Public Service News
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November 21, 2018Rangita de Silva de Alwis , the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Associate Dean for International Programs, will be a featured participant at a major international summit, the Women Leaders Global Forum in Reykjavik, Iceland. -
November 19, 2018The 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. -
October 5, 2018Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, spoke at Penn Law on October 4th about the modern Supreme Court nomination process. -
October 4, 2018The panel presentation, part of Public Interest Week programming, explored how the policy emerged over time and connects to longstanding inequalities in the family immigration system. -
October 1, 2018The 11th Annual Public Interest Week brings together students, noted public interest lawyers, policymakers, and scholars for events addressing the theme of “Justice for All.” -
August 27, 2018In this pathway, Emily Lubin L’19 recounts her summer internship with the Alaska Public Defender Agency in Fairbanks, Alaska. -
June 7, 2018Margaret Zhang L’15 works as a legal fellow at the Women’s Law Project advocating for pregnant and breastfeeding women in PA workplaces, schools, and prisons. -
May 25, 2018Penn Law continues to build upon programs that create pathways to careers in public interest and government. -
April 30, 2018Penn Law’s important assets are people: those who are learning the law and those who educate and support them. -
April 25, 2018Members of Penn Law’s public interest community gathered together in an annual celebration of public service and exemplary achievements in pro bono.