Public excellence

UMass Law offers an excellent, practical legal education at an affordable price.

Legal clinics

Michael Dueñas JD '16 credits UMass Law's Immigration Law Clinic as a transformative experience in becoming a successful lawyer.

Internships

UMass Law's legal skills program prepared Sheyla Lors for an internship with the Legal Aid Society in the Bronx after her first year of study.

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The only public law school in Massachusetts

UMass Law is preparing a new generation of lawyers who will pursue justice.

Full-time and part-time programs and JD, JD/MBA, JD/MPP, and JD/MSW degrees

Law professors who have practical law experience

A broadly diverse, supportive and collaborative learning community

Clinics, field placements, and internships

Affordable tuition, with scholarships and fellowships available

Support and resources for success, from 1L through passing the bar and practicing law

Employment rate for Class of 2022

91%

First-time MA bar passage rate (2023, MA Board of Bar Examiners)

Lowest tuition of any ABA-accredited law school in MA

Smallest typical class sizes of any ABA-accredited law school in Massachusetts