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The Afternoon Buzz 12.20.21 Rep Paul Mark and Jen Dieringer & Diane Curtis

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The Afternoon Buzz 12.20.21 Rep Paul Mark and Jen Dieringer & Diane Curtis

Representative Paul Mark and another wonderful segment of Cabin Fever with Megan Rubiner Zinn is joined by Jen Dieringer, managing attorney at Community Legal Aid and an adjunct professor at the Isenberg School at UMass,  and Diane Curtis, director of Pre-Law Advising and a faculty member in Legal Studies, at UMass to discuss how to best pass time during a pandemic.

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