School of Law
Conference Explores Local Solutions for Global Climate Change
A sold-out crowd of academics, environmentalists, lawyers, planners, architects, and students assembled March 3, 2017, for the 22nd Gallivan Conference, “Municipal Climate Policy: Local Solutions for a Global Problem at UConn School of Law. The conference, convened by Professor Sara Bronin, the Thomas F. Gallivan Chair in Real Property Law and cosponsored by the law school’s […]
March 7, 2017 | By Professor Sara Bronin
A Lesson from Enron: Charter Schools Need More Oversight
A UConn professor of education and law draws parallels between financial mismanagement in the charter school sector and the notorious Enron accounting scandal.
March 6, 2017 | Loretta Waldman
Shira A. Scheindlin Named 2017 Day Pitney Visiting Scholar
Shira A. Scheindlin, a retired judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York known for high-profile cases involving civil rights and public policy, is the 2017 Day Pitney Visiting Scholar at UConn School of Law. She will visit the law school on April 4, 2017, to speak on the […]
February 15, 2017 | Jeanne Leblanc
Professor Alexandra Lahav Defends Litigation in New Book
The popular perception of a nation awash in frivolous lawsuits and outrageous damage awards is not just inaccurate, it is undermining one of the pillars of American democracy, writes UConn Law Professor Alexandra Lahav in a new book, In Praise of Litigation. This is because courts and legislatures have reacted by limiting people’s ability to […]
February 2, 2017 | Jeanne Leblanc
Turning the Lens on UConn Law
Views of the Law School campus in Hartford.
January 31, 2017 | Sean Flynn
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January 30, 2017 | Combined Reports
Professor James Kwak’s New Book Explains Dangers of ‘Economism’
The simplistic idea that free markets always generate the greatest possible economic well-being is helping drive economic inequality, writes UConn Law Professor James Kwak in a new book, Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality. In the book, released this month by Pantheon Books, Kwak defines economism as the “invocation of basic economics lessons […]
January 27, 2017 | Jeanne Leblanc
Law Incubator Will Offer Affordable Legal Help
The Connecticut Community Law Center, opening at UConn Law in February, aims to help clients who don’t qualify for legal aid but can’t afford standard legal fees.
January 4, 2017 | Jeanne Leblanc
Richard Pomp Files Amicus Brief with U.S. Supreme Court
Professor Richard Pomp has filed an amicus brief on behalf of 14 tax law professors in support of a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking reversal of Quill Corp. v. North Dakota. The 1992 Quill case established that mail-order companies do not have to collect use taxes on goods sold to people in states […]
November 11, 2016 | Jeanne Leblanc
Need for Compliance Officers Skyrockets
School of Business Partners with UConn Law to Offer New Certificate in Corporate/Regulatory Compliance The University of Connecticut School of Business and the School of Law have partnered to create a certificate program in Corporate and Regulatory Compliance in response to the business community’s growing demand for risk-avoidance expertise. “This is one of the fastest-growing […]
November 11, 2016 | Claire Hall