UConn Law Wins!

  • Practice-Based Learning

    The Law School has adopted a “practice-based learning” requirement which will ensure that all students have at least one intensive, carefully supervised, live lawyering experience before graduating from law school. Fewer than 20 other U.S. law schools currently have a similar requirement.

  • 50 Most Influential

    UConn Law graduates Cheryl Chase '78, Joette Katz '77, and Linda Kelly '76 have been named to Hartford Magazine's 50 Most Influential list. Also included on the list are UConn's president, Susan Herbst, and Martha Stone, executive director of the Center for Children's Advocacy.

  • Most Amazing University Library

    The UConn Law's Thomas J. Meskill '56 Law Library has been named by BestMastersPrograms.org as one of the 50 most amazing University libraries in the world.

  • Hastie Moot Court Winners

    Ryan Cook '14 is this year's Hastie Moot Court Champion. Raymond Carta '14 took home the award for "Best Oralist," and Michael Schoeneberger '14 won "Best Brief."
     

  • CHBA Scholarship Winners

    Congratulations to Luz Adorno '13, Evan Estrada '14, Rosendo Garza '15, Maria Rodriguez '14, Christina Williams '14, and Carolina Guiral Cuervo '15, winners of scholarships from the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association.

  • Appellate Court Win

    Under the guidance of Professor Tim Everett '84, students in the Law School's Criminal Clinic presented a case to the Connecticut Appellate Court on behalf of their client which resulted in the Court ordering a new trial.

  • CT Hall of Fame Honoree

    Bessy Reyna '82 has been recognized by the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame as one of its 12 "Voices and Vision" honorees.

  • Grad Receives Berkman Award

    Tom Condon '75 has been recognized as the fifth recipient of Trinity College's Moses Berkman Memorial Journalism Award. Condon is a columnist with The Hartford Courant.

  • Davis Competition Winners!

    Congratulations to the 2012 William R. Davis Mock Trial Competition champions, Laura Ann Keller '15 and Carl Schoenherr '15.

  • Survivor Circle Award

    Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. '97 will be recognized at a ceremony on October 30 with the 2012 Survivor Circle Award from the American Society for Radiation Oncology.

  • Grad Named President

    John D. Moore '83 has been elected to a second two-year term as president of the Wesleyan Lawyers Association, the University's first professional affinity group.

  • Grad Honored for Educational Research

    Perry A. Zirkel '76, a professor of education at Lehigh University, has been recognized by the American Educational Research Association for his outstanding contributions toward increasing practitioner and lay understanding of educational research.

  • Award Winners

    On October 12, the Honorable Joette Katz '77, Professor Thomas Morawetz, and Professor Richard Pomp will be honored by the University's Alumni Association during the 2012 Alumni and Faculty Award Recognition ceremony.

  • Award Winners

    Evan D. Flaschen '82, former Dean Jeremy Paul, the Honorable Pedro E. Segarra '85 and the Honorable Ellen Ash Peters will be recognized with awards from the Law School's Alumni Association at its annual meeting and awards dinner on October 10.

  • Grad Appointed to Commission

    Ndidi N. Moses '05 has been appointed to serve on the State of Connecticut's Judicial Selection Commission. Her three year appointment began on September 10.

  • Top Women Litigators

    Maureen Danehy Cox '80, Linda L. Morkan '87 and Kathleen L. Nastri '86 have been recognized by Benchmark as among the top 250 women in litigation in America.

  • Urban Land Fellow

    Pedro E. Segarra '85, mayor of the City of Hartford, has been named one of four recipients of a 2013 fellowship from The Urban Land Institute.

  • Grad Receives Housing Award

    John L. Kelly '74 has received the Clara Fox Award for Outstanding Achievement. He was presented with the award at the New York Housing Conference's 38th Annual Awards Program.

  • Female Leaders 2012

    Cheryl A. Chase '78, President Susan Herbst, and Joette Katz '77 have been recognized by Hartford Magazine in this year's selection of outstanding women leaders in Greater Hartford.

  • Graduate Named to Board

    Michael A. Cantor '83 has been named by Governor Dannel P. Malloy to the board of directors of Connecticut Innovations, an organization that provides capital and operational insight to new technology companies in Connecticut.

  • Criminal Justice Reform

    Jennifer L. Zito '88 has been recognized by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers with its second Champion of State Criminal Justice Reform Award for her work to reform the state's criminal justice system.

  • Grad Named Big East Commissioner

    Mike Aresco '76 has been named commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference by unanimous vote of the league's presidents. Aresco was formerly the executive vice president of programming of CBS Sports.

  • Graduate Elected Fellow

    Thomas J. Riley '77 has been named a fellow by the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. The College was established in 1995 through an initiative of the Council of The Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association.

  • James Kent Scholar

    Alani Golanski '86 was named a James Kent Scholar while completing his LL.M. at Columbia University School of Law. This designation is Columbia Law's highest academic distinction.

  • 40 Under Forty

    Ashley Baron Russo '07, Carrianna K. Field '07, and David Lawton '06 have been named to Hartford Business Journal's 40 Under Forty Class of 2012.