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Supporting Public Interest Work 

March 29, 2024

The University of Pennsylvania Law Review recently approved funding 11 summer fellowships for public interest work, starting this summer.

Student Journals & Organizations 

Public Interest Law Center Leadership 

February 27, 2024

Adjunct Prof. Brent Landau, Executive Director of the Public Interest Law Center, teaches Professional Responsibility at the Law School.

 

‘These Cases Are Worth Fighting For’ 

January 3, 2024

An interview with Agnieszka Fryszman, chair of the Human Rights practice at Cohen Milstein, pictured above delivering the keynote speech during Public Interest Week.

 

Protecting Affordable Housing 

December 21, 2023

Toll Public Interest Fellow Will Fairhurst L’22 advocated for affordable housing in New Jersey.

Pathways to the Profession 

Advocating Fair Housing 

December 19, 2023

Rebecca Orton L’22 is a 2022-2023 Catalyst Fellow and housing attorney with a previous career in theatre for social change.

Pathways to the Profession 

Skadden Fellowships 

December 14, 2023

Allison Nasson L’24 and Mikaela Wolf-Sorokin L’24 have been awarded prestigious Skadden Fellowships.

Immigration & Transnational Law, Pathways to the Profession 

The Disproportionate Impact of Act 135 

November 21, 2023

A groundbreaking report from the ARC Justice Clinic reveals a racially disparate impact on property owners subjected to petitions under the Abandoned and Blighted Property Act (Act 135).

Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion 

Fair Leases in Philadelphia 

October 30, 2023

Prof. David Hoffman and a team of Penn Carey Law students created a pathbreaking model lease for Philadelphia that is fair, legal, and free.

Research and Scholarship, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion 

Bringing Human Rights Abusers to Justice 

October 27, 2023

Mostafa El-Harazi L’23 leveraged his international law experience as an extern with Center for Justice and Accountability in co-founding the International Law Society at Penn.

Pathways to the Profession, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion 

Redefining Public Interest 

October 23, 2023

Public Interest Week 2023 engages national and international experts, including Agnieszka Fryszman, the 2023 Honorary Fellow and chair of the Human Rights practice at Cohen Milstein.

 

Seeking Justice for Students in Idaho 

October 20, 2023

As a Catalyst Fellow, Erica Rodarte L’22 launched an investigation of two Idaho school districts on behalf of Latine students.

Pathways to the Profession, Social Justice, Equity, & Inclusion