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April 22, 2022
Justice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court spoke about implicit and structural bias during the Provost’s Lecture on Diversity and the Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law.
Supporting Global Legal Education
April 18, 2022
The Bar Council of the Maldives visited the Law School to assist its efforts in regulating legal education and the legal profession in the Republic of Maldives.
Historic SCOTUS Confirmation
April 8, 2022
Penn Carey Law reacts to Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States as the country’s first Black woman justice.
Dean Ted Ruger discusses Justice Breyer’s constitutional legacy: We the People Podcast
February 4, 2022
Dean Ted Ruger, former law clerk to Justice Breyer, discusses the retiring Justice’s legacy and the future of the Supreme Court: Radio Times (WHYY)
January 28, 2022
Law School prioritizes holistic support for first-generation professional students
December 23, 2021
Early support for the First Generation Professionals Scholarship initiative includes two endowment contributions from Frank Ghali L’00 and Rory Babich L’89.
Law School Dean Theodore Ruger, GSE Dean Pam Grossman, and Harvard’s Jill Lepore discuss Constitutional education during an “era of Constitutional crisis:” Penn Today
September 28, 2021
Dean Ruger joins coalition of law school deans vowing to aid in the ‘looming housing and evictions crisis’
August 31, 2021
The joint statement expresses the law deans’ commitment to “take immediate and meaningful action to combat this crisis.”
Tsiwen Law L’84 and his lifelong dedication to securing Asian American civil rights
August 26, 2021
Tsiwen Law L’84 has been an Asian American civil rights activist for decades, dating to the anti-Vietnam War movement in the late 1960s.
Ted Ruger extends tenure as Law School Dean through 2023
April 8, 2021
The University announced Ted Ruger, Dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law has agreed to extend his tenure as Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School until June 30, 2023. The news comes just as the Law School climbed a full position up to #6 on the US News 2022 “Best Law Schools” list.
Dean Ruger expresses his utmost support for the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
March 30, 2021
President Joe Biden has nominated U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Columbia Ketanji Brown Jackson to the prestigious U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.