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.

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