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Law School By the Numbers from AccessLex

By Diane Curtis
Diane Curtis Pre-Law Advisor & Senior Lecturer
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Act like you’re being watched — because you are

Every time I speak with a group of law school admissions folks, I’m reminded just how much information they are gathering about you. You’re no doubt planning to make your application package as convincing and respectable as possible. You may …

By Diane Curtis
Diane Curtis Pre-Law Advisor & Senior Lecturer
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Considering a Year of Service? Check Out These Resources

If you are considering a year (or two) of service after graduation, there are a lot of great options out there. Doing a year of service is an excellent way to get hands-on experience and explore different career opportunities, as …

By Rebecca Bell
Rebecca Bell Associate Director of Career and Professional Development for SBS
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Meet the World’s Top Female-Friendly Companies 2021, by Samantha Todd at Forbes

The Covid-19 pandemic has taken an especially heavy toll on women around the world. By January 2021, nearly 3 million women had dropped out of the workforce in the U.S. alone. Worldwide, women lost more than 64 million jobs and …

By Carol Sharick
Carol Sharick Director of Career and Professional Development for Undergraduates, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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How to Schedule Exam Appointments in the Exam Proctoring Center (revised 8.21.21)

From Disability Services:

After your “Accommodation Eligibility Notifications” are sent to your instructors, you are responsible for speaking with each instructor to determine if you will take exams directly with them, or in the EPC. If you together determine the …

By Adrian Grace
Adrian Grace Director of Undergraduate Advising
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AVOID SCAMMERS

From Disability Services:

Recently we have seen an upswing nationwide in scams attempting to impersonate disability professionals, stating that they are affiliated with the university. Please note. Disability Services will NEVER ask for funds. All personal information needed will be submitted …

By Adrian Grace
Adrian Grace Director of Undergraduate Advising
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Learn the History of Our Cultural Centers

Featuring: CMASS

See the timeline of historical events that contributed to the creation of cultural centers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst beginning in 1968.

The project, which began in 2018, seeks to equip interested undergraduate students with the skills …

By Adrian Grace
Adrian Grace Director of Undergraduate Advising
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SBS Shadows Host Registration

By Carol Sharick
Carol Sharick Director of Career and Professional Development for Undergraduates, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
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UMASS AMHERST AWARDED $100,000 CUMMINGS FOUNDATION GRANT TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FIRST-GENERATION, UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS

AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of 140 nonprofits to receive grants through the Cummings Foundation $25 million Grant Program. UMass was chosen from among 590 applicants and will receive $100,000 over three years.

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By Adrian Grace
Adrian Grace Director of Undergraduate Advising
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DACSS Students Hired as Research Analysts at the UMass Donahue Institute

Ian Dinnie and Kazmeria (Kassie) Breest, master’s students in the Data Analytics and Computational Social Science (DACSS) program at UMass Amherst, are applying the knowledge and skills they are developing in the DACSS program by working as research analysts in …

By Adrian Grace
Adrian Grace Director of Undergraduate Advising
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