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UMass Law named among nation's most innovative law schools

National recognition highlights Justice Bridge Legal Center's innovative approach to expanding access to affordable legal services

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Lyness Presents at Vermont Law and Graduate School Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship

Lyness presented his work in progress "Climate Takings" at the 17th Annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship at Vermont Law and Graduate School

New York Times Turns to Owens on Smart-Device Surveillance in Public Housing

Professor Lisa Owens was quoted in The New York Times

UMass Law welcomes six faculty members with experience in scholarship, technology, and practice

New faculty expand expertise in technology, criminal justice, health law, advocacy, legal skills, and academic success

Lyness publishes litter law article in Brooklyn Law Review

Professor Sean Lyness publishes the first comprehensive piece of legal scholarship devoted to examining "litter law" in Brooklyn Law Review

McDonald Interviewed on Rhode Island Detention Facility Bankruptcy Case

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

Duncan Article "The Constitutional Vision of Orestes Brownson" Accepted for Publication

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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Lyness Presents at Vermont Law and Graduate School Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship

Lyness presented his work in progress "Climate Takings" at the 17th Annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship at Vermont Law and Graduate School

New York Times Turns to Owens on Smart-Device Surveillance in Public Housing

Professor Lisa Owens was quoted in The New York Times

UMass Law named among nation's most innovative law schools

National recognition highlights Justice Bridge Legal Center's innovative approach to expanding access to affordable legal services

An attorney presents his oral argument in UMass Law's Francis J. Larkin Moot Court Room

Massachusetts Appeals Court returns to UMass Law for fifth annual visit

Annual court session gives students at the Commonwealth’s only public law school a firsthand look at appellate advocacy

UMass Law welcomes six faculty members with experience in scholarship, technology, and practice

New faculty expand expertise in technology, criminal justice, health law, advocacy, legal skills, and academic success

UMass Law student Komal Pandit named Newman Civic Fellow

Pandit recognized for commitment to community engagement and public service

Most Improved Law Schools for Employment Badge

UMass Law ranks among nation's most improved law schools for graduate employment

Employment outcomes increased by more than 50% as UMass Law expanded career support and practical training

Feature Stories

Paul Riley '26: Betting on yourself

Future public defender says UMass Law helped him discover what he was capable of

Paulina Aguilar Delgado '26: Pursuing justice across borders

For graduating law student, law became a way to help others navigate unfamiliar systems

Marisa Heller at her undergraduate commencement in the spring of 2025

Marisa Heller BS '25, JD '27: The business of law

Rising 2L is UMass Dartmouth's first business student in UMass Law's accelerated 3+3 program

Sean Perrine '25: Measurable impact

Law student gains meaningful experience in inaugural State AG Clinic

Corsair meets courtroom: Emily Dillan ’20, JD ’23 achieves dream career in law

Drawing from her own experiences at UMass Dartmouth & the School of Law, Dillan is now an Alumni Association member that is dedicated to being the mentor she once had.