The Supreme Court Library at Buffalo serves a dual role within the legal community of the Eighth Judicial District:

• to serve the legal reference needs of the district judiciary,
• to serve as a free, public library, pursuant to state statute, for area residents, particularly for members of the local bar and their employees and,
• to serve pro se litigants, students, and private citizens researching the law and legal issues.

• A core collection consisting of:
  • the primary laws (statutes, codes and administrative materials) of the State of New York.
  • the official and unofficial reported cases of the New York State trial and appellate courts.
  • the primary laws of the United States.
  • the statutes of all American jurisdictions.
  • the appellate cases of all American jurisdictions.
  • major legal digests and legal encyclopedias, American Law Reports, including American Jurisprudence.
  • New York practice materials of significance for bench and bar, such as New York Jurisprudence, and Carmody-Wait, 2d.
• Significant secondary materials for all important areas of law including periodicals, texts, looseleaf services, law reviews, and selected specialized reporters.
• Microform (microfilm and microfiche) archives.
• The municipal codes and charters of most Erie and Niagara County cities, towns and villages, as well as the cities of Rochester and New York.
• General legal and reference works.
• Public access to Lexis for on-line law related research.