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View AllLearning and Teaching Entrepreneurship
May 18, 2022
Through the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, Max Levinbook L’22 recently taught what he’s learned to the next generation of entrepreneurs: Philadelphia High School students.
Centering Youth Voices
April 19, 2022
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic students represent their youth clients on a range of issues including dependency, custody, and education matters.
Hermes Hein Aedo LLM’22 and María Alejandra Maldonado Ibaceta LLM’22 aim to apply international perspectives to criminal law reforms in Chile
March 23, 2022
Hermes and Alejandra intend to bring what they learn at the Law School back to their home country.
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic students work with local business owners toward neighborhood revitalization
February 21, 2022
ELC students gain valuable hands-on legal practice while supporting organic economic growth in local neighborhoods.
In Philadelphia Inquirer op-ed, Prof. David Hoffman, Jordan Konell L’22, and Luke McCartney L’23 advocate for rental lease template to help prevent disputes
February 8, 2022
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.
Prof. Coglianese’s expert testimony and recommendations in the wake of the Philadelphia Refinery Explosion cited: Penn Today
February 2, 2022
Lecturer in Law Neil Makhija: With new legislative district maps, ‘Pennsylvania can begin to move toward better representation’: The Philadelphia Inquirer
January 18, 2022
Yen-Ting “Eddy” Lin LLM’21 advocates for young peoples’ democratic rights
December 15, 2021
Lin sought an LLM degree from Penn in order to better understand and compare legal systems around the world.
Practice Prof. Lou Rulli testifies before the House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: “Reform of civil forfeitures is long overdue”: House Committee on Oversight and Reform
December 9, 2021
Prof. David Rudovsky outlines early promise of two Philadelphia police reform programs: The Inquirer
December 1, 2021
‘Community Lawyering to End Mass Incarceration’ empowers students to work toward a more just future
November 18, 2021
The course is taught by Abolitionist Law Center leaders, Executive Director Robert Saleem Holbrook and Legal Director Bret Grote.