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The bill, which is currently working its way through City Council and may soon come up for a vote, would protect tenants by preventing landlords from terminating tenants’ leases without just cause.

The November 14 event was sponsored by the Penn Law Veterans Club as part of the Law School’s Veterans Week programming.

On November 2, Penn Law & the Arts (PLATA), a student organization that explores the intersection between the legal and arts communities, held an event at the Barnes Foundation.

The event, “I’m a Veteran AMA,” was moderated by Sharswood Fellow CDR (Retd.) Mark P. Nevitt W’97.

The Law and Entrepreneurship Lecture featured Osagie Imasogie LLM’85, Senior Managing Partner at PIPV Capital

The Rule of Law Post will cover today’s most important issues related to national security, conflict, warfare, and U.S. governance.

The event, “Addressing Challenges in the 21st Century Through Diplomacy,” was open to the public and offered as part of the full-day Leadership Institute for Diplomacy and the Law.

The study, “The Effects of Holistic Defense on Criminal Justice Outcomes,” to be published in the Harvard Law Review, examined over half a million cases in the Bronx over a 10-year period involving poor criminal defendants who received court-appointed lawyers.

The week includes a range of programming to engage and inform the Law School community about the experiences of veterans in the legal profession, and to honor veterans for their service.

The event, “Opportunity Zones and Inclusive Community Development,” was held in Penn Law’s Fitts Auditorium and was hosted jointly by Penn Law’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, the Penn Institute for Urban Research, and Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.

Panelists Shyamkrishna Balganesh, Professor of Law at Penn and Co-Director of CTIC, Corinne Militello L’07, Counsel at Ballard Spahr, and Peter Decherney, Penn Professor of Cinema & Media Studies and English, considered the DMCA from their personal experiences with copyright law. 

The lecture, which brings in influential figures in the African American community each fall semester to Penn, was co-sponsored by the Center for Africana Studies and Penn Law, and is named in honor of the prominent judge A. Leon Higginbotham.

McSwain spoke about the work his office does and the relationship between prosecutors and the press.

Matthew Cartwright L’84, Conor Lamb C’06 L’09, and Mary Gay Scanlon L’84 won seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, Jena Griswold L’11 won Secretary of State in Colorado, and Eric Johnson L’03 was re-elected to the Texas House of Representatives.

The event, titled “Foreign Interference in the Democratic Process: Countdown to the Midterms,” took place at the National Constitution Center in downtown Philadelphia.

Penn Law’s Master in Law (ML) program is helping to give Dr. Kiran Musunuru the legal and business acumen to bring groundbreaking treatment to the world’s population.

McMaster served as National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018, and served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army for 34 years before retiring as lieutenant general in June 2018.

On November 1, Penn Law hosted a panel on vaping and its effects on health, society, and the environment as a part of Penn’s Center for Neuroscience and Society talk series.

Penn Law’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice is a national research and policy hub created to increase the fairness and accuracy of the criminal justice system by preventing errors.

On October 24, Brande Stellings came to Penn Law to share her perspective on her experience as a woman in the corporate workplace, and why female leadership on corporate boards is more important than ever.

Panelists spoke of the “fascinating” cases and high-quality work they encountered in the Chancery Court, one of the most cited courts on major corporate law issues.

The panel, “The Origins of Administrative Constitutionalism,” was part of the law review’s two-day symposium.

This year, the Law School has continued to expand its full-time faculty and has also brought on several new academic fellows.

The award recipients spanned the decades, private and public sectors, and a range of pro bono interests.

Gordon will accept the award on October 19 during the 2018 WHA Conference in San Antonio.

Penn Law prepares advocates for a new era, as technology, globalization and the dissolution of borders—real and virtual—redefine how the law is practiced.

The event, titled “Lehman & WaMu — Ten Years Later: Lessons Learned and Planning Ahead,” took place in the Berylson Family Classroom at Penn Law.

McKinley’s work offers scholars, policymakers, and the courts an opportunity to rethink the position of the administrative state within our constitutional framework.  

Penn Law faculty react to the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court