{"id":153595,"date":"2019-08-27T16:52:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T20:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&p=153595"},"modified":"2019-09-12T12:25:17","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T16:25:17","slug":"incoming-law-class-brimming-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/08\/incoming-law-class-brimming-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Incoming Law Class Brimming with Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

UConn School of Law welcomed a diverse group of 165 new JD students, including theater majors, engineers, artists and health clinicians, along with 34 LLM students from 15 countries as the 2019-20 academic year began.<\/p>\n

The incoming JD class consists of 139 Day Division and 26 Evening Division students from 23 states and 100 undergraduate institutions. There are seven international JD students, an unusually high number, from Canada, China, India and South Korea. The Day Division also includes three students taking part in the accelerated program while completing their final undergraduate year at the University of Connecticut in Storrs.<\/p>\n

Meet Our New Students:<\/strong>
\n  \u25a0 Elvis Ampadu LLM ’20<\/a>  
\n  \u25a0 Andrei Andreescu LLM ’20<\/a>
\n  \u25a0 Julia Audibert ’22<\/a>
\n  \u25a0 Collin Cowdery ’22<\/a>
\n  \u25a0 Gulrukh Haroon ’22<\/a>
\n  \u25a0 Daniel Knapp LLM ’20<\/a>
\n  \u25a0 Angelica Matos ’23<\/a>
\n  \u25a0 Sarah Price LLM ’20<\/a>
\n  \u25a0 Anna-Liza Villard-Howe ’22<\/a><\/div>\n

Lauren Majchrowski, director of JD admissions, said she could tell early on that this class would be special. \u201cThey were so engaged throughout the application process and could barely wait for their opportunity to get started. Now that the semester is underway, I am pleased to see that this enthusiasm has only grown and, from what I can tell, I don\u2019t think it will stop anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

With 165 students, the class is 19 percent larger than last year\u2019s 1L class. The average age is 25, and the students include nine military veterans, a truck driver and at least two middle school teachers.<\/p>\n

The 34 domestic and international students who are studying for a Master of Laws (LLM) degree have been joined for the fall semester by\u00a011 students from Southeast University in China<\/a>. Those students will continue in the six-month program they started this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only does the incoming LLM class include students embarking on a U.S. legal education for the first time, it also includes seasoned international lawyers, domestic lawyers, current insurance regulators, in-house counsel and students with experience in a variety of different practice settings\u201d said Carrie Field, director of graduate and exchange programs. \u201cThey bring to the classroom domestic and international legal experience that expands the education for all present.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before beginning classes on Monday, August 26, 2019, incoming JD and LLM students participated in a weeklong orientation program that included a trip to the Connecticut Supreme Court and Legislative Office Building, simulated lectures and class discussions, reading groups and a trip to a Hartford Yard Goats baseball game.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrientation was very helpful and it got me excited about the starting this career,\u201d said Victoria James \u201923, a first-year JD student. \u201cMy favorite orientation event was probably going to the legislative buildings and listening to the Connecticut Supreme Court justices.\u201d James said she also enjoyed meeting her law school peers. \u201cEveryone was down-to-earth and seemed to have at least one thing in common with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jake Gibbs, an LLM student from the United Kingdom, said that while orientation was a period of trepidation, it was also constantly full of excitement. \u201cI am most looking forward to being part of an amazing community which is constantly evolving to become bigger and better. A community that represents opinions and views from many different parts of society allowing all to benefit from seeing the other side to a story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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