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."

The Hastie Competition is one of two annual opportunities to join the Moot Court Board. The Moot Court Board is a student-run organization comprised of students who have achieved distinction in appellate advocacy.




Additional UConn Law Wins Highlights


  • Randa Hojaiban '03 has been recognized by the New Britain Bar Foundation with its President's Award for her work serving impoverished children in the local family courts.

  • The Connecticut Law Tribune has recognized Mitchell Pearlman '70 with its Publisher's Award and former dean, Jeremy Paul, with its Service to the Profession Award.

  • Claire Howard '13 has won first place in the Connecticut Bar Association's Labor and Employment Writing Competition for her paper "An Emerging Protected Class: Employment Discrimination in Connecticut and Transgendered Persons."

  • On June 4, Interim Dean Willajeanne F. McLean was presented with the Honorable Robert J. Callahan Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award by the Connecticut Chapter of the Fordham Law Alumni Association. Dean McLean is a 1986 graduate of Fordham Law School.

  • Michelle Pacholec '13 and Megan A. Gentry '15 have been recognized as Outstanding Senior Women during a recent University ceremony honoring academic achievement.  

  • Chad Landmon '99 has been recognized by the University of Connecticut Honors Program with its 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award.