March 1
Kanyinsola Ajayi L’24 and Ty Parks L’24 advanced to the finals, held in Houston, Texas
Alumni, article archive, Featured, inclusion, Student Journals & Organizations, Students, Torts, Restitution, & Insurance Law October 20
As a Catalyst Fellow, Erica Rodarte L’22 launched an investigation of two Idaho school districts on behalf of Latine students.
Alumni, article archive, Fellowships, Igniting Positive Change, inclusion, inclusionalumnivoices, Pathways to the Profession, Public Interest, Public Service, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Social Justice, Equity & Inclusion October 10
A Sadie Scholar with an interest in intellectual property law, Natine Macauley L’25 gained essential in-house experience working at the National Board of Medical Examiners.
article archive, Beyond the Classroom, Careers, Featured, inclusion students, inclusion, IP & Technology Law, Pathways to the Profession, Students October 4
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.
Anita L. Allen, article archive, Beyond the Classroom, Faculty, Featured, inclusion, Law and Technology, RacialJustice, Research and Scholarship, Students, Tech Law September 8
Prof. Tobias Wolff: “We can and should interrogate the values and the approach to community that people exhibit when they ask to have their personal religious beliefs elevated into special legal privileges at the expense of others in public institutions.”
article archive, faculty perspectives, Faculty, inclusion, LGBTQ, SCOTUS, Tobias Barrington Wolff September 8
Splitting his summer across 3 internships, David Alan Johnson L’25 accrued legal experience in both the public and private sectors.
article archive, Beyond the Classroom, Featured, Fellowships, Global, Government, inclusion students, inclusion, International & Comparative Law, International, Pathways to the Profession, Students August 22
A new report jointly released by Penn Carey Law and Temple Law finds that the ChildLine Registry disproportionately harms Black Pennsylvanians.
Alumni, article archive, Clinics, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, inclusion, Research and Scholarship, Students August 15
A future litigator, Virginia Richards L’25 reflects on her corporate transactions, litigation, and pro bono work at Cooley LLP’s Boston office.
article archive, Beyond the Classroom, inclusion, Pathways to the Profession, Public Interest, Students July 18
Administrative & Regulatory Law, ARC Clinic, article archive, Cara McClellan GEd'12, Clinics, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Faculty, Featured, inclusion, Penn Program on Regulation, RacialJustice, Regulatory Review, Research and Scholarship, Transformative Faculty June 30
“It remains to be seen how far this radical new doctrine will reach,” said Prof. Tobias Wolff on the Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative.
article archive, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Featured, inclusion, LGBTQ, SCOTUS, Tobias Barrington Wolff 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 21
Paul Sindberg L’23, the first graduate of the LGBTQ Certificate program, will advocate for equitable LGBTQ+ rights and care as a union lawyer.
Alumni, article archive, Cross-Disciplinary, Expanding Access, inclusion, LGBTQ, Students June 19
article archive, Cross-Disciplinary, Faculty, Featured, inclusion, inclusionfacultyvoices, Kermit Roosevelt, Legal Culture & History, RacialJustice, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion June 8
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.
Alumni, article archive, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Featured, inclusion, Public Interest, RacialJustice, SCOTUS June 6
“The Speech Clause of the First Amendment has never been a license for businesses to discriminate in the commercial marketplace,” writes Prof. Tobias Wolff.
article archive, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Featured, inclusion, SCOTUS, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Tobias Barrington Wolff May 18
The esteemed American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, has elected Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts to join its prestigious membership.
article archive, Cross-Disciplinary, Dorothy E. Roberts, Faculty, Featured, inclusion, Philosophy, RacialJustice, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Transformative Faculty April 28
In the NALP Bulletin, Joanna Craig explores how increasing efforts to recruit and support neurodiversity in the legal profession raises new disclosure questions.
Featured, inclusion, Research and Scholarship, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Staff April 28
After spending a semester studying women’s international human rights, Penn Carey Law students visited the UN Headquarters in New York.
article archive, Beyond the Classroom, Curriculum, Experiential Learning, Faculty, Gender, Leadership, & the Law, inclusion, International & Comparative Law, Legal Culture & History, LGBTQ, Public Interest, Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Research and Scholarship, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion April 26
At Slate, Seema Saifee, Quattrone Center Research Fellow, explores how incarcerated individuals have contributed to the conversation on reducing incarceration and crime.
article archive, Centers & Institutes, Criminal Law & Justice, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Featured, inclusion, QCimpact, QCop-ed, QCresearch, Quattrone, Research and Scholarship, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Transformative Faculty April 14
At The New York Times, Visiting Prof. Kate Shaw argues that the Biden Administration should challenge the recent abortion pill decision.
article archive, Civil Rights, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Health Law, inclusion, Kate Shaw, Media, Research and Scholarship, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Women's Rights March 30
Administrative & Regulatory Law, article archive, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, faculty perspectives, Faculty, inclusion, Jasmine E Harris, Penn Program on Regulation, Regulatory Review, Research and Scholarship, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Transformative Faculty March 30
The Honorable Aida Waserstein L’73, who came to the United States as a Jewish Cuban refugee and is also a children’s book author, was recently inducted into the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame.
Alumni, article archive, Featured, Igniting Positive Change, inclusion, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion March 2
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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In honor of Black History Month, explore some of the myriad examples of Black excellence in leadership, scholarship, advocacy, and activism across Penn Carey Law.
Alumni, article archive, Beyond the Classroom, Cara McClellan GEd'12, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Faculty, Featured, inclusion, Institutional Highlights, Shaun Ossei-Owusu, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Students February 7
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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On February 3, the ARC Justice Clinic will launch with a day of events geared toward the continued fight for racial and social justice.
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The Hispanic Bar Association of Pennsylvania Legal Education Fund awarded two Penn Carey Law students scholarships to support their work advocating for justice.
article archive, Awards, Expanding Access, inclusion, Social Justice, Equity & Inclusion, Student Journals & Organizations, Students June 23
On the 50th anniversary of Title IX, Prof.
Karen M. Tani L’07, PhD’11 shares her insights on the landmark bill from a historical perspective.
article archive, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Gender, Leadership, & the Law, inclusion, Karen M. Tani, LGBTQ, Research and Scholarship, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Women's Rights June 23
On the anniversary of the landmark bill,
Prof. Jasmine Harris shares five things to know about how Title IX and disability intersect.
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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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Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, Assoc. Dean for Equity & Justice and Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Officer, shares information about this year’s Juneteenth celebrations.
article archive, Featured, inclusion, Library, messagefromthedean, Penn, QCimpact, Quattrone, Regina Austin, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Student Groups, Student Journals & Organizations May 11
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.
article archive, Curriculum, diversity, Education, Ethics, Featured, Igniting Positive Change, inclusion, Law and Technology, RacialJustice, Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Research and Scholarship, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Social, Students, Tech Law, thoughtleadership May 9
The new, formalized, cross-disciplinary program will enable students to study
LGBTQ+ issues from multiple perspectives.
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For Michelle Banker L’10, Director of Reproductive Rights and Health Litigation at the National Women’s Law Center, “reproductive healthcare is healthcare.”
Alumni, article archive, Careers, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Gender, Leadership, & the Law, Health Law, inclusion, inclusionalumnivoices, Public Interest, Public Service, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, TPIC, 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 April 18
“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.
article archive, Business, commencement, Featured, inclusion, Institutional Highlights, Law School, Local, Public Service, RacialJustice April 8
In the latest NALP Bulletin, Maureen Reilly reviews a book that explores why understanding neurodiversity is a necessity for all professions.
article archive, Books, Careers, Featured, inclusion, Publications, Research and Scholarship, Staff April 8
Penn Carey Law reacts to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States as the country’s first Black woman justice.
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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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Simone Hunter-Hobson L’23, Chayla Sherrod L’23, and Layla June West L’23 are making history as the editors-in-chief at three of the Law School’s journals. Photo: Elizabeth Robertson / The Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Photographer
article archive, Expanding Access, Featured, inclusion, Journal of Con Law, Journals, Law Review, Media, Research and Scholarship, women March 31
As numerous proposed laws and policies threaten transgender rights around the country, it is especially important to provide affirmation, education, and advocacy.
article archive, diversity, Featured, inclusion, Law School, LGBTQ, messagefromthedean, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion March 29
Ho recently co-wrote an article published in the Yale Law Journal on “how administrative law erased antidiscrimination.”
article archive, Events, Featured, inclusion, Penn Program on Regulation, Regulation, Social March 29
“Home inspections . . may lead to intensive monitoring that lasts for years, forced separation of children, and, at the extreme, the permanent termination of parental rights,” writes Roberts.
article archive, Civil Rights, Dorothy E. Roberts, faculty perspectives, Faculty, facultyscholarship, Featured, Government, inclusion, inclusionfacultyvoices, LGBTQ, Research and Scholarship March 24
Wolff is the Jefferson B. Fordham Professor of Law and Deputy Dean for Equity and Inclusion at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
article archive, Civil Rights, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Featured, Government, Human Rights, inclusion, inclusionfacultyvoices, Legislative, LGBTQ, Research and Scholarship, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Tobias Barrington Wolff March 24
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.
Administrative Law, article archive, Books, Civil Rights, diversity, Dorothy E. Roberts, Faculty, facultyscholarship, Featured, Government, inclusion, inclusionfacultyvoices, RacialJustice, Regulation, Research and Scholarship, Women's Rights, women March 23
On the Access Board, Nadolsky is eager to contribute to conversations about disability accessibility to technology.
article archive, Cross Disciplinary, Cross-Disciplinary, diversity, Featured, Government, inclusion, Public Service, Regulation, Social, Students, Tech Law March 22
Three University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students receive scholarships honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Alexander, the first Black woman to earn her degree from the Law School.
Alumni, article archive, diversity, Expanding Access, Featured, inclusion students, inclusion, Law Review, Law School, Scholarships, Student Groups, Students March 21
Fairfax and Brown Jackson have been friends since rooming together at Harvard, both undergrad and in law school.
article archive, diversity, Faculty, Featured, Government, inclusion, judicial, Legislative, Lisa Fairfax, Research and Scholarship, SCOTUS, Theodore Ruger, Transformative Faculty March 18
“I certainly see her as an inspiration and a role model,” said Dorothy E. Roberts, the inaugural Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights.
Art, article archive, Civil Rights, Dorothy E. Roberts, inclusion March 18
Alexander founded the first Black law firm in Philadelphia and was a prominent civil rights leader.
Art, article archive, Civil Rights, diversity, inclusion, Law School March 16
“[T]he panel is showing that bridges between the community and the SPD can be rebuilt on a foundation of mutual respect and dignity,” said the Quattrone Center’s Executive Director John Hollway C’92, MAPP’18.
article archive, Criminal Justice, Featured, Government, inclusion, John F. Hollway, QCimpact, Quattrone, Research and Scholarship, sentinel event review March 15
Chen’s research focuses on the regulatory barriers that prevent Asian and Latinx communities from participating equally in the American political process.
article archive, Events, Featured, inclusion, Penn Program on Regulation, Regulation, Social March 8
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.
Affinity Groups, article archive, Cross Disciplinary, Cross-Disciplinary, Dorothy E. Roberts, Faculty, Featured, Human Rights, Igniting Positive Change, inclusion fulltime, inclusion tenured, inclusion, International, LGBTQ, Pro Bono Student Groups, Public Service, Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Serena Mayeri, Social, Student Groups, Tobias Barrington Wolff, TPIC, Women's Rights, womenlawleadershipStudentVoices March 7
The James W. Stoudt Memorial Scholarship is given annually to up to three students attending one of Pennsylvania’s accredited law schools.
article archive, Awards, Featured, inclusion, Scholarships, Students March 4
“Abbott’s deployment of the child welfare system will punish parents for affirming their children’s gender identities, not protect children,” writes Roberts.
article archive, Dorothy E. Roberts, faculty perspectives, Faculty, facultyscholarship, Featured, inclusion, inclusionfacultyvoices, LGBTQ, Research and Scholarship March 2
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.
Alumni, article archive, Business, Careers, Cross Disciplinary, Cross-Disciplinary, diversity, Featured, Future of the Profession Initiative, inclusion, inclusionalumnivoices, Law School, Social March 1
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law students have an amalgam of academic and experiential opportunities to prepare them for careers fighting for immigration and refugee justice.
Administrative & Regulatory Law, Alumni, article archive, Civil Rights, Clinics, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Cross-Disciplinary, Curriculum, Education, Experiential Learning, Faculty, Featured, Human Rights, Igniting Positive Change, Immigration & Transnational Law, Immigration, inclusion, International, Law School, Pro Bono Student Groups, Pro Bono, Public Interest, Public Service, refugee, Regulation, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion, Student Groups, Students February 25
President Joe Biden has selected the Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as his nominee to the Supreme Court.
inclusion, SCOTUS, Theodore Ruger February 24
Johnson’s lecture is the third of five Race and Regulation Series lectures scheduled this spring.
article archive, coronavirus, Featured, Health Law, inclusion, Penn Program on Regulation, RacialJustice, Regulation February 14
Feinstein’s lecture is the second of five Race and Regulation Series lectures scheduled this spring.
article archive, Business, Events, Featured, inclusion, Penn Program on Regulation, PPR, RacialJustice, Regulation, Social February 8
Access to a plain language, easy-to-understand guide with legally valid terms would bring much-needed stability and fairness to the start of the rental process for both sides.
article archive, David Hoffman, faculty perspectives, Faculty, facultyscholarship, Featured, inclusion, Local, Philadelphia, Research and Scholarship, Research, Students February 2
Monroe previously served as the Dean of Students at the Law School.
article archive, Featured, inclusion, Social, Staff January 31
Prof. Allen’s lecture will be the first of five Race and Regulation lectures to be held throughout the spring.
Anita Allen, article archive, Cary Coglianese, Christopher S. Yoo, event, Faculty, inclusion, PPR, Privacy, Regulation January 26
The work is part of a longer report entitled “A Place at the Table,” written by students in Professor Rangita de Silva de Alwis’s “Women, Law, and Leadership” class.
arti, diversity, Education, Featured, inclusion students, inclusion, Law School, Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Research and Scholarship, Research, Social, Students, Women's Rights, womenlawleadershipStudentVoices January 17
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, Civil Rights, inclusion, Law School, Local, RacialJustice, Social January 13
Lee was one of the longest-tenured Black attorneys of his generation to ascend to the highest ranks of the Am Law 100.
Alumni, article archive, inclusion, Local, Scholarships December 23
Early support for the First Generation Professionals Scholarship initiative includes two endowment contributions from Frank Ghali L’00 and Rory Babich L’89.
Alumni, article archive, Center on Professionalism, dean ruger, diversity, Expanding Access, Featured, inclusion students, inclusion, Law School, Life at Penn Law, Scholarships, Social, Student Life, Students December 13
Matier knows that success is the product of a steady work ethic, clear concentration, and self-driven motivation.
article archive, Center on Professionalism, diversity, Expanding Access, Featured, Fellowships, inclusion students, inclusion, Law School, Life at Penn Law, Social, Student Life, Students December 10
Student leaders from across the globe joined delivered remarks on the vital status of women’s rights activism today.
article archive, Faculty, Featured, Global, Human Rights, inclusion, Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Research and Scholarship, Research, Social, Students, thoughtleadership, Transnational, Women's Rights, womenlawleadershipStudentVoices December 1
Dr.Jill A. Fisher of the Center for Bioethics at UNC-Chapel Hillwill 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 29
Schlueter grew up on a small, family-run dairy farm in northeastern Iowa and is considering a career in international arbitration and dispute settlement.
article archive, Center on Professionalism Highlights, Center on Professionalism, diversity, Expanding Access, Featured, Fellowships, inclusion, International, Law School, Life at Penn Law, Social, Student Life, Students November 24
Every year, LLM students put their casebooks aside for a day to enjoy one another’s company and share a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner.
Events, Featured, Global, inclusion, International, Law School, Life at Penn Law, LLM, Student Life, Students November 22
Rodriguez is also pursuing a dual degree in Bioethics with the goal of making healthcare more equitable and accessible for immigrant and refugee populations.
article archive, Bioethics, Center on Professionalism Highlights, Center on Professionalism, diversity, Featured, Fellowships, Health Law, inclusion, Law School, Life at Penn Law, Public Service, refugee, Social, Student Life, Students November 19
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.
article archive, Cary Coglianese, Dorothy E. Roberts, Events, faculty perspectives, Faculty, Featured, Government, inclusion, inclusionfacultyvoices, Penn Program on Regulation, PPR, RacialJustice, Regulation, Research and Scholarship 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 November 11
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.
article archive, Dorothy E. Roberts, Faculty, Featured, inclusion, inclusionfacultyvoices, Penn Program on Regulation, PPR, RacialJustice, Regulation, Research and Scholarship, Social November 8
The First Generation Professionals Fellowship was established through a generous donation from David Silk L’88.
article archive, Center on Professionalism, Featured, Fellowships, inclusion, Law School, Life at Penn Law, Social, Student Life, Students November 2
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.
article archive, Civil Rights, Curriculum, Faculty, Featured, Government, inclusion, Jacques deLisle, Law School, Penn Program on Regulation, PI Week, PPR, Pro Bono Student Groups, Pro Bono, Public Service, RacialJustice, Regulatory Review, Social, TPIC October 27
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.
article archive, Featured, Government, inclusion, Penn Program on Regulation, PPR, RacialJustice, Regulation, Regulatory Review, Research and Scholarship, Social, TPIC October 26
Upon confirmation, Sohn will become the third Democrat Commissioner on the current FCC and the first openly LGBTQ+ Commissioner in FCC history.
Alumni, article archive, communications, diversity, Featured, Government, inclusion, Law and Technology, LGBTQ, Public Service, Social, Tech Law October 25
Professor Jessica Trounstine of the University of California, Merced will explore how cities’ regulatory authority over land use has resulted in inequities.
article archive, diversity, Events, Featured, inclusion, Penn Program on Regulation, PPR, RacialJustice, Regulation, Social October 20
Instead of brushing aside the legal questions his work as an information science professor raised, Lazar grew interested in learning how to find the answers.
Alumni, article archive, Careers, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Cross-Disciplinary, Featured, Health Law, inclusion, Law and Technology, Law School, LLM, Public Interest September 29
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.
Alumni, article archive, Civil Rights Profiles, Civil Rights, Featured, inclusion, inclusionalumnivoices, IP, Journals, Law Review, Main feature, Publications, Research and Scholarship, Students September 28
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.
article archive, Faculty, Featured, inclusion, Penn Program on Regulation, pennlawracialjustice, PPR, RacialJustice, Regulation, Social, Tertiary features September 22
Fox emphasizes empathy and respect in her investigation of civil rights complaints against educational institutions within the Philadelphia Office’s jurisdiction.
Alumni, article archive, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Education, Featured, Government, inclusion, inclusionalumnivoices, Public Interest, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion September 1
The Honorable Stella Tsai L’88, Tsiwen Law ’84, Tanya Xu L’16, and Adam Tsao L’17 are among the Law School alums helping to obliterate the so-called “Bamboo Ceiling.”
Alumni, APALSA, article archive, Civil Rights, inclusion, inclusionalumnivoices, Social, Student Groups August 31
The joint statement expresses the law deans’ commitment to “take immediate and meaningful action to combat this crisis.”
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Tsiwen Law L’84 has been an Asian American civil rights activist for decades, dating to the anti-Vietnam War movement in the late 1960s.
Alumni, APALSA, article archive, dean ruger, inclusion, inclusionalumnivoices, Legal Culture & History, Legal History, Social, Student Groups, Theodore Ruger August 10
Dwayne Bensing GEd’09, L’12 is a Staff Attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Delaware focusing on policy advocacy.
Alumni, article archive, Civil Rights Profiles, Civil Rights, Clinics, Featured, inclusion, inclusionalumnivoices, Local, Mediation, Public Service August 4
Each year, the Foundation for the Advancement of Diversity in Intellectual Property honors one law student who has made exceptional contributions to intellectual property.
Alumni, article archive, Cross Disciplinary, Cross-Disciplinary, Featured, inclusion, IP, Journals, Law Review, Students July 23
A new report entitled The Elephant in AI, produced by Prof. Rangita de Silva de Alwis and her class analyzes employment platforms to understand how AI-powered platforms “reflect, recreate, and reinforce anti-Black bias.”
EquityInclusion, inclusion, Rangita de Silva de Alwis July 19
Rangita de Silva de Alwis co-authors A preliminary analysis of diversity and inclusion statements in venture capital - A Year Later
EquityInclusion, inclusion, Rangita de Silva de Alwis February 10
Last semester, Dean Ted Ruger expressed the intention to create these scholarships thanks to the suggestion of Penn’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA).
Alumni, article archive, diversity, Featured, inclusion, Law School, Scholarships December 7
Wailoo’s success in translating financial information into service to stakeholders, stewardship of revenue streams, and accomplishment of strategic goals make him an excellent addition to the Law School.
article archive, inclusion, Law School December 1
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School will join UN Women in honoring the global legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on December 10, International Human Rights Day.
article archive, inclusion, International, Rangita de Silva de Alwis, SCOTUS November 18
Health care law expert Professor Allison Hoffman maps out the complex picture of access to medical care in the United States in this Oxford Handbook chapter.
article archive, Faculty, facultyscholarship, Health Law, inclusion, Publications, Research and Scholarship November 17
Contributing to the research update article: Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Associate Dean of International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Written by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Associate Dean of International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Associate Dean Rangita de Silva de Alwis leads the research on transformative leadership and allyship in collaboration with Penn Law students and Thomson Reuters. The student-led research team: Zahra Keshwani (L21), Research Team Leader; Michael Machado (L20), Chukwufumnanya Ekhator (L20), May Alajlan (LLM 20), Margaret Gallagher (LLM 20), and Lindsay Holcomb (L21)
inclusion, womenlawleadershipnews, womenlawleadershipresearch November 17
This research project is developed and supervised by Associate Dean Rangita de Silva de Alwis and led by Penn Law students: Zahra Keshwani, Fumnanya Ekhator, May Alajlan, Michael Machado, Lindsay Holcomb, and Sarah Heberlig
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Written by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Associate Dean of International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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A co-authored study from Thomson Reuters and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Principal Author: Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Associate Dean of International Affairs, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School & Co-author: Natalie Runyon, Director, Talent, Inclusion & Culture, Thomson Reuters
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Written by Associate Dean Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Christian Zabilowicz, and Gitanjali Swamy
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Professor of Law Shyamkrishna Balganesh contends that courts should allow technical experts to testify in software copyright cases.
article archive, facultyscholarship, inclusion, Research and Scholarship, Research November 12
Miguel Willis joins FPI as its inaugural Innovator in Residence and the initiative will partner with Access to Justice Tech Fellows.
article archive, Future of the Profession Initiative, inclusion November 11
Ryan Baldwin L’22 served eight years in the U.S. Navy before coming to the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
article archive, inclusion, Students November 10
Presidential Assistant Professor of Law Shaun Ossei-Owusu has been elected to the Law and Society’s 2023 Board of Trustees as Class Representative.
article archive, Faculty, inclusion, Shaun Ossei-Owusu November 3
Leading scholars address the ways in which racism pervades the modern administrative state and the legal profession
inclusion, RacialJustice November 2
Student-led groups within the Toll Public Interest Center are collaborating with local legal aid advocates to provide relief to those who have been hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
article archive, coronavirus, inclusion, Pro Bono Student Groups, Pro Bono, TPIC November 2
Professor Maggie Blackhawk has announced that the Congressional Petitions Database has been released for public use.
article archive, Faculty, Government, inclusion, Research October 29
Written by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Associate Dean of International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
inclusion, womenlawleadershipnews, womenlawleadershipresearch October 29
For Penn Law, the abrupt disruption to the spring semester meant a rapid depopulation of campus, followed by a fast, coordinated pivot towards a total virtual learning environment.
article archive, coronavirus, inclusion, Student Life, Students October 26
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School students are volunteering their time and skills to ensure the integrity of the 2020 presidential election.
article archive, Government, inclusion, Pro Bono Student Groups, Pro Bono, Students October 7
Convened by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law’s Executive Education Programs is hosting and producing the Forum on Advancing Inclusive Leadership on October 12- 15, 2020.
article archive, Events, inclusion, LEP, Rangita de Silva de Alwis October 6
In the throes of a historic summer for racial and social justice, the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice instituted a new internship program, wherein students from across the University engaged in projects meant to improve outcomes in law enforcement and criminal justice institutions.
article archive, Criminal Justice, inclusion, John Hollway, pennlawracialjustice, Quattrone, sentinel event review, Students September 29
Robert and Jane Toll Foundation makes $50 million gift to expand Toll Public Interest Scholars and Fellows Program launching hundreds of students into public interest legal careers
article archive, Careers, Government, inclusion, News, Power of Public Interest Profile, Pro Bono, Public Service, TPIC September 24
Jim Sandman L’76 recently joined the Law School faculty as a Distinguished Lecturer and SeniorConsultant to the Future of the Profession Initiative (“FPI”).
article archive, Faculty, inclusion, podcast, Regulation September 17
Allyship as the New Theory and Practice of Diversity and Inclusion
inclusion, womenlawleadershipnews, womenlawleadershipresearch September 15
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Presidential Assistant Professor of Law Shaun Ossei-Owusu has been named one of this year’s 10 New America National Fellows.
article archive, Criminal Justice, Faculty, Fellowships, inclusion, Shaun Ossei-Owusu September 14
Written by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women and Rangita de Silva de Alwis Associate Dean of International Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
inclusion, womenlawleadershipnews, womenlawleadershipresearch September 11
A digital space for attorneys of color as the next generation of legal industry leaders to create, author and share career wisdom.
inclusion September 11
This research update was written by Rangita de Silva de Alwis, the Associate Dean of International Affairs at Penn Law, who leads the research on transformative leadership and allyship in collaboration with Penn Law students and Thomson Reuters.
inclusion, womenlawleadershipreports, womenlawleadershipresearch September 9
Taught by experienced practicing attorneys at the Defender Association of Philadelphia (DAP), the clinic gives students the opportunity to represent clients accused of serious crimes.
article archive, Clinics, clinicseries, inclusion September 4
The GII is an inequality index. It measures gender inequalities in three important aspects of human development—reproductive health, empowerment, and economic status.
inclusion, womenlawleadershipindex September 4
Working Report October 2019: Measuring Progress on Diversity and Inclusion Under the Saudi 2030 Plan
inclusion, womenlawleadershipindex September 1
In the fall of 2019, the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School was fortunate to welcome the UN’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, to teach a course on the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda.
inclusion, womenlawleadershipresearch September 1
The research on the barriers to leadership were conducted through interviews with women leaders who have helped to dismantle structural barriers and blazed a trail for other women in law, business and public life.
inclusion, womenlawleadershipinterviews, womenlawleadershipnews, womenlawleadershipreports September 1
In the fall of 2019, students in the Women, Law, and Leadership Course at Penn Law interviewed over fifty women leaders in law and business, exploring the concept of gender in leadership and ways in which traditional notions of leadership are undergoing radical change.
inclusion, womenlawleadershipnews September 1
Male allyship is critical in the evolution of gender equality programs in the workplace. Indeed, when men are included in gender equality programs, 96% of organizations see progress — compared to only 30% of organizations when men are not engaged, according to the Harvard Business Review.
inclusion, womenlawleadershipallyship, womenlawleadershipnews, womenlawleadershipreports September 1
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 12:00 pm, Thomson Reuters will hold a program featuring a discussion on the ‘first of its kind’, ground-breaking research collaboration between Thomson Reuters and University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School.
inclusion, womenlawleadershipallyship, womenlawleadershipnews August 26
Three University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Class of 2010 alumni are challenging a Trump Administration rule that threatens to roll back discrimination protections for LGTBQ+ndividuals seeking health care.
article archive, inclusion August 25
Professor Allison Hoffman’s essay, “Medicalization of Civil Rights Could Disappoint” responds to former Sharswood Fellow Craig Konnoth’s recent piece, “Medicalization and the New Civil Rights.”
article archive, coronavirus, Faculty, facultyscholarship, Health Law, inclusion August 24
Sponsored by Weil, Gotshal & Manges, the WLI program is a philanthropic initiative that provides funding for students accepted at participating law schools to defer their first year of study to work at one of WLI’s partner nonprofit organizations.
article archive, inclusion, Students August 24
Osagie O. Imasogie LLM’85 has been appointed Chair of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Board of Overseers, effective January 1, 2021. Current Chair
Perry Golkin, for whom the Law School’s
Golkin Hall is named, is rotating out of the position and will remain an active member of the Board of Overseers.
Alumni, article archive, inclusion, Law School August 3
Rodney Holcombe L’17, the newly-appointed State Director of Criminal Justice Reform at FWD.us, has been named one of City & State’s Albany 40 Under 40.
Alumni, article archive, Criminal Justice, inclusion July 26
Victoria Ochoa L’22, MPP’22 is a Texas native and a JD/MPP student at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Harvard Kennedy School who worked at the Brennan Center for Justice this summer.
article archive, coronavirus, dispatches, Immigration, inclusion, Pathways to the Profession, Student Life, Students July 26
Practice Professor of Law Cynthia Dahl heads the Detkin Intellectual Property and Legal Clinic.
article archive, Clinics, clinicseries, inclusion, IP clinic feature, IP July 22
Clark Edmond L’19 founded Crate, an innovative online gallery platform aimed at empowering younger patrons of the arts to become collectors.
Alumni, article archive, Clinics, Entrepreneurship, inclusion, Rangita de Silva de Alwis July 10
On Wednesday, July 8, 2020, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School held the second event in its summer series, A Path for Change: Policing in America. The series is part of a yearlong colloquium, Achieving Racial Justice, as one of many initiatives Penn Law will be implementing in the coming months “to work internally and externally against anti-Black violence and racism and to promote meaningful change toward a more just reality.”
article archive, inclusion, pennlawracialjustice, Quattrone, TPIC July 8
On Wednesday, July 8, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru. the justices held that federal employment discrimination laws don’t apply to teachers who provide religious instruction at parochial schools.
article archive, faculty perspectives, inclusion, thoughtleadership, TLfeaturestory July 7
Som-Mai Nguyen L’22 is spending the summer as an intern at Advocates for Children of New York.
article archive, dispatches, inclusion, Pathways to the Profession July 1
Dean Ted Ruger announces initial steps and long-term commitment to anti-racism
article archive, dean ruger, inclusion, Law School, messagefromthedean, Theodore Ruger June 25
On Wednesday June 24, 2020, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School held the first event in its summer series, A Path for Change: Policing in America. The series is part of a yearlong colloquium, Achieving Racial Justice.
article archive, diversity, inclusion, John Hollway, News, pennlawracialjustice, Quattrone, thoughtleadership, TLfeaturestory, TPIC June 19
Margaret Kopel L’19 represents clients in immigration detention under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project (PAIFUP), a coalition of non-profit organizations serving immigrants in Pennsylvania.
article archive, Fellowships, Immigration, inclusion, Students June 18
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.
ebooks, eResources, inclusion, Library News, OverDrive, Race, RacialJustice June 15
Law School faculty react to the SCOTUS decision that a landmark civil rights law does protect gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination.
article archive, faculty perspectives, Faculty, inclusion, thoughtleadership, TLfeaturestory June 12
Selected from 375 applicants, Jeffrey Simon L’22 is one of 20 law students who will serve in the 2020 class of the Equal Justice Works Immigration Summer Legal Corps.
article archive, Immigration, inclusion, PI Fellowships, Students June 4
Each year, the Don H. Liu Scholars Program awards three law students across the country $15,000 each as well as mentorship and assistance with their career development.
APALSA, article archive, inclusion, Scholarships, Students February 7
Philly Rising: Lawyering and Organizing for Racial and Economic Justice
inclusion, RacialJustice February 1
Divesting From State Violence: Decriminalizing the Social Safety Net
inclusion, RacialJustice