Feature Stories
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She also holds positions with the UMass Law Alumni Association and the American Bar Association
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Judicial scholarship and fellowship named for former Chief Justice Ralph Gants and Chancellor Emerita Jean MacCormack
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Group includes a former trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, a former staff member for the current U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, and a former MA assistant attorney general
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Dean Sam Panarella welcomes his first class of law students from around the U.S. and the world
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Places third in ABA competition for essay on workplace protections for survivors of domestic violence, their employers, and coworkers
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Recent UMass Law graduates Riana Yaman and Augustus Duncan spent a semester at the University of Limerick School of Law in Ireland
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Cause is a personal one for Dillan, who says “every survivor’s justice is my own”
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UMass Law experiences prepared Davidson for litigation position after graduation
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Club grows due to popular class taught by pioneering professor in the field