texas Family Detention Center in Dilley, Texas representing asylum seekers. Read entries from this Clinic.