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Paul Chill

Since joining the faculty in 1988, Paul Chill has supervised clinical programs focusing on child protection, civil rights, disability, and mental health law, and has regularly taught non-clinical courses on torts and legal ethics. From 2004-08 he served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the first alumnus of the Law School to serve in that capacity. Before joining the faculty, he was a plaintiff's employment litigator with the New Haven law firm of Garrison, Kahn, Silbert & Arterton. From 1993-98, Chill also served as a part-time state magistrate, presiding in small claims and motor vehicle matters. A 1979 honors graduate of Wesleyan University, Chill received his law degree with honors from UConn in 1985. Between college and law school, he spent three years as a youth services officer working with the state's most serious juvenile offenders.

Chill has received broad recognition for his clinical teaching and legal advocacy on behalf of parents and families. In 1998, he was named one of "Ten Lawyers and Judges Who Made a Difference" in Connecticut for his work as lead counsel in a lawsuit that led to systemic reform of the state's juvenile court system. In 1999, he received the Connecticut Law Review Award for excellence in legal scholarship and service to the legal community. In 2006, he was appointed to the newly-formed State Commission on Child Protection, upon which he continues to serve. His published writings include a treatise on Connecticut child protection law and practice, a journal article on the procedural impact of emergency removal of children, a mock trial published by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), and several shorter publications.

Recent Courses

• Legal Profession (Fall 2008)
• Recent Cases (Spring 2008)
• Recent Cases (Spring 2007)
• Recent Cases (Spring 2006)
• Legal Profession (Spring 2005)