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Law Library & Law School Archives


Charles B. Sears Law Library Archives

The Charles B. Sears Law Library maintains a collection of historical materials generated or collected by various departments in the Law Library, including administrative and faculty reports, correspondence, exhibits, publications, photographs, clippings, etc., from 1952-2007 [bulk 1970-2005].

Materials were culled from weeded administrative and library faculty files. Significant materials were also donated by Prof. Wade Newhouse which were collected or written during his stints as Acting Director. Those items are so noted.

For more information about the collection, consult the finding aid.

University at Buffalo Law School Archives

Historical materials by and about the University at Buffalo School of Law in the following special collections:


University at Buffalo Law School Records - UBLS

This collection contains administrative and faculty reports and records, commemorative booklets, publications, photographs, correspondence, clippings, external ephemera about the Law School, etc.

For more information about the collection, consult the finding aid.


University at Buffalo Law School Serials - UBLS Serials

The collection also includes uncataloged serials published or compiled by the University at Buffalo School of Law. Law reviews and other journals published by the Law School may be located using the online catalog.

For more information about the collection, consult the finding aid.

  • The Opinion
  • The Opinion was the student newspaper of the University at Buffalo School of Law, published continuously from Fall 1949 until Spring 2000, then sporadically until Fall 2015.

  • UB Law Forum
  • The UB Law Forum, published since 1985, provides news related to the School of Law and its faculty, alumni and students.

  • The Advocate
  • The Advocate was the yearbook for the University at Buffalo School of Law. It was published from 1953 to 1987, and from 1999 to 2006.

  • UB Law School Law Journals Collection
  • The DC@UB Law Journal Collection contains the complete runs of all of the student-run law journals published by the University at Buffalo School of Law.


Records of the Law School Alumni Association - UBLAA

This collections contains minutes from the Law School Alumni Association's monthly Board of Directors' meetings, annual meetings, treasurer's reports and related materials.

For more information about the collection, consult the finding aid.