3Ls - Please report your Pro Bono hours - you could receive a Commencement cord

[Undergraduate Law BA]

The School of Law values student pro bono work that is not for credit, paid, or stipend/fellowship supported. This spring, at Commencement, we will recognize those students whose pro bono work has far exceeded the 50 hours required for admission to the bar in New York.

In addition to filling out the Form Affidavit for Compliance with the 50-hour requirement for admission to practice as an attorney, we ask that you report these hours to Vice Dean Melinda Saran so that you can receive recognition by the School of Law for your contribution at:
https://www.law.buffalo.edu/current/pro ... ional.html. If you are in a Clinic or Externship, you do not need to ill out the form as we will obtain your hours from the Clinic Office.

In the Commencement Program it will read:
Graduates wearing white cords have demonstrated their strong commitment to providing pro bono services while in law school, having delivered more than 400 pro bono hours, or engaged in other extraordinary pro bono service recognized by the law school. Although admission to the New York bar requires at least 50 hours of pro bono service, today's honored graduates have gone above and beyond in their commitment as UB law students to those who would otherwise be without access to justice.

The 50-hour Pro Bono requirement is a New York State bar admission requirement. It is not required to graduate with your JD, nor to sit for the bar exam.

Link to 50 hour Form Affidavit for Applicant’s Compliance with the Pro Bono Requirement is at: https://www.nybarexam.org/Admission/F- ... ements.pdf. You want to complete these now or at the end of the semester, so you do not have any trouble locating your supervising attorney when you are applying for admission to the bar and have time deadlines. In addition, you May also want to obtain any non-pro bono law-related employment forms.

For non-pro bono legal work, you must complete this form for each law-related work position, even those before you attended law school:
The Law Related Employment Affidavit is available at: https://www.nybarexam.org/Admission/D-B ... oyment.pdf

Any questions? contact Vice Dean Melinda R. Saran at saran@buffalo.edu or in 422 O'Brian