School of Law
UConn Law, Social Work Contingent Devotes Spring Break to Helping Asylum Seekers
Ten UConn Law students spent spring break interviewing immigrant detainees behind the walls of the York County Prison in Pennsylvania and working late into the night to help prepare their asylum applications.
Conviction, Acquittal: The Balkan War Crimes Verdicts
The verdicts of the UN tribunal against two perpetrators accused of crimes against humanity are discussed by UConn law and human rights professor Richard Wilson.
Symposium Addresses Legal Issues Faced by LGBTQ Youth
The legal community’s focus on such victories as same-sex marriage obscures the challenges that LGBTQ people continue to face, including homelessness, violence and discrimination in the workplace, according to the keynote speakers at a UConn Law symposium.
Helping Asylum-Seekers Prepare for the Courts
A group of UConn law and social work students will spend Spring Break assisting women asylum-seekers detained at a federal immigration center.
Law and Business Students Negotiate Together
About 40 UConn business and law students competed and collaborated last week in the second annual Business Law Negotiation Competition, working on the first day of the competition to settle a business dispute and on the second day to reach an agreement to build a dam.
Judge Droney to Speak, Receive Honorary Degree at Commencement
Judge Christopher F. Droney will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at the May 22, 2016, commencement of UConn School of Law, where he will also be the featured speaker.
A Charter School Warning
A UConn education and law professor warns of similarities between charter school growth and the subprime mortgage crisis.
UConn Law Professor Writes Supreme Court Brief
UConn Law Professor Bethany Berger was a lead author with Professor Colette Routel of Mitchell Hamline Law of an amicus brief filed Dec. 22 on behalf of 17 historians, political scientists and law professors in the U.S. Supreme Court case Nebraska v. Parker. The case considers whether the Omaha Reservation in Nebraska is diminished—meaning its […]
Law School Announces New Intellectual Property Degree
The new degree will be the only one in New England with a focus on policy and global intellectual property law.
Research Projects Explore Meaningful Public Discourse
The Humanities Institute has funded 12 projects probing the nature of meaningful public discourse and identifying barriers to achieving it.