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.”
Grace Cho L’22 and Raymond Magsaysay L’22 will each receive a scholarship as well as mentorship and assistance with their career development.
The Detkin IP Clinic is enabling entrepreneurial enterprises to maximize value from their IP and helping lawyers future-proof their careers through exposure to advanced tech tools.
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.
Through three fellowship programs, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is supporting a historic number of grads to launch public interest careers.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Six members of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School have received teaching awards for the 2019–20 academic year.
“Thriving in the Law” explores the tools and strategies necessary to equip lawyers to handle the social and emotional aspects of lawyering.
Profs. Allen, deLisle, Wilkinson-Ryan, and Finkelstein are four distinguished faculty members who hold joint appointments in the Law School and the School of Arts and Sciences.
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.
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 was selected for the fellowship by Gideon’s Promise, a non-profit public defender advocacy organization.
The moot, which normally takes place in Vienna, was held online between April 4-6 and is the most prestigious competition of its kind.
Profs. Baker, Fisch, Sanchirico, and Simmons are world renowned scholars in their fields who hold joint appointments in the Law School and The Wharton School.
The exercise, held online due to the coronavirus, called on eight teams of law students to negotiate an agreement through multilateral diplomacy.
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.
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.
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."
Under the leadership of Associate Dean Rangita de Silva de Alwis, 45 members of the “Women, Law and Leadership” class interviewed 56 women between the ages of 25 and 85, all leaders in their respective fields.
In her current research, Prof. Beth Simmons delves into the practical problems of international border management in today’s globalized world.
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.”
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.
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.
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).
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.
Raymond is one of the three inaugural First Generation Fellows at the Law School.
Meet Profs. Knoll, Hovenkamp, Sarin, and Abrams, who are four of ten renowed scholars at both the Law School and Wharton.
The article offers evidence-based policy recommendations to inform the General Assembly's 2020 review of the international human rights treaty system.
A group of Penn Law students led by Prof. Eric Feldman spent a week in Japan exploring the current state of robot technology and development.
Six Penn Law students presented their research on access to justice and transitional justice in the Gambia.
In Fall 2019, Leticia Salazar became one of three inaugural fellows of the Center on Professionalism's First Generation Professionals (FGP) Fellowship.
Prof. Galbraith was one of 45 lawyers, judges, and law professors recently elected to the American Law Institute (ALI).
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School has received several new gifts for scholarship and faculty support.
Professor Maggie Blackhawk, one of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s most recent faculty additions, has been awarded the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation prize for “Petitioning and the Making of an Administrative State.”
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.”
Timmick, who earned a bachelor’s degree in French and Philosophy from the University of Delaware, arrived at the Law School after serving several years in the U.S. Army.
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.
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.
The Initiative aims to help both law students and alumni maneuver through an ever-changing legal profession.
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.
Penn Law’s Office of International Programs has released the publication, “Bending the Arc of the Moral Universe: Three Essays on Moral Leadership.”
Jasmine Wang L’22 is one of three First Generation Professionals (FGP) Fellows who will help ease the path into the profession for other first generation Law School students.
Coglianese specializes in the study of regulation and regulatory processes, with an emphasis on the empirical evaluation of alternative regulatory strategies.
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.
General Joseph Votel, who retired from his 39-year military career in March 2019, has joined CERL’s Executive Board.
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.
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.
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.
Three members were added to the faculty for 2019-2020, in addition to six professors that joined between 2016 and 2018.
Emamian is pursuing a joint PhD in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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.
At the University of Pennsylvania, students have a unique opportunity to marry a Master in Law degree from the Law School and an MBA from Wharton.
This summer Gogna has been interning for Paramount Pictures, covering such legal issues as option agreements, chain of title issues, talent agreements, and intellectual property matters.
Sanchez interned at the Miami Regional Office of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where she worked in the Trial Unit of the Division of Enforcement.
Profs. Tom Baker, Sarah Barringer Gordon, Allison Hoffman, and Paul Heaton have each been awarded grants in support of their vital research and scholarship.
Blomberg participated in the 2019 Summer Internship Program at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at Penn Law.
Merold interned for the Federal Policy team at the Center for Reproductive Rights in Washington, DC.
Justin is one of twenty Summer Associates in White & Case’s Washington, DC, office.
Professor Allison Hoffman is Penn Law's resident health care law and policy expert, and she has brought clarity to the issues at stake through her research and by providing expert commentary.
Anna spent the summer working in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington, DC.
This summer Eduarda is working at the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Garnick worked for the Dilley Pro Bono Project, which provides legal assistance to thousands of women and children detained at a family detention center in Dilley, TX.
Jarron spent the summer in the Welfare Unit of Community Legal Services of Philadelphia (“CLS”).
This post from Alexis Caris L’21 is one in a series of firsthand accounts detailing how students’ summer employment opportunities are preparing them for their legal careers.
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.
Kanodia currently works as a Summer Associate at Linklaters LLP, splitting his time between the Corporate Practice in London and the Dispute Resolution Practice in New York.
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.
The Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS) recently adopted recommendations based on Prof. Cary Coglianese's research.
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.
In the "Thrive at Penn Law" video series, you can follow individual law students and their experiences at Penn Law.
As a fellow, Brill will work to improve outcomes for court-involved youth in Harlem, New York.
De Stasio is a Catalyst Fellow in the Capital Habeas Unit of the Philadelphia Federal Community Defender Office.
Johnson won the election by roughly 15 percentage points. He will be inaugurated on June 17.
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.
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.
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.
Students from "New Debates in International Women's Rights" presented on April 29 to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and other UN offices.
The competition is the only moot court in the country focusing exclusively on legal issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
On May 8 and 9, 2019, the Quattrone Center hosted its spring symposium, "After the First Step Act: What's Next in Criminal Justice Reform."
These meetings, made possible by the Leo Model Government Service and Public Affairs Initiative, offered students a unique opportunity to engage officials and policy makers in a meaningful way.
Already more than a decade into a legal career, Jan Smit LLM'19 is using his time at Penn Law to work towards a career on the international stage.
Professors Jill Fisch, Jonah Gelbach, and Jonathan Klick were among the faculty whose research was recognized by The Corporate Practice Commentator.
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.
The American Constitution Society (ACS) has selected Allison Person L'20 and Jon Gould L'19 as Next Generation Leaders.
Penn Law's First Generation Fellows program will provide support for first-generation professionals.
Professor Yoo's "1 World Connected" project at Penn Law uses data-driven research to bring the world online.
The Memorandum of Understanding enables faculty exchanges, student exchanges, and collaborative scholarly opportunities between the two universities.
Professors Anita Allen and Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein are among three Penn faculty newly elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Penn Law's six journals provide our students with invaluable experience both in substantive law and skills in research, analysis, and expression.
As one of the first women in Saudi Arabia to graduate from law school, Hiba Alsharif LLM'19 had the freedom to launch a career in an area that had always interested her - international law.
At last month’s annual Toll Public Interest Center (TPIC) Washington, DC Student & Alumni Dinner, a distinguished panel of Penn Law alumni shared their experiences pursuing careers in the public interest.
The Philadelphia Event Review Team (PERT) is an ongoing partnership that seeks to improve the fairness and accuracy of the criminal justice system.
The Law School's cross-disciplinary offerings have helped Penn Law graduates become professors at top universities.
The postgraduate Helton fellowship will help support Saxena during next year during her tenure as the International Legal Fellow with Women Enabled International.
The Foreign Policy Research Institute focuses on scholarship and policy analysis for foreign policy and national security.
Rae Shih L’18 joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Hawai’i as a Legal Fellow in September 2018.
Emma Morgenstern L’19, John Peng L’19, and Emilie Raber L’19 will receive the prestigious Justice Fellowship.
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.
Ryan McMenamin L’17 works as a legal fellow with the Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP) of Onondaga County in New York.
Penn Law will host a unique, two-day international strategic crisis and negotiation exercise on March 15 and 16.
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.
The Leo Model Foundation Government Service & Public Affairs program helps Penn Law fulfill the school’s commitment to public service.
University of Pennsylvania Law School professor Dorothy Roberts will deliver the keynote address at the university’s 2019 commencement ceremony on May 22.
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.
For Sarah Finnerty ML’18, Penn Law’s Master in Law (ML) program helped propel her along a new career path in the field of privacy.
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.
Robinson is the Colin S. Diver Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Chanona decided to pursue a career in law to help others and to improve the future of his home country, Mexico.
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.
The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law presented its annual Symposium: "Tinker at 50: Student Activism on Campus."
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.
Each video features an individual student and explores the unique ways they have learned to thrive during their time at Penn Law.
Litman is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
The Law School awarded Saxena the 2018-19 Human Rights Scholarship.
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.
Ten stories from 2018 about Penn Law professors who have won awards, had their work cited in major judicial decisions, and shared their insights with fellow scholars worldwide.
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.
The Center and the city seek to learn from a comprehensive root cause analysis report on the case of Malcolm J. Bryant.
Here’s a look back at 10 of 2018's top stories on Penn Law students.
Lia Diagnostics, Inc., worked with the Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic in 2015 to patent its innovative new paper pregnancy test.
Eve Higginbotham specializes in the study and treatment of glaucoma, and in light of her work, she has developed a particular interest in the legal process of how new treatments and drugs get approved for use in patients.
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.
Penn Law held its annual dinner recognizing students involved in the Leo Model Foundation Government Service & Public Affairs Initiative.
This year’s Visiting Policy Fellows are Sozi Pedro Tulante, Ilana Eisenstein L’04, and Joshua Wright.
Regina Austin, Penn Law’s William A. Schnader Professor of Law, has authored a new paper offering a behind-the-scenes account of producing “Second Looks, Second Chances for Pennsylvania Lifers: Commutation by the Numbers.”
The bill, which is currently working its way through City Council and may soon come up for a vote, would protect tenants by preventing landlords from terminating tenants’ leases without just cause.
McSwain delivered the keynote address at Penn Law about the importance of military values and civil civic discourse.
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.
The adoption of an innovative holistic approach to defending poor clients in criminal cases can significantly reduce incarceration and save taxpayer dollars without harming public safety.
On November 9, a panel of global diplomats gathered at Penn Law to discuss the topics of international conflict resolution and ethics in negotiation.
Law School alumni won elections in Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Texas.
Cardiologist Kiran Musunuru is engaged in cutting-edge research on a groundbreaking treatment with the potential to protect people against cardiovascular disease.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, the Quattrone Center conducts data-driven policy level research on the most critical problems facing the criminal justice system.
The Law School continues to expand its full-time faculty and has welcomed several new academic fellows.
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.”
On October 18, 2018, the Penn Law Alumni Society honored distinguished alumni for their professional accomplishments and service to the Law School.
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.
Penn Law and the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition (CTIC) are pleased to announce the fourth year of the CTIC Interdisciplinary Scholarship Program.
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.
This fall Penn Law welcomes 56 students to its Master in Law (ML) degree program
New Professor of Law Natasha Sarin discusses her upcoming plans at Penn and her latest research.
Michelle Mlacker L'20 discusses her internship at the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
Emily Lubin L'19 recounts her summer internship with the Alaska Public Defender Agency.
Nina Kalandadze L'20 highlights her summer internship with the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
Jeremy Peskin L’13 can credit love for the success of his new business, which helps immigrants and lawyers with the American green card application process.
The Quattrone Center is now accepting proposals to fund original research that will generate new knowledge that can improve the U.S. criminal justice system.
In this pathway, Fatoumata G. Waggeh L’20 describes her summer experience learning about litigation at Akerman LLP.
In this pathway, Grace Greene L’ 20 discusses her internship at Desmarais LLP, an intellectual property litigation boutique in New York City.
Research team reveals cryptocurrency market is more centralized than previously known.
In a two part profile, Penn Law’s Cary Coglianese was featured by The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS), as part of a Regulatory Focus series.
In this pathway, Sam Gold L’ 20 describes his internship at the Appellate Government (Code 46) division of the Navy JAG Corps in Washington, D.C.
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.
Check out the Annual Report to see TPIC's highlights from 2017-2018.
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.
“Starting this September, our students will be able to advocate directly for trademark clients before the USPTO,” said Cynthia Dahl, Director of the Detkin Clinic and a Practice Professor of Law.
In this pathway, Kristen DeWilde L’20 describes her internship with Chief Judge Rosenthal of the Southern District of Texas.
An interview with Margaret Zhang L’15, who works as a legal fellow at the Women’s Law Project.
Starting this fall, Penn Law students can study abroad at the London School of Economics.
As part of the Leo Model Government Service & Public Affairs Initiative, Penn Law faculty offered four policy research seminars during the Spring 2018 semester.
Profs. Dorothy Roberts, Allison Hoffman, David Hoffman, David Skeel, Howard Langer, and Peter Leckman all recognized for their teaching efforts in 2017-18.
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.
CTIC celebrates ten years at the cutting edge of law and technology.
Kelly McLaughlin was named as Director of the Carey JD/MBA program.
Penn Law student Patrick A. Berry L’18 was named the recipient of the Samuel T. Gomez Award.
Center on Professionalism is offering a slate of programming on “Women and the Profession.”
Salzburg Cutler Fellows tackle issues ranging from financial law to international courts.
The Equal Justice Foundation Auction is a part of Penn Law's Public Interest Week.
Robert Toll L’66 and Jane Toll GSE’66 donate to expand Penn Law's public interest program and further increase access for students to pursue impactful public service careers.
Sozi Tulante, the current City Solicitor of Philadelphia, will join the University of Pennsylvania Law School in March 2018.
Penn Law’s Youth Advocacy Project supports minors prosecuted as adults.
Penn Law adjunct professor James A. Feldman argued Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro in front of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Juan Cartagena is the President and General Counsel of LatinoJustice PRLDEF.
In a wide-ranging discussion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg shared her reflections on 25 years as a member of the Supreme Court during Penn Law’s Owen J. Roberts Memorial Lecture.
The Administrative Conference of the United States has cited research by professors Cary Colgianese, Jonah Gelbach, and Jonathan Klick.
On February 3, the Journal of Business Law held its annual symposium at Penn Law.
Sarah Hughes L’18 to attend the Opening Ceremony of this year’s Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Penn Law students from the Environmental Law Project argue that the proposed repeal is not supported by scientific evidence.
The CTIC Interdisciplinary Scholars Program supports up to three students each year as they take classes at Penn Law and Penn Engineering.
The Penn Law Veterans promote the unique perspective of law students who have served in the military.
George Donnelly L’15 has been awarded a Public Interest Law Fellowship from the Independence Foundation to continue his work protecting the housing rights of low-income Pennsylvanians.
A team of Penn Law students traveled to Colombia to learn about international humanitarian and international criminal law in Colombian peace processes.
New research by Penn Law professor Catherine Struve examines how the procedure for inmate appeals has evolved and how it might change in the future.
Albert Pak L'18 and Jayme Wiebold L'18 will pursue public interest careers as Skadden Fellows.
A paper by former Sharswood Fellow Craig Konnoth has received the annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award from the Future of Privacy Forum.
In his latest article, Penn Law professor Cary Coglianese explains the Chevron deference, one of the central decisions in administrative law.
Penn Law, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and multinational insurer Chubb have received the Financial Times’ 2017 “Highly Commended” award for innovative collaboration.
In a new article, Professor Tom Baker explores the implications of "robo advisors" in the financial services industry.
Foreign Minister of Israel Tzipi Livni spoke about her vision on the future of the state of Israel, as well as her support for the “two states for two peoples” solution.
The 1 World Connected project studies which programs for increasing internet connectivity are most effective.
Emily Sutcliffe trained human rights attorneys and activists in Malaysia as part of the ABA's Rule of Law Initiative.
Former Under Secretary of the Army Patrick J. Murphy held a discussion on civilian and military service as the keynote event for this year’s Penn Law Veterans Week.
“Since the financial crisis, the world has not been the same,” Ernesto Zedillo, the former President of Mexico, said. “We have had a much slower growth in the global economy.”
Luis Moreno Ocampo, the first Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), discussed the implications of the U.S. war on terror in the international realm.
Find out what makes the LLM program at Penn Law a groundbreaking opportunity.
Russian investigative journalist Yevgenia Albats spoke to students about the ethical challenges she has faced throughout her career in Russia.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, a nationally acclaimed author and national correspondent at The Atlantic, addressed a packed audience as he spoke about writing, fame, race, and politics in America.
Prof. Stephanos Bibas will join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
This innovative post-graduate fellowship supports a year of work at the United Nations Development Programe/Rule of Law, Justice, Security and Human Rights Team.
On October 26, the Law School honored seven University of Pennsylvania Law School graduates for their exemplary work.
Thomas H. Jackson, former president of the University of Rochester, discussed the pressing challenges in bankruptcy research and theory at a Penn Law symposium.
Assistant Professor of Law Maggie McKinley joined the Law School at the start of the 2017-2018 academic year.
Bill Richardson and David Sanger discussed the nature of the North Korean threat and strategies the U.S. might employ.
Penn Law professor Shyamkrishna Balganesh examined several copyright law cases in his article “Causing Copyright,” which appeared in the Columbia Law Review.
Henry J. Steiner, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard University, visited Penn Law to discuss his newly released book, Eyeing the World, which studies humankind through photographs.
Through Penn Law’s Leo Model Foundation Government Service & Public Affairs Initiative, students will have the opportunity to meet with two of the program’s Visiting Policy Fellows.
Cornell Brooks, former NAACP president, discussed how communities should invest in their public school systems instead of opting for charter schools.
Helen Eisner L’12 explains the investigative work done by the Office of Congressional Ethics.
Professors Cynthia Dahl and R. Polk Wagner discussed upcoming patent cases.
Professor Cary Coglianese contributed to a new report entitled “Designing Safety Regulations for High-Hazard Industries.”
Penn Law's Stephen B. Burbank's new book, co-authored with Sean Farhang, traces the efforts to curtail private enforcement.
Penn Law and the Institute for Law and Economics (ILE) announced the availability of an important new resource for scholars and students of Delaware corporate law.
Stephen J. Morse's research examines problems of individual responsibility and agency.
The new Global Affairs Review showcases Penn Law's global partnerships and international networks.
In September 2017, a panel of constitutional law professors convened at Penn Law to discuss four cases from the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming term.
Jennifer Leonard L’04, Director of the Center on Professionalism, discusses the center’s mission and programming.
Penn Law Dean Ted Ruger and Penn Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar are on the cusp of the new frontier in law and technology as they work to bridge the two fields.
In this video feature clinic director Sarah Paoletti and alumni discuss the clinics work for clients seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief.
In this article, Penn Law's Dorothy Roberts presents an alternative method of criminal justice reform.
With a JD from Penn Law, you're prepared for your first job and your entire career.
David Washington L’15 has been named the Penn Law Civil Rights Fellow and will serve as an integral member of the SPLC’s legal group.
Herb Hovenkamp is a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with appointments at Penn Law and in the department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School.
Isabel Abreu L’16 is using her postgraduate fellowship to provide immigration assistance to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Five Penn Law graduates and alumni have been awarded postgraduate fellowships from Penn Law to pursue public interest careers.
