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

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

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.