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View AllAmerican Philosophical Society Membership
June 14, 2022
Prof. Anita L. Allen has been elected to the prestigious American Philosophical Society.
Pathbreaking Corporate & Securities Scholarship
May 18, 2022
Articles by Profs. Fisch (left) and Pollman are among Corporate Practice Commentator’s Top 10 Corporate and Securities Articles of 2021.
Recognizing Teaching Excellence
May 16, 2022
Six members of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School faculty have received teaching awards for the 2021–22 academic year.
Esteemed Faculty Leadership
May 11, 2022
Prof. Coglianese is the Chair of a new National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine committee evaluating the statutory missions and authorities of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Outstanding Faculty Achievement
May 2, 2022
Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
At Criminal Law and Philosophy, Prof. Stephen Morse explores the question: Is executive function the universal acid?
March 22, 2022
Morse’s persuasive essay is in response to Responsible Brains, a book authored by William Hirstein, Katrina L. Sifferd, and Tyler K. Fagan of Elmhurst College.
Presidential Prof. Lisa Fairfax to introduce Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at SCOTUS confirmation hearings
March 21, 2022
Fairfax and Brown Jackson have been friends since rooming together at Harvard, both undergrad and in law school.
Prof. Kimberly Ferzan L’95 discusses self defense and the use of deadly force at Talks On Law
March 17, 2022
Ferzan explains self-defense laws and its elements, including the use of deadly vs. nondeadly force, when use of force is reasonable, and provocateurs and initial aggressors.
At the Duke Law Journal, Prof. Cary Coglianese and Alicia Lai L’21 offer a framework for determining when government should use artificial intelligence
March 10, 2022
Coglianese and Lai caution that existing processes can sometimes be “far more problematic than their digital counterparts.”
Prof. David Skeel testifies before U.S. Senate subcommittee on the potential abuse of ‘Texas Two-Step’ transactions in the Chapter 11 reorganization process
March 3, 2022
“The opportunity for abuse — and for undercutting the rights of victims and other creditors — is obvious,” wrote Skeel.
Prof. Anita Allen receives 2022 Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Privacy Award
February 24, 2022
The award recognizes Prof. Allen’s “immeasurable contributions to the field” of privacy law, said Dean Ruger.
Prof. Michael Knoll elected to the American Law Institute
December 20, 2021
Knoll, who is also Co-Director of the Center for Tax Law and Policy, focuses his work at the intersection of business and law.