1921
Hartford College of Law founded by George and Caroline Lillard, offering evening classes in downtown Hartford.
1924
First class graduates with six students, including the first female graduate, J. Agnes Burns.
1932
Professor Farwell Knapp appointed the first dean.
1933
The American Bar Association accredits the Hartford College of Law.
1935
Day Division established.
1937
Daniel I. Fletcher becomes the first Black graduate.
1937
Association of American Law Schools approves accreditation.
1940
Law school buys and moves into Jacobus Hall, a mansion at 39 Woodland St. in Hartford.
1943
University of Connecticut leases the law college for a five-year term.
1944
Day Division suspended for low enrollment during World War II.
1946
Day Division resumes operation
1948
Law school conveys full title to the university and becomes the University of Connecticut School of Law.
1956
Shirley Raissi Bysiewicz '54 becomes the first female tenured professor.
1964
Law school moves into new building constructed by the university at 1800 Asylum Avenue in West Hartford.
1969
Law school's first clinic, the Criminal Clinic, opens.
1977
John Brittain appointed the first Black faculty member.
1984
Law school moves into four of the buildings on the former campus of the Hartford Seminary.
1994
First LLM program, in U.S. Legal Studies, established.
1996
Thomas J. Meskill Law Library opens in a new structure built in the style of the original seminary buildings.
2013
Doctor of the Science of Laws (SJD) program established.
2020
Classes move online as COVID-19 pandemic begins.
2021
Law school reopens for in-person classes.
