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Graduating Students Recognize Professor Steven Wilf
The Perry Zirkel ’76 Distinguished Teaching Award is decided according to vote by the graduating class, after nominations are selected by a committee of students.
UConn Law Attracts Fulbright Scholars
Four of this year’s 36 LLM students came to the School of Law through the Fulbright Program.
UConn Law Welcomes One of Its Most Accomplished Incoming Classes
This year’s 151 incoming JD students represent 19 states and the 36 LLM students are from 23 countries.
UConn Law Students and Graduates Recognized with 2025 Awards
The annual awards recognize achievements in many areas of the law as well as contributions to the law school and the community.
UConn Law Celebrates the Class of 2025
The School of Law conferred 198 degrees — 143 juris doctor (JD), 54 master of laws (LLM), and one doctor of the science of laws (SJD).
Meet Members of the UConn Law Class of 2025
The School of Law is proud to share the stories behind nine of the students about to join the ranks of alumni.
UConn Law Faculty Member and Librarian Receive Promotions
Professor Rachel Timm and librarian Tanya Johnson were among the annual slate of promotions approved by the Board of Trustees.
Rachel Timm Wins 2025 UConn Law Teaching Award
Timm's nomination for the student-voted award praised her for creating "a learning environment in which students feel confident and empowered."
UConn Law’s Anna VanCleave Recognized for Criminal Law Research Project
Professor VanCleave's project aims to gather data on bail and detention practices and impacts that will inform discussions about the current practices and the necessary components of a bail reform package.
UConn Law Professor Leslie Levin Honored by New York State Bar Association
Levin is one of the leading scholars on legal ethics in the country and was one of the first to study lawyers' ethical decision making using empirical methods.
UConn Law Library Exhibit Shows Alumnus’ Case Against Department of Defense
Joe Steffan donates his files to the library in hopes that those studying the case and the issue of gay rights in the future will understand how they were litigated
UConn Law Professors Lead Drafting of New Proposed Hate Crimes Bill
The proposed law to consolidate the state's confusing hate crime statutes has been adopted as a governor's bill in this legislative session.
UConn Law and Hartford HealthCare Launch Health Equity Clinic
The new clinic will provide assistance when health-harming legal issues intertwine with patient care in partnership with Hartford Hospital.
Graduate Finds Fulfillment as UConn Law’s First Supreme Court Fellow
Adam Kuegler '20 got a a close-up look at federal court administration while engaged in research and writing as a Supreme Court fellow.
Meet UConn Law’s 2024 Incoming Class
UConn Law welcomed its incoming class of JD and LLM students, who will be on campus for the next one to four years and forever a part of the UConn Law community.
UConn Law Grad’s Gift Helps Law Students Explore Summer Fellowships
Dennis Mayer '80 says he wanted to meaningfully contribute to the law school because it not only helped him pivot in his career but has a broad, positive impact on the state.
UConn Law Grad Starts Teaching Fellowship
Stuart F. Smith believes the fellowship is 'a way of creating a stronger, more nurturing, and more effective environment.'
Five UConn Law Faculty Members Promoted
The promotions were among 91 announced by the UConn after being recommended by the Office of the Provost and approved by vote of the University’s Board of Trustees.
Bethany Berger Wins 2024 UConn Law Teaching Award
The Perry Zirkel ’76 Distinguished Teaching Award was established in 2016 through the generosity of Perry Zirkel, who graduated from the UConn School of Law in 1976.