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Diane Curtis
Director of Pre-Law Advising
Senior Lecturer of Legal Studies
Senior Lecturer of Legal Studies
Public law
Contact details
Location
Thompson Hall
200 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003
United States
210 Thompson Hall
About
I bring a non-traditional path to my teaching and advising: years of AIDS and women's health activism led to law school and a career as a litigator, first in reproductive rights, and then in domestic violence and family law. I have been a pre-law advisor since 2004, developing a strong commitment to increasing access to legal education and diversifying the legal profession. I've taught in law schools, in a paralegal certification program, and, since 2008, at UMass. My current teaching focuses primarily on constitutional law, the intersections between state power and individuals and their families, and legal reasoning.