March 28
percentage of students from underrepresented groups at Harvard were expected to drop by 50% without race-conscious admissions
Cara McClellan GEd'12, Civil Rights, Clinics, Conlaw, Faculty, Media January 29
Daniel Wodak has been awarded the 2023 Marc Sanders Foundation’s Political Philosophy Prize for his paper, “One Person, One Vote.”
article archive, Conlaw, Faculty, Philosophy October 24
In a comment published in the Journal of Constitutional Law, Sarah Reeves L’23 analyzes how Pennsylvania courts apply the appellate waiver doctrine, arguing that its excessive use constricts litigants’ right to appeal.
Alumni, article archive, Conlaw, Faculty, Featured, Jean Galbraith, Journal of Con Law, Journals, Students June 22
Prof. Tobias Wolff writes that the upcoming SCOTUS decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis “threatens to be a blockbuster.”
article archive, Civil Rights, Conlaw, faculty perspectives, Faculty, inclusion, LGBTQ, SCOTUS, Tobias Barrington Wolff June 1
The American Constitution Society selected Sabrina Minhas L’22 and Jess Zalph L’23 to participate in their prestigious leadership program.
article archive, Awards, Beyond the Classroom, Conlaw, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Featured, Social, Student Groups, Student Journals & Organizations, Students May 19
The Regulatory Review recently featured two student pieces concerning the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion rights.
Alumni, article archive, Conlaw, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Courts & the Judicial System, Featured, Health Law, Penn Program on Regulation, Regulatory Review, SCOTUS, Students, Women's Rights May 3
Isabella Hernandez L’24, Co-Chair of
If/When/How, a student pro bono project dedicated to lawyering for reproductive justice, reacts to the leaked SCOTUS opinion.
article archive, Conlaw, Pro Bono Student Groups, Students, Women's Rights May 3
Profs.
Roosevelt and
Wolff as well as student leaders of a pro bono reproductive justice project share their insights.
article archive, Conlaw, Dorothy E. Roberts, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Featured, Kermit Roosevelt, Pro Bono Student Groups, RacialJustice, Research and Scholarship, SCOTUS, Serena Mayeri, Students, Tobias Barrington Wolff, Women's Rights May 3
Annie Blackman L’22, Co-Chair of
If/When/How, a student pro bono project dedicated to lawyering for reproductive justice, reacts to the leaked SCOTUS opinion.
article archive, Conlaw, Pro Bono Student Groups, Social, Students, Women's Rights May 3
Referencing gay rights decisions,
Prof. Roosevelt cautions, “If there are five justices who endorse this draft, it’s unlikely that they will stop with
Roe.”
article archive, Conlaw, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Kermit Roosevelt, Research and Scholarship, SCOTUS, Women's Rights April 22
Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court spoke about implicit and structural bias during the Provost’s Lecture on Diversity and the Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law.
article archive, Civil Rights, Conlaw, dean ruger, diversity, Ethics, Events, Featured, inclusion, SCOTUS, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Social, Theodore Ruger March 29
This is the first time that Penn Carey Law has been the sole occupant of the #6 spot, marking the highest ranking the Law School has achieved since U.S. News began ranking law schools in 1987.
article archive, Careers, Conlaw, Criminal Law, Featured, Health Law, International, IP, Law School, Tax Law, Theodore Ruger March 14
Following clerkship positions in the Eleventh and Third Circuits, Cass will clerk for the Supreme Court Justice during the 2024-2025 term.
article archive, Beyond the Classroom, Careers, Christopher S. Yoo, clerkships, Conlaw, Curriculum, Featured, Journal of Con Law, judicial, keedy cup, Law School, Pro Bono, Regulatory Review, SCOTUS, Staff, Student Groups, Students, supreme court, Theodore Ruger March 7
“[I]mmunity from criminal prosecution for a sitting President would undermine all other forms of accountability …”
article archive, Claire Finkelstein, Conlaw, Faculty, facultyscholarship, Featured, Government, Journal of Con Law, Publications, Research and Scholarship February 10
Vidyarthi’s paper, co-authored by Rachel Hulvey, a PhD candidate at Penn, was recently published in the Indian Journal of Law and Technology.
article archive, Beth Simmons, Christopher S. Yoo, Conlaw, Faculty, Featured, Global, International, Law and Technology, Legal Writing, Privacy, Publications, Research, Seth Kreimer, Students January 10
In an opinion piece at The Hill, Prof. Roosevelt urges Americans to “remember how we first started on the path of liberty and equality.”
article archive, Conlaw, faculty perspectives, Faculty, facultyscholarship, Featured, Government, Kermit Roosevelt, Research and Scholarship December 10
Hoffman specializes in contract law, Klick in law and economics, and Roosevelt in constitutional law and conflict of laws.
article archive, Conlaw, contracts, David Hoffman, Faculty, Featured, Jonathan Klick, Kermit Roosevelt, Law and Economics, Law School, SCOTUS November 15
Dolma L’24 is the first Tibetan on record to attend the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
article archive, Center on Professionalism, Conlaw, diversity, Featured, Fellowships, Global, inclusion, Law School, Life at Penn Law, pennlawracialjustice, RacialJustice, Student Life, Students July 29
Rizzo’s recently published pieces span constitutional, environmental, family, and intellectual property law.
Alumni, article archive, Conlaw, Cross Disciplinary, Cross-Disciplinary, Environment, Environmental Law, Featured, IP, Journal of Con Law, Publications, Students June 24
Prof. Wolff stated that while the decision is “good,” the opinion doesn’t offer much guidance for the future of the First Amendment in schools.
article archive, Conlaw, faculty perspectives, Faculty, inclusionfacultyvoices, SCOTUS, Social June 23
Ben-Porath calls it “a good day when [the Court] sides with a student’s right to freely express her views, her feelings, and her criticism of the rules of the community of which she forms a part.”
article archive, Conlaw, ILP, SCOTUS June 17
Prof. Wolff pushes back on early characterizations of the Supreme Court decision as a narrow ruling.
article archive, Conlaw, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Local, SCOTUS May 25
Peter Jacobs L’22 draws on his experience as a journalist in exploring freedom of the press issues that have arisen since the George Floyd protests.
article archive, Conlaw, Journal of Con Law, Students May 12
Madeline Feldman L’22, GEd’22 joined the ACS as a 1L Representative and later became president of her chapter.
article archive, Awards, Conlaw, constitution, Featured, Students April 13
The court’s significant ruling cited “The Downstream Consequences of Pretrial Detention,” co-authored by Paul Heaton, Sandy Mayson, and Megan Stevenson.
article archive, Conlaw, Criminal Justice, Faculty, facultyscholarship, QCimpact, Quattrone March 16
The event brought together scholars and leading experts in the fields of law, sociology, and civil rights to engage in a robust conversation about the roots of mass incarceration and the prison abolition movement.
article archive, Civil Rights, Conlaw, Criminal Justice, Events, Faculty, Legal Culture & History, Legal History, pennlawracialjustice, Shaun Ossei-Owusu, Student Groups February 16
Tiffany Keung L’22 and Apratim Vidyarthi L’22 are winners of the 13th Annual First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition and were also awarded Best Brief.
article archive, Conlaw, diversity, Students January 12
Prof. Roosevelt shares the historical background of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment as well as his analysis of the House Democrats’ use of the provision in an impeachment article against President Trump.
article archive, Conlaw, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Government, Legal History, legal, Pro Bono September 17
In addition to committing to publishing five issues annually, including Fall and Spring online supplements to the print edition, JCL also sponsors a yearly symposium on a cutting-edge topic of constitutional law and featuring notable constitutional law scholars.
article archive, Conlaw, constitution day, constitution, Events, Journal of Con Law, Journals, Student Life June 10
Professor Wolff commissioned a quilt featuring the faces of his students, a unified work of art composed of many discrete and independent parts, like their dispersed but resilient class.
article archive, Conlaw, coronavirus, diversity, Faculty, Students March 28
A federal judge refused to dismiss the lawsuit by an activist who was arrested while filming protests in 2011. Now the filmmaker and her legal team will have a chance to investigate the city’s training policies regarding the First Amendment and handling the media.
Civil Rights, Conlaw, Criminal Justice, Documentaries blog, Documentaries, First Amendment June 24
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is launching a new campaign to reach out to documentary filmmakers.
advocacy, Civil Rights, Conlaw, Documentaries blog, Documentaries, Documentary litigation, First Amendment, Open Gov, production, Video