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In-person and online instruction to begin on August 20
UMass Law professor Dwight Duncan was quoted on the SCOTUS case Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue.
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Over the past five years, UMass Law ranks second in Massachusetts and New England for the percentage of public service lawyers
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UMass Law Professor Margaret Drew was re-appointed Chair of the ABA HIV Impact Project and Special Advisor to the ABA Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence.
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Award recognizes exemplary teaching and service on each UMass campus
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UMass Law 2019 graduates succeed in employment, outperforming graduates from area private schools
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UMass Law Professor Dwight Duncan was interviewed by Court TV on the Little Sisters of the Poor case at the Supreme Court discussing religious freedom in healthcare.
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The law school ranked 3rd in Massachusetts and tied with Yale University for a 5th -place ranking in New England, according to preLaw magazine
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82.6 percent pass rate demonstrates success just three years after Commonwealth’s only public law school achieved full ABA accreditation
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Overall enrollment now 279, up 50 percent since 2016 as LSAT scores and GPAs also increase
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UMass Law Librarian Emma Wood published an article on public libraries as a community symbol and unrestricted space.
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UMass Law Professor Ralph Clifford submitted a brief with a team of UMass Dartmouth and UMass Lowell researchers to the Supreme Court for the case Google v. Oracle.
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