The University of Connecticut School of Law is a public law school in Hartford, with a small entering class and Day and Evening divisions. Its strengths include insurance, energy and environmental law, human rights, and clinical training.
This guide walks you through how to get into UConn Law.
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1. UConn Law Admissions Numbers and Statistics
UConn Law Class of 2029:
- LSAT: 75th: 164 | Median: 162 | 25th: 160
- GPA: 75th: 3.90 | Median: 3.78 | 25th: 3.60
UConn Law Class of 2028:
- LSAT: 75th: 164 | Median: 162 | 25th: 160
- GPA: 75th: 3.90 | Median: 3.78 | 25th: 3.55
The fall 2026 and fall 2025 profiles combine Day and Evening students. Both medians held steady, while the GPA 25th percentile rose. Total entering enrollment moved from 151 to 149, including 129 Day and 20 Evening students in 2026.
Aim to be at or above at least one median to be competitive. Above both puts you in a stronger position. Below both medians, this is a prayer, not a reach.
For context on how medians affect your strategy, see How to Build a Smart Law School List.
2. UConn Law Application Essays
Personal Statement (required)
Explain why you want to study law and why you want to attend UConn. The committee evaluates your character, intellectual abilities, and ability to communicate persuasively. The limit is two double-spaced pages in 12-point font.
UConn's school-interest component belongs in this statement.
For more on how to write a Why X essay, see my Why X Essay Guide.
For more on how to write a personal statement, see my Personal Statement Examples and Personal Statement Guide.
Community Values Essay (optional)
Choose one of three prompts: adversity, your response, and what you learned; a Supreme Court ruling's impact on you or your decision to study law; or a community's role in your life, your contributions, and the benefits you received. Identify the prompt number. The same two-page, double-spaced, 12-point limit applies.
For more on how to write a diversity or perspective statement, see my Diversity Statement Examples and Diversity Statement Guide.
For more on making all of these essays work together, see my Cohesive Narrative Guide.
Addenda and Character & Fitness (if applicable)
Give brief, factual explanations for each affirmative disclosure. New circumstances requiring an amendment must be reported, with supporting documentation, within 10 days. The disclosure obligation continues through matriculation.
I'll be publishing a guide to addenda and character and fitness.
3. UConn Law Resume Requirements
A one- to two-page resume is required. Use reverse chronology and include every college attended. You may focus employment and activities on the past five years, but all employment belongs in the application form.
For more on preparing your resume, see my Resume Examples and Resume Guide.
4. UConn Law Letters of Recommendation
UConn requires two letters of recommendation and accepts up to four through CAS. Academic letters are strongly preferred for recent graduates; professional recommendations are also accepted.
For more on recommendations, see my LOR Guide (Applicants) and LOR Guide (Writers).
5. UConn Law Interview Process
UConn does not offer interviews as part of the JD application process.
6. UConn Law Deadlines and Decision Options
Testing Policy
All JD applicants must take the LSAT. UConn does not accept the GRE or JD-Next and does not grant LSAT waivers. Scores remain valid for five years; the committee considers your highest score.
Application Dates and Fees
- Application Deadline: April 30, 2027, for fall 2027 admission.
- Last Eligible Test Date: June 2027 LSAT. All other application materials must arrive by April 30.
- Application Fee: $60; waivers are available by request.
- FAFSA Priority Date: February 15.
- Decision Process: Rolling review, beginning in late fall.
UConn has no early decision program and no spring entry. Its regular process lets you compare admissions and scholarship offers without a binding commitment. Submit the residency affidavit even when you live outside Connecticut.
Program Formats
The Day Division normally takes three years, with a reduced-schedule option. The Evening Division normally takes four years. Select one division on the application. Admitted students may request a space-available change before fall; a Day denial does not permit an Evening application in the same cycle.
7. UConn Law Scholarships and Financial Aid
Merit Scholarships
Applicants receive automatic scholarship consideration.
Dean's Scholarships
Most entering-student Dean's Scholarships are renewable. UConn does not impose academic renewal conditions beyond good academic standing. An approved admission deferral forfeits the original scholarship; the reactivated application receives a new scholarship review.
Tuition and Financial Aid
For the 2026-2027 Day Division, annual tuition and fees are $31,888 for Connecticut residents, $53,320 under the eligible New England Compact classification, and $62,930 for other nonresidents. Total nine-month attendance budgets are $58,848, $80,280, and $89,890, respectively. The Compact classification covers Vermont and Rhode Island residents.
These budgets exclude tuition and fees for the required summer Legal Practice: Negotiation course. Health insurance premiums are not automatically included. Students from outside Connecticut may petition for resident classification after one year of residence. Submit the FAFSA for financial-aid consideration.
For more on scholarship strategy, see How to Negotiate Law School Scholarships.
8. UConn Law Dual Degree Programs
UConn offers these combined-degree routes:
- JD/MPA with the School of Public Policy, generally four years.
- JD/MPP with the School of Public Policy, generally four years.
- JD/MPH with UConn's Graduate Program in Public Health, generally four years.
- JD/MSW with the School of Social Work, generally four years.
- JD/LLM with Advanced Standing at UConn Law, as little as three and a half years, in insurance; energy and environmental law; human rights and social justice; or governance, risk management and compliance.
The four master's combinations require separate admission to both programs. Eligible JD students use an abbreviated later application for the advanced-standing LLM route.
9. UConn Law Employment Outcomes (Class of 2025)
UConn Class of 2025 employment outcomes (reported to the ABA, measured 10 months after graduation):
- Full-time, long-term bar-passage-required employment (ABA): 81.7%
- BigLaw (firms with 101+ attorneys): 23.9%
- Federal clerkships: 0.7%
- Public service (including government): 11.3%
Connecticut dominates placement, followed by Massachusetts and New York. The large-firm share is meaningful, but UConn's regional reach also runs through smaller firms and state-court clerkships. Its strongest case is for applicants who want Connecticut practice, with access to neighboring Northeast markets rather than a career plan built entirely around New York BigLaw.
10. UConn Law Areas of Study and Specializations
Insurance Law: The Insurance Law Center anchors a specialty closely connected to Hartford's insurance industry. The Insurance Law and Regulation certificate and advanced insurance study connect coverage, regulation, and risk to work in firms, companies, and regulatory settings.
Energy and Environmental Law: The Center for Energy and Environmental Law supports study of energy systems, environmental regulation, and climate issues. A JD certificate and advanced LLM route give students a defined academic path beyond introductory environmental coursework.
Human Rights: The Human Rights certificate and Asylum & Human Rights Clinic connect international study with individual representation. Students can examine human rights institutions while developing factual records, legal arguments, and hearing preparation for people seeking protection.
Intellectual Property and Business: The Intellectual Property certificate, IP & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic, and Transactional Law Clinic connect intellectual-property protection to the legal needs of new ventures. Students can work on registrations, agreements, entity formation, and client counseling.
Tax: The Tax Studies certificate and Tax Clinic offer both doctrinal depth and representation experience. Richard Pomp's state and local taxation scholarship adds a distinctive academic dimension to a program that also serves low-income taxpayers.
11. UConn Law Clinics and Experiential Learning
UConn requires a practice-based learning experience and gives in-house clinic students primary responsibility for client matters under supervision.
- Animal Law Clinic: Serve as court-appointed advocates in cruelty cases, investigate facts, write briefs, and present recommendations. The clinic does not represent individual clients.
- Asylum & Human Rights Clinic: Interview asylum seekers, research country conditions, prepare evidence, and represent clients at immigration hearings.
- Criminal Defense Clinic: Represent people in Connecticut Superior Court, investigate cases, negotiate with prosecutors, and handle hearings.
- Health Equity Clinic: Work with Hartford Hospital patients on benefits, disability, and other legal problems affecting health.
- IP & Entrepreneurship Law Clinic: Counsel Connecticut innovators, conduct patent and trademark searches, and prepare applications.
- Tax Clinic: Represent low-income taxpayers in IRS disputes and Tax Court matters; this is not a tax-return preparation service.
- Transactional Law Clinic: Draft contracts and formation documents for businesses, nonprofits, artists, and other clients.
Pro Bono and Experiential Learning
Partnership clinics place students with the Center for Children's Advocacy, Connecticut Division of Public Defender Services, and Disability Rights Connecticut. The prosecution appellate partnership involves the Office of the Chief State's Attorney. Field placements extend to courts, agencies, firms, and legal-services organizations; Semester in D.C. adds a full-semester capital-based option.
12. UConn Law Notable Faculty and Journals
Faculty
- Travis Pantin: Associate Professor of Law and Insurance Law Center director. Studies insurance doctrine and institutions; formerly general counsel of Garner Health.
- Molly Land: Catherine Roraback Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Studies human rights and technology; co-editor of New Technologies for Human Rights Law and Practice.
- Jessica Rubin: J. Agnes Burns Professor, Clinical Professor, and Associate Dean for Experiential Education. Directs the Animal Law Clinic and helped develop Desmond's Law.
- Richard Pomp: Alva P. Loiselle Professor of Law and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor. Tax scholar and author of State and Local Taxation.
Journals
- Connecticut Law Review: Legal articles and book reviews by scholars, judges and practitioners, alongside student writing.
- Connecticut Journal of International Law: Articles on international and comparative law and the extraterritorial effects of U.S. law and policy.
- Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal: Scholarship on public interest legal issues, especially those affecting underrepresented people.
- Insurance Law Review: Professional and academic writing on insurance law, including coverage disputes, taxation and regulation.
13. UConn Law Culture and Student Life
UConn's Hartford campus is separate from the main campus in Storrs. A 149-person entering class creates a relatively small JD community, while the Evening Division brings students balancing school with established careers and other commitments. The Student Bar Association includes representation from Day, Evening, and LLM students.
Hartford places the school near Connecticut's courts, agencies, insurers, and legal-services organizations. That setting supports repeated contact with the state's legal community during the academic year, rather than concentrating professional experience into summer alone.
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