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The research of University of Pennsylvania Carey Law Professor law professor David Hoffman and University of Virginia law professor Cathy Hwang suggests renegotiation may be in order rather than strictly following the letter of the contract.

As a 2020 Equal Justice Works Summer Immigration Legal Corps fellow, Jeff Simon L’22 is interning with the Tahirih Justice Center.

The Law School announces that Former Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo E. Strine, Jr. L’88 named the Michael L. Wachter Distinguished Fellow in Law and Policy.

David Abrams, Professor of Law, Business Economics, and Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, has amassed a trove of valuable empirical data on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on crime in the United States.

On Wednesday, July 8, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru. the justices held that federal employment discrimination laws don’t apply to teachers who provide religious instruction at parochial schools.

A rising 2L from Houston, Texas, Som-Mai Nguyen interning with Advocates for Children of New York, which works to protect children’s educational rights — focusing on youth who are most likely to experience failure or discrimination in school

Jocelyn A. K. Walcott, a JD/MSEd candidate, has spent the summer as an intern at the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Dean Ted Ruger announces initial steps and long-term commitment to anti-racism

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.

On June 22, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to limit the power of the Securities Exchange Commission to recoup illegal profits form wrongdoers. Prof. Jill Fisch discusses the decision on Bloomberg.

On Monday, June 29, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court announced they struck down a Louisiana anti-abortion rights law. Our faculty members have offered their insights.

On Monday, June 29, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Seila Law v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The justices held that the CFPB’s leadership by a single director removable only for inefficiency, neglect, or malfeasance violates the separation of powers.

Adam Garnick L’21, co-director of the Penn Law Immigrant Rights Project offers his take on the recent SCOTUS decision on Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam.

Humans v. machines: Professor Cary Coglianese discusses whether we should be governed by democratic or algorithmic decision-making

On Thursday, the court released its opinion in Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam. The justices held that, in this case, restrictions on the ability of asylum seekers to obtain review under a federal habeas statute did not violate the suspension or due process clauses.

On Wednesday June 24, 2020, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School held the first event in its summer series, A Path for Change: Policing in America. The series is part of a yearlong colloquium, Achieving Racial Justice. 

Dean Ruger writes to the students to provide some information about the plan for the fall semester at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

Practice Professor Louis S. Rulli guides the Legislative Clinic through which law students receive placements in various legislative offices from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to the City Council of Philadelphia.

Jessica Rizzo L’21 received a $5,000 prize for her winning paper in the Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts’ writing competition.

Margaret Kopel L’19 represents clients in immigration detention under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Immigrant Family Unity Project (PAIFUP), a coalition of non-profit organizations serving immigrants in Pennsylvania.

The Appellate Advocacy Clinic focused on issues of economic justice in the criminal law contest.

On Thursday, June, 18, 2020 SCOTUS ruled that the Trump administration may not immediately end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Law School faculty offer their perspectives.

Leaders from around the globe convene for a virtual event through the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Global Institute for Human Rights.

Isaac Stevens LLM’20 wrote the winning paper under the guidance of Professor David Skeel, one of the most distinguished bankruptcy scholars in the U.S.

Today, I write to share some concrete updates on the coming weeks even as our institutional efforts on many other fronts continue. There is much more we must do, including at the Law School, and we will report regularly on our progress.

Law School faculty react to the SCOTUS decision that a landmark civil rights law does protect gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination.

Over 90 students have enrolled in the summer University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School ML session, which is double the number from last year.

Selected from 375 applicants, Jeffrey Simon L’22 is one of 20 law students who will serve in the 2020 class of the Equal Justice Works Immigration Summer Legal Corps.

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Dean Ted Ruger sits down with alumni across the public and private sector who are engaged in relief efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Professor Wolff commissioned a quilt featuring the faces of his students, a unified work of art composed of many discrete and independent parts, like their dispersed but resilient class.