Tag: Art

Judge Sloviter was the first woman to serve on the Third Circuit as well as its first woman Chief Judge.

“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.

Alexander founded the first Black law firm in Philadelphia and was a prominent civil rights leader.

Hsieh-chai was a supernatural goat-like creature endowed with a single horn and the ability to discern the guilt or innocence of those accused of crimes in ancient China.

Kilgore was the Law School’s first woman graduate, the first woman admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar, and the first woman to argue before the Supreme Court of the United States.

In February 2021, the Law School announced three full-tuition scholarships to honor the legacy of Alexander.

Segal was the first Jewish president of the ABA and a champion of civil rights.

The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is named in recognition of the W. P. Carey Foundation’s historic donation of $125 million, the largest gift ever to a law school.

Silverman’s $15 million dollar gift to the Law School supported the renovation of Silverman Hall and endowed the Silverman-Rodin Scholarship and the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law chair.

Cross-stitch, painting, pottery, and more! Visit the library to see the artistic work of our staff, and some student works on display.

On November 2, Penn Law & the Arts (PLATA), a student organization that explores the intersection between the legal and arts communities, held an event at the Barnes Foundation.

On October 10, Henry J. Steiner, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard University, visited Penn Law to engage in discussion with students about his newly released book, Eyeing the World, as part of the Law School’s Critical Global Conversations.