Faculty Retreat

The University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty comes together each year for an annual retreat, a tradition designed to renew the intellectual vitality and camaraderie of the Law School’s academic community.

“The idea of a day devoted to intense academic discussion and to building social connections with colleagues makes our faculty retreat a unique Penn Law institution,” said Dean Michael Fitts. “The retreat allows us to come together as a group for an entire day to discuss and debate some of the most significant issues that lawyers face today, and to do so in a relaxed setting. Everyone comes away with a renewed appreciation for our community's energy, intelligence and cohesiveness, even as we represent incredibly diverse intellectual perspectives."

The 2011 retreat was held in Merion, PA, and included scholarly panel discussions on a range of legal topics, from insurance law, to the nature of promissory obligations, to the first-to-file rule, to legal history and beyond.