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Tel: 215.898.3203
Fax: 215.573.6783
Email: lrulli@law.upenn.edu
Expertise
- Civil Litigation
- Clinical Education
- Poverty Law
- Public Interest
Bio
Louis Rulli possesses special expertise in public interest law, legislation, litigation, and clinical legal education and has written and lectured extensively on the subject of access to justice for the poor.
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Louis Rulli possesses special expertise in public interest law, legislation, litigation, and clinical legal education and has written and lectured extensively on the subject of access to justice for the poor. In 2006, he received the university wide Provost’s Award for Distinguished Teaching. Prior to joining the Penn Law faculty, Rulli was the executive director of Community Legal Services in Philadelphia and a public interest lawyer for more than twenty years.
He is a past chairman of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention, a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s House of Delegates, and co-chair of the statewide PBA task force on Loan Forgiveness and Repayment Assistance. He is the immediate past chairman of the board of directors of Philadelphia Legal Assistance and a frequent trainer and consultant to civil legal assistance programs. He served as the Consultant to the Chancellor’s Commission on Pro Bono Legal Services of the Philadelphia Bar Association and he was a founding member of the Pennsylvania Lawyer Trust Account Board (IOLTA), on which he served from 1988 until 1995. Rulli is only the second person to receive the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to an individual who has a long history of pro bono representation and leadership in the creation and continuation of pro bono programs.
Rulli has received numerous other awards, including the first Philadelphia Bar Foundation Award, the Medal of the Philadelphia Bar Association, the Leaders for Justice Award from Pennsylvania Legal Services, the first Andrew Hamilton Award for public interest lawyering, the Mary Philbrook Award, and a Citation from the City of Philadelphia for leadership on behalf of the legal needs of the City’s poor. He was selected by Philadelphia Magazine as one of Philadelphia’s best attorneys for public interest law.
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Representative Professional Positions
Penn Law - Practice Professor of Law (2001 -); Practice Associate Professor of Law (1995-2001)
Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia - Executive Director (1986-95)
Rutgers University School of Law (Camden)- Adjunct Professor of Law (1991-95)
Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia -Managing Attorney, Law Center South (1978-86); Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit (1977-78); Staff Attorney, Law Center West (1974-77)
Frequent facilitator, consultant, and mediator to non-profit organization (1995 -)
Representative Publications
Student Loan Debt and Public Service: Is Relief Finally on the Horizon?, 71 THE PHILADELPHIA LAWYER MAGAZINE 14 (2009) (co-authored with Eric Foley).
Too Long Neglected: Expanding Curricular Support for Public Interest Lawyering, 55 CLEV. ST. L. REV. 547 (2007).
New Rule Represents Progress (Side Bar Commentary on Pa. Professional Responsibility Rule 6.5), 70 THE PHILADELPHIA LAWYER MAGAZINE 17 (2007).
Representation of Low-Income Clients, 5 ABA FAM. L. LITIG. 9 (2006).
Unfinished Business: The Fading Promise of ADA Enforcement in the Federal Courts Under Title I and its Impact Upon the Poor, 8 J. GENDER, RACE & JUST. 595 (2005).
The New Civil Rights Act of 1991: A Role for Legal Services? PA. LEGAL SERV. REV. (Lead Article, Summer 1992).
Co-authored amicus brief in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on behalf of the Women's Law Project in the case of P.R. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al., 801 A.2d 478 (2002).
The Long Term Impact of CAFRA: Expanding Access to Counsel and Encouraging Greater Use of Criminal Forfeiture, 14 FED. SENTENCING REP. 87 (2001).
Employment Discrimination Litigation Under the ADA from the Perspective of the Poor: Can the Promise of Title I be Fulfilled for Low-Income Workers in the Next Decade? 9 TEMP. POL. & CIV. RTS. L. REV. 345 (2000).
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Access to Justice and Civil Forfeiture Reform: Providing Lawyers for the Poor and Recapturing Forfeited Assets for Impoverished Communities, 17 YALE L. & POL'Y REV. 507 (1998).
Pennsylvania Legal Services At Risk, 68 TEMPLE L. REV. 541 (1995).
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Current & Recent Research
Representative Professional Activities
House of Delegates, Pennsylvania Bar Association Delegate (1991-).
Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Task Force on Loan Forgiveness and Repayment Assistance, Co-Chair (2003 -).
Board of Trustees, Philadelphia Legal Assistance - Chairperson (2001-05), member (1998 -).
Pennsylvania Bar Associations Task Force on Legal Services to the Needy (1998-2003), Chairperson, Legislative Subcommittee.
Chancellors Commission on Pro Bono Legal Services, Philadelphia Bar Association - Consultant (2001-).
Chancellor’s Committee on Merit Selection of Judges (2005).
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