The Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal (CPILJ) is a student-run scholarly law review at the University of Connecticut School of Law.[1] Founded in 1999, the primary purpose of CPILJ is to further discussion of the legal aspects of public interest priorities relating to the many crucial political, economic, and social issues facing underrepresented people.[2]
CPILJ publishes works in print as well as online. Articles are authored by professors, judges, practitioners, and students.[3]>
Every spring, CPILJ hosts a symposium on important issues related to public interest law.[4] During this event, practicing attorneys, professors, judges, and other professionals speak in small panels on a certain subject and take questions from audience members.[4] Past symposia have been themed: "The Role of Mental Illness in Defining Guilt" (2011), "Undocumented Immigrants in the Workplace: Exploring Rights and Reforms of America's Shadow Labor Force" (2010), and "The Road to Prison Reform: Treating the Causes and Conditions of Our Overburdened System" (2009).[4]