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UMass Law professors Lisa Owens and AnnaMarie Tabor present at Northeastern University

Professor McDonald was interviewed on the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy case, which brings attention to the opioid epidemic.

Judge George Phelan reflects on a busy 2023, while focusing on the year ahead.

First maritime law case heard by the Court in nearly 70 years could change insurance rulings across the U.S.

UMass Law’s Shaun Spencer argued before the Mass. Supreme Judicial Court that the state’s alimony law should allow alimony awards that maintain patterns of savings that the parties followed during their marriage.

Professor Anna-Marie Tabor tells the U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council why retirees need stronger benefit protections.

Professor Chaudhry presented his latest research on real estate taxation and affordable housing in Berlin.

Students experienced real-world issues in international law

UMass Law Professor Justine Dunlap joined the executive committee of the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission.

Nichols becomes the 16th institution to offer a joint undergraduate and UMass Law degree in six years

With conversational and generative AI systems like ChatGPT on the rise, Professor Sylvia gave a talk on the ramifications of using artificial intelligence in the professional sphere.

Professor Owens recently published a new Article in a special issue of Frontiers in Sociology on Ethnography in the Open Science and Digital Age. The Article, Encountering Deception in Virtual Spaces: Guidelines for Virtual Ethnography, draws from an experience of deception in virtual fieldwork and considers implications for those designing methodologies for virtual ethnographies.

Duncan and Tocci publish a paper on the use of silence in legal history.

Professor Owens recently published a discussion-based activity she developed to help students learn more about the function and concepts of law and society. The exercise encourages students to build a new ‘court’ in the classroom which will adjudicate the excuses that students communicate to instructors.

Professor Owens was invited to serve as a judge in Harvard Law School’s inaugural mock trial tournament. The tournament brought together 24 mock trial teams from law schools across the country.

Professor McDonald published an article on bankruptcy solutions to homelessness in the Yale Law and Policy Review.

Professor Ralph Clifford submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that argues that real estate tax foreclosure systems are unconstitutional.

On an expert panel called “Good Intentions vs. Good Laws: Why Housing Advocacy Matters”, Professor Lisa Lucile Owens discussed the Housing Choice Voucher Program and its strengths and shortcomings.

Black Law Students Association Moot Court Team wins Best Petitioner Brief Award in first appearance at the event

Professor Owens led a workshop to help local New Bedford entrepreneurs with the legal challenges of starting a business.

Ranks 3rd in U.S. for enrollment growth while setting record high LSATs and UGPAs and maintaining the smallest class sizes and most affordable tuition of any MA law school

UMass Law Adjunct faculty member Judge George Phelan looks back on an accomplished year.

UMass Law Associate Dean Shaun Spencer informs emerging debates over the appropriate regulation of privacy, technology, and information policy

In 2022, UMass Law reached record high LSATs and UGPAs while expanding enrollment, adding 3+3 programs, and pursuing justice

Professor Margaret Drew was invited to participate in a series of discussions hosted by the American Bar Association in honor of World Aids Day.

UMass Law’s Shaun Spencer presented on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and the history of US surveillance regulation.