Paul Chill

Clinical Professor of Law Emeritus

Education/Professional Certification

JD, UConn Law School
BA, Wesleyan University

Expertise

Legal Ethics, Lawyering Skills, Child Protection

Biography

Paul Chill joined the faculty in 1988 and has taught clinical programs focusing on child protection, civil rights, disability, mental health law, and most recently mediation, as well as a variety of nonclinical courses. He served for eight years as the school’s inaugural associate dean for experiential education and for six as associate dean for academic affairs and is the only graduate of the UConn School of Law to have held those positions.

Professor Chill has received broad recognition for his advocacy and teaching. A lawsuit he brought, Pamela B. v. Ment, helped transform the state’s juvenile court system and led to his being named one of “Ten Lawyers and Judges Who Made a Difference” in 1998 by the Connecticut Law Tribune. He is a past recipient of both the Connecticut Law Review Award and the Perry Zirkel ’76 Distinguished Teaching Award, the latter elected by the members of the graduating class. An original member of the since-disbanded Connecticut Commission on Child Protection, his published writings include a treatise on Connecticut child protection law that has been cited by the Connecticut Supreme Court.

An honors graduate of Wesleyan University, before attending law school Professor Chill worked with serious juvenile offenders as a state youth services officer. Upon graduating from UConn Law, he practiced plaintiff’s employment law with the firm of Garrison, Kahn, Silbert & Arterton in New Haven. He currently teaches Legal Profession and serves as second vice chair of the Connecticut Bar Association Standing Committee on Professional Ethics.