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Quattrone Center Research Cited In Supreme Court Of California Ruling
The Supreme Court of California decision held that pretrial detention should be only employed in very narrow circumstances.
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Law School Team Wins The Americas Regional Round Of The Price Media Law Moot Court Competition
The competition, run by the University of Oxford, deals with cutting-edge issues in international and media law.
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Penn Law, U.S. Army War College Partner For International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise
Seventy students will negotiate through a complex and broad geopolitical crisis centered around the South China Sea.
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Georgetown Names Rangita de Silva de Alwis As Clinton Fellow
Professor de Silva de Alwis be affiliated with the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) as a Hillary Rodham Clinton Fellow on Gender Equity 2021-2022.
Prof. Skeel Featured In Recent Yale Law Journal Article
Prof. Skeel analyzes two strategies that are intended to distort – and do distort – the voting process in corporate bankruptcy.
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Prof. Pollman Appointed As European Corporate Governance Institute Research Member
Pollman will be part of the ECGI Working Paper Series (Law and Finance), internationally known for its reliable, informed, and interdisciplinary contributions to a wide range of global issues.
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Virtual LLM Recruiting Brings Law School To New Applicant Pools
Conducting all recruiting virtually meant that the Law School has been able to find new applicant pools in Latin America and Africa.
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Meet This Year’s First Generation Professionals Fellows: Trevor Kirby L’23 and Virinchi Sindhwani L’23
The FGP Fellowship is designed for students who are the first in their families to attend professional school.
ACUS Makes New Recommendations Based On Work From Profs. Coglianese and Yoo
The report explores the limits of human decision-making and how integrating machine-learning algorithms across government entities may improve current systems in place.
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Rangita de Silva de Alwis Leads UN Global Conversation Honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
The global conversation, “Equal in Law and Life: Tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” reflected on the transformative impact of Justice Ginsburg’s work on equality.
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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law Team Makes Major Contribution To Post-COVID Education Report
The report was written in collaboration with the members of the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development).
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Erik Nickels L’21 Awarded Skadden Fellowship For Public Interest Lawyering
The fellowships fund recent law graduates who want to pursue work in the public interest, particularly in service of the poor, elderly, homeless, and disabled.
The Law School Welcomes Its First Innovator In Residence, Miguel Willis
Willis will work collaboratively to build upon the Law School’s focus on developing novel solutions to the growing problems that pervade the legal services ecosystem.
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Prof. Ossei-Owusu Elected To The 2023 Law And Society Association Board Of Trustees
The Law and Society Association is “an interdisciplinary scholarly organization committed to social scientific, interpretive, and historical analyses of law across multiple social contexts.”
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Heroic COVID-19 Efforts Made Possible by W. P. Carey Foundation Gift
The generosity of the W. P. Carey Foundation allowed the Law School to support students in their legal studies in the face of an unprecedented crisis.
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Law School To Host Advancing Inclusive Leadership Forum
The Forum brings together leaders in business, law, multinationals, venture capital, business start-ups, and legal entities.
Prof. Fisch Challenges Use of Corporate Shareholder Agreements As Private Ordering Mechanisms
Fisch is an internationally known scholar whose work focuses on the intersection of business and law.
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New Study By Prof. Coglianese Examines U.S. Regulatory System
Coglianese specializes in the study of administrative law and regulatory processes and is the Director of the Penn Program on Regulation.
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$50 Million Gift For Public Interest Lawyering
The Robert and Jane Toll Foundation has made a $50 million gift to the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School to dramatically expand the Toll Public Interest Scholars and Fellows Program.
Criminal Defense Clinic Students Protect The Rights Of The Accused
The clinic gives students the opportunity to represent clients accused of crimes including drug possession, possession with intent to deliver, robbery, retail theft, and assault.
Professor Shaun Ossei-Owusu Named New America National Fellow
The fellowship supports writers, scholars, filmmakers, and journalists “who generate big, bold ideas that have an impact and spark new conversations about the most pressing issues of our day.”
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Law School Adds New Faculty For 2020-21
They bring a wealth of expertise and embody a range of diverse perspectives and methodologies in their teaching and research.
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Meet The JD Class of 2023
The 250 members of the Class of 2023 were selected from more than 6,100 applicants.
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Caleb Greene L’24 And Harvey Lou L’24 Named Weil Legal Innovators
The program provides funding for students to defer their first year of study to work at one of WLI’s partner nonprofit organizations.
Quattrone Center’s John Hollway Named To Prosecutor Wellbeing Task Force
The task force is designed to develop and disseminate resources, training, and peer-to-peer exchanges for prosecutors across the country.
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Jim Sandman L’76 Joins The Law School
Sandman will take on a new role as Distinguished Lecturer and Senior Consultant to the Future of the Profession Initiative (“FPI”).
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Pathways to the Profession: Lily Moran L’22
Lily Moran, the 2020 Leo Model Foundation Government and Public Affairs Initiative Summer Fellow, is a legal intern for the Environmental Protection Bureau of the New York State Attorney General.
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The Law School Welcomes The LLM Class of 2021
This year's LLM class was chosen from over 1,500 applicants from 70 different countries.
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Professor of Law Paul Robinson Elected to the American Law Institute
After a 15-year hiatus, Prof. Robinson was reelected as a member of the American Law Institute (ALI) in June.
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Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic Promotes Justice By Supporting Innovation
For University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Practice Professor of Law Cynthia Dahl, intellectual property law is an instrument of equality.
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Michael Joseph L’19 Discusses His Work As Penn Law Review Public Interest Fellow
Michael is working on the Economic Justice team at the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia.
CTIC Awards 2020 Summer Public Interest Fellowships
The fellowships provide funding for students who secure internships with organizations that are doing work relevant to technology policy, intellectual property, cyber law, privacy, and related fields.
CTIC Awards 2020 Summer Public Interest Fellowships
The CTIC Summer Public Interest Fellowships were awarded to students Gerald Adams L’22 and Joshua Burd L’22.
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Former DE Chief Justice Leo E. Strine, Jr. L’88 Appointed As Wachter Distinguished Fellow
Former Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo E. Strine brings his 21 years of service on the Delaware bench to the Law School.
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Pathways to the Profession: Jeff Simon L’22
Jeff Simon L’22 is a 2L from West Bloomfield, MI, who is interested in both law and public policy.
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Jessica Rizzo L’21 Wins Pennsylvanians For Modern Courts Writing Contest
Rizzo credits Seth Kreimer and her experiences in two of his courses for informing her thinking on the writing competition topic.
news - 06-24-2020 - News, Stories of Impact
Appellate Advocacy Clinic’s Inaugural Year A Resounding Success
Students in the yearlong Appellate Advocacy Clinic handled a range of cases in state and federal court, with a particular focus on issues of economic justice.
Master in Law Program Doubles Enrollment For Fully Remote Summer Term
This year’s cohort includes professionals, faculty, and a diverse student group including Wharton MBA, Penn Dental students, and Penn Veterinary Medicine students
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Two Students Selected For Prestigious Don H. Liu Scholars Program
Grace Cho L’22 and Raymond Magsaysay L’22 will each receive a scholarship as well as mentorship and assistance with their career development.
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Jonathan Hoffman L'20 Selected To Receive Dr. Andy Binns Impact Award
The Dr. Andy Binns Impact Award recognizes the contributions of those who have significantly impacted or extensively contributed to graduate and professional student life at Penn.
Prof. Coglianese Explores Use of AI Technology In Courts
Professor Cary Coglianese and co-author Lavi M. Ben Dor L’20 assess the use of artificial intelligence in courts and administrative agencies throughout the United States.
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Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic Assists Small Businesses Dealing With COVID-19
The Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic has crafted series of frequently asked questions and answers that matter most to small business owners and entrepreneurs during the pandemic.
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Lelabari Giwa-Ojuri L’20 Awarded 2020 Equal Justice Works Fellowship
Giwa-Ojuri, who was a Toll Public Interest Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, will be a fellow at Community Legal Services (CLS).
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Law School Offers Summer Courses And Professional Development To Students
Faculty and staff across the Law School have responded to the COVID-19 crisis by creating new summer courses and skills development programming for students.
Law School Faculty Members Honored For Teaching Excellence
Six members of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School have received teaching awards for the 2019–20 academic year.
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New 'Thriving In The Law' Course Focuses On Personal, Professional Fulfillment
“Thriving in the Law” explores the tools and strategies necessary to equip lawyers to handle the social and emotional aspects of lawyering.
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Scott Berman L'20 WG'20 Receives Louis Del Duca Memorial Award
The award honors the memory of Louis Del Duca, who taught on the faculty of Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law for over fifty years.
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Legal Practice Skills Program Moves Online, Continues To Build Skills
Thanks to LPS faculty, 3L students, and the Law School’s Information Technology Services staff, the spring semester of LPS remained a rich learning experience.
Vivek Kembaiyan L'20 Selected As Law School Partnership Project Fellow
Vivek was selected for the fellowship by Gideon’s Promise, a non-profit public defender advocacy organization.
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Penn Law Competes Online in 27th Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
The moot, which normally takes place in Vienna, was held online between April 4-6 and is the most prestigious competition of its kind.
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First Virtual U.S. Army War College Negotiation Exercise Held Through Penn Law
The exercise, held online due to the coronavirus, called on eight teams of law students to negotiate an agreement through multilateral diplomacy.
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Penn Law Offers New Graduate Certificate In Africana Studies
The certificate program - a joint venture between the Law School and the Department for Africana Studies - will give JD students an understanding of the peoples of Africa.
APPC and Penn Law’s CERL Form Alliance
The collaboration draws on the strengths of each center to advance thought, research, and public policy making in U.S. democratic governance and national security.
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Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Joins Innovative ‘Policing in the 21st Century’ Course
Throughout the Spring of 2020, former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey is offering students an insider’s law enforcement perspective in “Policing in the 21st century."
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Penn Law Hosts The Inaugural Judicial Panel on Professionalism
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Center on Professionalism (COP) partnered with the Legal Practice Skills (LPS) faculty to host the inaugural Judicial Panel on Professionalism.
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Law 2030: Penn Law Formally Launches Future of the Profession Initiative
On February 27 and 28, 2020, the Law School’s Future of the Profession Initiative (FPI) welcomed legal profession leaders, clients, and innovators for “Law 2030: A Global Conversation About the Future of the Profession.”
Students and Faculty Representatives Explore International Legal Challenges in Washington
The two-day program saw top law students engage with prominent legal professionals, public servants, and leaders in the fields of international law and public service.
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Professor Yoo named External Expert for Broadband Commission Working Group on School Connectivity
Building on the research and scholarship of Working Group members, the group will focus on connecting schools around the world and provide key advice and advocacy efforts.
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Penn Law Team Wins Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition
On February 22, a team of three University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students won first place in the 9th Annual Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition (HLRCC).
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Valerie Snow L’20 Awarded Prestigious Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowship
Snow’s fellowship project at the SeniorLAW Center will address the legal needs of seniors facing guardianship abuse, neglect, exploitation, and other issues of access to justice.
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Prof. Simmons Co-Authors Study For 2020 Review of U.N. Human Rights Treaty System
The article offers evidence-based policy recommendations to inform the General Assembly's 2020 review of the international human rights treaty system.
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Penn Law Students Present Original Research on The Gambia
Six Penn Law students presented their research on access to justice and transitional justice in the Gambia.
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Jonathan Wilt L'20, Maura Hallisey L'20 Awarded Best Brief at 2020 Keedy Cup
The final two teams in the 2020 Keedy Cup argued McKinney v. Arizona, a pending Supreme Court case involving complicated legal questions related to death penalty sentencing.
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Jean Galbraith Elected to American Law Institute
Prof. Galbraith was one of 45 lawyers, judges, and law professors recently elected to the American Law Institute (ALI).
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Penn Law Alumni Continue to Give Back
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School has received several new gifts for scholarship and faculty support.
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3L Mariel Mussack Awarded Prestigious Skadden Foundation Fellowship
The goal of the Fellowship is to encourage "talented young lawyers to pursue the practice of public interest law on a full-time basis” with the goal “to improve legal services for the poor and encourage economic independence.”
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Announcing Two New Global Fellowship Initiatives at Penn Law
The Global Justice Fellowship (GJF) and the Global Legal Practice Fellowship (GLPF) assist Penn Law students in obtaining valuable international experience by facilitating summer internships.
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Professor Roberts Publishes Harvard Law Review Foreword
An internationally recognized expert in race, gender, and the law, Roberts also spoke at a standing-room-only forum at Harvard with Harvard Professor Elizabeth Hinton in conjunction with the publication of her Foreword.
news - 12-05-2019 - News, Transformative Thinkers
Future of The Profession Initiative Puts Penn Law At Forefront of Legal Profession
The Initiative aims to help both law students and alumni maneuver through an ever-changing legal profession.
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Professor Allen Receives Honorary Doctorate From The University of Tilburg
Prof. Anita L. Allen recently traveled to the Netherlands to receive an honorary doctorate degree, Doctor Honoris Causa, from the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands.
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Penn Law's International Programs Office Releases New Publication on Moral Leadership
Penn Law’s Office of International Programs has released the publication, “Bending the Arc of the Moral Universe: Three Essays on Moral Leadership.”
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sujatha baliga L'99 Talks About Her Law School Experience
Earlier this fall, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced that restorative justice attorney sujatha baliga L’99 was chosen as a MacArthur Fellow and winner of a $625,000 award.
news - 11-25-2019 - News
Penn Law Professor Coglianese Elected to ALI
Coglianese specializes in the study of regulation and regulatory processes, with an emphasis on the empirical evaluation of alternative regulatory strategies.
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A Message From Dean Ted Ruger
Dean Ruger addresses concerns over the short form version of the Law School's name after the historic $125M gift from the W.P. Carey Foundation.
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CTIC Receives $350,000 Grant
The Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition (CTIC) has secured a $350,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to provide a basis for evidence-based decision-making regarding the economics of digital services.
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Penn Law Is Now University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
The W. P. Carey Foundation, one of the leading supporters of educational institutions, has given Penn the largest gift ever to a law school: $125 million.
news - 11-08-2019 - News
CERL Welcomes New Board Member
General Joseph Votel, who retired from his 39-year military career in March 2019, has joined CERL’s Executive Board.
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Penn Law's Inaugural First Generation Fellows
Penn Law’s First Generation Professionals (FGP) Fellowship aims to break down real and perceived barriers to ease students’ paths into law school and the legal profession.
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Six Penn Law Students Publish Investigation On Access To Justice In The Gambia
The report is based on the preliminary findings on access to justice and transitional justice in The Gambia following the authoritarian rule of Yahya Jammeh.
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The Clinton/Parker Suite and Wellness Week at Penn Law
Penn Law organized a Fall Wellness Week October 7-10, coinciding with the ABA's Law School Mental Health Day on October 10. The week culminated in the opening of the Clinton/Parker Wellness Suite.
news - 10-09-2019 - News
Penn Law Announces New "Future Of The Profession Initiative"
The Initiative will examine new ways law schools can adopt a holistic vision for the formation of lawyers - both during law school and throughout their careers.
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Law School Adds New Faculty For The 2019-2020 Academic Year
Three members were added to the faculty for 2019-2020, in addition to six professors that joined between 2016 and 2018.
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Penn Law Alumna sujatha baliga L'99 Receives MacArthur "Genius Grant"
baliga was honored for her work as the director of the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice in Oakland, California.
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Assoc. Dean de Silva de Alwis Co-Authors First Phase of Sustainable Development Study
She has co-authored a study with U.N. Under-Secretary General and Executive Director of U.N. Women Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on leadership in sustainable development.
Four Penn Law Professors Awarded Major Grants in Support of Research
Profs. Tom Baker, Sarah Barringer Gordon, Allison Hoffman, and Paul Heaton have each been awarded grants in support of their vital research and scholarship.
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Meet The JD Class of 2022
The class contains 250 students chosen from a pool of more than 6,400 applicants.
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Two Penn Law Students Win Diversity Scholarships From Morgan Lewis Foundation
Esther Kang L’21 WG’21 and Bhavin Shah L’21 have been awarded Diversity Scholarships by the Morgan Lewis Foundation.
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Penn Law LLM Class of 2020
On July 26, Penn Law welcomed 126 students from over 30 countries into the LLM Class of 2020, the largest LLM class the Law School has ever enrolled.
news - 07-29-2019 - News
Louis J. Capozzi III L'19 Selected For Supreme Court Clerkship
Recent Penn Law graduate Louis J. Capozzi III L’19 has been selected as a clerk for Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Garrison Todd L'18 MBE'18 Pursues Environmental Protection Through Catalyst Fellowship
Garrison Todd L’18, MBE’18 has joined Advocates for the West as a Catalyst Fellow, and through his work there he has engaged deeply with some of today’s most pressing issues in environmental law.
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Justin Prelogar L'20 Shares His Experience Working at the ICC
In the summer of 2018, Justin was one of three interns in the Office of the Director for the Division of External Operations at the International Criminal Court.
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Marissa Boyers Bluestine Joins Quattrone Center As Assistant Director
Bluestine joins the Quattrone Center after a decade leading the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, a non-profit dedicating to securing exoneration for individuals wrongfully convicted of crimes.
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Ariana Brill L'19 Awarded 2019 Equal Justice Works Fellowship
As a fellow, Brill will work to improve outcomes for court-involved youth in Harlem, New York.
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Eric Johnson L'05 Elected Mayor of Dallas, TX
Johnson won the election by roughly 15 percentage points. He will be inaugurated on June 17.
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Penn Law Recognized As A Leader In Law And Technology
Under the umbrella of the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition (CTIC), Penn Law rose from number 16 to a tie for number 8 in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report law school specialty rankings.
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Penn Law Celebrates 30 Years of Public Service
In the three decades since the start of the Public Interest Program, nearly 7,000 students have provided more than 600,000 hours of pro bono service with over 350 community partners across the country and around the globe.
news - 05-28-2019 - News, Pathways to Public Service
Four Penn Law Students Receive CTIC Summer Public Interest Fellowships
Sanjay Jolly L'21, Roger Li L'21, Myles Lynch L'20, and Anna Sheu L'21 will work in internships in public interest or government organizations that focus on technology, intellectual property, cyber law, and related fields.
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Penn Law Commencement 2019
On May 20, over 390 students graduated from Penn Law with a degree - JD, LLM, SJD, or Master in Law (ML).
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Penn Law Hosted Bestselling Author Elyn Saks
In an April 18 talk titled "Schizophrenia and I: Making Peace with Mental Illness," Prof. Saks, a law professor, described her efforts to craft a good life in the face of her prognosis.
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Penn Law Students Reached Quarter-Finals In Williams Institute Moot Court Competition
The competition is the only moot court in the country focusing exclusively on legal issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Penn Law Faculty, Law Review Top Best Corporate And Securities Articles List
Professors Jill Fisch, Jonah Gelbach, and Jonathan Klick were among the faculty whose research was recognized by The Corporate Practice Commentator.
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Penn Law Launches MOOCs On Intellectual Property And Regulatory Compliance
These eight new massive open online courses (MOOCs) will bring legal education to learners far beyond the traditional pool of J.D., LLM, and ML candidates.
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ACS Names Two Penn Law Students Next Generation Leaders
The American Constitution Society (ACS) has selected Allison Person L'20 and Jon Gould L'19 as Next Generation Leaders.
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Penn Law Signs MOU With Hebrew University Of Jerusalem
The Memorandum of Understanding enables faculty exchanges, student exchanges, and collaborative scholarly opportunities between the two universities.
stories - 04-18-2019 - Access and Opportunity, News
2019 Penn Law Commencement Address
Kalpana Kotagal L'05 is a co-creator of the innovative "Inclusion Rider" that has helped reform Hollywood hiring practices.
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Legal Intelligencer Recognizes Penn Law Alumni For Professional Excellence
Nine Penn Law alumni are among the winners of awards for 2019.
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Radhika Saxena LLM'19 Awarded 2019-20 Arthur C. Helton Fellowship
The postgraduate Helton fellowship will help support Saxena during next year during her tenure as the International Legal Fellow with Women Enabled International.
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Penn Law Federalist Society Wins 2019 Benjamin Franklin Chapter of the Year Award
The student group received the award at Penn Law on March 20 during the chapter’s annual symposium.
news - 03-26-2019 - News
Why I Give - Osagie Imasogie GL'85 and Seth Plattus L'86
In this video, the Campaign Co-Chairs for the Power of Penn Law campaign - Osagie Imasogie GL'85 and Seth Plattus L'86 - share their reasons for supporting the Law School.
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Quattrone Center Named As Part Of Arnold Ventures' New Partnership For Pretrial Justice
Penn Law’s Quattrone Center has joined the National Partnership for Pretrial Justice, a group of more than 30 research, technical assistance, policy, and advocacy organizations.
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Penn Law To Partner With U.S. Army War College For Exercise
Penn Law will host a unique, two-day international strategic crisis and negotiation exercise on March 15 and 16.
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Penn Law #1 In The Country For New Grads' Employment Outcomes in 2020: U.S. News
Penn Law is once again the number one law school in the country for employment outcomes, according to the 2020 U.S. News & World Report rankings of law schools.
news - 03-14-2019 - News
Penn Law's Outreach Program Helps Prepare Diverse College Students To Apply To Law School
In partnership with Penn Law’s expanding Inclusion and Engagement Initiatives, the Outreach Program is growing, with the goal of expanding participating undergraduate schools and increasing law student participation.
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Prof. Roberts To Deliver Keynote Address at Rutgers-Newark Commencement
University of Pennsylvania Law School professor Dorothy Roberts will deliver the keynote address at the university’s 2019 commencement ceremony on May 22.
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Penn Law Creates Tailored Program For First Generation Students
The Penn Law First Generation Fellows program is open to those who are among the first in their families to attend graduate or professional school.
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Penn Law, Temple, and Drexel Jointly Offer Course on Future of Criminal Justice Reform
Students at Penn Law, Temple, and Drexel will learn how to work toward an end to mass incarceration and how to incorporate policy into their advocacy.
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Prof. Robinson Appointed To National Academy of Sciences Committee on Law and Justice
Robinson is the Colin S. Diver Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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Prof. Coglianese Appointed to National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Coglianese will contribute to a project examining and reviewing the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (BSEE) Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Inspection Program.
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Penn Law Receives Gifts Totaling $5.7 Million
The University of Pennsylvania Law School has received a group of gifts totaling $5.7 million to expand access to legal education and foster innovative scholarship and teaching by renowned legal academics.
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Steven Mills L'19 And Greta Wiessner L'19 Win 2019 Keedy Cup
The four finalists argued New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira, a pending Supreme Court case testing whether a court or an arbitrator is the appropriate body to decide whether the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) applies to a contract.
stories - 01-25-2019 - Investing in Leaders, News
New Video Series Examines How Penn Law Students Thrive
Each video features an individual student and explores the unique ways they have learned to thrive during their time at Penn Law.
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Rulli To Receive Award From American Association of Law Schools
Prof. Rulli will receive the prestigious Father Robert Drinan Award of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities.
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Penn Law Appoints Praveen Kosuri To Lead Clinical Programs
In his new role, Kosuri will assume responsibility for the oversight and development of Penn Law’s longstanding clinical program, the Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies.
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Quattrone Center Partners With Baltimore To Learn From Wrongful Conviction
The Center and the city seek to learn from a comprehensive root cause analysis report on the case of Malcolm J. Bryant.
stories - 12-20-2018 - New Era Discoveries, News
Product By Former Clinic Client Named Among Best Inventions Of The Year
Lia Diagnostics, Inc., worked with the Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic in 2015 to patent its innovative new paper pregnancy test.
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Hot Topics In Antitrust
On December 5th, the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition and the Leo Model Foundation Government and Public Affairs Initiative hosted a panel on recent antitrust legislation.
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Penn Law Hosts Annual Dinner For Model Foundation GSPAI
Penn Law held its annual dinner recognizing students involved in the Leo Model Foundation Government Service & Public Affairs Initiative.
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Penn Law Announces 2018-2019 Leo Model Foundation GSPAI Visiting Policy Fellows
This year’s Visiting Policy Fellows are Sozi Pedro Tulante, Ilana Eisenstein L’04, and Joshua Wright.
news - 12-03-2018 - News, Transformative Thinkers
Penn Law To Launch Unique Pilot Program For Attorney Well-Being Into Curriculum
This curricular module will expose students to the latest data about risks to health and career satisfaction among practicing lawyers, and equip them with tools to promote awareness and well-being in their future careers.
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EDPA U.S. Attorney William McSwain Gives Veterans Week Keynote Address
McSwain delivered the keynote address at Penn Law about the importance of military values and civil civic discourse.
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ILE Hosts Lecture on Emergence of IP as Global Currency
Penn Law’s Institute for Law and Economics hosted a Law and Entrepreneurship Lecture featuring Osagie Imasogie LLM’85, Senior Managing Partner at PIPV Capital.
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CERL Launches Blog on National Security, International Conflict, and Governance
The blog will feature writing by CERL fellows, interns, staff, and board members, along with CERL conference participants and other guest experts.
news - 11-13-2018 - News
Penn Law Hosts 2nd Annual Veterans Week
Veterans Week is a week of programming to engage and inform the Law School community about the experiences of veterans in the legal profession and to honor veterans for their service.
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Penn Law Convenes Global Diplomats for Discussion on International Conflicts
On November 9, a panel of global diplomats gathered at Penn Law to discuss the topics of international conflict resolution and ethics in negotiation.
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John Legend C'99 Moderates Panel at Penn Law
The panel discussed the new Opportunity Zone tax incentive established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
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Penn Law Alumni Win Federal and State Offices in 2018 Elections
Law School alumni won elections in Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Texas.
news - 11-07-2018 - News, Pathways to Public Service
Maya Wiley Discusses Racial and Gender Politics At Annual Higginbotham Lecture
Wiley spoke at Penn Law’s annual Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Lecture about gender and racial injustice in the current American political landscape.
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Former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster Delivers 2018 Haaga Lecture
McMaster delivered this year’s Paul G. Haaga, Jr. Lecture in Law, Government, and Public Policy on the threat Russian new generation warfare poses to the free world.
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Penn Law Hosts Discussions on Women in Corporate Leadership
Brande Stellings came to Penn Law to share her perspective on her experience as a woman in the corporate workplace, and why female leadership on corporate boards is more important than ever.
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Law School Adds New Faculty, Fellows For 2018-2019 Academic Year
The Law School continues to expand its full-time faculty and has welcomed several new academic fellows.
news - 10-22-2018 - News, Transformative Thinkers
Gordon Receives Arrington-Prucha Prize From Western History Association
Sarah Barringer Gordon is a recipient of the Arrington-Prucha Prize for her article, “Fatal Convergence in the Kingdom of God: The Mountain Meadows Massacre in American History.”
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Penn Law Alumni Society Celebrates Distinguished Graduates At 2018 Awards Ceremony
On October 18, 2018, the Penn Law Alumni Society honored distinguished alumni for their professional accomplishments and service to the Law School.
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ILE Event with SEC Chair Jay Clayton L'93 and Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Hon. Leo Strine, Jr. L'88
On October 4, Penn’s Institute for Law and Economics (ILE) hosted a conversation on the present and future of corporate governance.
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American Constitution Society And Federalist Society Co-Sponsor Panel On Social Justice And The First Amendment
On October 1, Penn Law hosted a panel of leading First Amendment lawyers and thinkers for a wide-ranging discussion that grappled with complex questions at the intersection of the First Amendment and social justice.
news - 10-02-2018 - News
Penn Law Welcomes Sherrilyn Ifill As Honorary Fellow During Public Interest Week
The Toll Public Interest Center's 11th Annual Public Interest Week featured preeminent civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill as its 2018 Honorary Fellow-in-Residence.
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Competitive CTIC Scholarship Available to Joint Degree Law & Tech Students
Penn Law and the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition (CTIC) are pleased to announce the fourth year of the CTIC Interdisciplinary Scholarship Program.
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Victory At The Third Circuit
Through Penn Law’s Federal Appellate Externship, Judah Bellin L’18 recently won a victory in the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals that will have long-ranging implications for future cases by incarcerated litigants.
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Growing Master in Law Program Begins Fifth Year
This fall Penn Law welcomes 56 students to its Master in Law (ML) degree program
Meet the JD Class of 2021
Penn Law welcomed the 251 students that make up the JD Class of 2021.
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Penn Law’s Quattrone Center appoints new advisers to Advisory Board
The Quattrone Center announced the appointments of Kimberly Foxx, State’s Attorney for Cook County, Illinois and Ty Stiklorius C’97 WG’03, co-founder of #FREEAMERICA, to the Center’s Board.
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Explore How Penn Law's Global Presence is Shaping International Law and Policy in The Global Affairs Review
The Global Affairs Review showcases Penn Law's leadership in, and connections to, new global developments in the area of law, policy, and practice.
news - 07-11-2018 - News
CTIC Summer Public Interest Fellowships awarded to two Penn Law students
Penn Law and the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition have awarded the CTIC Summer Public Interest Fellowships to Christina Chen L’20 and Vivek Kembaiyan L’20.
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Penn Law to Accept GRE, GMAT In Pilot Program, In Addition to Accepting LSAT
Beginning fall 2018, all applicants to the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s JD degree program will have the option to take the LSAT, GRE, or GMAT admissions tests.
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Penn Law signs agreement with London School of Economics and Political Science Law Department
Starting this fall, Penn Law students can study abroad at the London School of Economics.
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Campaign Kick-Off Celebration - April 11, 2018
Penn Law held an event with students, faculty, and staff to kick off the "Power of Penn Law."
news - 05-25-2018 - News
Six Penn Law Faculty Receive 2017-18 Teaching Awards
Profs. Dorothy Roberts, Allison Hoffman, David Hoffman, David Skeel, Howard Langer, and Peter Leckman all recognized for their teaching efforts in 2017-18.
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Penn Law Commencement 2018
242 students received the JD degree, 116 students from more than 35 countries receiving the LLM, one student received an LLCM, and 14 students receiving the ML.
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CHOP Announces Expansion of Multi-Partner Medical Legal Partnership
CHOP announces the expansion of its Multi-Partner Medical Legal Partnership (MLP), a collaboration between the Hospital and Penn Law's Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic.
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Penn Law team wins Williams Institute Moot Court Competition
On April 13, Penn Law students Jesse McGleughlin L’20, Ian Wahrenbrock L’19, and Andrew Wilson L’19 won the the Williams Institute Moot Court Competition.
news - 04-13-2018 - News
Celebrating Ten Years at the Cutting Edge of Law and Technology
CTIC celebrates ten years at the cutting edge of law and technology.
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Kelly McLaughlin named as Director of the Carey JD/MBA program
Kelly McLaughlin was named as Director of the Carey JD/MBA program.
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Patrick A. Berry L'18 Wins Award Honoring Community Service
Penn Law student Patrick A. Berry L’18 was named the recipient of the Samuel T. Gomez Award.
Jack Heyburn L’18 and Teresa Akkara L’18 win 2018 Keedy Cup
Jack Heyburn L’18 and Teresa Akkara L’18 won this year’s Edwin R. Keedy Cup, Penn Law’s internal moot court competition. Paul Quincy L’18 was named Best Oralist.
news - 01-26-2018 - News
Penn Law student wins scholarship from Cincinnati law firm
The firm of Frost Brown Todd has awarded Shannon Reid L'20 with a 2017 Diversity Scholarship.
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Roberts elected to National Academy of Medicine
Professor Dorothy Roberts joins Professor Anita L. Allen as a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
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Elise Luce Kraemer L'93 named Executive Director of Graduate Programs
Kraemer is a member of the Penn Law Class of 1993 and has been working at the Law School since 2006.
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Law School adds new faculty, fellows for 2017–18 academic year
Four new members joined the full-time faculty at the Law School in the 2017-2018 academic year.
news - 09-25-2017 - News
Penn Law selects Maureen Reilly to direct careers office
The University of Pennsylvania Law School has appointed Maureen Reilly to the position of Assistant Dean and Executive Director for Career Services.
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LLM Class of 2018
Penn Law welcomes 118 students, chosen from 35 different countries, into the LLM Class of 2018.
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Three Penn Law students awarded law and technology scholarships
Christina Chen L’20, Delaney Butler L’20, and Kelsey Matevish L’19 have been awarded CTIC Interdisciplinary Scholarships.
news - 06-19-2017 - News
Law School faculty members honored for teaching excellence
Six Penn Law faculty were recognized for their teaching in 2017.
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Patricia Stottlemyer L'17 will join Human Rights First as Chubb Rule of Law Fellow
Stottlemyer joins Human Rights First to work in refugee advocacy and national security advocacy.
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