Associate Professor of Law
Associate Dean of Experiential Education
Co-Director of the Center on Dispute Resolution
Kaas has long been active in the national clinical legal education community. Her 2015 book, Building on Best Practices, which she co-edited and for which she served as a contributing author, arose out of her work with this community. Kaas is active in the Family Law and Dispute Resolution national academic and practice communities as well.
Kaas serves on a number of national and state boards and committees, including Connecticut Legal Services, Connecticut Mediation Association, Connecticut Council for Nonadversarial Divorce, and the Non-Defensive Voice. She is active on the Connecticut Bar Association Standing Committee on Professionalism, the Connecticut Bar Foundation Fellows Education and Program Committee, and the ABA Committee on Law Student Competitions.
Two of Carrie's four children are graduates of Quinnipiac Law, and her husband, Glenn, is a retired state prosecutor. Carrie and Glenn are happy grandparents of three grandchildren... and counting.
Education
- BA, Cornell University
- JD, University of Connecticut
Areas of Expertise
- Family Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Clinical Education
- Mediation
- Women and the Law
Organization
- Law
Office Location
- School of Law and Education 126B
Mail Drop
- LW-CLN
Courses
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LAWS 200 Field Placement II
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LAWS 296 Judicial Externship
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LAWS 404 Criminal Justice Externship
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LAWS 415 Business Law Externship
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LAWS 416 Health Law Externship
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LAWS 417 Intellectual Property Externship
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LAWS 442 Sports & Entertainment Externship
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LAWS 443 Tax Law Externship
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LAWS 444 Employment Law Externship
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LAWS 446 Environmental Law Externship
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LAWS 464 Legislative Externship
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LAWS 520 Public Interest Externship
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LAWS 521 Family& Juvenile Law Externship
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LAWS 523 Mediation Externship
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LAWS 527 Corporate Counsel Externship
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LAWS 579 Advanced Externship Seminar
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LAWS 607 Legal Services Externship
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LAWS 609 Externship Seminar
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LAWS 680 Probate Law Externship
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LAWS 681 Immigration Externship
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LAWS 682 Private Practice Externship
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LAWS 689 The Integrative Law Approach to Negotiat
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LAWS 702 Transactional Externship
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LAWS 790 Foundations of Practice II
Law Spring 2024
Selected Publications
BUILDING ON BEST PRACTICES: TRANSFORMING LEGAL EDUCATION IN A CHANGING WORLD
Deborah Maranville, Cynthia Batt, Lisa Radtke Bliss & Carolyn Wilkes Kaas
Incorporating Experiential Education Throughout the Curriculum 162 (LexisNexis 2015)
BUILDING ON BEST PRACTICES: TRANSFORMING LEGAL EDUCATION IN A CHANGING WORLD
Carolyn Wilkes Kaas, Cynthia Batt, Dena Bauman & Daniel Schaffzin
Delivering Effective Education In Externship Programs 216 (LexisNexis 2015)
BUILDING ON BEST PRACTICES: TRANSFORMING LEGAL EDUCATION IN A CHANGING WORLD
Deborah Maranville, Lisa Radtke Bliss, Carolyn Wilkes Kaas & Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, eds.
(LexisNexis 2015)
CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY OF DIVORCE: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Carolyn Wilkes Kaas
Child Advocates 187 (Sage Publications 2013)
CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY OF DIVORCE: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Carolyn Wilkes Kaas
Relocation Effects on Children 1032 (Sage Publications 2013)