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Emily Sutcliffe

Emily R. Sutcliffe

Assistant Dean for Public Interest and Executive Director of the Toll Public Interest Center

Emily R. Sutcliffe is the Assistant Dean for Public Interest at Penn Carey Law & Executive Director of the Toll Public Interest Center (TPIC).

Emily has led the law school’s efforts to create and greatly expand the Toll Public Service Corps and works to ensure that Penn Carey Law’s ethos of service and commitment to pro bono remain vibrant and attuned to the modern realities of injustice. Emily teaches at the Law School and at Penn’s School of Social Policy and Practice. She regularly researches, writes, and speaks on matters of race, social class, religion, and belonging in the United States.

In addition to her roles at Penn, Emily has regularly served as a content area expert for the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative and has led trainings in Malaysia, Zambia, and Burkina Faso. She is a founding member of Wynford Institute, which delivers leadership and group dynamics courses in the USA, India, Nigeria, and Australia. She sits on several nonprofit boards in Philadelphia and was a founding board member of the Youth Sentencing and Re-Entry Project (YSRP).

Emily lives with her husband and their three children in New Jersey.