New Law Schools

<p>Marny, I’m not familiar with the intern program…I graduated in '81. However, back in the old days, the kids who came to NYC to practice fell into 3 camps. One group was top of the class, Law Review etc. and courted by all the same top firms as similar grads of other law schools, second were those just below the top who interviewed with and were employed by smaller, less national/international firms (the word boutique did not exist wrt law firms in those days!) and last was the group originally from the NY metro area who were returning to this area with or without a job. My understanding from friends, colleagues and people in the UB Law administration is that for a period of time, say mid 90’s to recently, it was harder to place UB grads in groups 1 & 2. I know that they are making a concerted effort to become a less regional school and I think that will help with placement outside of the upstate area. I was the only graduate my year at my firm, and I could still name the classmates who went to firms anyone outside of NY had heard of. In those years, and I suspect since as well, UB had good placement with Justice (all divisions), and the DAs office.</p>