University of Pennsylvania Law School Dean Michael A. Fitts has been honored with the Law School’s 2014 Beacon Award, which recognizes faculty members’ contributions to pro bono and public interest service.

Penn Law’s website has been nominated for a Webby Award in Law category for second year in a row.

The Quattrone Center for Fair Administration and Justice’s Spring Symposium took place April 14-15, featuring a variety of panels and speakers exploring a “systems approach” to conviction integrity.

Penn Law faculty member David Rudovsky will receive the Clifford Scott Green Bill of Rights Award.

The University of Pennsylvania Law  School Light Opera Company (LSLOC), a student-run performing arts organization, is pleased to present Jonathan Larson’s RENT, April 10-12.

Many of corporate America’s biggest governance battles are fought over surprisingly small stakes, according to new research by leading corporate law experts at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and NYU Law School.

Silvana Burgese, Faculty Support Staff Office Manager, has been selected as a finalist for the University’s Model Supervisor Award.

The Penn Law chapter of the Federalist Society presented a timely conference Monday (March 31)  on “Dictating Conscience: Law as a Cultural Weapon,” which included a panel on the Hobby Lobby case recently argued before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Third-year University of Pennsylvania Law School student Lucia Hall Seyfarth L’14 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.

During spring break two students from the Penn Law Transnational Legal Clinic traveled to Geneva to participate in the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s review of U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

Since January, a group of Penn Law students have been blogging about their experiences in #PennLawLife. Browse their blogs below to learn more about the 1L experience, pro bono work, classes, and student life at Penn Law.

A recent article by Penn Law Professor Cary Coglianese has been selected as one of “the year’s best academic articles that present legal and policy solutions to pressing environmental problems.”

Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp appeared at the Law School on Tuesday to deliver the annual Irving R. Segal Lecture in Trial Advocacy. During his speech “Overcoming the Challenges of Prosecuting Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict,” Rapp emphasized the prevalence of sexual violence during wartime.