Students

Student Resources

Penn Law has a variety of resources available on campus for students.

Support/Resources for 1Ls

The Law School is offering a range of administrative and faculty support resources for first-year students. Faculty and staff members from Academic Support, Career Services, the Center on Professionalism, Student Affairs, and the Toll Public Interest Center are all available this week for drop-ins and for pre-scheduled meetings, to discuss whatever questions or concerns you may have at the completion of the Fall 2017 semester.

Faculty Options

Check in with your 1L Advisor.
If you’d like to consider ways of improving your study and test-taking skills, make an appointment with the Academic Support Program faculty (Professors Jessica Simon and Felicia Lin).
Faculty Ombudsperson: For faculty-student issues, our faculty ombudsperson is a key resource. This individual, a tenured member of the faculty, can assist students navigate an array of issues that may arise in the classroom. Note, the ombudsperson is NOT a point person re questions about grades or academic performance. Those inquiries can be directed to Student Affairs and the Registrar’s Office, as a starting point.

This year (2017-18) the faculty ombudsperson is Professor Catherine Struve ((215) 898-7068, cstruve@law.upenn.edu).

Student Service Offices

Department	Hours	Room	Phone and E-mail
Student Affairs	Either email to schedule an appointment, or drop-in as needed.	GK-103	Dimitri Islam 215.746.3889 mdislam@law.upenn.edu
Career Services 1L Counseling Appointments	If you need to talk to a counselor, please email all-cpp@law.upenn.edu.	T-113	If you need to talk to a counselor and cannot find an open time slot, please email all-cpp@law.upenn.edu or call 215.898.7493
Center on Professionalism	Email or call to set up an appointment.	T-122	Please contact our team by emailing professionalism@law.upenn.edu or by calling 215-573-0222.
Toll Public Interest Center	Email or call to set up an appointment.	T-148	215-898-0459 all-tpic@law.upenn.edu

Support/Resources for all students

The list below highlights the most frequently utilized services. Students are welcome to bring any concern to the attention of the Vice Dean for Administrative Services Jo-Ann Verrier.

Question or concern	Staff contact	Room	Phone and E-mail
Personal issues impacting academic performance, academic planning, journals, grades, classroom issues, and visiting students status	Monica Monroe Dean of Students Dimitri Islam Director	GK-103 GK-103	215.898.7482 monroe2@law.upenn.edu 215.746.3889 mdislam@law.upenn.edu
Academic performance, exam-taking, legal writing	Jessica Simon Assoc. Dir. Legal Writing	T-331	215.898.0167 jsimon@law.upenn.edu
Curriculum and course registration; grades; graduation; degree requirements and audits, transfer status; exams; tuition adjustments; bar certification; and transcript requests	Claire Wallace Associate Dean and Registrar	GK-103	215.746-4140 cwallace@law.upenn.edu Registrar’s Office: reg@law.upenn.edu 215-898-6427
Career choice, job strategies and professional skills	Career Planning & Professionalism Counselors	T-113	215.898.7493 all-cpp@law.upenn.edu
Financial matters impacting education	Anthony Henry Director of Financial Aid	T-151	215.898.9043 henry2@law.upenn.edu
Cross-disciplinary education: students enrolled or considering enrolling in joint programs	Sherita Ragins Coordinator, Cross-Disciplinary Programs Amanda Aronoff Director, Cross-Disciplinary Programs	GK-103 GK-103	215.746.7822 sragins@law.upenn.edu 215.898.6427 aramanda@law.upenn.edu
Matters related to American Bar Association Standards and Rules of Procedure: students seeking to register a formal complaint should complete this survey	Mariel Staszewski Deputy Registrar & Director, Regulatory Affairs	GK-103	215.898.0675 mstaszewski@law.upenn.edu

Law School Ombudsperson

Catherine Struve, (215) 898-7068, cstruve@law.upenn.edu - see above for description of the Ombudsperson.

University-wide Services:

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)	133 S. 36th Street	215.898.7021
African American Resource Center	3537 Locust Walk	215.898.0104
Greenfield Intercultural Center	3708 Chestnut St.	215.898.3356
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Center	3537 Locust Walk	215.898.4055
Office of Health Education, Student Health	3609 Locust Walk	215.898.3525
Vice Provost for University Life	3611 Locust Walk	215.898.6081
Penn Women’s Center	3643 Locust Walk	215.898.8611
University Police Department	4040 Chestnut St.	215.898.7333 or 511 (on campus)
Penn Violence Prevention	Website