University of Connecticut School of Law

REGISTRAR'S PHONE/FAX/EMAIL:
860-570-5136/860-570-5135/
registrar@law.uconn.edu

CAREER SERVICE PHONE/FAX/EMAIL:
860-570-5320/860-570-5317/
careers@law.uconn.edu

An Overview

The University Of Connecticut School Of Law is one of the leading public law schools in the country. Its campus, listed on the National Register of Historic Sites, is probably the most beautiful of any law school in the United States. The newly completed law library is perhaps the finest facility of its kind in the world. Two miles from the centre of Hartford, the Law School is in a neighbourhood of large Victorian homes, where many students, staff, and faculty live.

Founded in 1921, the Law School is authorized by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. It offers a professional education of the highest quality that prepares its graduates for a lifetime of fulfilling service in any career they choose, including the bar, government, business, and education. The School's program emphasizes intellectual discipline and the development of the professional analytic skills required to respond effectively to the challenge of continuing change in the law and in the society it serves.

Connecticut's legal education reflects the university's belief that the life of the mind is best stimulated by a high quality of civil discourse among students and faculty conducted on a small scale.The curriculum is rich in courses, but classes themselves are quite small. Each student gets the opportunity to explore law and theory in an atmosphere that fosters a spirit of collaboration and cooperation. Intellectually ambitious, Connecticut's students enjoy the benefits of the personal give-and-take with classmates and faculty made possible by small classes.

The School prepares its students to practice law in any jurisdiction, with no special emphasis on Connecticut law. The diverse backgrounds, specialties and intellectual approaches of the faculty assure a variety of teaching styles and formats, including clinical instruction, skills training, interdisciplinary work, and courses and workshops employing the problem method.

There are four scholarly journals on campus, each managed, edited, and published by the students. They are the Connecticut Law Review, the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, the Connecticut Journal of International Law, and the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal.

The campus is a few minutes away from the State Capitol, courts and agencies, and the offices of Hartford's law firms and corporations. Students have ready access to these institutions for study, externships, clinical education and practice, and employment.

The University of Connecticut School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

Degrees Offered

• LL.M. Program International Human Rights
• LL.M. Program Intellectual Property
• LL.M. Program Tax Law
• LL.M. Program Insurance Law

Details of Courses Offered

Insurance Law LL.M. Program is the top destination for lawyers and students from the U.S. and around the world who seek serious graduate training in insurance and financial services law. Thanks to the location in historic Hartford, the university is famed as the insurance capital headquarters to some of the largest global insurance companies. The students in the university study with the most sophisticated insurance law experts in the country. New York City and Boston are just two hours away and Fairfield County, Connecticut, the hedge fund capital of the U.S., is even closer.

Intellectual Property LL.M. Program: No area of law today is more dynamic than intellectual property law. The growth of e-commerce, new communication technologies and media, biotechnology and the rise of global markets; where goods and services readily flow across national borders have led to rapid changes in the practice of intellectual property law. Attorneys face difficult questions that require creative thinking in a rapidly changing practice environment. The Program in Intellectual Property at the University of Connecticut prepares students to participate in this new information economy. It draws upon the strength of the Law School as the leading public law school in the Northeast United States; the school's commitment to international law, financial services and insurance law; and New England's and Connecticut's significant place in the new economy. Participants in the Intellectual Property Program are exposed to a broad curriculum of courses-from classes on copyright, trademark, and patent law to specialized seminars, including those in art law, cyber law, and European Union intellectual property law.

Certificate in Tax Studies LL.M. Program: There is no application procedure for the certificate in Tax Studies, though students are encouraged to announce their intention to seek a certification at the beginning of their academic year. All LL.M. candidates for the certificate in Tax Studies must complete:

• 9 credit hours of tax courses
• Fulfill their writing requirement in a tax course or independent writing project with a member of the tax faculty.
• Students must achieve a minimum of a B average in their certification courses and writing requirement in order to be awarded the certificate.

Financial Aid

Educational Loan Programs and Tax Advantages: The Law School provides loan funds through the Federal Stafford Loan Program (subsidized and unsubsidized, $20,500 annual maximum) and private loan programs. Application forms are available at the Student Finance Office at the Law School. Unfortunately the Law School does not have loans available for international LL.M. students; a limited number of scholarships in the form of partial fee waivers awarded on the basis of outstanding scholarly potential or financial need.

Cost of Attendance

LL.M. U.S. Legal Studies

LL.M. Insurance Law

Career Development/Services Offered

The Career Planning Center makes every effort to assist its graduates during non-peak times. The university provides recent graduates with counseling and resume review as well as access to positions posted on Symplicity. Graduates can access office publications and other job sites for example, the Brigham Young University School of Law Intercollegiate Job Bank, a site that posts graduate postings from around the country on a monthly basis through Symplicity.

References

• http://www.law.uconn.edu/
• http://www.law.uconn.edu/registrar
• http://www.law.uconn.edu/application-instructions
• http://www.law.uconn.edu/careers
• http://www.law.uconn.edu/content/about-school-law
• http://www.law.uconn.edu/llm-program-us-legal-studies/llm-us-legal-studies-details
• http://www.law.uconn.edu/llm-program-us-legal-studies/applying-admission
• http://www.law.uconn.edu/files/ApplicationForm.pdf
• http://www.insurancelawcenter.org/llm-program/how-apply
• http://www.law.uconn.edu/node/835
• http://www.insurancelawcenter.org/llm-program
• http://www.law.uconn.edu/node/975
• http://www.insurancelawcenter.org/llm-insurance/costs-and-services
• http://www.law.uconn.edu/files/LAWFinancialDeclaration13-14_0.pdf
• http://www.law.uconn.edu/career-planning-center/graduates