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Events
Alumni News
Nancy Kennedy ’05 Joins Stites & Harbison
Nancy Kennedy ’05 has joined Stites & Harbison, PLLC as a Member of their Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group. Kennedy was previously a Visiting Professor From Practice at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Sarah Saadian ’09 Joins National Council Of Nonprofits
Sarah Saadian ’09 has joined the National Council Of Nonprofits as their new senior vice president for public policy and campaigns. Saadian has more than 15 years of experience with national campaigns.
Suzette Meléndez ’89 Wins Award at Syracuse Law
Suzette Meléndez ’89 has received a Law Honors award from the Syracuse University College of Law Alumni Association. Meléndez is a professor at Syracuse Law, and was recognized for her contributions to the legal field.
Ruth Fortune ’18 to Receive HCBA Award
Ruth Fortune ’18 will receive the Hartford County Bar Association’s Judge Maxwell Heiman Memorial Award on May 14, 2025. Fortune is currently an Associate at Wiggin and Dana LLP.
Faculty Scholarship
Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson publishes Contesting Histories: The Historical Accounts of Transitional Justice Institutions, in The Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice (Alex Hinton, Lawrence Douglas & Jens Meierhenrich eds., 2024) (with Vladimir Petrović)
Events
May 18: School of Law Commencement
The University of Connecticut School of Law will hold its 102nd commencement on May 18, 2025. The procession will begin at 10 a.m and the ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. We are expecting to celebrate nearly 200 graduates earning JDs, LLM, and SJDs. The commencement speaker will be Arunan Arulampalam, Mayor of the City of Hartford.
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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.
Alumni News
Nancy Kennedy ’05 Joins Stites & Harbison
Nancy Kennedy ’05 has joined Stites & Harbison, PLLC as a Member of their Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group. Kennedy was previously a Visiting Professor From Practice at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Sarah Saadian ’09 Joins National Council Of Nonprofits
Sarah Saadian ’09 has joined the National Council Of Nonprofits as their new senior vice president for public policy and campaigns. Saadian has more than 15 years of experience with national campaigns.
Suzette Meléndez ’89 Wins Award at Syracuse Law
Suzette Meléndez ’89 has received a Law Honors award from the Syracuse University College of Law Alumni Association. Meléndez is a professor at Syracuse Law, and was recognized for her contributions to the legal field.
Ruth Fortune ’18 to Receive HCBA Award
Ruth Fortune ’18 will receive the Hartford County Bar Association’s Judge Maxwell Heiman Memorial Award on May 14, 2025. Fortune is currently an Associate at Wiggin and Dana LLP.
Faculty Scholarship
Richard Pomp
Richard Pomp publishes The Case Against Excluding Gross Receipts from the Sales Factor, 42 J. STATE TAX’N 29 (2024)