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FAQ on the Fall 2020 reopening of UMass Law

Information for new and returning students regarding academics, student life, and campus health and safety

Professor Jeremiah Ho Receives the Manning Prize for Teaching Excellence

Professor Jeremiah Ho recently received the Manning Prize for Teaching Excellence from UMass President Marty Meehan.

UMass Law named one of the best law schools in the U.S. for practical training for second consecutive year

The law school ranked 3rd in Massachusetts and tied with Yale University for a 5th -place ranking in New England, according to preLaw magazine

UMass Law continues bar pass rate success

82.6 percent pass rate demonstrates success just three years after Commonwealth’s only public law school achieved full ABA accreditation

Jesse Purvis, JD ’19 named director of policy for Boston City Councilor

Recipient of UMass Law Public Interest Law Fellowship and Thurgood Marshall Award for Social Justice

Adam Zwetchkenbaum, JD ’22: Rappaport Fellow

UMass Law’s newest Rappaport Fellow will intern at the Massachusetts Dept. of Higher Education this summer

Shareefah Taylor, JD candidate ’21: Public Interest Law Fellow

Taylor interns for Justice Elspeth Cypher on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and at the UMass General Counsel’s Office

Walk to the Hill 2020

UMass Law students gathered at the State House for the 2020 Walk to the Hill for Civil Legal Aid.