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Commencement ceremony honors 92 graduates prepared to lead through advocacy, service, and the law
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McDonald gives insight on a Rhode Island Detention Facility’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Rhode Island
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Duncan's article examines Orestes Brownson, an overlooked nineteenth-century political thinker on a par with Alexis DeTocqueville’s Democracy in America.
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Sean Lyness featured in Bloomberg Law coverage of the ongoing legal dispute in the climate change litigation battle of Commonwealth v. Exxon Mobil Corp
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Lisa Lucile Owens introduces the “Historical Racial Nexus” framework as a historically grounded approach to race-conscious policymaking within modern constitutional doctrine
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Commencement ceremony honors 92 graduates prepared to lead through advocacy, service, and the law
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Continued recognition highlights School of Law's commitment to practice-ready graduates
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U.S. News & World Report ranking underscores UMass Law's commitment to justice and public service
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