{"id":252156,"date":"2026-08-27T13:31:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=252156"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T20:16:53","slug":"new-faculty-expand-uconn-laws-strengths-in-scholarship-teaching-and-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2026\/08\/new-faculty-expand-uconn-laws-strengths-in-scholarship-teaching-and-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"New Faculty Expand UConn Law\u2019s Strengths in Scholarship, Teaching, and Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four new faculty members are joining the UConn Law community this year, bringing a wide range of experience from academia, legal practice, advocacy, and the courts. As scholars, teachers, and practitioners, they will contribute to the law school’s vibrant, intellectually rigorous, and engaged culture of teaching, research, and service.<\/p>\n

The new appointments include Gregory Antill, Melissa Stewart, Maegan Faitsch \u201919, and Brianne Felsher.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to welcome these outstanding scholars and educators to UConn Law,\u201d says Dean Eboni S. Nelson. \u201cTheir scholarship and professional experience reflect our commitment to connecting rigorous academic inquiry with meaningful practice and service. I look forward to the contributions they will make to our classrooms, our intellectual life, and the preparation of our students.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HeadshotGregory Antill<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gregory Antill joins the faculty as an associate professor of law and will teach Legal Profession, a course that explores the ethical responsibilities of lawyers and the professional standards that guide their work with clients, the courts, and the justice system.<\/p>\n

Antill comes to UConn Law from the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. His teaching and research interests include criminal law, tort law, and evidence. His scholarship applies developments in philosophy and cognitive science to traditional legal questions about mens rea, culpability, causation, and expert testimony. His work has been published or is forthcoming in the Yale Law Journal<\/a>, the California Law Review<\/a>, and the University of Chicago Law Review<\/a>, among other publications.<\/p>\n

Previously, Antill was an academic fellow and lecturer in law at Columbia Law School and held academic appointments at Yale University, Pomona College, and Claremont McKenna College. He earned his JD from Yale Law School, a doctorate in philosophy from UCLA, and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Brandeis University.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled to join UConn Law and contribute to its long tradition of innovative scholarship in legal theory and jurisprudence,\u201d says Antill. \u201cI especially look forward to becoming part of a public institution committed to making an outstanding legal education accessible and affordable to students from every background.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HeadshotMelissa Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n

Melissa Stewart joins UConn Law as an associate professor of law and will teach International Human Rights Law and Civil Procedure. She holds a joint appointment with the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Her research combines theoretical and practical approaches to international law, with a focus on the rights of stateless people, refugees, migrants, immigrants, and internally displaced people. Her scholarship has appeared in the American Journal of International Law<\/a>, Virginia Journal of International Law<\/a>, Stanford Journal of International Law<\/a>, and other publications.<\/p>\n

Stewart previously taught at the University of Hawai\u2018i at M\u0101noa William S. Richardson School of Law and held appointments at Georgetown Law, the Australian National University College of Law, and the Center for Transnational Legal Studies. Before entering academia, she practiced at Foley Hoag LLP, representing clients in complex civil litigation and before international courts, tribunals, and United Nations bodies.<\/p>\n

She earned her JD and LLM from Georgetown University Law Center, a master\u2019s degree in international economic law, global governance studies from SciencesPo in Paris, and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Butler University.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m delighted to join the faculty at UConn Law and the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute,\u201d Stewart says. \u201cIt is a privilege to be a part of such a vibrant intellectual community, and I am looking forward to engaging with students, faculty, and staff at the law school and HRI.”<\/p>\n

\"HeadshotMaegan Faitsch \u201919<\/strong><\/p>\n

UConn Law graduate Maegan Faitsch \u201919 returns to campus as the William R. Davis Clinical Teaching Fellow in the Asylum and Human Rights Clinic<\/a>. She has represented immigrants and refugees in Connecticut for six years, first as a staff attorney with Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS) and then with Connecticut Legal Services. For the past two years, Faitsch has also taught as an adjunct instructor in UConn Law\u2019s Legal Practice program, working with students on interviewing, counseling, negotiation, and advocacy. Before entering practice, she served as a law clerk to then-Chief Justice Richard Robinson of the Connecticut Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am honored to be returning to UConn Law as a faculty member in the Asylum and Human Rights Clinic,\u201d says Faitsch. \u201cAs a former student of the Clinic, I know firsthand the importance of clinical education, and I look forward to helping our students prepare for their future roles as advocates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faitsch earned her BA from Grove City College prior to earning her JD from UConn Law.<\/p>\n

\"HeadshotBrianne Felsher<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brianne Felsher, a PhD candidate in the Jurisprudence and Social Policy program at Berkeley, is UConn Law\u2019s new Stuart F. Smith Fellow. The fellowship supports emerging scholars whose writing and research contribute to a more inclusive legal academy.<\/p>\n

Felsher studies the legal history of queer families and marriages in the United States from the early 1800s through World War I. Their research examines how queer individuals navigated legal institutions, created contracts, and formed relationships, as well as the implications of queer legal history for constitutional law. Their paper, \u201c\u2018Sex Changed by a Court\u2019s Decree\u2019: The History and Tradition of Gender Transitions in the United States,\u201d<\/a> was recently published in the Georgetown Law Journal.<\/p>\n

Felsher earned their JD from Berkeley and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Columbia University.<\/p>\n

“I am excited to join UConn Law,\u201d says Felsher. \u201cI have already been amazed by the kindness and welcoming nature of the faculty. I am looking forward to learning more from all my colleagues.”<\/p>\n

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