School of Law

New faculty members stand in the Reading Room.

UConn Law Welcomes New Faculty

John Brittain, the first Black tenured professor at UConn Law, will rejoin the UConn Law faculty in the Spring 2025 semester as a visiting professor to co-teach a new course, Taxation and Racism.

UConn Law Professor Emeritus Nicholas Wolfson

In Memoriam: UConn Law Professor Nicholas Wolfson

Professor Wolfson taught freedom of speech, securities regulation and corporate law at the UConn School of Law for 27 years.

Dr. David Mahatha

David Mahatha Joins UConn Law as Assistant Dean

Ensuring that everyone on campus feels valued and bringing more diversity to the legal profession are at the core of his work.

UConn Law Library viewed through Middle Path sculpture

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.

Student Awards 2024

UConn Law Students and Graduates Recognized with 2024 Awards

The annual awards recognize achievements in many areas of the law as well as contributions to the law school and the community.

Stuart Smith headshot

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.'

People paddle in a canoe down a flooded street.

UConn Hosts Just Transitions Symposium

A multidisciplinary approach to addressing the climate crisis - and finding solutions

Three UConn law graduates in robes and caps with Juris Doctor flag

Class of 2024 Graduates With Focus on Service

The Class of 2024 includes 150 graduates with juris doctor (JD) degrees, 62 with master of laws (LLM) degrees, and one with a doctor of the science of laws (SJD) degree.

Celebrating UConn’s Class of 2024

The newest alums take their place in a great tradition

Richard Pomp giving a lecture at UConn Law School on Dec. 5, 2016. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Office of the Provost Honors Professor Richard Pomp

The award is the latest of several recent internal and external honors for Pomp, who is the Alva P. Loiselle Professor of Law at the UConn School of Law, a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, and an internationally known expert in tax law.