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Leader in legal education is named University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School  in recognition of transformative commitment – the largest ever to a law school

As part of the Leo Model Foundation Government & Public Affairs Initiative, Distinguished Policy Fellow Richard Cordray will visit the Law School the week of November 4.

The Center on Professionalism selects three 1L students for First Generation Professionals Fellowship 

Connected: Reimagining Community in the Pursuit of Justice

Presidential Assistant Professor of Law Shaun Ossei-Owusu recently sat down with Penn Law’s Communications staff to talk about his arrival at the school, his current projects, and more.

In “Health Care’s Market Bureaucracy,” forthcoming in the UCLA Law Review, Hoffman closely examines the economic theories underlying market-based health care policies, the empirical evidence demonstrating how such policies have failed in practice, and the regulatory infrastructure that has grown in an attempt to mitigate those failures.

Wellness Week at Penn Law offers students a full menu of well-being techniques and the opening of new space dedicated to relaxation 

The Initiative will “Teach, Lead, and Transform” by examining new ways law schools can adopt a holistic vision for the formation of lawyers.

The amicus brief addresses the question of whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments permit a state to abolish the insanity defense. The authors argue that some form of insanity defense is required by the Constitution.

“Censorial copyright claims” are used where the creators of personal and often unpublished works use copyright law to sue those who publish and distribute those materials without permission.

For this academic year, Penn Law has added three members to the faculty. The new hires are in addition to the six professors brought on between 2016 and 2018.

The article, “Startup Governance,” forthcoming in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, provides an in-depth analysis of the governance challenges for venture-backed startups throughout the companies’ life cycles.

Restorative justice attorney sujatha baliga, Penn Law ’99, has been named a 2019 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation for her work as the director of the Restorative Justice Project.

On September 24, 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment investigation into President Trump, Penn Law faculty share their perspectives.

“The Sixth Amendment Façade: The Racial Evolution of the Right to Counsel,” forthcoming in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, marshals “archival documents, primary sources, oral histories, case law, and secondary literature” to trace the history of indigent defense and the Sixth Amendment right to counsel from the early twentieth century to the present.

Through his experiences clerking at both the federal District Court and Circuit Court of Appeals levels, Brandon Harper L’14 was able to bring the best of both experiences to his work as a litigator.

“Making Consumer Finance Work,” forthcoming in the Columbia Law Review, details her findings about the successes and failures of reforms aimed at debit and credit cards and overdraft fees, and offers crucial insights to guide policymakers in future regulatory efforts.

The Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition (CTIC) has awarded this year’s CTIC Interdisciplinary Scholarship to Penn Law student Milad Emamian L’21

The study, “Redefining Leadership in the Age of the SDGs: Accelerating and Scaling Up Delivery Through Innovation and Inclusion” details research examining how innovative leaders across many industries are advancing the Sustainable Development Goals promulgated by the UN in 2015.

At the University of Pennsylvania, students have a unique opportunity to marry a Master in Law degree from the Law School and an MBA from Wharton, combining foundational knowledge in law and business from two of the most respected institutions in their respective fields.

Gogna spent the summer as an intern for Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, California.

Tom Baker, Sarah Barringer Gordon,  Allison Hoffman, and Paul Heaton have each been awarded grants in support of their vital research, scholarship and other work within the academic community.

Sanchez is interning at the Miami Regional Office of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as part of their Student Honors Program.

His testimony outlined the potential implications, hazards, and obstacles associated with the future of the refinery site following an explosion which caused the plant to close.

This week, Penn Law welcomed the JD Class of 2022, comprised of 250 students who will bring their unique talents, academic achievements, professionalism, and commitment to service to the Law School community.

Blomberg participated in the 2019 Summer Internship Program at Penn Law’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL).

Merold is interning for the Federal Policy team at the Center for Reproductive Rights in Washington, DC.

Prelogar is a summer associate at the Washington, DC, office of global law firm White & Case LLP.

Sheu is working in the Division of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington, DC.