Participant Info

First Name

Sara

Last Name

Bronin

City

Hartford

State

CT

Zip Code

06106

Research Interests

zoning, climate change, sustainability, environmental law, historic preservation, planning, property, land use, local government, takings, eminent domain, renewable energy, COVID-19, coronavirus

Willing to be contacted by the media

Yes

On the academic market

No

University

UConn Law School

About Me

Sara Bronin is a Mexican-American author, professor, attorney, and architect. An endowed chair in real property law at UConn Law School, she also serves as the faculty director for the UConn Center for Energy and Environmental Law. She has written over a dozen articles and several books, all focusing on sustainability, property, land use (zoning and planning), historic preservation, and renewable energy law. You can find most of her articles online here: https://works.bepress.com/bronin/ Among other public service positions, Sara serves on the boards of two national organizations, the Sustainable Development Code and Latinos in Heritage Conservation, and she has been named an advisor for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She led the nationally-recognized efforts of the City of Hartford to draft and adopt a Climate Action Plan, City Plan, and zoning code overhaul. She previously chaired the city’s Energy Improvement District, the statewide preservation group (Preservation Connecticut), the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association, and the Connecticut Urban Legal Initiative. Bronin received bachelor degrees in architecture and Plan II liberal arts honors from the University of Texas, a master’s degree from the University of Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar), and a law degree from Yale Law School (as a Truman Scholar). While in law school, she clerked for then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. As a licensed architect, Bronin won several awards for the design and rehabilitation of her downtown Hartford brownstone.

Email

sara.bronin@gmail.com