Why They Come Here
Recruiting and retaining academic leaders of the quality essential
to Penn Law is a competitive and costly enterprise. Additional endowment will give us
the means to draw more of the top talent, with professorships in a variety of forms and legal
disciplines.
We mean extraordinary faculty like these we recently welcomed, who explain why they chose
to come to Penn Law:
- Stephanos Bibas, bringing an ex-prosecutor's eye to the study of criminal procedure: "Penn Law has cultivated a great student body and strong faculty, including the best criminal law group in the country. It's an exciting time to be part of Penn Law."
- William Burke-White, a widely published international law scholar in the areas of human rights and international criminal tribunals:"The interdisciplinary emphasis and breadth of faculty experience at Penn were great draws to me, working at the intersection of international law and political science. And we have wonderful students, who are genuinely happy to be here."
- Cary Coglianese, coming to Penn Law with renown in administrative and environmental law after 12 years on the faculty at Harvard: "Penn Law provides an exceptional environment for combining legal analysis and social science methods in a way that can help improve both law and society."
- Sarah Paoletti, heading up our new Transnational Legal Clinic: "The immigration and international human rights community is highly enthusiastic about Penn Law stepping into the arena of transnational legal practice, human rights and immigration, and the Clinic's anticipated contribution to these important areas of advocacy. I'm thrilled to be part of this new venture."
