The University of Connecticut School of Law (commonly known as UConn Law) is the only public law school in Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

 and one of only four in New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

. The school was recently ranked forty-sixth (46) out of the 190 American Bar Association

American Bar Association

The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...

-accredited law schools in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and is considered a Tier 1 school by U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report

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and 33rd overall in the annual 2009 Judging the Law Schools rankings. The law school is in Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...

, though the main campus of the University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...

 is in Storrs

Storrs, Connecticut

Storrs is a census-designated place and part of the town of Mansfield, Connecticut located in eastern Tolland County. The population was 10,996 at the 2000 census...

. Considered a Public Ivy

Public Ivy

Public Ivy is a term coined by Richard Moll in his 1985 book Public Ivies: A Guide to America's best public undergraduate colleges and universities to refer to universities which "provide an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price." Public Ivies are considered, according to the...

, the University of Connecticut is a member of the Big East Conference

Big East Conference

The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...

 and is considered one of the leading research universities in the United States.

Background

Founded in 1921, the Law School is accredited by the American Bar Association, and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools

Association of American Law Schools

The Association of American Law Schools is a non-profit organization of 170 law schools in the United States. Another 25 schools are "non-member fee paid" schools, which are not members but choose to pay AALS dues. Its purpose is to improve the legal profession through the improvement of legal...

. The campus is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

. Its gothic-style buildings, constructed in 1925 (except for the new library, which was completed in 1996), housed the Hartford Seminary

Hartford Seminary

Hartford Seminary is a theological college in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.-History:Seminaries in the city of Hartford date back to 1833. In 1913, the current Hartford Seminary came into existence through the combination of three Hartford-based schools affiliated with the city's Congregationalist...

 until 1981. UConn Law has repeatedly been ranked the top public law school in New England

New England

New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...

 by U.S. News and World Report, and the University of Connecticut is also ranked among the top 20 public research universities nationally.

Academics

In addition to the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree, the law school offers several joint degrees, including the J.D./LL.M. (Juris Doctor/Master of Laws, Insurance Law), J.D./M.B.A. (Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration), J.D./M.L.S. (Juris Doctor/Master of Library Science), J.D./M.P.A. (Juris Doctor/Master of Public Affairs Administration), J.D./M.P.H. (Juris Doctor/Master of Public Health), and J.D./M.S.W. (Juris Doctor/Master of Social Work). UConn Law offers the only LL.M in insurance law in the United States. The faculty are known particularly for their strength in insurance law

Insurance law

Insurance law is the name given to practices of law surrounding insurance, including insurance policies and claims. It can be broadly broken into three categories - regulation of the business of insurance; regulation of the content of insurance policies, especially with regard to consumer...

 and intellectual property law.

The law school has approximately 620 students and a student:faculty ratio of 11:1. Entering first-year students join small discussion-based courses of only 20-30 students. Students may pursue concentrations in corporate law, criminal law, environmental law, family law, intellectual property law, international law, juvenile law, labor law, litigation, tax law, torts and insurance, legal theory, information technology law, property and land, child advocacy, and policy.

In addition, clinics provide hands-on, practical training to upper-level students who earn up to 10 credits for their work; strong and widely recognized asylum and human rights, criminal law, appellate, child advocacy, immigration, intellectual property, and tax clinics are available. Seminars in a multitude of different substantive areas are available to upper-level students for about 3 credits. Internships, and field work are available to upper-level students. Research positions are open to upper-level students under the direction of a faculty adviser.

Library

The Law Library contains 645,754 hard-copy volumes and 222,856 microform volume equivalents, and subscribes to 5,704 serial publications. The facility, 120000 square feet (11,148.4 m²), is one of the largest law libraries in the country. There are 400 individual study carrels, 14 study rooms, computer laboratories, a rare book and manuscript center, a student lounge, periodical reading rooms and more than 70000 feet (21,336 m) of shelving. Collections include federal and state statutes as well as judicial opinions, treatises and other primary sources. There are substantial collections of international legal materials, U.S. government publications, and insurance law materials. The library recently underwent a $21 million renovation, and reopened in June 2009.

The Law Library works closely with the University of Connecticut Libraries, which form the largest public research collection in the state of Connecticut. The main library is the Homer D. Babbidge Library

Homer D. Babbidge Library

The Homer D. Babbidge Library is the main library on the University of Connecticut campus.-History:In December 1962 University of Connecticut President Homer D. Babbidge went before the Connecticut legislature to advocate for a stronger research-oriented institution in Storrs, CT...

, formerly the Nathan Hale Library, at the Storrs campus, which underwent a $3 million renovation that was completed in 1998, making it then the largest public research library in New England. The Storrs campus is also home to the university's Music and Pharmacy libraries, as well as the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center

Thomas J. Dodd Research Center

The Thomas J. Dodd Research Center houses the Archives & Special Collections for the University of Connecticut Libraries. It also houses the Human Rights Institute and the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life at the University of Connecticut...

, home to the university's archives and special collections, including university records, rare books, and manuscript collections. Each of the regional campuses also have their own libraries, including the Jeremy Richard Library at UConn-Stamford and the Trecker Library in West Hartford. These libraries are tied into the Babbidge library through a shared catalogue.

The Babbidge-based collection, which places UConn among the top 30 universities in the nation for both library holdings and funding, contains more than 2.5 million print volumes; approximately 2,500 current print periodicals; more than 35,000 unique electronic journals available through the eJournal locator; 2.8 million units of microform; 180,000 maps at the Map and Geographic Information Center (New England's largest public map collection); thousands of electronic books; and an array of free electronic information sources. The UCL also license approximately 265 electronic search databases, many of which contain the full-text of research journals, monographs, and historic documents. Additionally, UConn is the home of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut is an international archive of social science data, specializing in data from opinion surveys. The data held by the Roper Center ranges from the 1930s, when survey research was in its infancy, to the present...

, which is the world's most comprehensive survey and public opinion data library.

Law Journals and Publications

There are four scholarly journals edited on campus: the Connecticut Law Review

Connecticut Law Review

The Connecticut Law Review is a law review produced by University of Connecticut School of Law students. The Review publishes approximately 1,000 pages of critical legal discussion each year and is managed entirely by a student board of editors, who solicit, edit, and publish articles and book...

, the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal

Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal

The Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal is a student-run scholarly law review at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Founded in 1999, the primary purpose of the Journal is to further discussion of the legal aspects of public interest priorities relating to the many crucial political,...

, the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, and the Connecticut Journal of International Law. The Connecticut Law Review is the oldest, largest, and most active student-run publication at the School of Law. Five times per year, the organization publishes a high quality journal of interest to the general legal community. The journal has a circulation that spans all 50 states as well as 19 foreign countries. Members of Connecticut Law Review are responsible for the entire production process from article selection and editing through the layout of the final copy.

Alumni

• Hon. Vanessa Lynne Bryant
  Vanessa Lynne Bryant
  Vanessa Lynne Bryant is a district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. She joined the court in 2007 after being nominated by President George W...
  
  , 1978, district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
  United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
  The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Connecticut. The court has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven. Appeals from the court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...
  
  
• Eric D. Coleman
  Eric D. Coleman
  Eric D. Coleman is a Democratic Party politician in the United States. He currently serves as state senator of Connecticut's 2nd District, representing Bloomfield, Hartford, and Windsor...
  
  , 1977, Deputy President Pro Tempore in the Connecticut Senate.
• Joe Courtney
  Joe Courtney (politician)
  Joseph Courtney is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:Courtney grew up in suburban Hartford and became a 1975 graduate of Tufts University...
  
  , 1978, Congressman from Connecticut's Second District
• Hon. Alfred V. Covello
  Alfred V. Covello
  Alfred V. Covello is a United States federal judge.Covello was born in Hartford, Connecticut. He received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1954, and then an LL.B. and a J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1960. He was in the United States Army Personnel Specialist from 1955...
  
  , 1960, senior judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
  United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
  The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Connecticut. The court has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven. Appeals from the court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...
  
  
• Bill Curry
  Bill Curry
  William Alexander "Bill" Curry is an American football coach and former player. He is the current head coach at Georgia State University, which began competing in college football in 2010...
  
  , two-time Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut and a White House advisor in the administration of Bill Clinton
• John A. Danaher III
  John A. Danaher III
  John A. Danaher III has been the Commissioner of the State of Connecticut Department of Public Safety since March 2007. Mr...
  
  , 1980, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Public Safety; former U.S. Attorney for Connecticut
• Hon. Christopher F. Droney
  Christopher F. Droney
  Christopher Fitzgerald Droney is a Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He formally served as a District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut....
  
  , 1979, district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
  United States District Court for the District of Connecticut
  The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Connecticut. The court has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford and New Haven. Appeals from the court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...
  
  
• J. Michael Farren
  J. Michael Farren
  John Michael Farren is an American attorney who served as Deputy White House Counsel in the Office of Counsel to the President under the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush from 2007 to 2009. Mr...
  
  , Deputy White House Counsel
  White House Counsel
  The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States.-Role:The Counsel's role is to advise the President on all legal issues concerning the President and the White House...
  
   to President George W. Bush
  George W. Bush
  George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
  
  
• C. Frank Figliuzzi
  C. Frank Figliuzzi
  Frank Figliuzzi is currently the Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Figliuzzi was previously the Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cleveland Division which includes all of northern Ohio, and the major cities of...
  
  , Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  Federal Bureau of Investigation
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
  
   Counterintelligence Division
• Mary Glassman
  Mary Glassman
  Mary Messina Glassman is the First Selectman of Simsbury, Connecticut and was a 2010 Democratic primary candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. She had been the official Democratic nominee for the position in 2006.-Biography:...
  
  , 1986, First Selectman of Simsbury, CT.
• Bernard F. Grabowski
  Bernard F. Grabowski
  Bernard Francis Grabowski is a former U.S. Representative from Connecticut.- Biography :Grabowski was born in New Haven, Connecticut, attended St. Stanislaus Parochial School, and graduated from Bristol High School in Bristol, Connecticut in 1941. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to...
  
  , 1952, former U.S. Representative for Connecticut
• Wesley W. Horton
  Wesley W. Horton
  Wesley W. Horton is a Connecticut appellate lawyer and partner of Horton, Shields & Knox, P.C. He most recently represented the City of New London in Kelo v. New London before the U.S. Supreme Court....
  
  , 1970, appellate attorney who argued Kelo v. New London on behalf of the New London before the U.S. Supreme Court and partner at Horton, Shields & Knox, P.C.
• Justice Denise Johnson, 1974, Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
  Vermont Supreme Court
  The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Vermont and is one of seven state courts of Vermont.The Court consists of a chief justice and four associate justices; the Court mostly hears appeals of cases that have been decided by other courts...
  
  
• Justice Joette Katz
  Joette Katz
  Joette Katz is Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, and a former Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, where she also served as the administrative judge for the state appellate system....
  
  , 1972, appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court
  Connecticut Supreme Court
  The Connecticut Supreme Court, formerly known as the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, is the highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The seven justices sit in Hartford, across the street from the Connecticut State Capitol...
  
   in 1992
• Edward Kennedy, Jr.
  Edward Kennedy, Jr.
  Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, Jr. is an American entrepreneur, investment banker and lawyer. He is a co-founder and the president of the , a financial-services firm headquartered in New York City, New York....
  
  , 1983, son of Ted Kennedy
  Ted Kennedy
  Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history...
  
  
• Martin Looney
  Martin Looney
  Martin M. Looney is an American politician. Looney, a Democrat, has been a state senator from Connecticut since 1993. Since 2004, Looney has served as Majority Leader of the Senate....
  
  , Majority Leader, Connecticut Senate
  Connecticut Senate
  The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 94,600 inhabitants. Senators are elected to two-year terms without term limits...
  
  
• Thomas Joseph Meskill
  Thomas Joseph Meskill
  Thomas Joseph Meskill was a longtime judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He previously served as the 82nd Governor of Connecticut, as a U.S. Congressman from Connecticut, and as the mayor of New Britain, Connecticut...
  
  , 1956, Former Governor of Connecticut, Congressman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Senior Judge
• Chris Murphy
  Chris Murphy (politician)
  Christopher Scott "Chris" Murphy is the U. S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.Murphy previously served in the Connecticut House of Representatives and the Connecticut Senate....
  
  , 2002, Congressman from Connecticut's Fifth District
• Kathleen Murphy - CEO, ING
  ING Group
  The ING Group is a global financial institution offering retail banking, direct banking, commercial banking, investment banking, asset management, and insurance services. ING is the Dutch member of the Inter-Alpha Group of Banks, a cooperative consortium of 11 prominent European banks...
  
   U.S. Wealth Management; named to Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business List
• Kevin J. O'Connor
  Kevin J. O'Connor (attorney)
  Kevin J. O'Connor is an attorney appointed by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate as Connecticut’s 48th United States Attorney in 2002. From January to April 2006, O'Connor served as Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States. In 2007, O'Connor...
  
  , 1992, U.S. Attorney for District of Connecticut 2002–Present, Chief of Staff for the Department of Justice
  United States Department of Justice
  The United States Department of Justice , is the United States federal executive department responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries.The Department is led by the Attorney General, who is nominated...
  
   2007–Present
• Justice Richard N. Palmer
  Richard N. Palmer
  Justice Richard N. Palmer is an Associate Justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court. He was born on May 27, 1950 in Hartford, CT. He received his Bachelor of Arts Phi Beta Kappa, from Trinity College in Hartford in 1972...
  
  , 1977, appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court
  Connecticut Supreme Court
  The Connecticut Supreme Court, formerly known as the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, is the highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The seven justices sit in Hartford, across the street from the Connecticut State Capitol...
  
   in 1993
• Hon. Juan Ramirez, Jr.
  Juan Ramirez, Jr.
  Juan Ramirez, Jr. is the current Chief Judge for the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.-Background:He was born in 1945 in Havana, Cuba. He received his bachelor's degree and his master's degree from Vanderbilt University. He then worked for a Ph.D. in Latin American History at the University...
  
  , 1975, judge for the Florida District Court of Appeals, Third District
• Ronald A. Sarasin
  Ronald A. Sarasin
  Ronald Arthur Sarasin is a former U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, Sarasin attended Center Elementary School in Beacon Falls, Connecticut and graduated from Naugatuck High School 1952. He served in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1956.Attained rank of...
  
  , 1963, former U.S. Representative from Connecticut
• Pedro Segarra
  Pedro Segarra
  Pedro E. Segarra is an American politician of Puerto Rican origin and Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut. Prior to becoming mayor, Segarra was president of Hartford's City Council. He succeeded former Mayor Eddie Perez who resigned in disgrace after he was convicted by a state Superior Court jury of...
  
  , Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut
• Mickey Sherman
  Mickey Sherman
  Michael "Mickey" Sherman, a criminal-defense attorney who has represented some famous clients, often appeared as a legal analyst on cable television talk shows. In June 2010, Sherman plead guilty for failing to pay more than $1.1 million in federal taxes....
  
  , 1971, criminal defense attorney who represented Michael Skakel
  Michael Skakel
  Michael C. Skakel was convicted in 2002 of the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley, his 15-year-old neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was sentenced to 20 years to life and remains incarcerated. Skakel is the nephew of Ethel Skakel Kennedy, the widow of Senator Robert F...
  
  
• William St. Onge
  William St. Onge
  William Leon St. Onge was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut, and attended the secondary schools of Putnam...
  
  , 1948, former U.S. Representative from Connecticut
• Kevin Sullivan
  Kevin Rodney Sullivan
  Kevin Rodney Sullivan is an American film and television actor and film director. He is married to wife Nita Sullivan, and has a daughter, Nicole L. Sullivan.-Early Life and Acting Career:...
  
  , 1982, Connecticut's 86th Lieutenant Governor, served as Senate President Pro Tempore from 1997 - 2004 in the Connecticut Senate
• Sean Sullivan
  Sean Sullivan
  Sean Patrick Sullivan is an attorney, a retired submarine commander and was commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base New London...
  
  , retired submarine commander, former commanding officer of the Naval Submarine Base New London, and Republican candidate for the United States Congress in Connecticut's 2nd congressional district in 2008
• Justice Christine S. Vertefeuille
  Christine S. Vertefeuille
  Christine S. Vertefeuille is a Senior Associate Justice on the Connecticut Supreme Court. She is a Connecticut native, born in New Britain, Connecticut...
  
  , 1975, appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court
  Connecticut Supreme Court
  The Connecticut Supreme Court, formerly known as the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, is the highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The seven justices sit in Hartford, across the street from the Connecticut State Capitol...
  
   in 2000
• Hon. William A. Webb
  William A. Webb
  William A. Webb was an American sailor and Mexican-American War veteran who resigned his United States Navy commission after more than 20 years of service to join the Confederate States Navy in the American Civil War...
  
  , 1974, magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina

Deans of the School of Law

1. 1933—1934 Thomas A. Larremore
2. 1934—1942 Edward Graham Biard
3. 1942—1946 Laurence J. Ackerman
4. 1946—1966 Dr. Bert Earl Hopkins
5. 1967 Cornelius J. Scanlon
6. 1967—1972 Howard R. Sacks
7. 1972—1974 Francis C. Cady
8. 1974—1984 Phillip I. Blumberg
9. 1984—1990 George Schatzki
10. 1990—2000 Hugh C. MacGill
11. 2000—2006 Nell Jessup Newton
12. 2006—2007 Kurt Strasser (interim)
13. 2007— Jeremy Paul
    Jeremy R. Paul
    Jeremy R. Paul , is the Thomas F. Gallivan, Jr., Professor of Real Property Law, and the Dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law.-Education:Paul graduated from in 1978 and received his law degree from in 1981.-Career:...
    
    

Statistics

Class of 2012 profile

• Applications: 3,295
• Acceptance Rate: 17%
• First Year Students Enrolled: 187
• Total J.D. Students Enrolled: 671
• Women: 43%
• Minorities: 21%
• Median LSAT: 161
• Median GPA: 3.38
• Day Division 25th-75th percentiles LSAT: 158/163
• Day Division 25th-75th percentiles GPA: 3.20/3.59
• Average Age: 26

External links

• University of Connecticut School of Law
• Connecticut Law Review
• University of Connecticut Law Foundation
• American Bar Association UConn Law Profile