Since joining FIRE in 2006, Will has successfully defended expressive rights and core civil liberties nationwide. As legal director, Will coordinates FIRE’s legal advocacy and oversees FIRE’s litigation, legislative and policy, and policy reform departments. He has appeared on national television and radio, testified before Congress, and spoken to countless students, faculty, administrators, and attorneys across the country about First Amendment rights.

A co-author of First Things First: A Modern Coursebook on Free Speech Fundamentals, Will’s writing has been published by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and many other outlets.

Barred in New York and Pennsylvania, Will is a member of the First Amendment Lawyers Association and the former co-chair of the Education Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice.

Will is a 2006 graduate of New York University School of Law, where he served as an associate executive editor for the New York University Law Review. Will graduated magna cum laude from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2003. A proud native of Buffalo, New York, Will now lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children.

Timothy Fisher served as dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law from July 1, 2013 to July 30, 2020, following thirty-five years in private practice. Prior to becoming dean he was a partner at a major regional law firm, distinguishing himself with a long history of public service. During his career prior to becoming dean, he taught at UConn School of Law as an adjunct instructor and participated in the life of the school through moot court judging, a faculty workshop presentation, and numerous activities with students and faculty.

Dean Fisher's practice and publications have focused on the fields of ethics, alternate dispute resolution, commercial transactions, construction law, family wealth disputes, and municipal law. He also has led pro bono engagements in such fields as marriage equality, prison conditions, speedy criminal appeal rights, and strategic relationships of non-profit organizations. In private practice, he served on the executive and compensation committees of his firm, held the position of office managing partner, and co-led its strategic planning process.

A graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School, Dean Fisher has served in numerous public service and private sector leadership roles. He chaired the state Commission on Judicial Compensation and co-chaired the Legislature's Task Force on Access to Legal Counsel in Civil Matters. He previously served on the Governor's Commission on Judicial Reform, as well as various commissions of the Connecticut Judicial Branch, and was president of the Connecticut Bar Foundation. He served as president of a social service agency and has held leadership positions in Greater Hartford Legal Aid and the Connecticut Bar Association. Dean Fisher conceived and undertook the organizational and fundraising effort to create the Connecticut Innocence Fund, a first-in-the-nation program to assist exonerees to re-enter society when released from prison after proof of their innocence. He brought a deep belief in public service to his role as dean of UConn School of Law.

Dean Fisher's teaching and research focus on the fields of compliance and criminal justice. He is a frequent guest lecturer in such other areas as alternative dispute resolution, construction, and American racial slavery. Since retiring, Dean Fisher continues to teach compliance both at UConn Law and at law schools in Israel and Ukraine.

Darcy Kirk joined the UConn Law faculty in 1996, just two months before the opening of the law library she was hired to direct. A nationally recognized expert in her field, Professor Kirk directed all library operations and oversaw information systems serving the entire Law School community. In 2014, she also was named associate dean of academic affairs at the Law School, a position she held until 2021. A tenured professor since 2000, she has also taught Advanced Legal Research and Higher Education Law.

A graduate of Vassar College, Simmons College (where she earned her MLS and MBA) and Boston College Law School, Professor Kirk came to UConn with more than 25 years of academic library experience, including positions at Widener Library at Harvard, the Boston College Law Library, and Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as associate librarian for public services from 1989-1996.

Professor Kirk has held leadership positions in several professional organizations, including the American Association of Law Libraries, where she previously served as president, and the New England Law Library Consortium, where she serves as treasurer and a member of the executive committee. She is also past president of the Law Librarians of New England. Professor Kirk is a frequent presenter at AALL and other professional conferences, where she speaks on teaching legal research skills and many other topics including, recently, the Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act. She is the author of "The Law School Librarian: Filling in the Gaps," in The Law School Librarian's Role as an Educator: Leading Librarians on Adapting to New Technologies, Maximizing Research, and Helping Students Transition from Law School to Law Firm.

Dr. Radenka Maric has served as UConn’s 17th president since 2022, overseeing a $3.2 billion public university with six campuses and over 33,500 students. One of her first moves was launching the Envisioning 2034 strategic planning effort, which engaged more than 10,000 stakeholders to define the university’s priorities for the coming decade. Her leadership has prioritized student success, accessibility, and affordability, contributing to record undergraduate applications (surpassing 60,000), increased enrollment and retention, and record numbers of first-generation students served.

Under her tenure, UConn has seen significant financial and infrastructural growth. The university’s endowment reached $634.3 million in fiscal year 2024, with fundraising averaging over $130 million annually — a yearly increase of more than $40 million. She has also secured major partnerships and investments, including a $50 million gift for the School of Nursing, the launch of QuantumCT with Yale and the Governor, and new facilities like the 198,000 sq. ft. Science 1 STEM complex.

Beyond administration, Dr. Maric is an internationally recognized researcher in clean energy and sustainability, holding the rank of Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Inventors, among other honors. Her scholarly output includes over 300 refereed publications, six patents, and multiple books, and she remains active in research and conference presentations while leading the university.

As Superintendent of Documents, Matheson leads the Agency in providing public access to Government information published by the U.S. Congress, Federal agencies and the Federal courts. Matheson focuses on modernization of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) in cooperation with Congress and GPO's library partners. He also oversees the Government Publication Sales unit and GPO's distribution warehouses in Colorado and Maryland.

Matheson joined GPO in October 2022 from Yale University. He has over twenty years of experience as member of and working with the library community. He began his career as the Depository Coordinator at the Lillian Goldman Law Library at Yale Law School then worked at the University of Colorado before returning to Yale University Library. More recently, he served as Associate Law Librarian for Technical Services at the Lillian Goldman Law Library, commonly known as the Yale Law Library. He is active in professional associations and has worked with the Preserving Electronic Government Information Project, which aims to ensure that "born-digital" web-based public information is preserved for future researchers. Matheson taught Government information for seven years at the University of Illinois' Library School and represented the library community on GPO's Depository Library Council, serving as chair from 2016–2017. He previously served on the Director's Task Force on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program, which made recommendations on the evolution of this flagship public information program. Matheson studied journalism at the University of Alaska and earned Law and Library degrees from the University of Washington and a Master's in Public Administration from the University of Connecticut.

Jim manages the execution and coordination of various services related to the law school's physical plant, grounds and related infrastructure with the goal of providing an environment that promotes quality education in a safe setting. Under his direction, the Operations Division handles day-to-day maintenance, custodial and general upkeep of facilities on campus. This includes repairs to building and building systems, minor renovation projects, operation of utility systems (water, heat, AC and electrical) sanitation and recycling, groundskeeping, events, snow and ice control and related activities.

Eboni S. Nelson became dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law on July 31, 2020. She came to UConn from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she taught for 13 years. From 2018 onward, she served as the associate dean for academic affairs. At South Carolina Law, she received the Best Classroom Teacher and Outstanding Faculty Service awards. She has been recognized as one of the 100 Most Influential Blacks in Connecticut by the state conference of the NAACP and is the recipient of the 2022 George W. Crawford Black Bar Association Visionary Award. The Hartford Business Journal included her on its 2022 Power 50 List of influential leaders in the Greater Hartford area, and the Northeast Black Law Students Association named her an Inaugural Violet King Henry Woman of Excellence Honoree.

Before joining the South Carolina Law faculty in 2007, Dean Nelson taught at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law and practiced employee benefits law at Bracewell LLP in Houston, Texas. She teaches in the fields of Contracts; Commercial Law; Consumer Law; and Race, Class and Education. Her scholarship, which has been published in numerous law review journals and other publications, focuses on education law and policy, and she is especially interested in the availability of equitable educational opportunities for students of color and those from economically challenged backgrounds.

Dean Nelson graduated summa cum laude from Wake Forest University and earned her JD from Harvard Law School, where she served as a Contracts teaching assistant to then-Professor Elizabeth Warren.

Throughout her career, Dean Nelson has been committed to public service. She served as chair of the South Carolina State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and vice chair of the South Carolina Commission on Consumer Affairs. She has also been a member of the Law School Admission Council Finance and Legal Affairs Committee, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, and the American Bar Association Sabbatical Review Site Team. She currently serves on the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford Board of Trustees and the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity Board of Directors. She is a Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellow and a member of the Hartford Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Jessica de Perio Wittman serves as the Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law. Professor de Perio Wittman directs all library operations and oversees the day-to-day operations of the information technology systems, equipment and services for the law school campus. She teaches Advanced Legal Research, Technology and Law Practice, and Special Education Law. With research interests in technology in legal education, assistive and adaptive technologies intersecting with law and libraries, and diversity initiatives for legal education and the profession, her work explores innovative approaches to enhance learning, accessibility, and inclusivity in the field of law.

Prior to joining UConn as the Director of Information Technology in 2012, de Perio Wittman was the Assistant Director for Academic Technology at The John Marshall Law School, and was responsible for managing classroom technology, distance education, and media services. She also pioneered the first distance education course at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and was instrumental in the creation of three online degrees at The John Marshall Law School.

Professor de Perio Wittman is a recipient of the inaugural Technology and Ethics Award of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Technology, Law, and Legal Education. vLex Fastcase has also named her one of its 50 legal innovators for 2024. She has also held many leadership positions within the American Association of Law Libraries and continues to be a member of AALL, Law Librarians of New England, Southern New England Law Libraries Association, and the Connecticut Bar Association. She is a frequent presenter at AALL, AALS, and other professional conferences, where she speaks on teaching legal technology competencies to today's law students, as well as other topics related to diversity and inclusion in law librarianship and legal education. She received her JD from Seattle University School of Law and her MLS from the University at Buffalo.

Deborah Schander began her tenure as Connecticut's first female State Librarian in 2021. As head of the State Library agency, her work sits at the intersections of state and local history, government records, civic engagement, education, technology, and the humanities. In each arena, she champions the agency's role in government and in the lives of Connecticut residents: by preserving and making our history accessible to all, we can together shape and inform our state's future.

Deborah is an appointed member of Connecticut's Commission on Educational Technology; the Semiquincentennial Commission; the Data Analysis and Technology Advisory Board; and the CT Humanities Board of Directors. She represents the State Library on more than two dozen other local, regional, and national law, history, library, and archives interest groups. Deborah is also an active member of Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), currently serving on the Policy Committee as well as COSLA's liaison to the Heritage Emergency National Task Force, a joint initiative of the Smithsonian and FEMA.

Prior to joining the Connecticut State Library, Deborah was an educator and law librarian, serving in library administration at Seton Hall University and Vanderbilt University as well as working at law libraries in Georgia and California, where she specialized in foreign and international legal research, technology, and library engagement. Before pivoting to law, she trained as a writer and editor, receiving her university's inaugural Newsroom Leadership award. She holds Juris Doctor and Master's in Library and Information Science degrees from Florida State University (2007).