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Showing posts with label University of Massachusetts. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Lichtman lecture unpacks politics of World Cup

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Prof. Steven Lichtman spoke at UMass Law Thursday on "Soccer and American Exceptionalism: A Political Science Preview of World Cup 202...
Monday, February 23, 2026

Knowles-Gardner tells story of NAACP v. Alabama, landmark civil rights case on freedom of association

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Dr. Helen Knowles-Gardner spoke at UMass Law School Wednesday on "When Alabama Tried to Destroy the NAACP (and Freedom of Association)....
Monday, February 2, 2026

Comparative law students explore world with guests, online cohort, and enrich field with new research

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Boasting about the accomplishments of my students is a rich indulgence I selfishly embrace.  The Savory Tort hosts collections of student ab...
Friday, December 5, 2025

Author of 'Surviving Your Friend's Cancer,' law alumna Kayleigh Ellison made world better, brighter

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Kayleigh's relentless smile, from the UMass Dartmouth soccer roster I'm sad to hear and to share news of the death of Kayleigh Dawn...
Saturday, May 17, 2025

Commencement speakers envision new beginnings

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Commencement at UMass Law yesterday featured a couple of great speeches. And I'm not an easy critic. Both speakers implicitly recognized...
Friday, May 16, 2025

Awards recognize law students Girouard, Riley

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A moment to celebrate two of my ace former students, Kaitlyn Girouard and Jack Riley , who took home awards from the UMass Law Student Bar ...
Thursday, May 15, 2025

Student Shieh shakes up Brown with DOGE-like query, but universities hold fast in defense of admin 'bloat'

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University Hall and Van Wyckle Gates at Brown University Robert Barnett via Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A conservative student journalist who r...
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

House cap of 435 is unconstitutional, prof argues

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My colleague Professor Anoo Vyas has published Why Capping the House at 435 is Unconstitutional in the Penn State Law Review . Here is the...
Monday, March 24, 2025

Roberts explains 'real crisis' of American government

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Flyer by RJ Peltz-Steele (with AI art) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 At UMass Law last week, Alasdair S. Roberts , UMass Amherst professor of public polic...
Sunday, March 23, 2025

Christian law students hear advice on grounding oneself in faith amid stresses of law practice

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🍀 St. Patrick's Day Zoom . RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The newly constituted student Christian Legal Society at UMass Law School he...
Friday, February 14, 2025

Researcher seeks to ease persistent anticompetitive constraints on indie films in online environment

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Yaleth Calderon , a film school graduate and candidate for the California bar, has published a law review note on antitrust, online technolo...
Monday, January 13, 2025

Mother of slain scholar publishes his account of academic workplace mobbing at UMass (Amherst)

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At the inaugural Niagara Conference on Workplace Mobbing at Niagara University last summer , easily the most moving and haunting presentati...
Saturday, August 3, 2024

New book examines 'rise of classical legal thought' through experience of South Asia, British Empire

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Professor Chaudhry UMass Law Professor Faisal Chaudhry has published a book on history and the development of classical legal thought. Sout...
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Law class visits Constitutional Court of Portugal

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Law students and Dean Sam Panarella (left) visit the Constitutional Court. © RJ Peltz-Steele Since last week, ten talented U.S. law studen...