Thomas Cobb, director of Legal Practice and clinical professor of law, was elected to the Editorial Board of Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute. The Editorial Board is composed of faculty from law schools across the country and includes some of the leading scholars and academics in the field of legal writing.

The Legal Writing Institute (LWI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving legal communication by supporting the development of teaching and scholarly resources and establishing forums to discuss the study, teaching, and practice of professional legal writing.

Professor Richard Pomp spoke to Law360.com about a Georgia Supreme Court decision involving Uber and state sales taxes. The court vacated a lower court ruling that required Uber to collect and remit millions of dollars in sales taxes before the U.S. Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision. Pomp argued that the tax agency relied on a regulation that did not apply.

“The Court of Appeals acknowledged there is no specific statute that makes Uber liable for taxes on sales of transportation services, contrary to the department’s assessment based on a regulation. That should have been the end of the matter,” Pomp said.

Professor Jon Bauer and the UConn Law School Asylum and Human Rights Clinic have been selected to receive the 2026 AILA Chapter Pro Bono Champions Award from the Connecticut chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

The organization cited the clinic’s longstanding impact on behalf of asylum seekers, noting that clinic students have successfully handled nearly 180 asylum cases to completion, with more than 93% of clients obtaining asylum or other relief from removal. AILA also recognized Bauer’s leadership since the clinic’s founding in 2002 and highlighted the many former students who have gone on to careers in immigration law, legal services, nonprofit organizations, and private practice, serving immigrant communities across the country.

Professor Richard Pomp’s scholarship and expert analysis were cited by the Indiana Supreme Court in its June 29, 2026 decision in PENN Entertainment, Inc. v. Indiana Department of State Revenue. The court relied on Professor Pomp’s explanation of foundational state tax principles and cited his 1987 article on state corporate income taxation. Read the opinion.

Professor Sachin Pandya presented preliminary results of a study (“Developing a Sentencing Database: Other Sentencing Commission Experiences and Advice”) to the Connecticut Sentencing Commission, Hartford, CT, on June 18, 2026. Watch the video online.

Richard Pomp, Alva P. Loiselle Professor of Law and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, moderated “The Front Line: State Tax Courts and Administrative Appeals” at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. This panel was part of Villanova’s fourth annual State and Local Tax Forum, which explored the complicated relationship between federal law and state taxation. Watch the panel online.

Professor Richard Pomp was quoted in Tax Notes discussing Florida’s failed attempt at challenging California’s Apportionment Rule for taxation. Pomp notes that while the Supreme Court declined to hear the issue, the dispute is likely to be seen in other pending matters not yet made public.

Professor Jessica Rubin was awared the Association of American Law Schools Stephen Ellmann Memorial Clinical Scholarship Award for a career dedicated to clinical and experiential teaching. The Law 360 article highlights Professor Rubin’s contributions to Desmond’s Law and clinical teaching. In the ABA article, Professor Rubin weighs in on the importance of the Animal Law Clinic and the benefits that it provides.

Professor Richard Pomp was called on to testify as an expert witness in Hologic Inc. et al. v. Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration. The case deals with capital loss treatment and state tax in the case of combined corporate entities. Arguing for Hologic, Pomp states, “By establishing a special rule for capital losses, the state produces a result that is arbitrary, idiosyncratic, aberrational and inconsistent with any policy that justifies the use of a combined return.”

Professor Richard Pomp was quoted in Tax Notes recently commenting on the recent Smithfield Foods decision in California, in which the judge disfavored the single sales factor in support of Smithfield Foods’ three-factor formula. Pomp, who testified in the case as an expert in state tax policy on behalf of Smithfield , said, “I would not want an adverse decision if I were the state. I would ask the Legislature to cure the problem with the regulation and not go any further than that.” Professor Pomp was even cited in the court’s opinion: “Professor Pomp’s testimony regarding the history of income tax apportionment was credible and helpful to the court in providing context for the issues at bar.”