The Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellows sponsor programs that address matters concerning the legal profession, the administration of justice and the role of law in Connecticut.

Currently, the Fellows are working on several programs, projects and symposia. These include:

• Oral History of Connecticut Women in the Legal Profession
• High School Essay Contest
  • 2011/2012 essay contest topic and rules
  • 2010/2011 essay contest winners and winning essays
• Connecticut Innocence Fund
• Truancy Intervention Project in New Britain and New Haven
• Mentoring Program for new attorneys
• Science of Eyewitness Identification symposium held March 16, 2012
• Symposium titled "Our History, Our Future: Celebrating Attorneys of Color in Connecticut" held April 13, 2012 at Quinnipiac University School of Law