February 19, 2024
Penn Carey Law’s BLSA hosted the 36th Annual Sadie T.M. Alexander Commemorative Conference, which focused on the past, present, and future of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Alumni, article archive, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Featured, RacialJustice, Students February 12, 2024
Penn Carey Law’s BLSA will host “The Continued Fight for Equality: 60 Years with the Civil Rights Act of 1964” on Saturday, February 17.
Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, RacialJustice, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Student Journals & Organizations January 14, 2024
A collection of resources and events that honor Dr. King, celebrate the advances in our nation’s civil rights, and examine the work still to be done.
article archive, Institutional Highlights, RacialJustice, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion November 21, 2023
A groundbreaking report from the ARC Justice Clinic reveals a racially disparate impact on property owners subjected to petitions under the Abandoned and Blighted Property Act (Act 135).
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A fierce advocate for people impacted by incarceration, Sadye Stern L’22 worked on parole justice with Amistad Law Project.
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In an article published in the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology, Melany Amarikwa L’24 explores the harms perpetuated by TikTok’s unique use of recommendation algorithms.
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At The Regulatory Review, Cara McClellan GEd’12 explains what’s left and what’s next for racial diversity in college admissions after the Supreme Court’s recent affirmative action decision.
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June 29, 2023
Roberts revisits her scholarship on the fraught history of Black motherhood in America and discusses its modern-day relevance.
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Prof. Kermit Roosevelt discusses the history and significance of Juneteenth in a new documentary and in an interview at Penn Today.
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Deuel Ross L’09 successfully argued before the Supreme Court that Alabama’s congressional map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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The esteemed American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, has elected Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts to join its prestigious membership.
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The Sadie Scholar Class of 2025 reflects on what the Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander Scholarship Program means to them and why representation in the legal field is so important.
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Penn Carey Law’s BLSA honors Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander’s legacy by exploring critical legal issues pertinent to the Black community and working toward progressive legal advocacy.
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Prof. Anita L. Allen’s article on privacy, race, equity, and online data-protection reform has been awarded a 2023 Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award.
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The Advocacy for Racial and Civil (ARC) Justice Clinic was recently launched with a symposium centered on the crucial, ongoing work toward a more equitable society.
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ARC Justice Clinic Director Cara McClellan GEd’12 discusses how affirmative action benefits institutions in this Q&A with Penn Today.
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Presidential Prof. Shaun Ossei-Owusu LPS’08 explores the civil rights’ implications of pervasive race, gender, and sex discrimination in bars, nightclubs, and restaurants.
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Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts is the featured guest of the first episode of Community Legal Services of Philadelphia’s new podcast, “How Is That Legal?”
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Dana Dyer L’22 has authored a trailblazing report shining a light on how AI contributes to racial bias in hiring processes for Black educators.
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Jessica Feierman L’00, Deuel Ross L’09, and Kristen Dama L’07 were recently honored at the Toll Public Interest Center’s Alumni Impact Awards dinner.
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Prof. Roberts recently spoke to The Pennsylvania Gazette about her new book, Torn Apart.
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Profs. Roosevelt and Wolff as well as student leaders of a pro bono reproductive justice project share their insights.
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Cara McClellan GEd’12 will lead the Law School’s newest clinic, focusing on civil rights and racial justice equity.
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“No, most children in foster care haven’t been rescued from abuse,” writes Prof. Roberts in The Washington Post.
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Merck Board of Directors Exec. Chairman Kenneth C. Frazier, widely recognized for his social justice and economic inclusion advocacy, will deliver the 2022 commencement address.
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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.
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Roberts is an acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law, and is the founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science & Society in the Center for Africana Studies.
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Johnson’s lecture is the third of five Race and Regulation Series lectures scheduled this spring.
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Feinstein’s lecture is the second of five Race and Regulation Series lectures scheduled this spring.
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Roosevelt maintains that King’s focus on Reconstruction should guide us forward.
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A collection of resources and events that honor Dr. King, celebrate the advances in our nation’s civil rights, and examine the work still to be done.
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The Law School remembers and honors the legacy of Lani Guinier, who taught here from 1988 and 1998 and passed away on Friday, January 7, 2022.
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Dr. Jill A. Fisher of the Center for Bioethics at UNC-Chapel Hill will speak on how social inequalities are exacerbated during the U.S. drug approval process.
Administrative Law, article archive, Events, Featured, Health Law, inclusion, Penn Program on Regulation, RacialJustice, Regulation, Social November 19, 2021
Roberts maintains that the U.S. child welfare system is designed to police Black families, not to protect children, and must be replaced with a new vision of family support and child safety.
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The course is taught by Abolitionist Law Center leaders, Executive Director Robert Saleem Holbrook and Legal Director Bret Grote.
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Hellgren’s research also delves into the Alford plea, which allows defendants to maintain their innocence while accepting a plea deal.
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Dolma L’24 is the first Tibetan on record to attend the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
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Prof. Roberts will draw from her forthcoming book, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families — And How Abolition Can Build a Safer World.
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In the voting rights sphere, the Law School offers several public interest law and pro bono opportunities as well as thematic, timely courses and a voting rights fellowship.
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This year’s Public Interest Week events will explore the complex roles that lawyers play as society’s economic inequities continue to deepen.
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The lecture by Professor Guy-Uriel Charles of Harvard Law is part of Public Interest Week, the Race and Regulation Lecture Series, and the “Advancing Racial Justice” colloquium.
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Professor Jessica Trounstine of the University of California, Merced will explore how cities’ regulatory authority over land use has resulted in inequities.
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The series is organized by the Penn Program on Regulation and co-sponsored by the Law School’s Office of Equity & Inclusion as part of the “Achieving Racial Justice” colloquium launched last year.
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Raymond Magsaysay L’22 explores the multifaceted problem of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) being largely left out of recent conversations about overhauling the criminal justice system to address racial injustice.
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Leading scholars address the ways in which racism pervades the modern administrative state and the legal profession
inclusion, RacialJustice June 18, 2020
With Biddle Library’s OverDrive collection you can download books to read and listen to on a Kindle, tablet, phone, PC or Mac. You can also place holds on items that are checked out and be notified when they become available. To borrow items, sign in using the 8-middle digits of your PennCard.
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Today, I write to share some concrete updates on the coming weeks even as our institutional efforts on many other fronts continue. There is much more we must do, including at the Law School, and we will report regularly on our progress.
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Dean Ted Ruger of the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law announces effort to help our community grieve together, learn together, and work together to pursue systemic reform.
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Philly Rising: Lawyering and Organizing for Racial and Economic Justice
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Prof. Roberts is the second Black woman to pen the Foreword of the esteemed law journal.
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“The Sixth Amendment Façade: The Racial Evolution of the Right to Counsel,” forthcoming in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, marshals “archival documents, primary sources, oral histories, case law, and secondary literature” to trace the history of indigent defense and the Sixth Amendment right to counsel from the early twentieth century to the present.
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Divesting From State Violence: Decriminalizing the Social Safety Net
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