University of Connecticut. School of Law

Variant names

Dates:

Active 1973

Active 1983

Biographical notes:

In 1943, the University of Connecticut absorbed the Hartford Colleges of Law (founded 1921) and Insurance establishing the University of Connecticut School of Law and the College of Insurance. Laurence J. Ackerman was appointed acting Dean of the School of Law in the same year and would serve in an acting capacity until 1946 and the appointment of Bert E. Hopkins. The School of Law began enrolling students in 1946 with an inaugural class of 194 students. The Law School moved to a its current location in West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1964, having increased its enrollment by forty percent in its eighteen years of existence.

From the description of University of Connecticut School of Law records, undated, 1973-1983. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 725467410

In 1943, the University of Connecticut absorbed the Hartford Colleges of Law (founded 1921) and Insurance establishing the University of Connecticut School of Law and the College of Insurance. Laurence J. Ackerman was appointed acting Dean of the School of Law in the same year and would serve in an acting capacity until 1946 and the appointment of Bert E. Hopkins . The School of Law began enrolling students in 1946 with an inaugural class of 194 students. The Law School moved to a its current location in West Hartford, Connecticut, in 1964, having increased its enrollment by forty percent in its eighteen years of existence.

Additional information can be found on the School of Law's website .

Deans 1943-1946 Laurence J. Ackerman (acting) 1946-1966 Bert E. Hopkins 1966-1967 Cornelius J. Scanlon (acting) 1967-1972 Howard R. Sacks 1972-1974 Francis C. Cady (acting) 1974-1984 Phillip I. Blumberg 1985-1990 George Schatzki 1990-2000 Hugh C. Macgill 2000-2006 Nell Jessup Newton 2007- Jeremy R. Paul

From the guide to the University of Connecticut, School of Law Records, undated, 1973-1983., (Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center)