Prof. Kermit Roosevelt Presents ‘The Nation That Never Was’ to the Retired Men’s Association 

December 19, 2022

 

Prof. Kermit Roosevelt Discusses His New Book and Lincoln’s America: WNYC 

July 15, 2022

 

Prof. Dorothy Roberts Discusses Racial Disparities in Foster Care: WYPR 

April 26, 2022

 

AI and Implicit Bias 

April 25, 2022

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.

Cross-Disciplinary, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion 

Antitrust by Algorithm 

April 18, 2022

In the Stanford Computational Antitrust Journal, Prof. Coglianese and Alicia Lai L’21 explore machine-learning algorithms’ potential role in antitrust regulation.

Research and Scholarship 

Understanding Neurodiversity 

April 8, 2022

In the latest NALP Bulletin, Maureen Reilly reviews a book that explores why understanding neurodiversity is a necessity for all professions.

Research and Scholarship 

Prof. Dorothy Roberts Says the ‘So-Called Child Welfare System’ and Criminal Law Enforcement Are ‘Symbiotic’: Jezebel 

April 6, 2022

 

Abolishing the Child Welfare System 

April 6, 2022

Mother Jones recently published an excerpt of Prof. Roberts’ new book, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families — And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World​.

Research and Scholarship 

Data-Driven Support for Labor Equity 

March 31, 2022

Elizabeth Shackney L’24, MUSA’24 co-authors a report on improving equity in the federal oversight of employers who hire migrant workers on H-2A visas.

 

At Criminal Law and Philosophy, Prof. Stephen Morse explores the question: Is executive function the universal acid? 

March 22, 2022

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.

Cross-Disciplinary, Research and Scholarship 

At the Duke Law Journal, Prof. Cary Coglianese and Alicia Lai L’21 offer a framework for determining when government should use artificial intelligence 

March 10, 2022

Coglianese and Lai caution that existing processes can sometimes be “far more problematic than their digital counterparts.”

Research and Scholarship 

At the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Prof. Claire Finkelstein explores the issue of presidential immunity 

March 7, 2022

“[I]mmunity from criminal prosecution for a sitting President would undermine all other forms of accountability …”

Research and Scholarship 

At Smerconish, Prof. Claire Finkelstein argues that closing Guatanamo is only the first step 

February 10, 2022

Finkelstein delineates three areas of military law and policy that President Biden should address to “begin to set the country on a path to restoring integrity to U.S. detention policy.”

 

In a prominent Indian law journal, Apratim Vidyarthi L’22 argues that the Trump Administration’s proposed blanket TikTok ban would cause immense harm 

February 10, 2022

Vidyarthi’s paper, co-authored by Rachel Hulvey, a PhD candidate at Penn, was recently published in the Indian Journal of Law and Technology.

 

Michael Weingartner L’21 publishes article on how to remedy voter intimidation in The Georgetown Law Journal Online 

January 25, 2022

Weingartner penned the piece for the Remedies seminar while at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

 

Upcoming Penn Law Review article about auto safety in the age of the SUV by John Saylor L’22 cited in piece about electric vehicles: The New Yorker 

January 24, 2022

 

Quattrone Center report recommends the Madison Police Department work toward building stronger community ties: NBC15 

November 17, 2021

 

Quattrone Center report finds that Madison Police Department was ‘unprepared for the scope and emotion’ of the 2020 George Floyd protests: Channel 3000 

November 16, 2021

 

Olivia Bethea L’21 argues for intellectual property reparations for African American inventors in forthcoming essay 

September 29, 2021

Bethea’s “The Unmaking of ‘Black Bill Gates’: How the U.S. Patent System Failed African American Inventors” will be published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online.

Research and Scholarship 

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.

Research and Scholarship 

Myles Lynch L’20 explores federal and state official qualifications in forthcoming article in the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 

September 14, 2021

Lynch explores the provision that prohibits those who have violated their oath to uphold our Constitution from holding any federal or state office.

 

Legal scholarship of Jessica Rizzo L’21 published in three law journals 

July 29, 2021

Rizzo’s recently published pieces span constitutional, environmental, family, and intellectual property law.

Cross-Disciplinary, Environmental Law 

‘The Dean of American Antitrust Law’ honors Prof. Hovenkamp’s contributions to contemporary U.S. antitrust doctrine 

July 9, 2021

The tribute book celebrates Prof. Hovenkamp’s life and work through contributions by peers, colleagues, and former students.

Research and Scholarship 

Student journals afford members the opportunity to engage in and produce cutting-edge legal scholarship 

July 8, 2021

The Law School’s seven journals provide student members an invaluable experience in substantive law as well as skills in research, analysis, and expression.

Cross-Disciplinary 
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