Penn Carey Law’s annual event provides students to explore the wide range of joint-degree and certificate programs at Penn.
Jessie Levin L’25, MCIT’25 is the 2023 recipient of the annual CTIC Interdisciplinary Scholarship.
At ACC Docket, Practice Prof. Cynthia Dahl discussed the process of getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to the public with Khalil Mitchell, Senior Counsel at Moderna.
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After a 2+ year hiatus, the in-person Cross-Disciplinary Opportunities Fair provided students an opportunity to learn more about joint degrees and certificates at Penn that complements their legal education.
Students and faculty work across a diverse range of fields, forging the way forward in an increasingly interdisciplinary legal world.
The new, formalized, cross-disciplinary program will enable students to study LGBTQ+ issues from multiple perspectives.
Law School faculty regularly coordinate Continuing Judicial Education programming to help Pennsylvania judges stay abreast of cutting-edge legal issues.
Veda Handa LLM’22 shares her reflections on the Spring 2022 “Policy Lab on AI and Implicit Bias” with Prof. Rangita de Silva de Alwis.
On the Access Board, Nadolsky is eager to contribute to conversations about disability accessibility to technology.
Morse’s persuasive essay is in response to Responsible Brains, a book authored by William Hirstein, Katrina L. Sifferd, and Tyler K. Fagan of Elmhurst College.
The Law School offers several joint degrees that help students pave the way to the careers they want.
From pathbreaking coursework to pro bono advocacy, students at the Law School engage meaningfully in the fight to advance women’s rights, both locally and around the world.
A self-proclaimed “life-long learner,” Dr. Farah Jan first enrolled in an ML course to help her navigate a new tech venture – and enjoyed it so much that she opted to complete the whole degree.
As a Co-COO at Burford Capital, Perla believes that finance can – and will – play a vital role in diversifying leadership in the legal profession.
For Solbraekke, the interdisciplinary philanthropy program offers a chance to test and flex her leadership skills.
As a senior research analyst in the finance industry, Zuckerberg aims to use his legal training to help businesses create positive social impact.
Ayo Aladesanmi ML’23, MPA’23 takes a cross-disciplinary approach to public policy.
De Guzman is eager to use his education to enter interdisciplinary legal spaces.
A look back at the top stories from the Law School this past year.
Knoll, who is also Co-Director of the Center for Tax Law and Policy, focuses his work at the intersection of business and law.
Pavlus worked as a legal intern at the United Nations Development Program before enrolling at the Law School.
For Ryan Baldwin L’22, WG’22 praises the collegiality at the University, particularly among veterans, as contributing significantly to his positive Law School Experience.
Zulfiqar is an Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School and helped draft and implement criminal codes in the Maldives and Somalia.
In one of our newest courses, students engage in vibrant discussions at the nexus of law, philosophy, rapidly-growing business sectors, and cutting-edge technological innovation.
Nearly 300 law students participated in this year’s Professionalism Day, hosted by the Law School’s Center on Professionalism (COP).
In its eighth year, the Law School’s Master in Law Program continues to expand, drawing students from a wide array of fields with its fundamentally cross-disciplinary approach to legal education.
Lisa Scottoline C’77, L’81, Kimberly McCreight L’98, and Pam Jenoff L’01 discuss how their Penn Law education helped them build incredibly successful writing careers.
An impressive cohort of 156 globally-trained lawyers, judges, and diplomats will join the Law School in the fall of 2021.
Each year, the Foundation for the Advancement of Diversity in Intellectual Property honors one law student who has made exceptional contributions to intellectual property.
Rizzo’s recently published pieces span constitutional, environmental, family, and intellectual property law.
The Law School’s seven journals provide student members an invaluable experience in substantive law as well as skills in research, analysis, and expression.
Penn Law students in clinics and externships serve as lead counsel on their own cases rather than merely supporting the work of faculty.
Lindsay Kirker ML’17 MSN’17 is an Assistant Nurse Manager with Penn Medicine’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Max Masuda-Farkas L’22, MUSA’22 is taking full advantage of the Law School’s cross-disciplinary offerings, pursuing joint degrees from the Law School and the Weitzman School of Design and earning a Wharton certificate.
Victor was not only the first, but also remains the only person to have completed the BSN/JD program at Penn.
The Legal History Consortium, jointly sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the Penn’s Graduate History Department, was formed to promote interdisciplinary research, scholarship, and education in law and history.
Sarah Best L’21 details her externship experience with the Education Law Center.
In his book review, Prof. Morse uses Susan Vinocour’s book Nobody’s Child as a vehicle to explore various criminal law and justice system issues that intersect with mental health and social welfare.
Meet four law professors who have joint appointments in the University’s School of Arts and Sciences, emphasizing the Law School’s cross-disciplinary focus.
Walcott, a JD/MSEd candidate, has spent the summer as an intern at the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
Professors Anita L. Allen, Jacque deLisle, Tess Wilkinson Ryan, and Claire Finkelstein hold joint appointments in the Law School and Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences.
Peter Neal L’22 has co-created an online tool to help users figure out CARES Act relief eligibility for individuals and small businesses
Alyssa Cannizzaro L’21 and Eduarda Lague L’21, two students in Associate Dean Rangita de Silva de Alwis’ International Women’s Human Rights class, share their insights from their research papers on COVID-19’s impact on two key issues: reproductive healthcare and domestic violence.
Alyssa Cannizzaro L’21 and Eduarda Lague L’21, two students in Associate Dean Rangita de Silva de Alwis’ International Women’s Human Rights class, share their insights from their research papers on COVID-19’s impact on two key issues: reproductive healthcare and domestic violence.
Cross-disciplinary education is one of the core missions of our Law School, allowing law students to benefit from pursuing graduate course offerings in other Penn professional schools
JD candidates at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School will be able to earn a Graduate Certificate in Africana Studies by completing approved courses and a year-long Proseminar
Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) and Penn Law’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL) form alliance to promote rule of law in democratic institutions
The course, co-taught by Professor John Hollway, is held bi-weekly and features small, student-led discussions about various contemporary issues in policing
Dr. Kiran Musunuru ML’19 and Jehan Luth ML’20 have been recognized in their respective fields for their impressive achievements.
Sophie Beutel L’20, Marissa Fritz L’20, and Simone Hussussian L’20 recently placed first in the 9th Annual Health Law Regulatory & Compliance Competition at the University of Maryland Frances King Carey School of Law
Professor Eric Feldman traveled to Japan with Global Research Seminar students to meet with industry leaders, academics, and scientists as part of the Penn Law course on legal issues surrounding robot technology.
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What’s coming on the legal front in 2020? Penn Law professors tell us what to expect.
The Initiative aims to help both law students and alumni maneuver through an ever-changing legal profession.
Professor Anita L. Allen was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands, participated in a symposium about her work, and delivered a lecture at The Hague.
On November 13, Sandie Okoro, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the World Bank, presented the The Leon C. & June W. Holt Lecture in International Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
The Initiative will “Teach, Lead, and Transform” by examining new ways law schools can adopt a holistic vision for the formation of lawyers.
Through his experiences clerking at both the federal District Court and Circuit Court of Appeals levels, Brandon Harper L’14 was able to bring the best of both experiences to his work as a litigator.
2L Anna Sheu’s summer externship has inspired her to pursue cross-disciplinary courses this fall.
See how John Peng L’19 took advantage of everything the Interdisciplinary Global Human Rights Certificate had to offer.
Penn Law’s Jennifer Nagda testifies before Congress on family separation and migrant detention centers.
Cappozzi will clerk for Judge Gorsuch during the 2021 October Term.
Penn Law Professor Allison Hoffman brings expertise to national health care debate.
Zach Dunn L’19 details his experience taking complementary classes at the Fels Institute for Government.
Representatives from over 20 of our sister schools/programs will come to Penn Law for the upcoming JD Cross-Disciplinary Fair.
The Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition awards this year’s scholarship to JD/PHD student.
After graduating, Garrison Todd L’18, MBE’18 now works on pressing issues in environmental law.
The Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition (CTIC) has awarded this year’s CTIC Interdisciplinary Scholarship to Penn Law student Milad Emamian L’21
The Law School’s robust joint degree programs allow students to take advantage of the many top-ranked graduate and professional schools within the University of Pennsylvania, from the renowned Wharton School of Business to the excellent graduate programs in History, Philosophy, Engineering, and more.
With her Certificate in Nonprofit Administration, Kiara Vaughn L’18 created an organization for underprivileged students
Penn Law’s Quattrone Center, along with the Baltimore’s City State’s Attorney’s Office, Police Department, the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in Baltimore City, and the University of Baltimore Innocence Project Clinic, have released a root cause analysis report on the case of Malcolm J. Bryant, who was convicted of murder in 1999 and exonerated in 2016 after DNA tests proved his innocence.
The dedicated cross-disciplinary staff within the registrar’s office works with students to help them take advantage of Penn Law’s many opportunities to build connections between their legal studies and other areas of interest.
Penn Law’s Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic has newly been invited to join the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Law School Clinic Certification Program, as part of the trademark portion of the program.
In this pathway, Kristen DeWilde L’20 describes her internship with Chief Judge Rosenthal of the Southern District of Texas.
Beginning fall 2018, all applicants to the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s JD degree program will have the option to take the LSAT, GRE, or GMAT admissions tests as part of a pilot program launched by the school.
Penn Law’s 11 cross-disciplinary academic centers and institutes promote research that yield solutions in law and policy.
Penn Law’s important assets are people: those who are learning the law and those who educate and support them.
Penn Law’s academic programs are fully integrated with the professional and graduate schools on campus, providing students with an unparalleled opportunity to prepare for careers that engage virtually every major issue facing our society.
CTIC highlights ten years of law and tech at Penn Law
Admitted students talk to current student about opportunities at the Student Expo
Experience in both law school and MBA admissions has given her an impressive set of skills, which she will bring to her new role
Penn Law tops 2019 U.S. News & World Report for percentage of graduates securing full-time jobs for which bar passage is required or a J.D. is an advantage.
Members of the GRS on comparative constitutional law traveled to Tokyo and Kyoto to meet with judges, legislators, and scholars to gain a Japanese perspective on the question of judicial review in Japan.
This academic year, Penn Law’s Center on Professionalism is offering a slate of programming on “Women and the Profession.” The series explores the challenges women face, the benefits for all lawyers that flow from overcoming these challenges, and the stories of women who have blazed trails and found professional fulfillment in the process.
Penn Law and the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition (CTIC) are pleased to announce the third year of the CTIC Interdisciplinary Scholars Program, a competitive scholarship awarded to JD students pursuing a joint degree in law and technology.
Members of Professor Beth Simmons’ Global Research Seminar on international humanitarian and international criminal law in Colombian peace process, traveled to Colombia to study the recent peace agreement and its implementation.
Penn Law, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and multinational insurer Chubb have received the Financial Times’ 2017 “Highly Commended” award for innovative collaboration, in recognition of their partnership that places a globally trained Penn Law post-graduate fellow each year within the UNDP’s Rule of Law team at the United Nations.
Penn Law has announced a new partnership for its Chubb Rule of Law Fellowship, a prestigious post-graduate fellowship awarded annually to a Penn Law student or recent graduate pursuing a public-interest career in international rule of law and human rights. The 2018 Chubb Rule of Law Fellow will be placed with the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Rule of Law, Justice, Security and Human Rights (RoLJSHR) team at the United Nations in New York.
Penn Law Professor Dorothy Roberts was one of 80 new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine on October 16, joining Penn Law colleague Anita L. Allen who was elected last year.
On September 28, Penn Law and the Graduate School of Education co-hosted the Steven S. Goldberg and Jolley Bruce Christman Lecture in Education Law, which featured Cornell Brooks, former President of the NAACP.
The coming together of law and technology and what it heralds for students and society.
In this dispatch, Toni Garrett L’18 discusses how her certificate in Communications and Media Policy prepared her for her summer position at A&E Networks.
Herb Hovenkamp, a renowned scholar of antitrust law and legal history, sat down with Penn Law’s Office of Communications to discuss his research and teaching this upcoming academic year.
In this dispatch, Darien Wynn L’19 describes his work with SECTION27, a public interest law center in South Africa.
The Law School and the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition have awarded this year’s annual CTIC Interdisciplinary Scholarships to three students: Christina Chen L’20, Delaney Butler L’20, and Kelsey Matevish L’19.
University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Christopher Yoo and co-author Timothy Pfenninger released the first comprehensive study of the financial viability of America’s municipal fiber networks — “Municipal Fiber in the United States: An Empirical Assessment of Financial Performance.”
As part of Penn Law’s Model Government Service & Public Affairs Initiative, Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice Executive Director John Hollway taught a Policy Research Seminar this spring semester titled “A Systems Approach to Conviction Integrity,” which took a cross-disciplinary look at why the criminal justice system sometimes gets it wrong and how the system can be improved in the future.
The Law School’s Sarah Barringer Gordon has been appointed the Cary and Ann Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History at the John W. Kluge Center of the Library of Congress for the fall semester of 2017. While at the center, she will continue her research on her book project “Freedom’s Holy Light: Disestablishment in America, 1776–1876.”
Penn Law professor Mitchell Berman has been named a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow at the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University for the 2017–2018 academic year.
In response to a lawsuit filed by two civil rights groups, and in the wake of a recent study by researchers at Penn Law’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice analyzing the consequences of pretrial detention, a federal judge in Houston has ordered Harris County to begin releasing inmates arrested for misdemeanor offenses who cannot afford to pay bail.
Patricia Stottlemyer L’17 has been awarded this year’s Chubb Rule of Law Fellowship to support her work in international law and human rights following her graduation from Penn Law this year.
Two Law School students traveled with Professor Douglas Frenkel L’72, the Mediation Clinic’s director, to mediate an international child abduction dispute in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and the Penn Cultural Heritage Center will host a panel discussion on how must preservation efforts change in response to armed conflict in the twenty-first century.
A new study co-authored by Penn Law professor Stephen J. Morse and a number of other researchers from neuroscience, law, and philosophy, led by neuroscientist Read Montague and law professor Gideon Yaffe, shows that brain imaging data can be used, with high accuracy, to predict a participant’s mental state.
A Penn Law education prepares students to confront the pressing issues of our day, and through the joint-degree and certificate programs offered in conjunction with Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), students have the advantage of engaging with social issues from a range of different perspectives.
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Law School will expand upon its work producing innovative new research that improves American criminal justice policy with the support of up to $2.2 million over four years from the Charles Koch Foundation.
In recognition of her extensive work on race and justice, Penn Law professor Dorothy Roberts has been named the recipient of the Mamie Phipps Clark and Kenneth B. Clark Distinguished Lecture Award from Columbia University.
Law School student Irene Hong L’18 has been awarded the Future Attorney of America Scholarship from the Answering Legal Foundation in recognition of her outstanding academic achievement.
David A. Hoffman, an expert in contracts, law and psychology, and empirical legal studies, and most recently Temple University’s Murray H. Shusterman Professor of Transactional and Business Law, has joined the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s faculty.
The University of Pennsylvania Law School and School of Social Policy & Practice are pleased to announce a new joint JD/Master’s degree program in Nonprofit Leadership.
More than 50 LLM students from Penn Law played a critical role in research by Wharton School professor Mauro Guillén that was part of a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) report issued in October.
In an opinion piece by Dorothy Roberts and Jeffrey Vagle, the authors argue that President-Elect Trump’s law and order platform is culturally-coded as well as anti-democratic.
A new project conducted jointly by Penn Law, the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, and Penn Engineering is exploring the developments and challenges of securing cyber-physical systems and ensuring their users’ privacy.
In recognition of her outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service in the fields of health, medicine, and public health, Penn Law professor Anita Allen was one of 79 new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
The Francis J. & William Polk Carey JD/MBA Program at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Wharton School had its formal launch this past Monday at The Penn Club in New York City. The event celebrated the program’s official new name, The Francis J. & Wm. Polk Carey JD/MBA Program.
1 World Connected, a new project from Penn Law’s Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition, is studying the best ways to provide Internet access to the half of the world’s people who are not online.
Penn Law and the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition are pleased to announce the second year of the CTIC Scholars Program, a competitive scholarship to be awarded to JD students pursuing a joint degree in law and technology.
Penn Law’s Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition, Penn Law professors Christopher Yoo and Jonathan Klick, and Wharton professor Joseph Harrington are joining with scholars from China and Europe to launch a three-year study comparing antitrust law in China, Europe, and the United States.
The University of Pennsylvania celebrated the grand opening of Perry World House with two days of events featuring leading scholars and policymakers in the field of global affairs.
Newly appointed as he eighteenth Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Beth Simmons discusses her upcoming plans at Penn, the intersection of law and political science, and her latest research on international borders.
The Law School and its centers and institutes added new faculty, fellows, and staff members this academic year.
Brett Peanasky L’16, MCP’16 graduated this spring from Penn Law’s JD/MCP program, where students earn a JD from the Law School and a master’s in city planning from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. This four-year degree program let him to combine his background in architecture with his interest in policy.
The Law School’s Master in Law degree enables students studying and working in related fields to expand their knowledge of the law and legal principles. In this video, students and teachers from the program talk about how the ML connects professionals and enriches their work through the study of the legal system.
The University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are now offering a joint JD/MD degree program for students pursuing careers at the intersection of law and medicine.
Penn Law and the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition have awarded CTIC Scholarships to two first-year students at the Law School, Teddi Anne Josephson and Anna Marion.
Penn Law professor Serena Mayeri was appointed to the prestigious Distinguished Lectureship Program by the Organization of American Historians.
Penn Law professors Cary Coglianese and Dorothy Roberts were among the winners of the Fels Policy Research Initiative’s inaugural collaborative research grants, which recognize faculty who work across disciplinary boundaries on complex problems.
Penn Law’s Dorothy Roberts has been named to Harvard Law’s Women Inspiring Change list for 2016.
The Law School’s Dorothy Roberts is one of two University of Pennsylvania professors who coauthored a perspective piece in the journal Science that calls for an end to the use of genetic concepts of race in biological research.
The University of Pennsylvania and edX are offering a free online course on intellectual property law and policy taught by IP and patent law expert R. Polk Wagner.
The Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at Penn Law convened 42 experts for an interdisciplinary conference, Preventing and Treating the Invisible Wounds of War: Combat Trauma and Psychological Injury.
Miriam Archibong L’16 discusses how her Penn Law education has influenced her long-standing work in government and public policy.
Penn Law and the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition have created the CTIC Scholars Program, a competitive scholarship to be awarded to JD students pursuing a joint degree in law and technology.
After graduating from Penn Law with a joint JD/MBE, Nicolle Strand L’13 works as a research analyst at the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, which is made up of senior experts in the field of bioethics, coming from a variety of disciplines.
A new article co-authored by Penn Law Professor and Dean-designate Theodore Ruger, Jennifer Prah Ruger of Penn, and George Annas of Boston University finds that while the U.S. Constitution does not expressly guarantee a right to health care, in the past 50 years Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court have incrementally crafted an array of health care rights, though the expansion of these rights has properly resulted from legislative and government rulemaking, not judicial fiat.
Award-winning economist Paul Heaton of the RAND Corporation has been appointed as the Academic Director of the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice.
This spring, Penn Law offered a seminar called “Law and Neuroscience,” taught by Law School professors Stephen J. Morse and Amy Wax, which examined the conceptual and practical links between the new neuroscience and legal doctrine, practice, and policy.
Sarah Barringer Gordon is one of three law professors in the country to win a Guggenheim Fellowship, a prestigious midcareer award for exceptional scholars and artists.
Penn Law’s Kendra Sandidge L’16 was recently named Editor-in-Chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review for the 2015–2016 academic year.
Lucas Tejwani L’17 discusses his cross-disciplinary experience pursuing a JD/MCIT.
Professor Dorothy E. Roberts has been awarded an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship for her study of interracial marriage and racial inequality in Chicago from 1937 to 1967.
The JD/MBA program at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania will be renamed the Francis J. & Wm. Polk Carey JD/MBA Program.
The Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Certificate enables students to incorporate the concepts and methods of neuroscience into their legal education.
Theodore Ruger has been named dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, effective July 1.
The Quattrone Center has brought together Penn faculty from throughout the University, including Law, Criminology, Medicine, Wharton, Social Policy & Practice, Nursing, Engineering and more in the pioneering application of a “systems approach” used successfully to reduce errors in healthcare and aviation.
Penn Law’s Dorothy E. Roberts has been named the recipient of the American Psychiatric Foundation’s 2015 Solomon Carter Fuller Award, which honors a black citizen who has pioneered in an area which has significantly benefited the quality of life for black people.
Haig Farris L’63 was the founding investor in a company called D-Wave, which has developed market-ready proprietary technology to build quantum computers.
Penn Law Interim Dean and Presidential Professor Wendell Pritchett and his students from the Law School and the Graduate School of Education are examining whether or not new models of higher education can help students confront the challenges to earning a college degree.
In this video feature, Joseph Mensah L’15 discusses his Penn Law experience, from the collegial atmosphere at the Law School to his interdisciplinary studies. He also discusses his career considerations and why employers are always looking for Penn Law graduates.
This year Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, spoke about Ferguson and civil rights for the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Lecture, an annual lecture instituted in remembrance of Judge Higginbotham’s legacy.
In this video feature, Lecturer David Kessler L’97 highlights how the nature of civil discovery has changed with computers and e-mail dominating business and personal life.
New faculty member Mitchell Berman talks about constitutional interpretation, how the NFL’s instant replay system illustrates important tenants of legal theory, and his impressions of Penn Law and Philadelphia.
Penn Law Professor Stephen J. Morse has received the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award, which recognizes the teaching impact of leading scholars in the fields of medicine, law, and psychology.
Four acclaimed intellectuals from around the world will teach short, highly focused courses at Penn Law as part of the Bok Visiting International Professors program.
In this video feature, Jessica Rice L’14, MA’14 explains how her interdisciplinary studies with the Lauder Institute prepared her for a career in international law.
Marking a major milestone in legal education and emblematic of the service ethic at the core of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, this academic year Penn Law will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of its public interest program, featuring a year-long series of lectures, workshops, conferences focusing on the power and impacts of public service lawyering.
In recognition of the mounting importance of Latin America as both a rapidly growing global legal market and the hub of much U.S. immigration debate, the University of Pennsylvania Law School has established the innovative Certificate of Study in Latin American and Latino Studies.
Can Gigi Sohn L’86 keep both the internet and lines of communication with industry open?
Brett Schwab L’16, born in Philadelphia, is spending his summer with the Philadelphia 76ers, where he hopes to aid his hometown basketball team with any legal or business-related needs.
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, a research center at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, has published the report, “A Systems Approach to Errors in Criminal Justice,” which explores ways in which a systems approach to criminal justice may be employed as an alternative to a case-by case litigation model of reform.
Once again Penn Law faculty have dominated the Corporate Practice Commentator’s annual poll of “Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles,” with three articles written or co-authored by four University of Pennsylvania Law School faculty members.
The Law School’s website win’s Webby’s People’s Voice Award two years in a row. The Webby’s have been hailed by the New York Times as the “Internet’s highest honor.”
In this video feature, voices from across the Penn Law community discuss how the distinctive emphasis on cross-disciplinary education at Penn Law embraces a University-wide ideal of integrating knowledge.
Penn Law’s website has been nominated for a Webby Award in Law category for second year in a row.
A recent article by Penn Law Professor Cary Coglianese has been selected as one of “the year’s best academic articles that present legal and policy solutions to pressing environmental problems.”
Penn Law students studying comparative Internet law are meeting face-to-face this semester with policymakers, regulators and telecommunications executives in Washington, DC, Germany and Brussels.
On Friday, February 28, the Commissioner of the Big 10 Athletic Conference, Jim Delany, shared his insight on college athletics and its role in professional sports as the keynote speaker of Penn Law Sports Law’s inaugural symposium, “A Blurred Line: Issues Surrounding the Transition from Amateur to Professional Status in Sports.”
On Saturday, Feb. 22, Penn Law’s Muslim Law Students Association (MLSA) hosted its eighth annual conference, which explored the theme of Muslim obligations in promoting justice.
A paper by Penn Law doctoral candidate Michal Gilad maintains that women in devout religious communities are especially vulnerable to domestic violence.
Penn Law students gathered in Silverman Hall on Nov. 10 to learn about the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, as well as the business, legal and artistic challenges that it currently faces.
Penn Law’s Latin Law Students Association (LALSA) hosted its annual conference Jan. 31, with the theme “Making It in Latin America.” Topics discussed included ways to gain entry into international lines of work, Latin America’s role in the future of law, and the importance of having fluency in Spanish and Portuguese, and the gender dynamics of Latin America’s law and corporate worlds.
With Super Bowl XLVIII just a couple weeks away, Penn Law students learned what it’s like to work in an industry as unique as the National Football League. On January 14, students gathered in Fitts Auditorium for “From Law School to MetLife Stadium,” a panel hosted by the Penn Law Entertainment and Sports Law Society.
“Catalyst Grants” will double Law School’s postgraduate public service fellowships.
Important court decisions, revelations about NSA spying, and high-profile trials were among the legal events that captured headlines in 2013. Here, Penn Law faculty to weigh in on the year’s top legal developments.
Four Fulbright scholars have chosen to spend this academic year at Penn Law – a reflection of the distinction of its faculty and reputation for collegiality that sets it apart from most law schools, and its increased international prominence.
More than two dozen second- and third-year students participating in Penn Law’s Externship Program are working this semester in government agencies and nonprofit organizations from New York, to Philadelphia, to Washington, D.C.
The RegBlog website, sponsored by the Penn Program on Regulation (PPR) at Penn Law, has been redesigned and relaunched to better serve its expanding readership.
At Monday’s event, which was sponsored by the Penn Law Entertainment & Sports Law Society, Lambda, and Journal of Law & Social Change, Patrick Burke, the Co-Founder of the You Can Play Project, discussed the inspiration behind We Can Play, as well as the importance of changing today’s sports culture.
Students in a seminar at the University of Pennsylvania Law School this fall are contributing to a University wide, cross-disciplinary project that seeks to rate how well the world’s leading Internet companies uphold free expression and privacy rights.
Golkin Hall, the newest addition to the four-building University of Pennsylvania Law School campus, has been awarded LEED Gold status for new construction by the U.S. Green Building Council, a coveted recognition of best-in-class building strategies for energy and environmental design.
Five distinguished faculty members from around the world will visit Penn Law in the coming academic year to offer short, specialized courses, as part of a unique program designed to enrich the Law School’s curriculum with global perspectives.
Appropriately designed health insurance exchanges could save consumers and taxpayers $9 billion annually under Obamacare, according to new research by Penn Law professor Tom Baker.
John F. Hollway C’92, an attorney and the founder of a consulting firm specializing in criminal justice reform research projects, has been named the first Executive Director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice.
A law review article written by Penn Law tax policy expert Chris W. Sanchirico has helped persuade a U.S. Circuit Court to rule for the first time that a private equity fund should be held responsible for pension fund payments owed by a company it had purchased, which then went bankrupt.
The University of Pennsylvania Law School has received a $15 million gift to establish the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, a national research and policy hub created to catalyze long-term structural improvements to the US criminal justice system.
Students working with Penn Law Prof. Tom Baker are helping assess how well health exchanges work under Obamacare.
As part of the $100 million brain-mapping initiative announced by President Obama on Tuesday, the White House has asked the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues to assist with the BRAIN initiative.
In a video feature, Prof. Christopher Yoo discusses his work and research in technology policy.
Penn Law has formally announced the revamping of its already generous loan repayment program to ensure that its graduates pursuing careers in public interest and public service can have significant student loan burdens eliminated.
Third-year Penn Law student Kathleen Norland L’13 has been awarded the inaugural 2013-14 ACE Rule of Law & Human Rights Fellowship.
Students involved in Penn Law’s Transnational Legal Clinic testify on behalf of legal immigrants in the U.S. who suffer widespread abuses under the temporary guest worker program.
Penn Law and the Wharton School launch first-of-its-kind management program for law students
Geneva Campbell L’13 talks about how her decision to obtain a JD/MBE has enabled her to be versed in the fields of the law, health, and bioethics, allowing her to pursue a career in health law, or health and medical ethics policy.
Krainz and his teammates developed a proposal for “Smart Justice,” a kiosk system for low risk probationers and parolees.
Penn Law has expanded its dual-degree options to include a joint DMD/JD degree with Penn Dental Medicine.
Cynthia Dahl, Practice Associate Professor of Law and the inaugural director of the Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic, talks about the interdisciplinary opportunities of the Clinic and what makes this clinic unique.
Penn Law Professor Jacques deLisleand visiting scholar Professor Lin Yan of Shanghai Jiaotong University Law School discussed an Oct. 24 Law School symposium on the evolution and importance of administrative law in China.
Dorothy Roberts discusses her interdisciplinary research exploring the relationship between race and science.
Professor Dorothy Roberts explores methods across disciplines to understand the intersection of different systems of inequality.
Penn Law’s Professor Coglianese talks to the School’s Office of Communications for a video feature about his latest book, Regulatory Breakdown? The Crisis Of Confidence In U.S. Regulation.
In a time of significant change for the legal academy and the profession, Penn Law has completed a record-breaking capital campaign, enabling the Law School to proactively transform its academic program to prepare students for success in a rapidly evolving legal landscape, supporting the expansion of world-class faculty, programs, and financial support - while maintaining a small class size.
Cooperation between Penn Law and the National Law School in Bangalore serves to further engagement with legal academics and practitioners in India, while expanding the Law School’s global connections.
On the eleventh anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Penn Law hosted the inaugural event for the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL) in Fitts Auditorium.
A group of 16 Penn Law and Wharton students recently traveled to New York City to meet with several prominent private equity firms and hedge funds and learn more about careers in the investment industry.
Remy Nshimiyimana C’08, L’ 11 recently spoke with Penn Law’s Office of Communications about his experience taking the joint degree in Global Business Law and his desire to gain exposure to the global market.
Two of the nation’s top law and business schools - the Wharton School and the Law School at the University of Pennsylvania - are launching an accelerated three-year program leading to both the JD and MBA degrees.