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Events
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Feb
7
2025 CATIC Symposium 8:00am
2025 CATIC Symposium
Friday, February 7th, 2025
08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UConn Law
The racial wealth gap in the United States has witnessed alarming growth in recent years, with BIPOC households now possessing less than 25% of the wealth held by their white counterparts. A substantial portion of this wealth gap can be attributed to disparities in housing. Owning a home remains a principal method for building and transferring wealth, constituting approximately 70% of an individual’s net worth. However, challenges such as housing discrimination, restrictive zoning laws, income disparities, and lending practices have created barriers to homeownership, particularly for BIPOC individuals and first-time homebuyers.
Real estate lawyers and practitioners have a unique opportunity to address this critical issue by creating new pathways to homeownership for increasingly diverse communities. We invite you to join this critical examination of how real estate law plays a pivotal role in the short-term provision of affordable housing to underserved communities and, in the long term, contributes to the wealth accumulation of Black individuals and families.This event is free for students, faculty, staff and the general public. There is a registration fee for attorneys seeking CLE credit.
RSVP coming soon!
If you require a reasonable accommodation for a disability, please contact the Law School at 860-570-5079 or via email at law.studentservices@uconn.edu at least two weeks in advance.
Alumni News
Mike Scott ’15 Joins Lesser Law Firm
Mike Scott ’15 has joined Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith, PLLC as an attorney in their personal injury practice area. Scott will operate out of the firm’s Stuart and West Palm Beach offices.
Michael Curley ’13 Joins Brown Paindiris & Scott
Michael Curley ’13 has joined Brown Paindiris & Scott as a Partner in their Estate Planning & Probate practice area. Curley will practice out of the firm’s Glastonbury office.
Alexander J. Grodski ’00 Joins McCarter & English
Alexander J. Grodski ’00 has joined McCarter & English as a Special Counsel at their Hartford office. Grodski joined the firm with several of his colleagues from Burns & Levinson.
Frank Purcaro ’09 Appointed Assistant Superintendent
Frank Purcaro ’09 has been appointed assistant superintendent of schools in Newtown, Connecticut. The Board of Education confirmed Purcaro’s new role unanimously vote, and he will begin the job in December.
Faculty Scholarship
Anya Bernstein
Anya Bernstein publishes Populist Constitutionalism, 101 N.C. L. Rev. 1763 (2023) (with Glen Staszewski)
Events
December 2: The Role of the States in Preserving Democracy
This roundtable discussion, part of the In Conversation series, will consider the present and future role of the states in developing and maintaining democratic values and institutions.
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Nov
6
Fusco Distinguished Lecture Series: Tomiko Brown-Nagin “The Inheritance: a New Take on Confederate History” 5:00pm
Fusco Distinguished Lecture Series: Tomiko Brown-Nagin “The Inheritance: a New Take on Confederate History”
Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
05:00 PM
The Hartford Club
Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a distinguished historian of the American Civil Rights Movement and professor of Constitutional Law, will discuss her forthcoming memoir, The Inheritance. She began the memoir in the wake of her leadership of the Harvard and Legacy of Slavery Project, which detailed the detailed the university’s direct, financial, and intellectual ties to human bondage. This book further complicates conventional wisdom about Southern and American history by discussing slavery in the family. The book will offer a new take on Confederate history and a distinct perspective on the “social construction” of race.
A reception will follow the talk.
Contact Information:
Please contact Rachel Bobadilla at rachel.bobadilla@uconn.edu with any questions
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Nov
7
Reliability Insurance 4:00am
Reliability Insurance
Thursday, November 7th, 2024
04:00 AM - 05:00 PM
UConn Law
Liability for harm not only incentivizes individuals to exercise optimal care and guarantees compensation to victims; it also serves the interest of potential injurers. The prospect of liability equips subjects with a “right to be sued,” which enables them to credibly signal their prudence in potentially harmful interactions, thus substantiating trust among counterparties. Liability for medical malpractice, for instance, bolsters the reliability of physicians exactly because they would be the ones suffering the cost of inadequate treatment. Oddly, however, individuals and businesses regularly waive their “right to be sued” by purchasing liability insurance. At its core, insurance is thus in tension with the informational power of liability. This talk examines when and how insurance might undermine credibility and attenuate policyholders’ reliability in the eyes of actors with whom they interact—business counterparties, employees, investors, audiences, regulators or patients.
Recommended Reading: Roy Baharad, Reliability Insurance
November 12: Redefining the Path to Criminal Justice and Safe Communities
This moderated discussion with U.S. Attorneys Vanessa Avery of the District of Connecticut and Breon Peace of the Eastern District of New York will explore the holistic role of federal prosecutors within and beyond the courtroom.
More Upcoming Events
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Nov
6
Fusco Distinguished Lecture Series: Tomiko Brown-Nagin “The Inheritance: a New Take on Confederate History” 5:00pm
Fusco Distinguished Lecture Series: Tomiko Brown-Nagin “The Inheritance: a New Take on Confederate History”
Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
05:00 PM
The Hartford Club
Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a distinguished historian of the American Civil Rights Movement and professor of Constitutional Law, will discuss her forthcoming memoir, The Inheritance. She began the memoir in the wake of her leadership of the Harvard and Legacy of Slavery Project, which detailed the detailed the university’s direct, financial, and intellectual ties to human bondage. This book further complicates conventional wisdom about Southern and American history by discussing slavery in the family. The book will offer a new take on Confederate history and a distinct perspective on the “social construction” of race.
A reception will follow the talk.
Contact Information:
Please contact Rachel Bobadilla at rachel.bobadilla@uconn.edu with any questions
More -
Nov
7
Reliability Insurance 4:00am
Reliability Insurance
Thursday, November 7th, 2024
04:00 AM - 05:00 PM
UConn Law
Liability for harm not only incentivizes individuals to exercise optimal care and guarantees compensation to victims; it also serves the interest of potential injurers. The prospect of liability equips subjects with a “right to be sued,” which enables them to credibly signal their prudence in potentially harmful interactions, thus substantiating trust among counterparties. Liability for medical malpractice, for instance, bolsters the reliability of physicians exactly because they would be the ones suffering the cost of inadequate treatment. Oddly, however, individuals and businesses regularly waive their “right to be sued” by purchasing liability insurance. At its core, insurance is thus in tension with the informational power of liability. This talk examines when and how insurance might undermine credibility and attenuate policyholders’ reliability in the eyes of actors with whom they interact—business counterparties, employees, investors, audiences, regulators or patients.
Recommended Reading: Roy Baharad, Reliability Insurance
Alumni News
Mike Scott ’15 Joins Lesser Law Firm
Mike Scott ’15 has joined Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith, PLLC as an attorney in their personal injury practice area. Scott will operate out of the firm’s Stuart and West Palm Beach offices.
Michael Curley ’13 Joins Brown Paindiris & Scott
Michael Curley ’13 has joined Brown Paindiris & Scott as a Partner in their Estate Planning & Probate practice area. Curley will practice out of the firm’s Glastonbury office.
Alexander J. Grodski ’00 Joins McCarter & English
Alexander J. Grodski ’00 has joined McCarter & English as a Special Counsel at their Hartford office. Grodski joined the firm with several of his colleagues from Burns & Levinson.
Frank Purcaro ’09 Appointed Assistant Superintendent
Frank Purcaro ’09 has been appointed assistant superintendent of schools in Newtown, Connecticut. The Board of Education confirmed Purcaro’s new role unanimously vote, and he will begin the job in December.
Faculty Scholarship
Anya Bernstein
Anya Bernstein publishes Populist Constitutionalism, 101 N.C. L. Rev. 1763 (2023) (with Glen Staszewski)