The Insurance Law Center at UConn School of Law is pleased to invite you to a symposium honoring Kenneth S. Abraham, David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, for his extraordinary contributions to the fields of tort and insurance law.

The occasion also marks the fortieth anniversary of Professor Abraham’s first book, Distributing Risk: Insurance, Legal Theory, and Public Policy (1986), a landmark work that brought modern legal theory to the study of insurance. Over a career spanning six books, more than one hundred law review articles, and various awards, including the AALS Prosser Award and the ABA’s McKay Law Professor Award, Professor Abraham continues to shape how generations of scholars, students, and practitioners understand tort and insurance law.

Details

• Registration: This event is open to the public. To register, please complete the registration form before the registration deadline of May 15, 2026.
• Location: The event will be held at the UConn School of Law, 55 Elizabeth Street, in the William F. Starr Hall Reading Room. Official location information is here. The precise Google Maps location is here. Metered parking is available, as well as free on-street parking.
• Hotels: We have arranged limited number of rooms at the Delamar Hotel West Hartford at a discounted rate of $309/night. To book at this rate at the Delamar, please call the hotel at (860) 937-2500 and indicate that you are associated with the UConn Law event on June 5th. The deadline to book a room at this rate is May 4, 2026. Other convenient options include the Hartford Marriott Downtown and the Goodwin Hotel.
• Questions: Please email ilc@uconn.edu.

Agenda
(Tentative; Revised March 3, 2026)

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.   Registration

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.   Opening Remarks

9:15 – 10:25 a.m.   TORT LAW AND BEYOND

• Leslie Kendrick, University of Virginia School of Law
• Kyle Logue, University of Michigan Law School
• Adam Scales, Rutgers Law School
• Peter Siegelman, University of Connecticut School of Law

10:25 – 10:35 a.m.   Break

10:35 – 11:45 a.m.   INSURANCE LAW: THEORY AND PRACTICE

• Jay Feinman, Rutgers Law School
• Travis Pantin, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Daniel Schwarcz, University of Minnesota Law School
• Jeffrey Stempel, UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.   Break

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.   KEYNOTE & LUNCH

• Guido Calabresi, Yale Law School

1:00 – 1:15 p.m.   Break

1:15 – 2:25 p.m.   THE INTERSECTION OF TORT LAW AND INSURANCE

• John Goldberg & Benjamin Zipursky, Harvard Law School & Fordham Law School
• Robert Rabin, Stanford Law School
• Catherine Sharkey, New York University School of Law
• Kent Syverud, Syracuse University

2:25 – 2:40 p.m.   Break

2:40 – 3:50 p.m.   REFLECTIONS ON FORTY YEARS OF INFLUENCE

• Kenneth Abraham, University of Virginia School of Law
• Tom Baker, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
• G. Edward White, University of Virginia School of Law

3:50 – 4:00 p.m.   Break

4:00 – 4:30 p.m.   REMARKS

• Kenneth Abraham, University of Virginia School of Law

4:30 – 4:40 p.m.   Closing Remarks

4:45 – 6:30 p.m.   Reception