The Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal is a student-run scholarly law review

Law review

A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association...

 at the University of Connecticut School of Law

University of Connecticut School of Law

The University of Connecticut School of Law is the only public law school in Connecticut and one of only four in New England. The school was recently ranked forty-sixth out of the 190 American Bar Association-accredited law schools in the United States and is considered a Tier 1 school by U.S...

. Founded in 1999, the primary purpose of the Journal is to further discussion of the legal aspects of public interest

Public interest

The public interest refers to the "common well-being" or "general welfare." The public interest is central to policy debates, politics, democracy and the nature of government itself...

 priorities relating to the many crucial political, economic, and social issues facing underrepresented people.

CPILJ publishes works in print as well as online. Articles are authored by professors, judges, practitioners, and students.

It was recently named one of the top five civil rights law journals in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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