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This year, the Black Law Student Association traveled to Ghana to engage with local lawyers as they worked to build their firm’s pro bono practice.

2023 International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise
Held in partnership with the U.S. Army War College, the ISCNE is designed to engage and educate law students in the process of crisis negotiation at the highest strategic level.

Lessons on Diplomacy
After spending a semester studying women’s international human rights, Penn Carey Law students visited the UN Headquarters in New York.

2023 Jessup International Moot Court
Penn Carey Law students head to Washington, D.C. to represent the U.S. at the 2023 Jessup International Moot Court competition.

Sustainable Infrastructure and Energy
Project Green Swan, co-developed by Mehrnoosh Aryanpour SJD’25, has been named winner of the Lauder Institute’s 2023 Jacobson Global Venture Award.

‘Live Free or Die’
Ukrainian Parliament member Oleksiy Goncharenko advocated a worldwide effort to “defeat evil” in the 2023 Holt Lecture.

Award-Winning National Security Law Scholarship
Prof. Jean Galbraith’s article, “The Runaway Presidential Power Over Diplomacy” has been awarded the Mike Lewis Prize.

Putting Women Back into the Picture
In a new report, students study the intersection between arts, culture, and gender-based stereotypes to better understand trends in law and policy worldwide.

Thought Leadership: Closing the Climate Funding Gap
Prof. Bill Burke-White proposes a “green investment treaty” to close the climate funding gap.

Education for Global Business Leadership
Penn Carey Law students pursuing joint JD/MAs with the Lauder Institute travel around the world to prepare for positions leading global business sectors.
Bringing Accountability to War Criminals
Jonathan Wiersema L’ 24 worked as a Legal Horizons Rule of Law Fellow in Tbilisi, Georgia building universal jurisdiction cases against war criminals.

The U.S. and International Disability Law
At the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Benjamin A. Barsky L’19, G’19 writes about how cities and states have incorporated international disability rights principles in their laws and policies.