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Paulina Aguilar Delgado receives her hood from Prof. Philip Cleary.

UMass Law Class of 2026 graduates ready to Pursue Justice

Commencement ceremony honors 92 graduates prepared to lead through advocacy, service, and the law

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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.

UMass Law professor quoted by Bloomberg Law on Exxon's legal strategy in MA climate litigation

Sean Lyness featured in Bloomberg Law coverage of the ongoing legal dispute in the climate change litigation battle of Commonwealth v. Exxon Mobil Corp

UMass Law professor publishes essay on equal protection and reparative policy

Lisa Lucile Owens introduces the “Historical Racial Nexus” framework as a historically grounded approach to race-conscious policymaking within modern constitutional doctrine

Duncan Files Amicus Brief in Quincy Statues Case

Professor Dwight Duncan filed a friend of the court brief in the case of Fitzmaurice et al. v. City of Quincy et al., a religious freedom case heading to the SJC.

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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.

UMass Law professor quoted by Bloomberg Law on Exxon's legal strategy in MA climate litigation

Sean Lyness featured in Bloomberg Law coverage of the ongoing legal dispute in the climate change litigation battle of Commonwealth v. Exxon Mobil Corp

UMass Law professor publishes essay on equal protection and reparative policy

Lisa Lucile Owens introduces the “Historical Racial Nexus” framework as a historically grounded approach to race-conscious policymaking within modern constitutional doctrine

UMass Law Class of 2026 graduates ready to Pursue Justice

Commencement ceremony honors 92 graduates prepared to lead through advocacy, service, and the law

UMass Law repeats strong national ranking for practical training

Continued recognition highlights School of Law's commitment to practice-ready graduates

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.