Government Service Initiative

As part of the Law School’s historic commitment to public service, students and faculty engage with some of the most pressing government and public policies issues of the day. The Government Service Initiative brings Penn Law’s resources to bear to best prepare students to be leaders in the policymaking arena.

Joint Degrees & Certificates

JD/MPA, Government JD/MSEd, Education Policy JD/MBE, Bioethics JD/MPH, Public Health JD/MSSP, Social Policy JD/MCP, City & Regional Planning JD/AM, Islamic Studies

Certificate in Environmental Policy Certificate in Cross-Sector Innovation Certificate in Middle East & Islamic Studies Certificate in Global Human Rights Certificate in Business Economics & Public Policy Certificate in East Asian Studies

Clinics

• Legislative Clinic
• Supreme Court Clinic
• Transnational Legal Clinic

Careers

• CP&P Government Career Resources
• Catalyst Grant Program
• Clerkships
• International Human Rights Fellowship
• Presidential Management Fellows Program
• Summer Funding

Centers & Institutes

• Center for Ethics & the Rule of Law (CERL)
• Center for Tax Law & Policy
• Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition
• Institute for Law & Economics
• Penn Program on Regulation
• Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice

Student organizations

• Journal of Law and Social Change (JLSAC)
• Special Interest groups
• Equal Justice Foundation (EJF)
• Penn Law International Human Rights Advocates (IHRA)

Recent government testimony

• Prof. Cary Coglianese testimony before Senate on auto safety regulation (Nov. 7, 2013)
• Penn Law students’ testimony before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on guest worker abuses (Mar.  6, 2013)

• Adam Finkel testimony before the U.S. House Small Business Committee

Washington/New York Law & Policy seminar series

• “A Dream Realized or Denied? Voting Rights & Access”

• “Safe Secrets? The Future of 
Privacy Law & Policy in the Face of Cyber Threats”

• “Drone Wars: The Future of Targeted Killings & Presidential Power”
• “Are Superpowers Above the Law? The U.S., China, and the Future of the International Legal Order”
• “Are the branches of government broken?”