News 2018: UMass Law among the best in value-added education

Dean Mitnick details UMass Law's recent achievements.

In a recent op-ed, Dean Eric Mitnick introduces his new mantra—UMass Law is more affordable and we outperform—and explains the reasoning behind it including bar passage and employment success and a ranking in a value-added study in a press release issued by the American Bar Foundation.

The study, which "measures a law school's ability to improve a student's likelihood of passing the bar and finding a job," analyzed 192 American law schools. Ranked #23, UMass Law was one of only 2 law schools in Massachusetts, 3 in New England, and 7 in the Northeast to rank in the top 25.

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• Dean Mitnick's full op-ed: "UMass Law among the best in value-added education"
• "A Value-Added Ranking of Law Schools" article
• UMass Law news: UMass Law outperforms area private schools