Tag: Courts & the Judicial System

Prof. Jasmine E. Harris has been appointed Co-Reporter for the Model Civil Jury Instructions Committee for the Third Circuit.

Prof. Catherine Struve receives the 2024 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Students reach across disciplinary boundaries to reimagine our legal institutions in Penn Carey Law’s future-looking course, “Innovation in Practice.”

“Hand your republic over to the enemies of democracy, and it could take a hundred years to get it back,” writes Prof. Kermit Roosevelt at the Los Angeles Times.

In “Generative Interpretation,” Prof. David Hoffman shows how large language models (LLMs) provide a better method of contract interpretation, with some caveats.

Prof. Claire O. Finkelstein explores the Georgia district court decision denying Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadow’s request to move his case to federal court.

Civil Practice Clinic students “learn what it means to be a lawyer with profound obligations to clients, the profession, the courts, and our national promise of justice for all,” said Director Lou Rulli.

Nikita Ganesh L’24 won first prize at the New York State Bar Association’s Moot Court Oral Argument.

The Honorable Norma Shapiro L’51 was appointed to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1978, becoming the first female judge in the Third Circuit.

“The Supreme Court’s resolution of the Gonzalez case will likely represent the most consequential update for Section 230 in the foreseeable future,” writes Prof. Christopher S. Yoo in the Los Angeles Times.

In addition to breaking barriers for women in the legal profession, Judge Sloviter fought passionately for equitable access to justice.

The Neurolaw Society is a student group that encourages interdisciplinary discourse across topics in law, policy, health, and neuroscience.