New Faculty
Pursue Justice
James Freeley, Full-Time Lecturer
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J.D., Boston College M.B.A., Babson College B.A., Wesleyan University •C ourses: Legal Skills I & II; Professional Responsibility; Business Organizations • P rior Position: Adjunct Professor and Interim Director of Academic Success, UMass Law •U Mass Law Adjunct Professor of the Year 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 •M ember, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Bar Admissions Curriculum Committee
Dustin Marlan, Assistant Professor of Law J.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Law B.A., Indiana University •C ourses: Business Organizations; Community Development Clinic; Intellectual Property • P rior Position: Fellow, University of Michigan Law School Community Development Clinic •R ecent Publications: “Unmasking the Right of Publicity,” Hastings Law Journal (forthcoming, 2020) “Beyond Cannabis: Psychedelic Decriminalization and Social Justice,” Lewis & Clark Law Review (2019) “Visual Metaphor and Trademark Distinctiveness,” Washington Law Review (2018)
Elizabeth McCuskey, Professor of Law J.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Law B.A., University of Pennsylvania •C ourses: Civil Procedure; Food & Drug Law; Health Law • P rior Position: Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law •R ecent Publications: “ Federalism, ERISA, and Single-State Payer Health Care,” University of Pennsylvania Law Review (forthcoming, 2020) “On Drugs: Preemption, Presumption, & Remedy,” Journal of Legal Medicine (2018)
Points of Distinction
“Agency Imprimatur & Health Reform Preemption,” Ohio State Law Journal (2017)
Bar Exam Passage
Danya Reda, Assistant Professor of Law J.D., Harvard Law School M.St., University of Oxford (Islamic Law and Philosophy) A.B., Brown University
Employment Success
• Courses: Civil Procedure; Comparative and Islamic Law; Torts • P rior Position: Associate Professor of Law, Peking University School of Transnational Law •R ecent Publications: “What Does it Mean to Say That Procedure is Political?,” Fordham Law Review (2017) “ How the Anchoring Effect Might Have Saved Civil Rule-Makers Time and Money (and Face),” Review of Litigation (2015)
Affordability
John Towers Rice, Full-Time Lecturer
• Courses: Legal Skills I & II • P rior Position: Associate Attorney, Elmore Stone & Caffey, PLLC; Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee College of Law • J udicial Clerk, Supreme Court of Tennessee •M ember, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Affiliates Assistance Team; Chair, Public Policy Committee, Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
University of Massachusetts School of Law • Dartmouth 333 Faunce Corner Road • Dartmouth, MA 02747-1252 508.985.1110 • lawadmissions@umassd.edu
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J.D., University of Tennessee College of Law B.S., Clemson University
UMass Law’s Distinctive Value Bar Pass Rates & Tuition
Employment Success
When you invest in a law school education, you want to pass the bar exam and have career options. UMass Law prepares you for success and offers a tuition rate that is one of the best in New England.
UMass Law prepares you to pursue justice in any field of law. Our 2019 graduates have a higher employment rate than graduates from regional private law schools.
First-time bar examination results Law School
July 2019 MA Feb 2020 MA Bar Exam Bar Exam
2019 Employment Rates 2019 Tuition & fees
1. Harvard
98.3%
100%
$67,081
2. Boston University
92.4%
60.0%
$56,982
3. Boston College
89.9%
100%
4. Northeastern
89.3%
5. UMass Law
Full time, long term bar-required
All bar-required + JD advantage
Harvard
87.5%
93.3%
$56,940
Boston College
83.4%
90.7%
42.9%
$52,920
Boston University
83.3%
90.9%
82.6%
80.0%
$29,461*
6. Western New England
76.7%
50.0%
$43,698
Northeastern
71.4%
90.6%
7. Suffolk Law School
70.5%
33.3%
$50,424
UMass Law
60.9%
80.4%
8. New England Law
70.4%
33.3%
$50,968
Roger Williams
58.2%
72.4%
Suffolk
58.0%
82.0%
Western New England 51.9%
74.1%
New England
69.9%
*In-state: $29,461; Regional (RI/VT): $31,387; Non-residents: $38,369
51.4%
Source: www.abarequireddisclosures.org/employmentoutcomes.aspx
UMass Law Admissions Department 508.985.1110 • lawadmissions@umassd.edu