UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT LAW — The Connecticut Bar Association has announced that Karen DeMeola, assistant dean of diversity, belonging and community engagement at the UConn School of Law, will receive the 2023 John Eldred Shields Distinguished Professional Service Award. The bar association established the award in 1981 in honor of a former association president. It is given each year to a member who has performed outstanding service to the legal community and the community at large through or on behalf of the bar association.