School of Law
99-year-old Law School Alum Finds Purpose as Public Defender
WWII veteran Morton Katz '51 is still putting the lessons he learned at UConn Law to good use as a special public defender at Hartford Superior Court.
UConn Law Welcomes Six New Faculty Members
UConn School of Law welcomes six new faculty members this fall, including experts in prison reform, immigration law, white-collar crime and the application of technology in jurisprudence. Mary Beattie, who has been an academic success counselor at UConn School of Law for five years, has been named an assistant clinical professor of law and the […]
High School Students Take Mock Trial Seriously
High school students learning how the legal system functions during UConn Law's Summer Mock Trial Program put the celebrity Kanye West 'on trial' in a fictional case.
Jury finds Monsanto Liable in the first Roundup Cancer Trial – Here’s What Could Happen Next
A UConn Health professor with experience of trying to help figure out why people get cancer discusses implications of the Roundup verdict.
Keep Shopping: Why the Wayfair Ruling Won’t Hurt Online Sales
UConn's Richard Pomp, Wharton's Katja Seim, and Columbia's Mark Cohen discuss the Wayfair sales tax ruling on online sales, a move that promises to put billions of dollars back into state coffers.
Noted Attorney and UConn Alum Appointed to Board of Trustees
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has appointed Kevin J. O’Connor, former U.S. Attorney for Connecticut and former U.S. Associate Attorney General, as a UConn trustee.
UConn Law Assistant Dean Karen DeMeola Named Attorney of the Year
Karen DeMeola ’96, assistant dean for enrollment and students, was honored as the 2018 Attorney of the Year at the Connecticut Law Tribune’s annual awards dinner on May 24, 2018. In addition to serving as assistant dean at UConn School of Law, DeMeola is president of the Connecticut Bar Association. The other finalists for the […]
Law Graduates Urged to Seek Compromise
Judge Cornelia T. L. Pillard, delivering the keynote address at the 95th commencement of UConn School of Law, urged graduates to be open to compromise. “In the face of everything that divides us, our job as lawyers, as human beings, is to work conscientiously to help people figure out, with all our differences, how to […]
UConn Alum Named State’s First African-American Chief Justice
'Make sure that your reach exceeds your grasp,' Richard A. Robinson '79 (CLAS), once advised students.
The Danger of California Charter Schools
Charter schools have become a sticking point in the teacher contract talks in Los Angeles. To learn about charter schools in that state, take another look at research by UConn's Preston Green.