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class="entry-title"><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/09/jacqueline-pennino-scheib-96-to-serve-on-red-cross-board/" rel="bookmark">Jacqueline Pennino Scheib ’96 to Serve on Red Cross Board</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/09/jacqueline-pennino-scheib-96-to-serve-on-red-cross-board/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T15:17:19-04:00">April 9, 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/author/prg17008/" title="Posts by Gosavi, Prasad" class="author url fn" rel="author">Gosavi, Prasad</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Jacqueline Pennino Scheib ’96 has <a href="https://www.rc.com/news/robinsoncole-lawyer-to-serve-on-american-red-cross-national-philanthropic-board">accepted</a> an invitation to serve on the American Red Cross’ National Philanthropic Board. Scheib will serve as a representative for the Northeast Division. She is currently a Partner at Robinson+Cole in Hartford.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/" rel="category tag">Alumni</a>, <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/alumni-notes/" rel="category tag">Alumni Notes</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/tag/1996/" rel="tag">1996</a> </span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-15589" class="clearfix post-15589 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-alumni category-alumni-notes tag-60"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/trisana-spence-20-wins-lcd-award/" rel="bookmark">Trisana Spence ’20 Wins LCD Award</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/trisana-spence-20-wins-lcd-award/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-04T14:41:19-04:00">April 4, 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/author/prg17008/" title="Posts by Gosavi, Prasad" class="author url fn" rel="author">Gosavi, Prasad</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Trisana Spence ’20 has been named <span>the 2025 winner of the Carolyn Golden Hebsgaard Award by the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity (LCD). Spence is an associate at Jackson Lewis P.C. in Hartford. </span></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/" rel="category tag">Alumni</a>, <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/alumni-notes/" rel="category tag">Alumni Notes</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/tag/2020/" rel="tag">2020</a> </span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-15587" class="clearfix post-15587 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-alumni category-alumni-notes tag-68"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/alexander-hornat-13-elevated-to-partner/" rel="bookmark">Alexander Hornat ’13 Elevated to Partner</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/alexander-hornat-13-elevated-to-partner/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-04T11:59:48-04:00">April 4, 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/author/prg17008/" title="Posts by Gosavi, Prasad" class="author url fn" rel="author">Gosavi, Prasad</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Alexander Hornat ’13 was <a href="https://www.mccarter.com/insights/mccarter-english-elevates-nine-to-partner/">elevated</a> to Partner at <span>McCarter & English, LLP in Boston. Hornat focuses his practice on intellectual property and business litigation. </span></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/" rel="category tag">Alumni</a>, <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/alumni-notes/" rel="category tag">Alumni Notes</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/tag/2013/" rel="tag">2013</a> </span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-15585" class="clearfix post-15585 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-alumni category-alumni-notes tag-94"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/jason-buchsbaum-05-sworn-in-as-ct-state-representative/" rel="bookmark">Jason Buchsbaum ’05 Sworn in as CT State Representative</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/jason-buchsbaum-05-sworn-in-as-ct-state-representative/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-04T11:55:52-04:00">April 4, 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/author/prg17008/" title="Posts by Gosavi, Prasad" class="author url fn" rel="author">Gosavi, Prasad</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Jason Buchsbaum ’05 was <a href="https://www.cthousegop.com/buchsbaum/2025/01/16/rep-buchsbaum-takes-oath-of-office-to-serve-69th-district-residents/">sworn in</a> as a <span>State Representative at Connecticut’s General Assembly in Hartford on January 8th, 2025. Buchsbaum will serve his first term as a Republican State Representative for the 69th House District. He is currently a Principal at Cohen and Wolf in Connecticut. </span></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/" rel="category tag">Alumni</a>, <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/alumni-notes/" rel="category tag">Alumni Notes</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/tag/2005/" rel="tag">2005</a> </span> </footer> </article></div></div><div id="panel-21-5-1-2" class="so-panel widget widget_text panel-last-child" data-index="12" > <div class="textwidget"><p><span style="text-align: right;"><strong><a href="/category/alumni/alumni-notes/">More alumni news</a></strong></span></p> </div> </div></div><div id="pgc-21-5-2" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-21-5-2-0" class="so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child" data-index="13" > <div class="textwidget"><h3>Faculty Scholarship</h3> </div> </div><div id="panel-21-5-2-1" class="so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-postloop" data-index="14" ><article id="post-15304" class="post-15304 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-papers category-scholarship"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">Richard Wilson</h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/03/07/richard-wilson/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-07T13:15:32-05:00">March 7, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-10T11:15:59-04:00">March 10, 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/author/jel15002/" title="Posts by Leblanc, Jeanne" class="author url fn" rel="author">Leblanc, Jeanne</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content clearfix subpage"> <div id="pl-15304" class="panel-layout" ><div id="pg-15304-0" class="panel-grid panel-no-style" ><div id="pgc-15304-0-0" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-15304-0-0-0" class="so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="0" ><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/person/richard-a-wilson/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="360" height="360" src="https://law.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3082/2021/06/rwilson360x360.jpg" class="image wp-image-12884 attachment-full size-full" alt="Professor Richard Ashby Wilson" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" srcset="https://law.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3082/2021/06/rwilson360x360.jpg 360w, https://law.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3082/2021/06/rwilson360x360-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" /></a></div></div><div id="pgc-15304-0-1" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-15304-0-1-0" class="so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="1" > <div class="textwidget"><p><strong><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/person/richard-a-wilson/">Richard Wilson</a></strong> publishes <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198704355.013.47" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Contesting Histories: The Historical Accounts of Transitional Justice Institutions</em></a>, in The Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice (Alex Hinton, Lawrence Douglas & Jens Meierhenrich eds., 2024) (with Vladimir Petrović)</p> </div> </div></div></div></div> <hr/> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> This entry was posted in <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/scholarship/papers/" rel="category tag">Faculty Papers</a>, <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/scholarship/" rel="category tag">Scholarship</a>. </footer> </article> </div><div id="panel-21-5-2-2" class="so-panel widget widget_text panel-last-child" data-index="15" > <div class="textwidget"><p><span style="text-align: right;"><strong><a href="/faculty/#faculty-scholarship">More faculty scholarship</a></strong></span></p> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="pg-21-6" class="panel-grid panel-no-style" ><div id="pgc-21-6-0" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-21-6-0-0" class="so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="16" > <div class="textwidget"><h3>Events</h3> </div> </div></div></div><div id="pg-21-7" class="panel-grid panel-has-style" ><div class="panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-21-7" ><div id="pgc-21-7-0" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-21-7-0-0" class="so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="17" ><a href="https://events.uconn.edu/law-school/event/437580-32nd-annual-public-interest-law-group-auction" target="_self" class="widget_sp_image-image-link"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" alt="Polar bear on ice cap background with text 2025 Earth Day Conference A Planet Worth Fighting For: Perils, Promise, and Partnerships in Uncertain Times" class="attachment-full" style="max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://law.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3082/2025/03/7496_Earth_Day_Event_Calendar_2.rev_.1741208326.webp 600w, https://law.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3082/2025/03/7496_Earth_Day_Event_Calendar_2.rev_.1741208326-400x400.webp 400w, https://law.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3082/2025/03/7496_Earth_Day_Event_Calendar_2.rev_.1741208326-150x150.webp 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" src="https://law.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3082/2025/03/7496_Earth_Day_Event_Calendar_2.rev_.1741208326.webp" /></a></div></div><div id="pgc-21-7-1" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-21-7-1-0" class="so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="18" ><div class="textwidget"><h4><strong>April 11: </strong>Earth Day Conference: A Planet Worth Fighting For</h4> <p>UConn Law’s Annual Earth Day Conference 2025 asks the question, “What is the future of environmental policy in a changing legal environment?” Join an array of legal, scientific, and policy experts to discuss the future of climate science, federal and state policy, and, of course, the law. Where do we go from here on a planet worth fighting for?</p> <p><a target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary" href="https://events.uconn.edu/law-school/event/138560-earth-day-conference">LEARN MORE</a></p> </div></div></div><div id="pgc-21-7-2" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-21-7-2-0" class="so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child" data-index="19" > <div class="textwidget"><p><strong>More Upcoming Events</strong></p> </div> </div><ul class="uc-events-list" aria-label="upcoming events at UConn"> <div style="display:none">https://events.uconn.edu/live/json/v2/events/response_fields/location,summary/date_format/%25F%20%25j,%20%25Y/group/Law School/max/2/start_date/today/end_date/6 months/</div>  <li id="uc-event-item-0" class="uc-event-item"> <div class="uc-event-wrapper"> <div class="uc-event-date"> <div class="uc-event-month-wrapper"> <abbr title='April' class="uc-event-month">Apr</abbr> </div> <div class="uc-event-day">10</div> </div> <div class="uc-event-detail"> <a href="https://events.uconn.edu/event/942517-sports-entertainment-negotiation-competition" class="uc-event-link castor-event-link">Sports & Entertainment Negotiation Competition</a> <div class="uc-event-location"> William F. 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class="so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-postloop" data-index="26" ><div id="home-alumni" class="panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-21-9-0-1" > <article id="post-15626" class="clearfix post-15626 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-alumni category-alumni-notes tag-81"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/09/jacqueline-pennino-scheib-96-to-serve-on-red-cross-board/" rel="bookmark">Jacqueline Pennino Scheib ’96 to Serve on Red Cross Board</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/09/jacqueline-pennino-scheib-96-to-serve-on-red-cross-board/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-09T15:17:19-04:00">April 9, 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/author/prg17008/" title="Posts by Gosavi, Prasad" class="author url fn" rel="author">Gosavi, Prasad</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Jacqueline Pennino Scheib ’96 has <a href="https://www.rc.com/news/robinsoncole-lawyer-to-serve-on-american-red-cross-national-philanthropic-board">accepted</a> an invitation to serve on the American Red Cross’ National Philanthropic Board. Scheib will serve as a representative for the Northeast Division. She is currently a Partner at Robinson+Cole in Hartford.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/" rel="category tag">Alumni</a>, <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/alumni-notes/" rel="category tag">Alumni Notes</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/tag/1996/" rel="tag">1996</a> </span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-15589" class="clearfix post-15589 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-alumni category-alumni-notes tag-60"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/trisana-spence-20-wins-lcd-award/" rel="bookmark">Trisana Spence ’20 Wins LCD Award</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/trisana-spence-20-wins-lcd-award/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-04T14:41:19-04:00">April 4, 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/author/prg17008/" title="Posts by Gosavi, Prasad" class="author url fn" rel="author">Gosavi, Prasad</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Trisana Spence ’20 has been named <span>the 2025 winner of the Carolyn Golden Hebsgaard Award by the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity (LCD). Spence is an associate at Jackson Lewis P.C. in Hartford. </span></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/" rel="category tag">Alumni</a>, <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/alumni-notes/" rel="category tag">Alumni Notes</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/tag/2020/" rel="tag">2020</a> </span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-15587" class="clearfix post-15587 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-alumni category-alumni-notes tag-68"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/alexander-hornat-13-elevated-to-partner/" rel="bookmark">Alexander Hornat ’13 Elevated to Partner</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/alexander-hornat-13-elevated-to-partner/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-04T11:59:48-04:00">April 4, 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/author/prg17008/" title="Posts by Gosavi, Prasad" class="author url fn" rel="author">Gosavi, Prasad</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Alexander Hornat ’13 was <a href="https://www.mccarter.com/insights/mccarter-english-elevates-nine-to-partner/">elevated</a> to Partner at <span>McCarter & English, LLP in Boston. Hornat focuses his practice on intellectual property and business litigation. </span></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/" rel="category tag">Alumni</a>, <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/alumni-notes/" rel="category tag">Alumni Notes</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/tag/2013/" rel="tag">2013</a> </span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-15585" class="clearfix post-15585 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-alumni category-alumni-notes tag-94"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/jason-buchsbaum-05-sworn-in-as-ct-state-representative/" rel="bookmark">Jason Buchsbaum ’05 Sworn in as CT State Representative</a></h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/04/04/jason-buchsbaum-05-sworn-in-as-ct-state-representative/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-04-04T11:55:52-04:00">April 4, 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/author/prg17008/" title="Posts by Gosavi, Prasad" class="author url fn" rel="author">Gosavi, Prasad</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Jason Buchsbaum ’05 was <a href="https://www.cthousegop.com/buchsbaum/2025/01/16/rep-buchsbaum-takes-oath-of-office-to-serve-69th-district-residents/">sworn in</a> as a <span>State Representative at Connecticut’s General Assembly in Hartford on January 8th, 2025. Buchsbaum will serve his first term as a Republican State Representative for the 69th House District. He is currently a Principal at Cohen and Wolf in Connecticut. </span></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="cat-links"> Posted in <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/" rel="category tag">Alumni</a>, <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/category/alumni/alumni-notes/" rel="category tag">Alumni Notes</a> </span> <span class="tags-links"> Tagged <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/tag/2005/" rel="tag">2005</a> </span> </footer> </article></div></div><div id="panel-21-9-0-2" class="so-panel widget widget_text panel-last-child" data-index="27" > <div class="textwidget"><p><span style="text-align: right;"><strong><a href="/category/alumni/alumni-notes/">More alumni news</a></strong></span></p> </div> </div></div><div id="pgc-21-9-1" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-21-9-1-0" class="so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child" data-index="28" > <div class="textwidget"><h3>Faculty Scholarship</h3> </div> </div><div id="panel-21-9-1-1" class="so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-postloop" data-index="29" ><article id="post-15295" class="post-15295 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-papers category-scholarship"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title">Leslie Levin</h1> <div class="entry-meta"> <span class="posted-on">Posted on <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/2025/03/07/leslie-levin-2/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-03-07T13:17:32-05:00">March 7, 2025</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-03-10T11:52:18-04:00">March 10, 2025</time></a></span><span class="byline"> by <a href="https://law.uconn.edu/author/jel15002/" title="Posts by Leblanc, Jeanne" class="author url fn" rel="author">Leblanc, Jeanne</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content clearfix subpage"> <div id="pl-15295" class="panel-layout" ><div id="pg-15295-0" class="panel-grid panel-no-style" ><div id="pgc-15295-0-0" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-15295-0-0-0" class="so-panel widget widget_media_image panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="0" ><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/person/leslie-c-levin/"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="360" height="360" src="https://law.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3082/2021/07/levin.jpg" class="image wp-image-3067 attachment-full size-full" alt="Leslie Levin" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" srcset="https://law.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3082/2021/07/levin.jpg 360w, https://law.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3082/2021/07/levin-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px" /></a></div></div><div id="pgc-15295-0-1" class="panel-grid-cell" ><div id="panel-15295-0-1-0" class="so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="1" > <div class="textwidget"><p><strong><a href="https://law.uconn.edu/person/leslie-c-levin/">Leslie Levin</a></strong> publishes <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4808832" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Mere Words: The Role of Bar Organizations in Maintaining Public Support for the Judiciary</em></a>, 87 Law & Contemp. 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