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Kate Hancock pictured at the New York State Bar Association annual meeting

UMass Law student Catherine E. Hancock earns national employment law writing award

Second-place finish in New York State Bar Association competition recognizes scholarship on disability law

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Lyness Presents at 2025 Early Environmental Law Scholars Conference

Professor Lyness presented his work in progress “The (Limited) American Right to Roam” at the 2025 Early Environmental Law Scholars Conference.

Leo Yu Presented in Multiple Panels at the AALS Annual Conference

Leo Yu Presented at the AALS Annual Conference about the TikTok ban, China, and Historical Materialism.

Tabor Presents on Retirement Policy at UMichigan Law’s Social Equality and the Law Symposium

Professor Anna-Marie Tabor presents recent work Reverse Wealth Transfers: Providing Tax Relief for Workers Who Support Older Generations at UMichigan’s Social Equality and the Law Symposium.

Mitnick Authors Guest Column Assessing Constitutionality of Executive Order on AI

Professor Eric Mitnick explains why a recent presidential executive order on artificial intelligence exceeds constitutional limits.

Sylvia Presents “Mindset Matters” at Legal Writing Conference

Professor Erica Sylvia presented “Mindset Matters: Promoting Growth and Confidence in 1Ls” at the LWI, sharing strategies for helping first-year law students develop resilience, motivation, and confidence through growth mindset frameworks, motivational interviewing techniques, and building authentic connections in the classroom.

UMass Law's entering class of 2025 pictured on the first day of orientation

Year in review: UMass Law's top 10 stories of 2025

UMass Law reflects on a year of achievement, service, and impact in 2025

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UMass Law student Catherine E. Hancock earns national employment law writing award

Second-place finish in New York State Bar Association competition recognizes scholarship on disability law

Lyness Presents at 2025 Early Environmental Law Scholars Conference

Professor Lyness presented his work in progress “The (Limited) American Right to Roam” at the 2025 Early Environmental Law Scholars Conference.

Leo Yu Presented in Multiple Panels at the AALS Annual Conference

Leo Yu Presented at the AALS Annual Conference about the TikTok ban, China, and Historical Materialism.

Tabor Presents on Retirement Policy at UMichigan Law’s Social Equality and the Law Symposium

Professor Anna-Marie Tabor presents recent work Reverse Wealth Transfers: Providing Tax Relief for Workers Who Support Older Generations at UMichigan’s Social Equality and the Law Symposium.

Mitnick Authors Guest Column Assessing Constitutionality of Executive Order on AI

Professor Eric Mitnick explains why a recent presidential executive order on artificial intelligence exceeds constitutional limits.

Sylvia Presents “Mindset Matters” at Legal Writing Conference

Professor Erica Sylvia presented “Mindset Matters: Promoting Growth and Confidence in 1Ls” at the LWI, sharing strategies for helping first-year law students develop resilience, motivation, and confidence through growth mindset frameworks, motivational interviewing techniques, and building authentic connections in the classroom.

Year in review: UMass Law's top 10 stories of 2025

UMass Law reflects on a year of achievement, service, and impact in 2025

Feature Stories

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.