Dylan Roberts ML’26 discusses his experiences in the Master in Law (ML) Program.
“Medicaid expansion ballot initiatives show state referenda can expand health care access—but they have their limits,” write Prof. Allison K. Hoffman and Katie Cohen L’24, MBE’24.
In an interview with Environmental Innovations Initiative, Prof. Cary Coglianese discusses how artificial intelligence intersects with climate and environmental regulations.
Students reach across disciplinary boundaries to reimagine our legal institutions in Penn Carey Law’s future-looking course, “Innovation in Practice.”
In the “Psychology of Legal Decision-Making” seminar, students learn about substantive areas of legal scholarship and also practice essential skills for understanding—and even developing—new empirical research.
This Penn Carey Law course empowers a new generation of engineers to recognize and examine critically the ethical, moral, and legal quandaries.
In Prof. Lisa M. Fairfax’s trailblazing course, students unpack the history of the ESG movement—and prepare to chart its future.
Penn Carey Law’s annual event provides students to explore the wide range of joint-degree and certificate programs at Penn.
The Penn Program on Regulation launches a series of monthly workshops exploring the connections between artificial intelligence and climate change.
An aspiring public servant, Laura Hannon L’24, SP2’24 split her summer between government service and legal aid.
At Aeon, Prof. Tess Wilkinson-Ryan L’05, G’06, PhD’08 writes that the fear of being duped can become “a true phobia.”
Paul Sindberg L’23, the first graduate of the LGBTQ Certificate program, will advocate for equitable LGBTQ+ rights and care as a union lawyer.
Prof. Kermit Roosevelt discusses the history and significance of Juneteenth in a new documentary and in an interview at Penn Today.
Alumni, students, and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Care Law School discuss how the JD/MBE (Bioethics) joint degree advances a range of careers sitting at the intersection of law and medicine.
Jessie Levin L’25, MCIT’25 is the 2023 recipient of the annual CTIC Interdisciplinary Scholarship.
In the Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic, future intellectual property lawyers hone their skills while helping clients grow ideas that change the world.
The esteemed American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, has elected Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts to join its prestigious membership.
“The fear of playing the sucker can make it harder to read your own moral compass,” writes Prof. Tess Wilkinson-Ryan L’05, G’06, PhD’08 at The Pennsylvania Gazette.
At ACC Docket, Practice Prof. Cynthia Dahl discussed the process of getting the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to the public with Khalil Mitchell, Senior Counsel at Moderna.
Penn Carey Law’s thought leadership in the ESG sphere uniquely prepares our students to enter this rapidly evolving field of business law.
The Future of the Profession Initiative recently hosted a conversation with leading experts to separate the hype from reality of ChatGPT.
Project Green Swan, co-developed by Mehrnoosh Aryanpour SJD’25, has been named winner of the Lauder Institute’s 2023 Jacobson Global Venture Award.
Norman M. Powell of Young Conway succeeds Larry Hamermesh as Executive Director of the Institute for Law & Economics.
Prof. Tess Wilkinson-Ryan L’05, G’06, PhD’08 discusses her new book, Fool Proof, in this short video.
At Slate, Prof. Tess Wilkinson-Ryan L’05, G’06, PhD’08 explores how the fear of playing the sucker shows up in rhetoric surrounding student loan forgiveness.
Nomi M. Stolzenberg recently delivered the 2023 Gruss Lecture in Talmudic Civil Law, “American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel: A Hasidic Village in Upstate New York.”
Prof. Tess Wilkinson-Ryan L’05, G’06, PhD’08 wishes readers a “Happy Valentine’s Day, suckers,” with “utter affection” at The Washington Post.
“[F]eeling cheated,” writes Prof. Tess Wilkinson-Ryan L’05, G’06, PhD’08 at TIME, “is so aversive that people will go way out of their way to make sure it doesn’t happen.”
Ukrainian Parliament member Oleksiy Goncharenko advocated a worldwide effort to “defeat evil” in the 2023 Holt Lecture.
Three interdisciplinary legal academics reflect on the role Penn Carey Law has played in their professional journeys.
Former Washington Post journalist Radley Balko is joining the Quattrone Center as a Journalist Fellow.
Penn Carey Law’s interdisciplinary faculty cultivates an enriching atmosphere for emerging legal academics.
In a new report, students study the intersection between arts, culture, and gender-based stereotypes to better understand trends in law and policy worldwide.
Makayla Harrison C’18, L’23, GEd’23 and Bridget Lavender L’21, SPP’21 have attained competitive Skadden Fellowships to support the launch of their careers as public interest advocates.
Prof. Bill Burke-White proposes a “green investment treaty” to close the climate funding gap.
Penn Carey Law facilitates ample opportunity for cross-disciplinary exploration, positioning our students to gain critical insight on the most cutting-edge areas of contemporary law.
Penn Carey Law students pursuing joint JD/MAs with the Lauder Institute travel around the world to prepare for positions leading global business sectors.
Claire Devlin GEd’22 is the new Associate Director of Admissions of the Francis J. & William Polk Carey JD/MBA Program.
The Neurolaw Society is a student group that encourages interdisciplinary discourse across topics in law, policy, health, and neuroscience.
Prof. Anita L. Allen is a recipient of The Hastings Center’s 2022 Bioethics Founders’ Award.
Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget McCormack joins theFuture of the Profession Initiative as Strategic Advisor, bringing her breadth of experience and dedication to equal access to justice.
Two students pursuing EMPA/ML degrees chatted about harnessing cross-disciplinary opportunities to chart educational paths toward informed and confident community leadership.
The Institute for Law & Philosophy’s Sigal Ben-Porath discusses the connection between book bans and free speech at Penn Today.
Prof. Sally Gordon has secured a Klein Family Social Justice Grant for her project, Free State Slavery and Bound Labor: Pennsylvania.
Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts is the featured guest of the first episode of Community Legal Services of Philadelphia’s new podcast, “How Is That Legal?”
Students and faculty work across a diverse range of fields, forging the way forward in an increasingly interdisciplinary legal world.
The Environmental Law Project (ELP) is dedicated to environmental law and policy, fighting climate change, and advancing environmental justice
Through the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, Max Levinbook L’22 recently taught what he’s learned to the next generation of entrepreneurs: Philadelphia High School students.
The new, formalized, cross-disciplinary program will enable students to study LGBTQ+ issues from multiple perspectives.
Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts was recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Law School faculty regularly coordinate Continuing Judicial Education programming to help Pennsylvania judges stay abreast of cutting-edge legal issues.
Veda Handa LLM’22 shares her reflections on the Spring 2022 “Policy Lab on AI and Implicit Bias” with Prof. Rangita de Silva de Alwis.
Delmar Cunha Siqueira LLM’22 is an entrepreneur and corporate lawyer who came to the Law School from Brazil to expand his horizons.
The dual degrees may be earned at little to no additional cost to a VMD student.
On the Access Board, Nadolsky is eager to contribute to conversations about disability accessibility to technology.
Director Chopra previously served as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission.
Morse’s persuasive essay is in response to Responsible Brains, a book authored by William Hirstein, Katrina L. Sifferd, and Tyler K. Fagan of Elmhurst College.
Kristina Lynch ML’22 currently serves as an Associate Portfolio Manager at Citizens Bank supporting a commercial portfolio in the Rhode Island market.
In this pathbreaking course, students immerse themselves in strategy and storytelling to change the world.
The Law School offers several joint degrees that help students pave the way to the careers they want.
Hammer teaches an upper-level JD course on financial regulation at the Law School.
From pathbreaking coursework to pro bono advocacy, students at the Law School engage meaningfully in the fight to advance women’s rights, both locally and around the world.
A self-proclaimed “life-long learner,” Dr. Farah Jan first enrolled in an ML course to help her navigate a new tech venture – and enjoyed it so much that she opted to complete the whole degree.
As a Co-COO at Burford Capital, Perla believes that finance can – and will – play a vital role in diversifying leadership in the legal profession.
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law students have an amalgam of academic and experiential opportunities to prepare them for careers fighting for immigration and refugee justice.
For Solbraekke, the interdisciplinary philanthropy program offers a chance to test and flex her leadership skills.
As a senior research analyst in the finance industry, Zuckerberg aims to use his legal training to help businesses create positive social impact.
Ayo Aladesanmi ML’23, MPA’23 takes a cross-disciplinary approach to public policy.
De Guzman is eager to use his education to enter interdisciplinary legal spaces.
A look back at the top stories from the Law School this past year.
Knoll, who is also Co-Director of the Center for Tax Law and Policy, focuses his work at the intersection of business and law.
Lin sought an LLM degree from Penn in order to better understand and compare legal systems around the world.
Prof. Allen served as President of the APA’s Eastern Division in 2018-19 – the organization’s first Black woman president.
Pavlus worked as a legal intern at the United Nations Development Program before enrolling at the Law School.
Kevin Matthews L’21 and Andrew Timmick L’21 studied at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in Paris during the pandemic.
As part of the clinic, Alex DeLaney GR’19, L’22 helped support the University’s technology licensing process.
For Ryan Baldwin L’22, WG’22 praises the collegiality at the University, particularly among veterans, as contributing significantly to his positive Law School Experience.
Zulfiqar is an Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School and helped draft and implement criminal codes in the Maldives and Somalia.
In one of our newest courses, students engage in vibrant discussions at the nexus of law, philosophy, rapidly-growing business sectors, and cutting-edge technological innovation.
JD/MBA Student Association co-presidents Joshua El-Bey L’23, WG’23 and Genevieve Shaw L’22, WG’22 share more information about the organization and its offerings.
Instead of brushing aside the legal questions his work as an information science professor raised, Lazar grew interested in learning how to find the answers.
A Thing With Feathers is a work of original literary fiction that explores the nature of the highest love humans are capable of attaining: “soulmate love.”
Nearly 300 law students participated in this year’s Professionalism Day, hosted by the Law School’s Center on Professionalism (COP).
In its eighth year, the Law School’s Master in Law Program continues to expand, drawing students from a wide array of fields with its fundamentally cross-disciplinary approach to legal education.
Lisa Scottoline C’77, L’81, Kimberly McCreight L’98, and Pam Jenoff L’01 discuss how their Penn Law education helped them build incredibly successful writing careers.
For Rekha Nair L’12, standing alongside a person as they navigate the American immigration system offers something powerful: unity in a world of separation.
An impressive cohort of 156 globally-trained lawyers, judges, and diplomats will join the Law School in the fall of 2021.
Each year, the Foundation for the Advancement of Diversity in Intellectual Property honors one law student who has made exceptional contributions to intellectual property.
Rizzo’s recently published pieces span constitutional, environmental, family, and intellectual property law.
The Law School’s seven journals provide student members an invaluable experience in substantive law as well as skills in research, analysis, and expression.
Penn Law students in clinics and externships serve as lead counsel on their own cases rather than merely supporting the work of faculty.
Lindsay Kirker ML’17 MSN’17 is an Assistant Nurse Manager with Penn Medicine’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Max Masuda-Farkas L’22, MUSA’22 is taking full advantage of the Law School’s cross-disciplinary offerings, pursuing joint degrees from the Law School and the Weitzman School of Design and earning a Wharton certificate.
Victor was not only the first, but also remains the only person to have completed the BSN/JD program at Penn.
The Legal History Consortium, jointly sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and the Penn’s Graduate History Department, was formed to promote interdisciplinary research, scholarship, and education in law and history.
Sarah Best L’21 details her externship experience with the Education Law Center.
In his book review, Prof. Morse uses Susan Vinocour’s book Nobody’s Child as a vehicle to explore various criminal law and justice system issues that intersect with mental health and social welfare.
Meet four law professors who have joint appointments in the University’s School of Arts and Sciences, emphasizing the Law School’s cross-disciplinary focus.
Walcott, a JD/MSEd candidate, has spent the summer as an intern at the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR).