The Sing Sing Files: Book Talk with Dan Slepian and David Lemus
The Sing Sing Files: Book Talk with Dan Slepian and David Lemus
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice presents an eye-opening discussion with Dateline NBC producer and author Dan Slepian and exoneree...
Academics: Cross-Disciplinary Excellence at Penn Carey Law
Penn Carey Law offers 35 joint-degree and certificate programs that help students pave the way to the careers they want. Our rigorous, cross-disciplinary programs train students to be leaders in the study of law as well as related disciplines like bu...
Recent Penn Carey Law graduates offer advice to incoming 1Ls.
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Why Penn Carey Law? Because we have been at the forefront of legal education for nearly two centuries.
Our cutting-edge interdisciplinary model trains lawyers to lead dynamic legal careers at the intersection of law and technology, health, social w...
Community Voices: The Light Opera Company Shines at Penn Carey Law
The Light Opera Company has been a Penn Carey Law tradition since 1971, taking a brief pause through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The annual Law Revue gives students the opportunity to be creative and express themselves through performances from music to...
Penn Carey Law’s Legal Practice Skills (LPS) course combines classroom instruction with experiential opportunities in drafting documents, oral advocacy, and transactional negotiation to prepare students to practice law from day one.
On Monday, May 20, 2024, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School recognized the Class of 2024 graduates during a commencement ceremony at the American Academy of Music in Philadelphia.
This year, 301 students received JDs, 101 students from ...
From the Barristers’ Ball and pro bono work to affinity groups and lifelong friendships, here are some of our 2024 graduates' fondest Penn Carey Law memories.
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The Carey JD/MBA at Penn Carey Law and Wharton is a leader among its peers as a fully integrated program with myriad opportunities and a close-knit community.
Our JD/MBA program is not simply two top degrees in law and business; it is a carefully t...
On Monday, May 20, 2024, Penn Carey Law will host its 172nd commencement with remarks from Adam Liptak. Watch the live stream here and follow us on social media at #PennCareyLaw2024 as we celebrate our newest graduates from the University of Pennsylv...
Antitrust at a Crossroads: The Challenge of Digital Platforms
February 2, 2024 - “Antitrust at a Crossroads: The Challenge of Digital Platforms” explored the debate over how competition laws should apply to Big Tech firms.
In contrast to the past, firms now regularly face scrutiny from federal, state, and...
The Penn Carey Law Pre-College Academy is a rigorous, one-of-a-kind academic program that gives high school students from around the world the opportunity to experience an accelerated version of the first-year law school at an Ivy League university.
Coming Home: Compensation and Care for the Exonerated
Across our nation, more than 3,350 human beings have spent a collective 30,250 years incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. Their exonerations free their bodies, but they do not undo the injuries of incarceration to their minds, bodies and fam...
What would happen if we redesigned the entire legal landscape to center the experiences of the people who need legal services?
How could the legal profession as a whole nurture lawyers, rather than lead to mental unwellness and burnout?
How can we ...
Course Feature: Psychology of Legal Decision-Making
In the “Psychology of Legal Decision-Making” seminar, Penn Carey Law students learn about substantive areas of legal scholarship and also practice essential skills for understanding – and even developing – new empirical research.
Under the ...
Sofia Aumann, L’24, MS’24 talks about her decision to attend Penn Carey Law and pursue a JD/MS (Non-Profit Leadership) with the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
Current and Emerging Issues in Technology, Intellectual Property, and Entertainment & Media Law
Join us for a discussion with Penn faculty about current and emerging issues in technology, intellectual property, and entertainment and media law. Right of publicity, fair use, name, image, and likeness (NIL), AI, and Big Tech and antitrust are amon...
The Disability Docket with Profs. Jasmine Harris and Karen Tani L’07, PhD’11
Profs. Jasmine Harris and Karen Tani L’07, PhD’11 along with Shira Wakschlag, Senior Director of Legal Advocacy & General Counsel of The Arc of the United States, have co-authored a pathbreaking paper that highlights the disability through-line i...
Charting the Coast Guard's Next Decade with Prof. Cary Coglianese
A National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee chaired by Prof. Cary Coglianese has released a report offering recommendations to the Coast Guard and Congress for meeting emerging challenges facing the maritime sector. He...
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School LLM: A World Class Experience
The Penn Carey Law LLM is a rigorous, full-time academic program designed primarily for lawyers trained outside the United States. This general LLM degree allows students to customize your curriculum to focus on a specific area of law or to explore n...
Third Economics of Digital Services (EODS) Research Symposium, Sept. 8, 2023
Third Economics of Digital Services (EODS) Research Symposium presented by the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition and the Warren Center for Network & Data Sciences on September 8, 2023.
Presentations:
Keynote Address by Catherine Tucke...
Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning | AI and Climate Change
This event is part of the 2023-2024 Workshop Series, AI and Climate Change: Global Sustainability in an Era of Artificial Intelligence, organized by the Penn Program on Regulation and co-sponsored by the Environmental Innovations Initiative, Kleinman...
"On Mergers and Workers: Labor Market Aspects of the Proposed U.S. Merger Guidelines"
A panel discussion presented by Penn Program on Regulation (PPR) and co-sponsored by the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition (CTIC).
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Regulatory Analysis and Decision-Making (June 4-7, 2024 ) is an interactive executive education program that allows you to operate effectively within an ever-changing regulatory environment by building the skills you need to analyze and make regulato...
As we embark on a new academic year at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Dean Sophia Z. Lee shares a special message for the Penn Carey Law community.
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Why Penn Carey Law? Because we have been at the forefront of legal education for nearly two centuries.
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Penn Carey Law LLM | Words of Wisdom from the Class of 2023
Each year, Penn Carey Law welcomes over 100 lawyers from countries across the globe who are pursuing an LLM degree. Learn more: https://www.law.upenn.edu/admissions/grad/
A rigorous yet rewarding one-year program, the Penn Carey Law LLM program begi...
Consolidating Research & Reform Efforts in Plea Bargaining | 2023 Quattrone Center Spring Symposium
The Plea Bargaining Institute: Consolidating Research and Reform Efforts in Plea Bargaining, Johanna Hellgren, Quattrone Center, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Thea Johnson, Rutgers Law School; Jenny Roberts, American University; Rebecc...
Radley Balko | Lunch Keynote Address | 2023 Quattrone Center Spring Symposium
Lunch Keynote Address | A Conversation with Radley Balko
Relive Innovations in Criminal Justice: The 2023 Quattrone Center Spring Symposium, a three-day criminal legal reform conference curated by the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of ...
Race & Identity Across Prosecutorial Discretion & Ethics | 2023 Quattrone Center Spring Symposium
Race and Identity Across Prosecutorial Discretion and Ethics, Anjelica Hendricks, Quattrone Center, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Bennett Capers, Fordham Law School; Johnathan Smith, DOJ Civil Rights Division
Relive Innovations in Cr...
Group Exonerations: Learning from the NRE Groups Registry | 2023 Quattrone Center Spring Symposium
Group Exonerations: What Have We Learned from the NRE Groups Registry, Ross Miller, Quattrone Center, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; Samuel Gross, National Registry of Exonerations; Deborah Levi, Maryland Office of the Public Defenders-...
Field Drug Tests and Wrongful Convictions | 2023 Quattrone Center Spring Symposium
Field Drug Tests and Wrongful Convictions: What the Data Tells Us, Ross Miller, Quattrone Center, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Relive Innovations in Criminal Justice: The 2023 Quattrone Center Spring Symposium, a three-day criminal l...
The Intersections of Law and Healthcare: JD/MBE (Bioethics)
Legal and ethical issues in the health field have become increasingly complex and unmistakably current. Professionals versed in both fields are prepared to lead these debates and offer sophisticated solutions to problems with an inter-disciplinary kn...
Penn Carey Law honored the career achievements of six alumni at the 2022-33 Law Alumni Society Awards in May 2023.
Honorees were Steve Stoute L’14; Gigi Sohn L’86; Victoria Joseph C’11, L’17; Randy Mastro L’81; Beth Brown; and the Honorable...
On Monday, May 15, 2023, Penn Carey Law hosted our 171st commencement with remarks from Gloria Allred CW’63.
Processional
Presentation of Class Flags
Michael Zschokke L’23;
Qian Yu ML’23;
Yuexin Zhou LLM’23
Dean’s Welcome
Ted Ruger, Dean an...
Congratulations Penn Carey Law Class of 2023! On Monday, May 15, 2023, Penn Carey Law hosted its 171st commencement recognizing 248 JD, 104 LLM, 37 ML, one LLCM, and two SJDs, with Gloria Allred CW'63 delivering the commencement address.
00:00 Proce...
The American legal system is complicated, and legal knowledge is often inaccessible to those who need it most. The Prison Legal Education Project (PLEP), co-founded by a group of students including Dean of Students Felicia Lin L’08 and Miriam Nemet...
Join Penn Carey Law Associate Deans John Hollway and Jen Leonard as they explore the well-being challenges facing the legal profession, the link between well-being and professional responsibility, and the latest scientific research on stress manageme...
Santiago Legarre - International Law and Comparative Law: The Eternal Confusion
Prof. Santiago Legarre speaks about the misperceptions between international and comparative law using examples from the U.S. and Argentina as illustrations.
Santiago Legarre, Professor of Law, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
The video...
When Innocence Is Not Enough: Hidden Evidence and the Failed Promise of the Brady Rule
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School was pleased to welcome former District of Columbia Public Defender, Tom Dybdahl L’98 and current Executive Director of the Innocence Proj...
Chat GPT has dominated the conversation across the legal profession in the first few months of 2023, but how will it ultimately impact the industry?
The Future of the Profession Initiative (“FPI”) hosts a conversation with leading experts to se...
The 2020 Term Cliffhanger: What Will Replace Smith as the Test for Religious Exemptions?
Featuring the 2022 – 2023 Gruss Professor of Talmadic Law
Nomi M. Stolzenberg, Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair in Law at USC Gould School of Law
Accusations of “religious discrimination” abound. But what does that term actually mean? What is ...
Prof. Kermit Roosevelt Discusses His New Book, "The Nation That Never Was"
Kermit Roosevelt, David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice, works in a diverse range of fields, focusing on constitutional law and conflict of laws. His previous scholarly books include CONFLICT OF LAWS (Foundation Press, 2010) and TH...
Prof. Tess Wilkinson Ryan Discusses Her New Book, "Fool Proof"
Tess Wilkinson-Ryan L’05, G’06, PhD’08, Professor of Law and Psychology, studies the psychology of legal decision-making. Her research addresses the role of moral judgment in legal decision-making, with a particular focus on private contracts a...
“We need to change what the face of the law looks like and who is able to access the law as a system and as a tool.” We sat down with the Sadie Scholar Class of 2025 – the second class of the Dr. Sadie T.M. Alexander Scholarship Program – and...
The Truth about Police Accountability: An Evening with Joanna Schwartz
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School was pleased to welcome Joanna Schwartz, Professor of Law at UCLA Law, to discuss her new book SHIELDED: How the Police Became Untouchable a...
The Constitutional Crisis in Israel: Analysis, Explanation, Path Forward
Professor Netta Barak-Corren is a Professor of Law and a member of the Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In the current academic year, she is the David R. Greenbaum and Laureine Knight Greenbaum Dist...
Meet our Sadie Scholar Class of 2025! From Silver Spring, Maryland, Natine Macauley L'25 graduated from American University with honors in International Studies and African American and African Diaspora Studies. Natine is passionate about racial equi...
Meet the Sadie Scholar Class of 2025! Virginia Richards L'25 is passionate about the legal intersections of race, class, and gender in the United States. Originally from Providence, Rhode Island, she graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt Universi...
Sparer Symposium 2023 - Keynote Address
Esosa Osa, Deputy Executive Director of Fair Action Fight
Jason Abel, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP and Lecture in Law at Penn Carey Law
Neither Abridged Nor Denied: Addressing the Ongoing Threat of Voter Suppression
Sparer Symposium 2023 - Neither Abridged Nor Denied: Addressing the Ongoing Threat of Voter Suppression
Patrick Berry, Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice
Blair Bowie, Senior Legal Counsel and Restore Your Vote Manager, Campaign Legal Center
Marian...
All Change Is Local: The Power of State and Local Elections
Sparer Symposium 2023 - All Change Is Local: The Power of State and Local Elections
Lisa M. Deeley, Chair, Philadelphia City Commissioners
Jamie Gauthier, Councilmember, Philadelphia City Council
Lisa Swanson, Research Director, Shapiro for Pennsyl...
Laboratories of Democracy: What Unions Teach Us About Change
Sparer Symposium 2023 - Laboratories of Democracy: What Unions Teach Us About Change
Jennifer Abruzzo, General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board
Seth Goldstein, Partner, Julien, Mirer, Singla, and Goldstein LLC
Helen Gym, Philadelphia Mayoral ...
Radical Legal and Community Strategies Towards Democracy
Sparer Symposium 2023 - Radical Legal and Community Strategies Towards Democracy
Cynthia Alvarado, Writer and Educator, Advocate for Change
Bruce Reilly, Deputy Director, VOTE: Voice of the Experienced and Voters Organized to Educate
Blair Bowie, Se...
Meet our Sadie Scholar Class of 2025! Camille Awono L'25 was born and raised in Montgomery County, Maryland and, prior to joining Penn Carey law, graduated from the University of Miami with degrees in Sport Administration and French, minoring in Busi...
Meet our Sadie Scholar Class of 2025! Originally from Queens, Juliana Poroye L'25 received her bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Political Science from Hunter College and holds a Master’s in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. H...
Meet our Sadie Scholar Class of 2025! David Alan Johnson L'25, from Brownsville, Tennessee, graduated from the University of the South in Sewanee with a degree in Politics and minor in Economics. He earned a Master’s in Public Policy at the Univers...
The 2023 Gruss Lecture in Talmudic Civil Law: AMERICAN SHTETL: THE MAKING OF KIRYAS JOEL
The 2023 Gruss Lecture in Talmudic Civil Law: AMERICAN SHTETL: THE MAKING OF KIRYAS JOEL, A HASIDIC VILLAGE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
Featuring the 2022 – 2023 Gruss Professor of Talmadic Law:
Nomi M. Stolzenberg, Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair in Law a...
Advocacy for Racial & Civil Justice Clinic Symposium: The Unfinished Work of Abolition
The Advocacy for Racial and Civil (ARC) Justice Clinic, Penn Carey Law’s newest in-house clinic, invites you to celebrate its launch at the Law School entitled “The Unfinished Work of Abolition.” The ARC Justice Clinic provides students with ha...
2023 ML Annual Lecture -- CRISPR: Patent Disputes and Licensing Challenges
On January 25, 2023 the Master in Law Program hosted its Fourth Annual Master in Law Lecture -- a panel discussion on the legal disputes surrounding patent ownership of CRISPR technology, a groundbreaking tool that enables gene editing to correct gen...
Advocacy for Racial and Civil (ARC) Justice Clinic
In Penn Carey Law’s Advocacy for Racial and Civil (ARC) Justice Clinic, students gain real experience advocating for racial and social justice, assisting clients in matters related to the most pressing civil justice issues facing the country today ...
The FTX Fiasco: Unpacking the Most Complex Bankruptcy in History
The November 2022 bankruptcy of FTX, the world's third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, prompted a landslide across the burgeoning digital assets space, with more than 100 affiliated entities including closely intertwined Alameda Research joining the...
The History & Future of The Indian Child Welfare Act (Session 2)
The History & Future of The Indian Child Welfare Act: Implications for tribal sovereignty and native family preservation (Session 2)
Session 2: Consequences and Implications of the Supreme Court Case
The panel of legal experts and academics discuss ...
Current & Emerging Issues in Technology, Intellectual Property, and Entertainment and Media Law
Join us for a discussion with Penn faculty about current and emerging issues in technology, intellectual property, and entertainment and media law. Right of publicity, fair use, net neutrality, and antitrust are among the areas that will be examined.
Distinguished Arlin M Adams Lecture - Professor Mary Bilder
Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution
Award-winning author and law professor Mary Sarah Bilder will give the 2022 Distinguished Hon. Arlin M. Adams Lecture.
Prof. Bilder will discuss her book, Female Ge...
On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court held in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the federal constitution confers no right to abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade and leaving abortion regulation to the states. But Dobbs is far more tha...
Regulatory Analysis and Decision-Making (May 10-12 & 17-19, 2023) is an interactive executive education program that provides you the ability to operate effectively within an ever-changing regulatory environment by building the skills you need to ana...
Cara McClellan Q&A on SCOTUS Affirmative Action in Higher Education Case
With research assistant Karla Talley L’23, Cara McClellan GSE'12, Founding Director of the Advocacy for Racial and Civil (ARC) Justice Clinic and Associate Practice Professor of Law, discusses Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. President & Fell...
Licensing Legal Paraprofessionals: Oregon Says Yes, California Says No. Why?
Two neighboring states -- Oregon and California -- have recently come to different conclusions on whether to license paralegals to provide some legal services.
In July, the Oregon Supreme Court, with the support of the Oregon State Bar's Board of G...
The History & Future of The Indian Child Welfare Act (Session 1)
The History & Future of The Indian Child Welfare Act: Implications for tribal sovereignty and native family preservation
Across the country, there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes that have a government-to-government relationship ...
Regulatory Analysis and Decision-Making (May 10-12 & 17-19, 2023) is an interactive executive education program that provides you the ability to operate effectively within an ever-changing regulatory environment by building the skills you need to ana...
Justice Goodwin Liu: "Implicit Bias, Structural Bias, and Implications for Law and Policy”
This year the Provost’s Lecture on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law join to host Justice Goodwin Liu of the California State Supreme Court.
Justice Goodwin Liu is an Associate Justice of the Cal...
Health Law and Anti-Racism: Reckoning and Response - Panel 4
Panel 4 - Anti Racist Teaching and Practice and Closing Remarks
Featuring L. Kate Mitchell, Jessica L. Simpson, Medha D. Makhlouf, Moderator Seema Mohapatra, Steven Joffee, Michele Bratcher Goodwin, and Holly Fernandez Lynch
Health Law and Anti-Racism: Reckoning and Response - Welcome, Opening Address
Amplifying Racial Justice Through Bioethics in the 21st Century, and Opening Commentary
Featuring Holly Fernandez Lynch, Edward J. Hutchinson, Theodore Ruger, Michele Bratcher Goodwin, and Courtnee Melton-Fant
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Implications and Responses
Penn Law convenes William Burke-White, leading expert on U.S. foreign policy and international law; Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, professor of Practice of Law and Human Rights; Philip Nichols, professor of Russian and European studies; and Victoria Kaplan...
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Alumni Awards 2021-22
This year’s honorees are:
Andrew Schwartzman C’68, L’71, Senior Counselor, Benton Institute for Broadband & Society: James Wilson Award, honoring a lifetime of service to the profession.
Professor Edward B. Rock L’83, Martin Lipton Professo...
Join us as we hear from Teddi about her career in the New York office of a large and prestigious Silicon Valley firm and how Penn helped prepare her.
Teddi Josephson JD/MCIT’19, an associate at Fenwick and West, advises on technology transactions ...
Interested in law and technology? Join CTIC Professor Christopher Yoo and this year’s Journal of Law & Innovation Editor-in-Chief, Gerald Adams, to learn about this year-long seminar class, its symposium and volume projects, and the application pro...
Hon. Shukria Barakzai In Conversation with Rangita de Silva de Alwis (3)
Part Three: " I am willing to die for my values"
In this last segment of the interview Hon. Shukria Barakzai talks to Rangita de silva de Alwis of the importance of rebuilding trust and calls upon the international community to recognize the voice ...
Hon. Shukria Barakzai In conversation with Rangita de Silva de Alwis (2)
Part Two: " The country needs you"
In this segment of the conversation, Hon. Shukria Barakzai speaks with Rangita de Silva de Alwis about the death threats, and the assassination attempts she faced. One attempt on her life left her in hospital for m...
Hon. Shukria Barakzai In Conversation with Rangita de Silva de Alwis (1)
Part One: Writing a Constitution that protects the rights of women
In this one- of- a- kind unfiltered conversation for the UN, Hon. Shukria Barakzai, Afghanistan's leading politician, diplomat, and writer, speaks to Prof. Rangita de Silva de Alwis ...
Justice and the Judicial Role: The Quest for Empathy and Impartiality
The Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Memorial Lecture
Guest Lecturer: Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
Who should control rights to the Phillie Phanatic? And how far does copyright extend when protecting a character, especially our favorite homegrown lime green alien? Join us for a discussion with David Wolfsohn of Duane Morris who recently successf...
This executive program is intended for any executive or professional involved in making regulatory decisions or interacting with regulatory issues. It is well-suited for executives or professionals from around the world who work with regulation at th...
Legislation as an Interdisciplinary Challenge Using Environmental Law as an Example
Bicontinental Perspectives on Legislative Drafting
The organizers for the Seventh International Conference on Legislation and Law Reform cordially invite you to attend two free, not-to-be-missed legislative drafting webinars hosted in cooperation wi...
Bicontinental Perspectives on Legislative Drafting
The organizers for the Seventh International Conference on Legislation and Law Reform cordially invite you to attend two free, not-to-be-missed legislative drafting webinars hosted in cooperation wi...
Watch as we hear from Susan Spaeth about her incredible career and how Penn Law helped prepare her. Spaeth is the Chief Legal Officer of Kilpatrick Townsend. She served as its Managing Partner from 2013 to 2019, and as the Managing Partner of Townsen...
In this short interview below, Professor de Silva de Alwis and Naheed Farid engage in conversation on the unfinished legislative agenda on women’s rights and the critical role of Afghan women in parliament. They discuss briefly the revisions to the...
Learn about all the exciting law & technology opportunities at Penn!
Professor Christopher Yoo, Professor Cindy Dahl, and others discuss the rich offerings at Penn in law & technology, including:
- Joint Degree Program in Law and Engineering, a c...
Join Professor Abrams, Professor Baker, Professor Hoffman, and Professor Simmons as they discuss their recent research surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 12, 2021 11:46 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
When Society’s Safety is at Stake: A Post-Trump Review of the Goldwater Rule
This CERL Forum was the culmination of CERL’s blog exploration of the Goldwater Rule and the rule’s controversial place in the psychiatry profession and American society
The campaign and presidency of Donald J. Trump triggered vigorous debate am...
Rethinking U.S. and International Nuclear Policies
Rethinking U.S. and International Nuclear Policies: Are Current Practices including threats of nuclear strikes Legal and Morally Justified?
Those committed to preventing, mitigating, and resolving the most violent of conflicts have traditionally le...
Pandemic Health Legislation and Policy Around the World: What Have We Learned and What is Needed Now
Enjoy a lively discussion of legal regimes for vaccine development and distribution, key ingredients in a national response to the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicts between government mandates and individual rights, and other pandemic legislative and lega...
Voting Access and Preparation for Youth in Foster Care Strategies for Supporting Civic Engagement
Across the country, parents are provided with free legal counsel when their children are removed and placed in foster care. However, the law does not define the type of legal representation to which parents are entitled, nor does it require a certain...
Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School hosted a talk with author Brandon Garrett on his new book “Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics.” This book exposes ...
How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict
How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict
Description: Since the start of the Trump era, the United States and the Western world has finally begun to wake up to the threat of online warfare and attacks by Russia...
Grab A Book & Take a Break with Professor Dorothy Roberts
Through a collaboration between Penn Biomedical Library, Toll Public Interest Center (TPIC), Office of Equity & Inclusion, Biddle and Penn Law, the Grab a Book & Take a Break series invites Professor Dorothy Roberts to speak about her work in the fie...
Fintech Club Panel: The State of the Fintech Market
The State of the Fintech Market: Trends and Regulatory Issues Concerning the Digitalization of Credit and the Future of Money
Penn Law Fintech Club, March 23, 2021
Panelists
Amias Gerety, Partner, QED Investors
Sarah Hammer WG’99 L’11, Managing...
Defending Frenemies: Alliances, Politics, and Nuclear Nonproliferation in US Foreign Policy
Author: Jeffrey W. Taliaferro PhD, is professor of political science at Tufts University. His research and teaching focus on security studies, international ...
The traditional model of legal education is rooted in the idea that lawyers spend three years in law school and then graduate to practice with a single firm for their entire career.
This assumption accurately reflected the relationship between law s...
Examining the Current Escalation of Anti-Asian Racism with Cecillia Wang
Introduction of the Speaker:
Jennifer Kim, L’21, Co-President of APALSA
Co-Moderators of Conversation and Audience Q&A:
Katelynn Catalano, L’23, 1L Representative of APALSA
Maya Reddy, L’22, Co-President of Lambda, Conference Co-Chair of SALS...
Exploring the Role of Representation for Parents in Improving Outcomes for Children
Family Defense and Child Welfare: Exploring the Role of Representation for Parents in Improving Outcomes for Children
Across the country, parents are provided with free legal counsel when their children are removed and placed in foster care. However...
Fireside Chat - Hon. Leo E. Strine, Jr. Corporate Governance Post-Pandemic and Post-President Trump
Professor Jill Fisch has a fireside chat with Honorable Leo E. Strine, Jr., former Chief Justice, Delaware Supreme Court on a variety of topics including percolating issues of Delaware law, developments in deal architecture and hot questions in ESG, ...
The American legal system has been designed by lawyers for lawyers, on the assumption that parties with legal needs will be represented by lawyers. But in more than 76 percent of civil cases in state courts today, at least one of the parties is unrep...
Reimagining the Future of Racial Equity in the Profession
In 2020, a long overdue reckoning around racial justice confronted many sectors of American society. The legal profession, one of the least diverse of all professions, was no exception. Frustrated advocates pressed for a genuine transformation in t...
Rescuing 911: Opportunities for Reform in Police Dispatch
Amid ongoing calls for reform to address systemic racism in our communities, our 911 operators continue to receive about 500,000 calls each day. These operators are the first of our first responders. The information they gather, what they transmit, a...
American Nero: The History of the Destruction of the Rule of Law with Richard Painter
American Nero serves as a call to action for all of us to look ahead to a brighter future for our country.
Guest Author: Richard W. Painter served as White House chief ethics counsel under George W. Bush. He is a law professor at University of Minne...
What (If Anything) Can a Rebalanced System of Corporate Governance Do to Promote Racial Equity?
The third installment of the conference will examine mechanisms and agents for rebalancing corporate governance in the interest of promoting racial equity. This session will explore questions of defining corporate purpose and best practices, the role...
Seeing Us, and Hearing Our Voices: A Criminal Justice Conversation with Yusef Salaam and John Legend
January 12 | The Quattrone Center is proud to host an online conversation with world-famous recording artist and criminal justice reform advocate, John Legend and member of the Exonerated Five, Dr. Yusef Salaam. They will be discussing new directions...
Lessons Learned in Crisis: Regulation and Regulatory Authority During a Public Health Emergency
As the coronavirus pandemic rages on, people look to the federal government to help solve the crisis through regulations and other legal authorities. This panel will look at how federal rules are developed and their reach and limits to respond to the...
The Latest in Antitrust: The House Report, the Google and Qualcomm Cases, and Developments in the EU
The last few months have borne witness to a flurry of activity in antitrust law, including the culmination of the House Judiciary Committee’s Digital Markets Investigation with the issuance of a 400-page report, the Justice Department’s announcem...
Randolph Tritell is the Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of International Affairs, where he is responsible for coordinating the FTC’s international antitrust and consumer protection policies and the FTC’s involvement in cases t...
Senior Partners Society Penn Memory Center Event: A Discussion with Dr. Sara Manning
Speaker: Sara Manning, MD, MS
Event Description: Dr. Manning discussed how the Penn Memory Center approaches cognitive assessment, techniques for maintaining cognitive heath, and how to know when to seek help. The University of Pennsylvania Carey La...
The Rule of Law? Maximizing Hard and Soft Law Arctic Governance (10/03/2020)
This session will consider the current and future state of hard and soft Arctic governance mechanisms – including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), treaties, and the Arctic Council – and their ability to advance strate...
A Conversation with Security Leaders on Strengthening Arctic Security Cooperation (10/01/2010)
Are nations paying enough attention to climate change and Arctic security? Do military and other security interests of the Arctic nations align? Are current domestic and international political, security, economic, and diplomatic structures sufficien...
Morning Coffee Talk with Senator Angus King on U.S. Arctic Strategy (10/03/2020)
U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), Co-Chair, Arctic Caucus
Prof. Claire Finkelstein, Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, Faculty Director, Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Communicating the Climate Change Security Threat: Are We Using Effective Language? (10/01/2020)
Despite 97% of climate scientists agreeing that the last century’s global warming trends are likely due to manmade activity, 38% of Americans do not acknowledge that mankind’s actions contribute to climate change. Is there a messaging problem? Do...
Hear from Administrators, Students and Faculty about studying at Penn Carey Law
0:00 Introduction from Randi Garnick L'90 and Stephanie Thistle
0:55 Cross-Disciplinary education with Amanda Aronoff L'95
2:44 Careers with Maureen Reilly
4:50 Gittis C...
Criminal Justice Reform and Forensics: The Importance of Evidence (10/01/2020)
In the wake of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others, calls for widespread reform of America’s criminal justice system have reached a deafening pitch.
Understandably, much of the conversation has focused on policing. B...
Current and Emerging Issues in Law and Technology Fall 2020
The esteemed Faculty of The Center for Technology, Innovation and Competition (CTIC) will highlight and explore cases on the Supreme Court’s docket for the October 2020 term!
CERL Book Talk 2020: How to Save a Constitutional Democracy
Around the world, a rising wave of populist leaders threatens to erode the core structures of democratic self-rule. In their book, authors Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Z. Huq argue that we can no longer afford to be complacent.
Drawing on other countries...
Chantal Low MSN'18, ML'18, learning skills you didn't know you needed
Dual-Degree Candidate Chantal Low MSN'18, ML'18, "it's been so invaluable and I'm so grateful that I fell into this program."
The Master in Law curriculum is designed for students and professionals coming from disciplines outside of the law who wish...
Dr Manoj K Mittal, a more informed consumer of the law
Manoj K. Mittal, MBBS, MRCP, FAAP, is medical director of CHOP pediatric emergency medicine at St. Mary Medical Center and a CHOP emergency medicine physician at Virtua-Voorhees Hospital in Voorhees, NJ.
The Master in Law curriculum is designed for ...
Dean Theodore Ruger, The Law shouldn't just be limited to those who make their careers as lawyers
Penn Law Dean Theodore Ruger, "We want to focus on the hardest, most uncertain areas of research ethics, and healthcare law, and insurance reimbursement."
Our curriculum is designed for students and professionals coming from disciplines outside of t...
Dr Ronald Litman discusses taking an interdisciplinary course at Penn Law
Dr. Ronald Litman, Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, discusses his experience taking a class at Penn Law.
Law classes are not just for law students. Because of our commitment to cross-disciplinar...
Benefiting Investors in the Short and Long Term Through Vigorous and Nimble Enforcement
The Institute for Law and Economics is delighted to welcome Jay Clayton L’93, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, for a virtual program “Benefiting Investors in the Short and Long Term Through Vigorous and Nimble Enforcement” on ...
Holding the 2020 Election Under Crisis: Assessing the Constitutional and Legal Challenges
The 2020 presidential election faces unprecedented challenges, from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, threats of foreign interference, and social unrest, to questions about the United States Postal Service’s resources and ability to handle unprecedent...
Reimagining Legal Operations - Reimagining the Future of the Profession (A Virtual Summer Event)
In this virtual event, guest experts discuss the emerging importance of Legal Operations, explore the ripple effects COVID-19 will create across the legal ecosystem and predict how Legal Ops will change in the years ahead.
Guest Experts
Connie Brent...
Reimagining Legal Technology - Reimagining the Future of the Profession
This session will explore the expansion of legal technology over the last decade, the ways the global pandemic has accelerated both the proliferation and adoption of new technology, how the role of lawyers across systems could change, how legal tech ...
Reimagining Law Firms - Reimagining the Future of the Profession (A Virtual Summer Event Series)
In this session, our guests will explore the durable structure of large global law firms, the challenges those structures create, including the impediments to achieving greater diversity and inclusion, how to create and sustain a strong organizationa...
Fewer Stays, Fewer Days: The Bronx Defenders and How Holistic Defense Reduces Mass Incarceration
In 2019, the Harvard Law Review published a quantitative study by researchers from the RAND Corporation and Penn Law’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice entitled “The Effects of Holistic Defense on Criminal Justice Outcomes....
2019-2020 Owen J. Roberts Lecture: Dorothy Roberts
A memorial to the esteemed jurist and former University of Pennsylvania Law School dean, the Owen J. Roberts Lecture in Constitutional Law established an annual lectureship to be delivered by “a nationally prominent person, in either public or acad...
Structural Frustrations: Challenges to Implementing Change
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School will convene a year-long colloquium, Achieving Racial Justice, beginning with a summer series focused on policing. This summer series, A Path for Change: Policing in America, will be hosted by the Law S...
