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UConn Law Offers New Master of Laws Degree
The new program, offering a fifth LLM degree at the School of Law, will allow students to specialize in corporate and regulatory governance, financial and insurance-based risk management, or compliance.
UConn Law Kicks Off Centennial Celebration
Cupcakes, food trucks, outdoor heaters and the law school's history were all part of the Founders' Day celebration kicking off the UConn Law centennial.
Symposium Explores Law’s Role in Tulsa Race Massacre
Panels examined how the law allowed the massacre to be ignored and rewritten in history, how the law continues to protect white mobs and perpetuate racism, and how to bring antiracism into legal education.
Connecticut Law Review Symposium to Examine Tulsa Race Massacre
In 1921, the Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed the prosperous Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. White mobs killed or injured hundreds of Black residents.
Incoming Students Bring Law Campus Back to Life
The School of Law welcomed an incoming class of 154 JD and 18 LLM students, plus many 2L students who were taking their first in-person law classes after a first year conducted entirely online.
UConn Law Welcomes Four New Faculty Members
UConn Law welcomes four outstanding new faculty members, including new directors for the Insurance Law Center and the Criminal Law Clinic.
Jennifer Mailly Named Associate Dean for Experiential Education at UConn Law
Jennifer Mailly brings more than 20 years of experience teaching and running field placement programs at the UConn School of Law as she steps into the role of associate dean for experiential education.
UConn Law School’s Nelson Reflects on a Year of Challenge and Growth
Diversity and social justice are touchstones even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
Taking the Distance Out of Distance Learning
After a semester of studying remotely from their home countries, five LLM students from Germany, Belgium and Malawi came to Hartford to finish their degrees.
After an Unprecedented Year, Law Students Have an Unconventional Commencement
. “You are ready, and you will succeed," UConn Law Dean Eboni S. Nelson told the Class of 2021.
BLSA Chapter at UConn Law Wins National Recognition
The National Black Law Students Association has recognized the UConn School of Law chapter as a National Chapter of the Year
Social Equity and Sustainable Energy Intersect at UConn Law Conference
A conference explores energy justice, an emerging issue in the transition to renewable energy sources.
UConn Law Students Help Keep Tabs on COVID-19 Litigation
Getting an in-depth understanding of civil litigation as it unfolds in real time
Student’s Road to UConn Law Also Leads to Entrepreneurship Award
An epiphany on the drive from Oklahoma City to Hartford in the summer of 2019 put law student Ree Morrow on a new path.
Law Campus Returning to Life, Gradually and Carefully
After nearly a year with the campus almost entirely closed, the law school edges back toward a new normal.
2020 at UConn Law: A Year to Remember
In the unprecedented pandemic year of 2020, the students, faculty and staff of the UConn School of Law found challenges, courage and a few precious silver linings. The law school welcomed a new dean, Eboni S. Nelson, who was appointed in March, just before the COVID-19 virus forced the law school to close the campus. […]
Veteran’s Role in Class Action Leads to UConn Law
Steve Kennedy ’23 was studying for a Ph.D in biochemistry at New York University when he made a bold course change and applied to the UConn School of Law. It was no random move. Kennedy had been immersed in legal matters for years, working with the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School as […]
On a Quiet Campus, Law School Facilities Team Keeps Moving
On a rainy Wednesday in a workshop on a campus emptied by the coronavirus pandemic, Gary Mackiewicz was building the frames for massive plexiglass screens to divide the entrance and exit to the UConn Law library. The dividers were part of a plan to allow law students, faculty and staff back into the library in […]
New Fund to Support Diversity and Social Justice at UConn Law
A new fund, named for the law school’s first Black female graduate, will provide broad support for diversity and social justice initiatives at the UConn School of Law. The Constance Belton Green Diversity Fund will be available to sponsor and sustain events, scholarships, fellowships for students and faculty, and other programs. It is an integral […]
Law Graduate Brings a Human Rights Perspective to Insurance
After 40 years as an insurance company lawyer, Robert Yass came to the UConn School of Law to earn an LLM in Human Rights and Social Justice. He also graduated with a new perspective on insurance. Applying his previous profession to his new degree, Yass wrote a paper calling for study of whether factoring credit […]