In addition to theJuris Doctor (JD) degree, the law school offers several joint degrees, combining a Juris Doctor degree with aMaster of Laws,Master of Business Administration, Master of Public Affairs Administration,Master of Public Health, or Master of Social Work. UConn Law offers LLM degrees in Energy and Environmental Law, Human Rights and Social Justice, U.S. Legal Studies and Insurance Law—the only LLM program in insurance law in the United States.[9] UConn Law also offers the SJD (Doctor of the Science of Laws) degree and a professional certificate in corporate and regulatory compliance.
JD and LLM candidates may pursue certificates in Corporate and Regulatory Compliance, Energy and Environmental Law, Human Rights, Intellectual Property, and Tax Studies. JD candidates may also earn certificates in Insurance Law and Regulation, Law and Public Policy, and Transactional Practice. LLM candidates may also pursue a certificate in Financial Services or one of four Foundational Certificates in U.S. Law.[10]
In addition, UConn Law offers 19 clinics and field placement programs that provide hands-on, practical training to upper-level students who earn up to 10 credits for their work. These clinics include Animal Law, Asylum and Human Rights, Energy and Environmental Law, Children's Advocacy, Criminal, Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Law, Mediation, U.S. Attorney's, and Tax clinics.[10] 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.
The 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m2) Thomas J. Meskill Law Library is one of the largest law libraries in the country and houses the most comprehensive collection of insurance materials in the country.[11] The Law Library has access to hundreds of electronic databases, including Westlaw, Lexis and Bloomberg. It has five classrooms, 12 group study rooms, an adaptive technology study room, a meditation room, a café, two student lounges, and 285 study carrels, with total seating for 964. 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 theHomer D. Babbidge Library at the Storrs campus.[12]
UConn Law students produce four scholarly journals: theConnecticut Law Review, theConnecticut Public Interest Law Journal, theConnecticut Insurance Law Journal, and theConnecticut Journal of International Law.
TheConnecticut Law Review is the oldest, largest, and most active student-run publication at the School of Law.[13]
TheConnecticut Public Interest Law Journal is a student-run biannuallaw review published by the school. It was established in 2001 and is abstracted and indexed inHeinOnline.[14] Every fall, the journal hosts asymposium on issues related topublic interest law.
TheConnecticut Journal of International Law is a biannual student-editedlaw review coveringinternational andcomparative law. It has published by the school since 1985. The journal sponsors an annualsymposium. It is abstracted and indexed inEBSCO andProQuest databases as well as inHeinOnline.[15]
According to the University of Connecticut's official 2021 ABA-required Standard 509 Information Report, the university offered admission to 28.79 percent of JD applicants. For the 2021 first-year class, the University of Connecticut School of Law received 1,754 completed applications and offered admission to 505 applicants, of which 144 enrolled.[18]
91.61% of UConn Law's Class of 2017 passed a bar examination within two years.[19]
Ten months after graduation, 90.4% of the Class of 2019 was employed, with 72% obtaining Bar Passage Required employment (employment as an attorney).[20] University of Connecticut'sLaw School Transparency under-employment score is 9.6%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2021 unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.[21]
Leonard C. Boyle, 1983, Deputy Chief State's Attorney (Operations) for the State of Connecticut;[27] Chief, Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut (1999-2004); Commissioner of the State of Connecticut Department of Public Safety (2004-2007); Director of theFBI's Terrorist Screening Center (2007-2009)[28]
Bill Curry, 1977, political analyst and journalist; two-time Democratic nominee for Governor of Connecticut; White House advisor in the administration of Bill Clinton
Emilio Q. Daddario, 1942, U.S. Representative for Connecticut's First Congressional District (1959-1971)
John A. Danaher III, 1980, Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court; Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Public Safety (2007-2010);U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut (2001-2002)
Kathleen Murphy, 1987, President, Fidelity Personal Investing, a unit ofFidelity Investments; former chief executive officer ofING U.S. Wealth Management; named to Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business List
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