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The Law School is one of two winners of the Campus Building Competition of the 2015 Power Down Challenge, after reducing its electricity use by 4.6 percent.

The JD/MBA program at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania will be renamed the Francis J. & Wm. Polk Carey JD/MBA Program.

Case in Point podcast pairs top legal scholars with newsmakers and other experts to bring knowledge, expertise to bear on problems of law, policy, business, and culture.

The Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN) Certificate enables students to incorporate the concepts and methods of neuroscience into their legal education.

Reed Brody, the Honorary Fellow-in-Residence for this year’s Public Interest Week, discussed working high profile cases against dictators such as Augusto Pinochet, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, and Hissène Habré.

Joseph Campbell, Penn Law’s Building Administrator, received a Models of Excellence Award for his work leading Penn Law’s sustainability efforts.

Lucas Tejwani L’17 discusses his cross-disciplinary experience pursing a JD/MCIT.

Louis S. Rullihas been named the recipient of Villanova University’s 2015 Praxis Award in Professional Ethics. The award honors the contributions of a professional or academic in the field of professional ethics.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter delivered the keynote speech for the Penn Law Sports Law Symposium and discussed how social media is changing the landscape of journalism.

Hadley Arkes, founder and director of the James Wilson Institute, addressed the Federalist Society Symposium, “The New Leviathan: Re-examining the Expansion of Federal Power.”

Theodore Ruger has been named dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, effective July 1.

Whitney Viets L’15 has been awarded the 2014–15 ACE Rule of Law Fellowship, given annually to a Penn Law student or recent graduate pursuing an international public-interest law career.

In February, Penn Law will dedicate a plaque honoring Theodore Selden, a Law School student from the Class of 1924 who was killed during a tragic train accident in 1922 while working as a Pullman porter.

Professor Emeritus Frank Goodman discusses about his long and varied career during which he drafted Groucho Marx’s will, argued cases in the Warren Court, and was tear-gassed in Berkeley.

The Quattrone Center has brought together Penn faculty from throughout the University, including Law, Criminology, Medicine, Wharton, Social Policy & Practice, Nursing, Engineering and more in the pioneering application of a “systems approach” used successfully to reduce errors in healthcare and aviation.

Ben Wizner, the director of the ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, gave the keynote at the annual symposium of Penn Law’s Journal of Constitutional Law.

Penn Law’s Dorothy E. Roberts has been named the recipient of the American Psychiatric Foundation’s 2015 Solomon Carter Fuller Award, which honors a black citizen who has pioneered in an area which has significantly benefited the quality of life for black people.

Jessa DeGroote L’15 and Jacob Lefkowitz L’15 were named the winners of this year’s Edwin R. Keedy Cup, and Michael McDonald L’15 and Roger Stronach L’15 were named runners-up.

Two Penn Law students and one recent graduate were recently awarded prestigious Skadden Fellowships, and a Penn Law student was also selected for the highly coveted Marvin M. Karpatkin Fellowship from the American Civil Liberties Union in New York.