The University of Connecticut School of Law is the law school associated with the University of Connecticut and located in Hartford,Connecticut. It is the only public law school in Connecticut and one of only four in New England. In 2020 it enrolled 488 JD students.
Quinnipiac University School of Law is located in North Haven,Connecticut. It is one of Quinnipiac University's graduate schools. Quinnipiac Law is the newest law school in Connecticut,having received full accreditation from the American Bar Association (ABA) in 1992. It is a member of the Association of American Law Schools,and is currently ranked 147-192 by U.S. News &World Report.
The Connecticut Supreme Court,formerly known as the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors,is the highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The seven justices sit in Hartford,across the street from the Connecticut State Capitol. The court generally holds eight sessions of two to three weeks per year,with one session each September through November and January through May. Justices are appointed by the governor and then approved by the Connecticut General Assembly.
Thomas Joseph Meskill Jr. was a longtime United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He previously served as the 82nd governor of Connecticut,as a United States representative from Connecticut,and as the mayor of New Britain,Connecticut. He is noted as having served in all three branches of government and at the local,state and federal levels of government during his career of public service.
Seth Paul Waxman is an American lawyer who served as the 41st Solicitor General of the United States from 1997 to 2001. He then returned to private legal practice,and serves as the co-chairman of the appellate and Supreme Court litigation practice group at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. As of 2022,he has appeared before the Supreme Court more than 80 times.
The Connecticut Appellate Court is the court of first appeals for all cases arising from the Connecticut Superior Courts. Its creation in 1983 required Connecticut's voters and legislature to amend the state's constitution. The court heard its first cases on October 4,1983. The Appellate Court was also a partial successor to the former Appellate Session of the Superior Court,a court established to hear appeals in minor matters
James Gooden Exum Jr. also known as Jim Exum is an American jurist who served on the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1975 to 1994,and as chief justice from 1986 to 1994.
Joette Katz is an American attorney who is a partner at the law firm,Shipman &Goodwin LLP. She was an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court,where she also served as the administrative judge for the state appellate system,and as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. In various roles during her career she has had an impact on issues of state and national importance,such as:criminal law,capital punishment,civil rights and the right to education,eminent domain,same-sex marriage,LGBTQ rights,sexual assault,sex trafficking,and helping children in state care move from institutions to families.
Wilbur Cross High School is a four-year public high school in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven,Connecticut,United States,serving ninth through twelfth grades. The school is named after Connecticut Governor Wilbur Lucius Cross and is the largest school in the New Haven Public Schools in the number of students as well as teachers. The school operates with two semesters and four marking periods.
Ellen Ash Peters is an American lawyer and judge. She was appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court in 1978. She was the first woman appointed to that court.
Christine S. Vertefeuille is a Senior Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health,289 Conn. 135,957 A.2d 407,is a 2008 decision by the Connecticut Supreme Court holding that allowing same-sex couples to form same-sex unions but not marriages violates the Connecticut Constitution. It was the third time that a ruling by the highest court of a U.S. state legalized same-sex marriage,following Massachusetts in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health (2003) and California in In re Marriage Cases (2008). The decision legalized same-sex marriage in Connecticut when it came into effect on November 12,2008. There were no attempts made to amend the state constitution to overrule the decision,and gender-neutral marriage statutes were passed into law in 2009.
William Mills Maltbie was a lawyer,judge,and chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Robert Charles Sampson is an American politician from Connecticut. Since 2019,he has been a member of the Connecticut State Senate representing the 16th Senate District. Previously,Sampson was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing the 80th State House District. First elected in 2010,he served four terms in the House.
Gregory Thomas D'Auria is an American lawyer and judge who has served as an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court since 2017. He previously was Solicitor General of Connecticut.
William H. Bright Jr. is the Chief Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court.
Thomas Drummond Ritter is an American lawyer,lobbyist,and retired politician from Connecticut who was the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1993-1998.
