Discover Law Summer Scholars Program

This fund helps diversify our classes—and ultimately our profession.

Our award-winning Discover Law Undergraduate Scholars Program introduces talented students of color and first-generation students to law school and the rewards of a legal career.

Recognizing that there is a shortage of minorities entering the field of law, we created the program to provide an immersive experience for undergraduates interested in pursuing a career in law, expose students to critical thinking, help them develop reading and analytical skills, and provide an in-depth and thorough experience in a summer residency program.

This program is designed for academically promising college students who have completed their freshman or sophomore year, but who will not begin their junior year before the end of the program. Preference is given to students of color and first-generation college students.

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Other School of Law Funds

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Advocacy Institute Endowment Fund
6/28/24
Provide unparalleled opportunities for students to hone their advocacy skills through this fund.
Professor Virginia A. Leary Memorial Fund
6/28/24
Honoring a former human rights professor, this fund provides awards to Law School students demonstrating excellence in human rights internships.
Charles E. Mann Public Interest Award Fund
6/28/24
This fund supports first- or second-year law school students with unpaid internships in public interest.
New York City Program in Finance and Law Endowment Fund
6/28/24
Give students the opportunity to learn firsthand about the high-stakes world of corporate finance through this fund.
School of Law Emergency Student Assistance Fund
6/28/24
This fund helps students through emergencies that might otherwise disrupt their progress toward a law degree.
Buffalo Public Interest Law Program
6/28/24
This fund helps support students who work in the public interest each summer during law school.
Hon. Samuel L. Green '67 Endowed Award Fund
6/28/24
The fund provides awards to students in the Law School in honor of a trailblazing lawyer, jurist and mentor.
Joseph P. Peperone Memorial Fund
6/28/24
Well-rounded second- and third-year law school students receive scholarships through this fund.
Law School Career Services Fund
6/28/24
Help law students and alumni pursue successful careers through this fund.
Women, Children and Social Justice Awards
6/28/24
Honoring the women who started the Women, Children, and Social Justice Clinic, this fund provides awards to law students in the field of intimate partner violence.
Matthew J. Schnirel Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund
6/28/24
Third-year law students who have participated in the Trial Advocacy program receive scholarships through this fund.
Discover Law Summer Scholars Program
6/28/24
This fund helps diversify our classes—and ultimately our profession.
Law School Capital Improvement Fund
6/28/24
Support enhancements and improvements throughout the law school with this fund.
Professor William R. Greiner Scholarship Endowment Fund
6/28/24
Law students who exemplify leadership ability and dedication to public service receive scholarships through this fund, named in honor of UB’s 13th president.
Monique E. Emdin Memorial Award
6/28/24
This fund recognizes Law School seniors who are in groups traditionally under-represented in the legal profession.
Law School Summer Fellowship Fund
6/28/24
Students gain opportunities to participate in meaningful, career-advancing experiences through the support of this fund.
School of Law Social Justice and Racial Equity Fund
6/28/24
Help expand our capacity to nurture promising students of color and respond to critical issues of justice and equity through this fund.
Louis A. Del Cotto Endowment Professorship
6/28/24
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Law School Scholarship Fund
6/28/24
Support students demonstrating financial need and academic achievement through this fund.
Law School Clinical Program
6/28/24
This fund helps deliver access to justice while teaching UB law students to be excellent, ethical and engaged lawyers.

News from the School of Law

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New endowment strengthens Advocacy Institute's trial teams
1/18/21
UB School of Law’s trial competition teams will continue to flourish thanks to a major gift
Debunking the presidential campaign promises
4/20/16
A panel of law professors became the Party of No on April 13, as they responded to students’ questions in a forum titled “2016 Presidential Campaign Promises: Can They Be Achieved?”
Former dean Newhouse dies at 91
7/7/14
Wade J. Newhouse Jr., a longtime Law School faculty member and dean of the school from July 1986 to December 1987, passed away on May 21. A resident of Getzville, N.Y., he was 91 years old.
Administering justice after a disaster
10/8/14
Attorney Kenneth R. Feinberg’s 2014 Lippes Lecture addressed the complex and emotional process of applying money to soothe the human wounds of mass tragedies.
Law School announces new Veterans’ Economic Security Clinic
11/6/14
On Nov. 11 the Law School will hold an event marking the launch of a new Veterans’ Economic Security Clinic which will provide free civil legal services to veterans.
High-powered board will advise UB School of Law Advocacy Institute
5/16/16
The Advocacy Institute – the School of Law’s newest signature initiative to train students to become the best advocates in the profession – has taken a major step forward with the naming of a high-profile National Advisory Board.
U.S. News data shows Buffalo Law grads’ debt load is light
11/18/15
The latest data on a much-talked-about issue in legal education, the amount of education debt carried by new graduates, shows that the University at Buffalo School of Law grads carry less debt than nearly ninety percent of their peers.

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