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Paul M. Collins, Jr.
Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Course Syllabi

Bias in the American Legal System (Spring 2025).

Introduction to Legal Studies (Spring 2025)

Proseminar in Law and Courts (Fall 2023)

Judges and Judging (Fall 2021)

Law and Social Activism (Fall 2017)

Picking a U.S. Supreme Court Justice (Fall 2016)

Latest News

Supreme Bias: Gender and Race in U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings by Boyd, Collins, and Ringhand receives 2024 best book award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association and is recognized as a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title.

Collins publishes “Trump Should Not Control US Marshals, Our Courts’ Last Line of Defense” in The Hill.

Collins publishes “Even Judges Appointed by Trump are Ruling Against Him” in The Conversation.

Collins appears on Making the Case podcast with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

Collins files amicus brief in Epic Games, Inc. V. Google LLC, et al.

“The Effect of Judicial Decisions on Issue Salience and Legal Consciousness in Media Serving the LGBTQ+ Community” by Bailey, Collins, Rhodes, and Rice was published in the American Political Science Review. 

“Gender, Race, and Interruptions at Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings” by Boyd, Collins, and Ringhand was published in the American Political Science Review. 

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