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April 28, 2022
Law School faculty regularly coordinate Continuing Judicial Education programming to help Pennsylvania judges stay abreast of cutting-edge legal issues.
Art and Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School: The Honorable Dolores Sloviter L’56
April 14, 2022
Judge Sloviter was the first woman to serve on the Third Circuit as well as its first woman Chief Judge.
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.
Daniella Cass C’19, L’22 to clerk for Justice Samuel A. Alito during the 2024-2025 term
March 14, 2022
Following clerkship positions in the Eleventh and Third Circuits, Cass will clerk for the Supreme Court Justice during the 2024-2025 term.
Meghan Downey L’21 argues for a totality of the circumstances approach for habeas petitions in forthcoming article
September 20, 2021
Downey’s article was developed during a federal habeas corpus course at the Law School and will appear in the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law.
Grace Greene L’20 to clerk for Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts
July 30, 2021
Greene is currently clerking for Senior Fellow, the Honorable Stephanos Bibas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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.
Law School holds virtual continuing judicial education course on wellness during COVID-19 pandemic
June 30, 2020
Over 200 judges across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania participated in a continuing judicial education (CJE) course on wellness held in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
Prof. Stephanos Bibas confirmed by Senate, will join U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
November 2, 2017
The United States Senate confirmed Stephanos Bibas, Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Director of Penn Law’s Supreme Court Clinic, for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Supreme Court Clinic alumni urge Senate to confirm judicial nomination of Prof. Bibas
June 23, 2017
A group of 46 alumni of Penn Law’s Supreme Court Clinic has submitted a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of Professor Stephanos Bibas’ nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Phyllis A. Kravitch L’44, first woman to serve on the Fifth Circuit, dies at 96
June 19, 2017
The Honorable Phyllis A. Kravitch L’44, a Senior Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, a champion for women in the legal profession, and an early litigator of civil rights in the Deep South, has died at age 96.
Background on Stephanos Bibas, to be nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
June 7, 2017
Details on Stephanos Bibas, Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.