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Started in the summer of 2005, the Penn Law Prisoners’ Legal Education Project is a student-run group that seeks to promote for efficient self-advocacy among prisoners while fostering a better understanding of prisoners’ issues among law students. All members attend a weekly, for-credit seminar exploring legal issues relevant to prison population. In addition to the classroom meetings, students teach a legal studies course to inmates at Graterford State Prison over a period of ten weeks. In preparation for these classes, clinic members meet in groups to build curriculum, discuss educational strategies, learn how to tailor lessons to a prison population, and practice their teaching methods.
The Prisoners' Legal Education Project also sponsors a Prisoners' Rights Speaker Series, bringing in legal professionals to talk the Penn Law community about contemporary detention issues ranging from Guantanamo to habeas procedure.
Please email Student Leaders Felicia Lin (feliciah@law.upenn.edu) or Kate McMahon (kfmcmaho@law.upenn.edu) if you have further questions.
2006-2007 Student Advocates
| Allison Foley | Alex Heinegg | Evan Chyun | Courtney Bumpers |
| Amna Latif | Daren Shaver | Matt Mills | Oliver McKinstry |
| Miriam Nemeth | Dustin Thompson | Seth Blinder | Emily Turner |
| Deuel Ross | Stanley Stringfellow | Colleen Dougherty | Lori Weaver |
| Kate McMahon | Ben Marcus | Meg Kammerud | Jessica Alms |
| Nick Murphy | Eric Fabricant | Johanna Thomas | Delceta Taylor |
| Sadeeka Scott | Kirsten White | Jay Wedge | Ala Hakim |
| Aaron Walker | Ally Burg | Rachelle LaRoche | Srinivas Aayagari |
| Cassandra Wilson | Kelsey McGowan | Brandis Anderson | Felicia Lin |