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The Critical Role of History After Dobbs 

March 20, 2024

Prof. Serena Mayeri writes, “History can counsel against past errors and justify affirmative approaches to protecting rights and combating inequality.”

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights, Research and Scholarship 

Karen Tani Participated in the Brennan Center’s “Supreme Fact-Check” Event 

November 13, 2023

Along with leading legal historians Laura Edwards and Kate Masur, she discussed “how the Supreme Court gets U.S. history wrong.” 

 

The American Society for Legal History Awarded the Mary L. Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize to Penn JD/PhD Graduate Justin Simard 

November 13, 2023

Justin Simard (Assistant Professor, MSU College of Law) was awarded the Mary L. Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize for the Citing Slavery Project by the ASLH. 

 

‘Outside In: The Oral History of Guido Calabresi’ 

July 13, 2023

Prof. Serena Mayeri discusses a new book about Judge Calabresi at the Legal History Blog, co-managed by Prof. Karen M. Tani L’07, PhD’11.

Research and Scholarship 

Professors Bill Ewald and Sophia Lee Receive Teaching Awards for the 2022-2023 Academic Year 

May 15, 2023

Chosen by the LLM Class of 2023, Professor Bill Ewald received the LLM Award for Teaching Excellence. Additionally, Professor Sophia Lee received the Harvey Levin Award for Teaching Excellence, chosen by the JD Class of 2023. 

 

Sarah Gronningsater Receives Yet Another Teaching Award 

April 20, 2023

Sarah Gronningsater receives the Friars Senior Society Faculty Award for 2023.