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From favorite classes to outstanding opportunities: find out what our students love about UMass Law.

1L Class of 2027 pictured outside the Law School after the first day of orientation
UMass Law welcomes largest and most diverse class in school's history

Class of 2027 hails from 25 states, 13 countries, and 94 undergraduate institutions

Visiting faculty Brian Sirman (left) and Lisa M. Ungerbuehler (right).
UMass Law welcomes two visiting professors for 2024-25 academic year

Visiting faculty bring diverse expertise in civil procedure, health law, legal research, and more

UMass Law Dean's Advisory Board
UMass Law forms Dean's Advisory Board

Prominent members of MA business and legal community to provide strategic advice to the Commonwealth's only public law school

Rebecca Wood JD Candidate '26
Rebecca Wood named UMass Law's 10th Rappaport Fellow

JD candidate interns in the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office

Features

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Jonathan Matsler, JD '24: Ready to Pursue Justice

Practical experiences at UMass Law prepared military veteran for his new role in criminal prosecution

Jeremie Rogers, JD '24: Police officer earns law degree and plans to work with youth

Part-time law student is grateful for the support of the UMass Law community as he commuted from Martha's Vineyard

Student Commencement Speaker
Natalia Vargas, JD '24: UMass Law Commencement Speaker reaches lifelong dream

Builds a new community more than 1,000 miles from home

Law student research
Matthew Gruneberg, JD candidate '24: From draftsman and illustrator to lawyer

After making a career change, Gruneberg says law is "what I was meant to do"

Events

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Sep
17
12:00PM
UMass General Counsel and Supreme Judicial Court Judge David Lowy

Justice Lowy, a Peabody native, graduated from Boston University School of Law. He was a law clerk in the U.S. District Court, an ADA in Essex and Suffolk Counties, and served as Debuty Legal Counselor to Governor William F. Weld. While on the bench, Justice Lowy taught at New England Law, Suffolk Law, and Boston University School of Law. As of last year, he now serves as General Counsel of the five-campus UMass system and as Strategic Advisor for Law Education & Adjunct Professor at UMass Law. This is a PILF Approved event, email jquinn3@umassd.edu with questions.

Sep
18
12:00PM
U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy

This is a PILF approved event, email jquinn3@umassd.edu with questions. Joshua Levy assumed the role of Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts on May 19, 2023 after serving as First Assistant where he supervised 125 federal prosecutors in the office's Criminal and Civil Divisions. Prior to his current role, Attorney Levy spent 17 years as a partner at a global law firm, and nearly 10 years representing indigent defendants. In 2022, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers for his courtroom advocacy. In 2017, he was named one of the Lawyers of the Year by MA Lawyers Weekly for his work as a criminal defense lawyer.

Sep
23
12:00PM
Federal Judge Margaret Guzman

This is a PILF approved event, email jquinn3@umassd.edu with questions. Judge Guzman, a former Worcester public defender, was nominated in 2022 to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. After graduating from Clark University and Boston University Law School, Judge Guzman served on the Ayer District Court in Middlesex County. Before becoming a judge, Guzman formed her own private practice in general law where she specialized in criminal defense. She also worked for 13 years as a public defender in the state Committee for Public Counsel Services. Additionally, she served as supervising attorney for the Worcester County Bar Advocate Program.

Oct
2
9:30AM
Mass Court of Appeals Session

This is a PILF approved event, email jquinn3@umassd.edu with questions.

Oct
3
12:00PM
Attorney Rob McCarron, President, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

This is a PILF approved event, email jquinn3@umassd.edu with questions.

Oct
10
12:00PM
Attorney Allison Blanck, Animal Rescue League of Boston

Allison Blanck is a 2016 graduate of UMass Law and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in November 2016. She also holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Mary Washington. While at UMass Law, Blanck interned for State Senator Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford) and was hired by his office in August of 2016 as a Legislative Aide, later promoted to Deputy General Counsel/Deputy Legislative Director. In her time in the Senators office Blancks legislative portfolio included distracted driving, healthcare, college affordability, and animal welfare. She joined the Animal Rescue League of Boston (ARL) in September of 2019 as Director of Advocacy. Since 2019 she has worked on policy relating to criminal penalties for animal cruelty, protections for companion animals, improving farm animal welfare, and protection of native wildlife. She has been actively involved with the Massachusetts Bar Associations Animal Law Practice Group since 2021. This is a PILF approved event, email jquinn3@umassd.edu with questions.

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