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Professor Anita Allen on her new book
This fall, Allen discussed her latest book, Unpopular Privacy: What Must We Hide, that explores the need for privacy protections in an overexposed world.
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Melissa Snyder JD/MBE '09
Melissa Snyder JD/MBE '09 chose to attend Penn Law because of her desire for a cross-disciplinary legal education. She shares her experience with the integrated opportunities provided by Penn when she sits down with Penn Law's Office of Communications. |
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Remy Nshimiyimana C'08, L'11
Remy Nshimiyimana speaks about his experience taking the joint degree in Global Business Law and his desire to gain exposure to the global market. |
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Faculty Spotlight: Professor Leo Katz's Why the Law is So Perverse (9/26/2011)
Professor Leo Katz discusses his book with Penn Law's Office of Communications. He examines four fundamental features of the legal system, all of which seem to not make sense on some level and to demand explanation. Katz asserts that these perversions arise out of a cluster of logical difficulties related to multicriterial decision making. |
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Michael Martinez JD/MBA '11
Michael Martinez L'11 on the Intersection of Business and Law: Michael Martinez L'11 shares some of his experiences with the JD/MBA program with Penn Law's Communications. |
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Emergency Advocacy and Community Development (9/1/2011)
Farah Jimenez C'90, L'96, president and CEO of the People's Emergency Center (PEC), sat down with Penn Law's Office of Communications to discuss her career in the field of community development and her current role at PEC, a social services agency that serves homeless families through a range of housing, case management and counseling services. |
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Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues submits report of investigation into Guatemalan experiments to President (9/9/2011)
A report by the representatives of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, including University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Anita Allen and University of Pennsylvania’s President Amy Gutman, was sent to the President in conclusion to its investigation into the U.S. Public Health Service (U.S. PHS) studies done in Guatemala in the 1940s. |
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The LLM Experience (8/11/2011)
The LLM program at the University of Pennsylvania Law School is a one-year, full-time course of study in advanced legal topics designed for lawyers trained outside of the United States. Abhimanyu Ghosh earned his LLM degree in Spring of 2011 and shares his thoughts about Penn Law in this video feature. |
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Leaders in Pro Bono Service (7/29/2011)
Through its direct access to practicing attorneys and firsthand service of low-income clients, the Custody and Support Assistance Clinic (CASAC) enriched the legal educations of Stephanie Brockman L’11 and Jesse Krohn L’11. Having served as advocates and leaders of the student-initiated project in 2011, Brockman and Krohn are now embarking on careers in very different sectors. |
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The Importance of Student Organizations at Penn Law (7/18/2011)
Tiffany Southerland L'11, former president of the Penn Law Black Law Students Association, speaks about the professional and practical benefits of participating in Penn Law student groups. |
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The Struggle for a Safe Education (7/6/2011)
A production of the Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law, We Didn't Come Here to Fight The Struggle for a Safe Education offers a complex and balanced account of the recent violence against Asian immigrant students at South Philadelphia High School and the ensuing civil rights case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice against the School District. |
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Professor Serena Mayeri on Her New Book (7/5/2011)
In a video Q&A Serena Mayeri, Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, discusses her new book Reasoning from Race: Feminism, Law, and the Civil Rights Revolution. |
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2011 Commencement (5/16/2011)
Remarks from Dean Fitts and class representatives, presentation of faculty awards, Edward G. Rendell's commencement address, and the presentation of diplomas. |
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2011 Alumni Weekend (5/13/2011)
CLE Panels and the State of the Law School Address |
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Anne-Marie Slaughter (4/11/2011)
2011 Leon C. and June W. Holt Lecture in International Law
"Reflections on American Foreign Policy" |
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Counter-Terror: The Model, The Reality (4/14/2011)
Ambassador Dell Dailey and Professor Deborah Pearlstein discuss cutting edge issues facing America's counter-terrorism operations today. |
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The Decline and Fall of the American Republic (4/6/2011)
Bruce Ackerman delivers the 2011 Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law. |
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Sparer Symposium 2011 (3/18/2011)
Five panel discussions based around the theme "Partnering Against Poverty: Examining Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Public Interest Lawyering" |
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Public Interest Week 2011
Honorary Fellow in Residence Joan Messing Graff, president of the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center, speaks on "Putting Justice to Work: Defending the Rights of Workers." |
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Professor Cary Coglianese on e-Rulemaking
The Director of the Penn Program on Regulation and Penn Law Professor Cary Coglianese discusses how information technology affects the transparency of the federal rulemaking process. |
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Penn Law Inn of Court
The Hon. Gene E.K. Pratter L'75 speaks about her experience as a member of the Penn Law Inn of Court. |
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ACS Federal Judges Panel (2/3/2011)
A panel discussion about how judges decide cases. |
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H. Rodgin Cohen (11/2/2010)
Law and Entrepreneurship Lecture:
"The Financial Crisis: Aftermath and Implications" |
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Kenneth Feinberg (10/12/2010)
2010 Irving R. Segal Lecture in Trial Advocacy
"Unconventional Responses to Unique Catastrophes: Tailoring the Laws to Meet the Challenge" |
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Arye Edrei (10/7 & 10/27, 2010)
2010 Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Lectures in Talmudic Civil Law
"The House of Israel Divided - Schisms of Language, Law, and Legitimacy" |
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Faculty Retreat 2010 (9/20/2010)
Penn Law Faculty Retreat 2010 |
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Eric Feldman (8/26/2010)
Professor and Deputy Dean for International Affairs Eric Feldman discusses the new Penn Law University of Hong Kong Double Degree Student Exchange Program. |
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Golkin Hall Groundbreaking (7/22/2010)
Penn Law celebrates the groundbreaking and naming of the new Golkin Hall building. |
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2010 Alumni Weekend (5/24/2010)
CLE Panels on Health Care Reform and the Citizens United Case. |
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Panel Discussion (5/19/2010)
Behind the Rise and Fall of Philadelphia's Prison Population: A Conversation sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trust |
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Penn Law 2010 Commencement (5/17/2010) |
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Penn Law Faculty Roundtable Discussion (5/6/2010)
Leaving A Legacy: The Departure and Replacement of Justice John Paul Stevens |
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Michael Boudin (4/12/2010)
2010 Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law
"Judge Henry Friendly and the Craft of Deciding Cases" |
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Public Interest Week 2010 (3/16/2010 - 03/17/2010) |
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Seth Waxman (2/17/2010)
2010 Irving R. Segal Lecture in Trial Advocacy
"Shaping the Uncertain Future of Copyright and Patent Law" |
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Lynne Abraham (10/7/2009)
Prosecutors and Social Entrepreneurship |
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Deborah Pearlstein & Ilya Shapiro (10/5/2009)
Debating Use of International Law in US Jurisprudence |
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Arye Edrei (9/22 & 9/29, 2009)
2009 Caroline Zelaznik Gruss and Joseph S. Gruss Lectures in Talmudic Civil Law
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Regina Ip (9/15/2009)
"Becoming Modern: Hong Kong's Road to Democracy" |
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A.E. Dick Howard (7/20/2009)
"Founding Principles: The French Connection" |
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Penn Law 2009 Commencement (5/18/2009) |
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Richard Sprague L’53 (3/23/2009)
Dean's Speaker Series
"Murder Most Foul: My Most Famous and Interesting Murder Prosecutions" |
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Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College (3/20/2009)
Sparer Symposium Lecture
"Prisoner Reentry Into Society" |
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Linda Greenhouse (3/18/2009)
2009 Irving R. Segal Lecture
"How Judges Know What They Know" |
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Stephen Bright, Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights (3/16/2009)
"The Need For a Bailout for the Constitutional Right to Counsel: Lives and Liberty Depend On It" |
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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (3/3/2009)
Law and Entrepreneurship Lecture
"Defining the 21st Century Campus: The Intersection of Education and Community" |
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Georgetown Professor James Forman Jr. (1/29/2009)
"The War on Terror, War on Crime and the Obama Administration" |
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FCC Commissioner Deborah Tate (12/2/2008)
"From the Boardroom to the Classroom, Piracy Impacts and Solutions" |
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Panel Discussion on the Obama Win (11/25/2008)
Law, Politics and Policy after the Election |
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Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (11/20/2008)
Pakistan’s Civil Revolution |
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The Honorable Randy J. Holland (11/11/2008)
Institute for Law and Economics Distinguished Jurist Lecture
"The Delaware Directors’ Fiduciary Duties: The Focus on Loyalty" |
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Jagdish Bhagwati (10/23/2008)
2008 Leon C. and June W. Holt Lecture in International Law
"The Recent Critiques of Free Trade: Why they are Mistaken" |
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An interview with Professor Edward B. Rock (10/2008)
The accelerated 3-year JD/MBA |
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Panel of Law and Wharton Professors (10/3/2008)
The Financial Crisis Explained |
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Harold Koh (9/15/2008)
The Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law
"The National Security Constitution in an Age of Globalization" |
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Martha Jones (9/11/08)
Overturning Dred Scott v. Sandford: Everyday Histories of Race and Rights in American Legal Culture |
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Excerpts from our 2008 Commencement ceremony as recorded by several of our students) |
