The story of a farm family in Madagascar struggling to feed themselves after a mining operation restricted use of their land inspired Jeff Bone's research toward an S.J.D. at UConn School of Law.
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Members of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund at UConn Law helped paint a new fence at the Catskill Animal Sanctuary in New York, cares for farmed animals that have been abused or neglected.
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Twelve UConn Law students spent spring break interviewing immigrant detainees at the York County Prison in Pennsylvania, helping with asylum applications for the second year in a row ... Read more »
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The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities honored UConn Law Professor Jon Bauer, second from left, director of the law school's Asylum and Human Rights Clinic, with the 2016 Constance Baker Motley Award for Excellence in Business or Law.
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With a grant from Robinson+Cole LLP, students from UConn Law and UConn’s Neag School of Education taught criminal law and trial practice to students at Hartford Public High School’s Law and Government Academy, culminating in a mock trial at the law school on June 24, 2016.
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Twenty-one UConn School of Law students worked for non-profit and government agencies in the summer of 2016 as the recipients of public interest fellowships. "These many opportunities are a testament to the law school’s mission of public service," Dean Timothy Fisher said ... Read more »
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Timothy Smyth was heading for an academic career when his study of apartheid and the slave trade turned him toward law school.
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Student Focus
S.J.D. CandidateFernando P. de Mello Barreto, a candidate for an S.J.D. degree from UConn School of Law, has had a distinguished diplomatic career that included assignments as Brazil's ambassador to Russia and to Australia.
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CommissionerAmerican Athletic ConferenceAs many UConn Husky fans well know, Michael Aresco ’76 is the commissioner of the American Athletic Conference (AAC), the legal successor to the old Big East, which Aresco was hired to head up in August 2012. The AAC could hardly have chosen a more qualified person.
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Human Rights AttorneyConnecticut Commission on Human Rights and OpportunitiesIn 1993, Cheryl A. Sharp ’93 followed through on her longstanding plan to do advocacy work when she signed on as a law clerk with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO).
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Staff AttorneyConnecticut Veterans Legal CenterWhen Cindy Johnson ’11 began her studies in the evening division at UConn Law in 2007, she had 20-plus years of experience in software development on her résumé and a self-described “dream” of being a public interest lawyer.
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Vice President and Corporate CounselFeld EntertainmentWhen Emily Roisman '85 left her practice as a partner to join the circus she was not pursuing a childhood dream to be a tight-rope walker. Rather, Roisman went to work for Feld Entertainment®, the world’s leading producer of live family entertainment, including Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus®.
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Executive DirectorMorgan StanleyWhen Joseph C. Steffan '94 entered the Law School in 1991, he was in the midst of a public battle over his discharge in 1987 from the U.S. Naval Academy based solely on a truthful acknowledgement of his sexual orientation. Steffan shares his thoughts on the repeal of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
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Associate ProfessorDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of MedicineMarcia M. Boumil '83 dedicates her very busy professional life to important issues at the intersection of health and law.
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StudentMartha Perez ’12 wanted to be a public interest lawyer since her middle school years, when an immigration attorney helped prevent the deportation of her family after a bogus attorney duped her father out of $10,000.
