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Professor Duncan became a postulator in the process of canonizing his friend Ruth V. K. Pakaluk, a wife, mother, and influential pro-life advocate who passed away from cancer in 1998 at age 41.

Professor Lyness presented his work in progress “The (Limited) American Right to Roam” at the 16th Annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship at Vermont Law and Graduate School.

Leo Yu presented his new scholarship project – Racialized Allegiances – in two national conferences: LatCrit 30th anniversary conference in Denver, Colorado and the Critical Race Studies Conference in Los Angeles, California.

Professor Lyness was quoted in a recent RI PBS and The Rhode Island Current story on shoreline litigation.

Innovative attorney and educator to lead UMass Law's access-to-justice initiative into its next decade

Students witness appellate arguments and engage with judges in an extraordinary learning opportunity

Among a coalition of leading civil rights scholars, Leo Yu filed an amicus curiae brief with the Eighth Circuit in support of a constitutional challenge to Arkansas’s alien land laws that target Asian immigrants.

Landmark 20th joint degree partnership expands access to affordable legal education across Massachusetts

New students bring diversity, experience, and commitment to the only public law school in Massachusetts

Gift honors Lou Ricciardi's service and supports access to justice for underserved communities

Legal interns' work supports statewide effort to remove discriminatory language from property records

Professor Duncan talked about latest legal news of state-level restrictions on abortion medication with the National Catholic Register.

Professor Drew sat down with Providence Business News to talk about her recent acceptance of the Mass Bar’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Rising 2L will spend 10 weeks interning for Boston Public Schools

Professor Dwight Duncan was interviewed on the recent SCOTUS ruling siding with parents who sued a school board after they introduced “LGBTQ+-inclusive” storybooks into the elementary school curriculum and rescinded a policy allowing parents to opt out of such instruction.

Professors Leo Yu and Lisa Lucile Owens recently attended the 2025 Conference of Asian Pacific American Law Faculty (CAPALF) and Western Law Teachers of Color (WLTC), held in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.

Students earn stipends while completing judicial internships

Professor Dwight Duncan was interviewed by the National Catholic Register on the constitutionality of religious art in public spaces.

Professor Dwight Duncan was interviewed on latest SCOTUS decision blocking tax-payer funding to Oklahoma charter schools.

Commonwealth's only public law school graduates 99 students dedicated to advocacy, service, and impact

Professor Dwight Duncan was interviewed for his thoughts on papal name selection.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice to speak on May 16 ceremony

Associate professor to be celebrated by Massachusetts Bar Association on June 5, 2025

Quarter-million hours spent providing legal service to the communities who need it most

Associate Dean’s legal advocacy shapes Massachusetts alimony law

$50k in stipends support graduates while they prepare to launch their legal careers

Legal scholars bring expertise in civil rights, environmental law, and constitutional litigation

Sixty law students participate in annual "Walk the Hill" event