International Law at the Department of Justice 

November 27, 2023

As an extern with the Department of Justice, Olivia Rosenzweig L’23 worked on projects in the Office of Foreign Litigation and the Office of International Judicial Assistance.

Alumni, article archive, Beyond the Classroom, Externships, Featured, Government, International & Comparative Law, Pathways to the Profession, Public Service 

Bringing Human Rights Abusers to Justice 

October 27, 2023

Mostafa El-Harazi L’23 leveraged his international law experience as an extern with Center for Justice and Accountability in co-founding the International Law Society at Penn.

article archive, Beyond the Classroom, Externships, Featured, Human Rights, International, Pathways to the Profession, Public Interest, Public Service, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Social Justice, Equity & Inclusion, Students 

10/5/23 - Everything International for 1Ls 

October 5, 2023

Careers, Courses, Externships, Fellowships, Global Dispatch, International Affairs 

4/12/23 - Info Session: Externships and the Transnational Legal Clinic 

April 12, 2023

Externships, Global Dispatch, Transnational Legal Clinic 

Supporting Global Legal Education 

April 18, 2022

The Bar Council of the Maldives visited the Law School to assist its efforts in regulating legal education and the legal profession in the Republic of Maldives.

Alumni, article archive, Center on Professionalism, Clinics, dean ruger, ELC, Eric A. Feldman, Externships, Faculty, Future of the Profession Initiative, Global, International, Paul H. Robinson, Praveen Kosuri, Sarah Paoletti, Staff, Theodore Ruger, TPIC, Transnational 

Meghan Downey L’21 argues for a totality of the circumstances approach for habeas petitions in forthcoming article 

September 20, 2021

Downey’s article was developed during a federal habeas corpus course at the Law School and will appear in the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law.

Alumni, article archive, coronavirus, Criminal Justice, Externships, Featured, Government, judicial, Law Review, Pro Bono, Public Service, Publications, QCimpact, Quattrone, Research and Scholarship 

Externship dispatches: Sarah Best L’21 

December 16, 2020

Sarah Best L’21 details her externship experience with the Education Law Center.

article archive, Cross Disciplinary, Cross-Disciplinary, dispatches, Externships, Pathways to the Profession 

Externship dispatches: Bridget Lavender L’21 

December 15, 2020

Bridget Lavender L’21 completed an externship with the Women’s Law Project in Philadelphia in the fall of 2019.

article archive, dispatches, Externships, Pathways to the Profession, Student Life, Students 

Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies’ Externship Program introduces students to specialized government and nonprofit work 

September 9, 2020

The Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies offers more than 15 externships in addition to the nine clinical offerings, and students may also design their own externships.

article archive, clinicseries, Experiential, Externships, Law School, Students 

Penn Law appoints Praveen Kosuri to lead clinical programs as Associate Dean for Clinical Education 

December 20, 2018

In his new role, Kosuri will assume responsibility for the oversight and development of the Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies.

article archive, Clinics, Externships, Faculty 

2018 Year in Review: Penn Law Student Life 

December 17, 2018

During this busy and successful year, they took on important public interest projects, made their voices heard on major issues in local and national government, gained hands-on practice experience through a variety of experiential learning programs, won cases, competitions, fellowships, and more.

article archive, Clinics, Externships, Fellowships, Student Groups, Student Life 

Victory at the Third Circuit 

September 24, 2018

Judah Bellin L’18 won a recent case under the Prison Litigation Reform Act through Penn Law’s Federal Appellate Externship

clinic, Clinics, Externships 

Victory at the Third Circuit 

September 24, 2018

Judah Bellin L’18 won a recent case under the Prison Litigation Reform Act through Penn Law’s Federal Appellate Externship

article archive, Externships 

Penn Law students argue in front of Third Circuit in externship 

April 16, 2018

As part of the Federal Appellate Externship, four third-year Law School students make an argument in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

article archive, Careers, Clinics, Externships, Legislative, News, Students 

Philadelphia City Solicitor Sozi Tulante joins Penn Law 

February 27, 2018

Sozi Tulante will teach an upper-level course on prosecutorial ethics and will work to evaluate the Law School’s student externship opportunities.

Externships, Faculty, Government, Philadelphia 

George Donnelly L’15 describes his “triumphant” externship 

November 2, 2017

Alumni, Careers, Clinics, Externships, Law School, News, Students, Video 

Penn Law graduate’s Third Circuit argument creates circuit split 

March 21, 2016

Amanda Johnson L’15 had the opportunity to argue a case in front of the Third Circuit at a 3L at Penn Law. In a recently released decision, the court accepted her argument and in doing so created a circuit split with the four other circuits to have considered the issue.

Alumni, Clinics, Externships 

Gift from Model Foundation expands Penn Law’s government service program 

October 20, 2014

A new gift from the Leo Model Foundation to the University of Pennsylvania Law School will create the Model Government and Public Affairs Initiative, a series of new programs designed to prepare students for fulfilling work in government and public policy.

Careers, Clinics, Externships, Fellowships, Government, Legislative, Public Service 

Externship opportunities hone Penn Law students’ practice skills in government & nonprofit sectors 

November 14, 2013

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.

Careers, Center on Professionalism, Clinics, Cross Disciplinary, Cross-Disciplinary, Externships, Government, Human Rights, Immigration, Law School, Philadelphia, Pro Bono, Public Service, Student Life, Students 

Sarah Alba L’11 on Penn Law’s clinics and pro bono opportunities 

September 16, 2013

In a video feature, Sarah Alba L’11 highlights Penn Law’s clinics and pro bono opportunities, as well as her postgraduate work at Manhattan Legal Services.

Clinics, Externships, feature, Fellowships, Homepage, Power of Public Interest Profile, Pro Bono, TPIC 

Pathways to the Profession: Jane Marie Russell L’14 

July 31, 2013

Jane Marie Russell L’14 is one in a series of firsthand accounts by Law School students about how their summer employment opportunities are preparing them for their legal careers. Russell is working at Holland & Knight LLP in Miami, Florida, where she grew up and plans to practice  in litigation after graduation.

Careers, dispatches, Externships, Pro Bono, Students 

Pathways to the Profession: Andreas Kuersten L’14 

July 24, 2013

Andreas Kuersten L’14 is one in a series of firsthand accounts by Law School students about how their summer employment opportunities are preparing them for their legal careers. Kuersten, who is working at Andrews Air Force Base, is from Redding, CA, and hopes to join the United States military as an officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

Careers, dispatches, Externships, Public Interest dispatch, Students 

Lauren M. Bennett L’13 presents oral argument to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals 

July 15, 2013

Lauren M. Bennett L’13 took time from her bar examination studies to present oral argument to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on July 10 in a prisoner’s civil rights case upon which she worked while a student in the Law School’s Federal Appellate Litigation Externship.

Clinics, Externships 

An advocate for immigrant workers 

June 5, 2013

Marsha Chien L’10 is a Skadden Fellow at the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) in the National Origin, Immigration and Language Rights program.

Externships, Fellowships, Homepage, Human Rights, Immigration, News, Power of Public Interest Profile, Pro Bono, Public Service, TPIC, Video 
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