Jill C. Anderson

Jill C. Anderson is a Professor of Law at the University of Connecticut School of Law, where she joined the faculty in 2010 after a two-year visiting professorship. Her expertise spans law and linguistics, focusing on antidiscrimination law, insurance law, and statutory interpretation. She previously taught at Western New England School of Law and worked as a Skadden Fellow and staff attorney at Western Massachusetts Legal Services, advocating for low-income disabled individuals.

• Education: Columbia Law School (Lowenstein Public Interest Fellow, James Kent Scholar), Stanford University (theoretical linguistics), University of Copenhagen (theoretical linguistics)

Anderson’s scholarship bridges linguistics and legal interpretation, with influential articles in the Yale Law Journal and Harvard Law Review. Her work addresses disability discrimination, white collar crime, intellectual property, and genocide law, emphasizing the role of language in shaping legal outcomes. She regularly presents at judicial and practitioner conferences, advocating for critical engagement with legal reasoning paradigms.

• Scientific Awards: Skadden Fellow, Lowenstein Public Interest Fellow, James Kent Scholar honors

At UConn, Anderson teaches insurance law, contract law, legal interpretation, and law and cognition. Her career reflects a commitment to social justice, informed by prior work in diversity training and civil rights litigation. She mentors students through rigorous exploration of legal reasoning and its societal implications.