DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts School of Law in Dartmouth has reached an agreement that will allow Salem State University students to obtain a law degree after six years of study instead of seven.
The “3+3″ agreement will allow pre-law students to study for their bachelor’s degree at Salem State for three years, then transfer to UMass Law to take law courses that satisfy requirements for a Salem State bachelor’s degree while also working toward their law degree, which can be obtained in three years.
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Salem State University is the 11th institution to institute a 3+3 program with UMass Law. Others include Assumption College, Becker College, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth, UMass Lowell, Westfield State University, and Worcester State University.
“It is critical that, as Massachusetts’ only public law school, we collaborate with public universities to create affordable legal education opportunities,” Mass Law Dean Eric Mitnick said in a news release. “By partnering with Salem State, we are giving the talented students of the North Shore the ability to improve their communities and academic careers through a future in the legal profession.”
“This partnership will create a path for students to affect societal change through entering the legal profession, and to do so in a way that is efficient and relatively affordable,” said David J. Silva, Salem State University provost and academic vice president. “I am very pleased with the doors that this new collaboration will open for our students.”
UMass Law said its students’ pass rate was 92.6% for first-time test takers on the July 2018 Massachusetts Bar Exam. UMass Law finished behind only Harvard University and Boston University among the nine law schools in Massachusetts. UMass Law’s focus on public and community good has resulted in more than 120,000 hours of pro bono legal services since 2010, the school said.
