New Faculty
Points of Distinction
Dustin Marlan, Assistant Professor of Law J.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Law B.A., Indiana University • Courses: Business Organizations; Community Development Clinic; Intellectual Property •P rior Position: Fellow, University of Michigan Law School Community Development Clinic •R ecent Publications: “Is the Word ‘Consumer’ Biasing Trademark Law?,” Texas A&M Law Review (2021) “Unmasking the Right of Publicity,” Hastings Law Journal (2020) “ Beyond Cannabis: Psychedelic Decriminalization and Social Justice,” Lewis & Clark L. Rev. (2019)
Elizabeth McCuskey, Professor of Law J.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Law B.A., University of Pennsylvania • Courses: Civil Procedure; Food & Drug Law; Health Law •P rior Position: Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law •R ecent Publications: “ Subject-Matter Jurisdiction: The Power of Interests and the Interests of Power,” (Coleman, Malveaux, Pedro, & Porter, eds)., A Guide to Civil Procedure: Integrating Critical Legal Perspectives (2021) “ Federalism, ERISA, and State Single-Payer Health Care” (with Erin C. Fuse Brown), University of Pennsylvania Law Review (2020) “ Social Solidarity in Health Care, American-Style” (with Erin C. Fuse Brown, Matthew Lawrence, & Lindsay Wiley), The Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics (Fall 2020)
Geoffrey McDonald, Assistant Professor of Law J.D., Emory University School of Law Ph.D., in Religion: Ethics & Society, Emory University M.A.R., in Philosophy of Religion, Yale University B.A., Wesleyan University • Courses: Contracts, Bankruptcy, Commercial Law, Jurisprudence • Prior position: Senior Staff Attorney, Legal Services NYC-Bronx •R ecent Publication: “Homelessness in the COVID Era: Utilizing the Bankruptcy Solution,” 41 Yale Law & Policy Review (forthcoming, 2022)
Danya Reda, Assistant Professor of Law J.D., Harvard Law School M.St., University of Oxford (Islamic Law and Philosophy) A.B., Brown University
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• Courses: Civil Procedure; Comparative and Islamic Law; Torts •P rior Position: Associate Professor of Law, Peking University School of Transnational Law •R ecent Publications: “ The Prestige Model: Court Reform in Global Context,” 96 St. John’s L. Rev. (forthcoming 2022)
• Affordability • Class Size
“What Does it Mean to Say That Procedure is Political?,” Fordham Law Review (2017)
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Average 1L Course Size**
Tuition & fees* (2021-2022)
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UMass Law
49 $29,511*
Our many advantages include:
Suffolk Law School
68
$53,480
Northeastern
75
$57,094
Affordable tuition: Our tuition is substantially lower than any ABA-accredited MA law school.
Harvard
80
$68,962
Flexible programs: Offering day, evening, and weekend programs. We also offer fast-track 3+3 degree programs as well as joint programs for JD/MBA, JD/MPP, and JD/MSW degrees.
Boston University
81
$60,718
Boston College
85
$61,128
Greater diversity: Top 5 among New England law schools for the percent of students of color. Out of nearly 200 U.S. law schools, UMass Law ranks 15th nationally for the percentage of women among its tenured faculty.
Western New England
88
$46,440
New England Law
118
$52,443
*UMass Law 2021-22 in-state tuition and fees: $29,511; regional (RI/VT): $31,437; nonresident: $38,419
Employment success: Named to the Employment Honor Roll for employment outperformance by preLaw magazine in 2020, UMass Law ranks 2nd among all law schools in New England for the percentage of graduates obtaining public service jobs over the past six years.
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