School of Law

Students in the Business Law Negotiation Competition.

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 Christopher F. Droney

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.

Preston Green, professor of educational leadership, Neag School. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

A Charter School Warning

A UConn education and law professor warns of similarities between charter school growth and the subprime mortgage crisis.

map of Indian land cessions in Nebraska

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 […]

Graduation cap with a yellow tassel denoting the LLM degree. (123RF.com Photo)

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.

Images representing the Public Discourse Project. (Humanities Institute)

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.

Same-sex couple. (iStock Photo)

Same-Sex Marriage and the Law

In a cross-national study, two UConn sociologists found that policy outcomes on same-sex marriage were closely tied to the courts.

An overweight couple buying tomatoes in a grocery store. (UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity Photo)

Study Shows Public Support for Laws Against Weight Discrimination

The findings have practical implications for policy makers in the U.S.

Panel Examines Voting Rights 50 Years After the Voting Rights Act

Voter suppression and racial discrimination were the focus of panel discussion on Nov. 19 about the Voting Rights Act of 1965, sponsored by UConn School of Law and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut. Voting Rights PanelThe panel included Professor Douglas Spencer, who has a joint appointment to UConn School of […]

Experts Bring Death Penalty Disparity Debate to UConn Law

Two experts with conflicting views on the existence of racial disparity and arbitrariness in the Connecticut death penalty debated their positions in an intense exchange at UConn School of Law on Nov. 20, 2015. The event, co-sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Association and the Connecticut Bar Foundation, featured Stanford Law Professor John Donohue and Dr. […]