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Remembering Stephen Cozen C’61, L’64
Penn Carey Law honors the legacy of Stephen Cozen C’61, L’64, a legal giant in Philadelphia and the Law School community. -
Leaders in Legal Academia
Reflecting the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s commitment to advancing impactful careers at the forefront of the legal profession, eight Penn Carey Law fellows and graduates have accepted positions at distinguished law schools and universities. -
2025 Edwin R. Keedy Cup
The Keedy Cup, named for Edwin R. Keedy, who served as Dean of the Law School during World War II, is Penn Carey Law’s intramural moot court competition. -
Penn’s ILE Celebrates 125th Anniversary of the DGCL by Expanding Resource Center with Historic Materials
The Institute for Law & Economics (ILE) hosts the online Delaware Corporation Law Resource Center with DGCL materials and oral histories of landmark cases. -
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Challenge to TikTok Ban
“The Court’s move is surprising but also makes a great deal of sense,” said Senior Fellow and CTIC Academic Director Gus Hurwitz. -
Reproductive Rights & Justice
Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts designed her course around a reproductive justice framework, which extends far beyond access to abortion. -
Forging Pathways to Careers in Legislation and Public Policy
Since 1997, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Legislative Clinic has provided students the opportunity to gain real experience in legislative lawyering and the formation of public policy, combining fieldwork with a robust weekly seminar. -
Most Cited Corporate & Securities Regulation Faculty
Jill E. Fisch, the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law, is the third most-cited corporate law and securities regulation professor in the United States, according to Brian Leiter’s 20 Most Cited Corporate Law & Securities Regulation Faculty in the U.S., 2019-2023. -
2024 Higginbotham Memorial Lecture
This year’s A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. Memorial Lecture, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Center for Africana Studies, featured Damon T. Hewitt L’00, presenting “A Third Reconstruction: Toward a New Vision of Racial Justice.” -
Labor & Employment Writing Competition Winner
David Sowry L’24 was selected for the top prize in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law’s Annual Law Student Writing Competition. -
JD/MBA Semester in San Francisco
The Francis J. & William Polk Carey JD/MBA Program offers JD/MBA students the option of applying to the Semester in San Francisco (SSF) program. -
‘Defining AI Collusion Depends on Consumer Harm and Algorithms’
At Bloomberg Law, Giovanna Massarotto, Research Fellow at the Center for Technology, Innovation & Technology (CTIC) examines Department of Justice antitrust pricing suits and argues that algorithmic agreement doesn’t necessarily equal collusion. -
Climate Change As Human Rights Issue
Trevor Stankiewicz L’23, a Legal Fellow at Climate Rights International (CRI), recently co-authored, “On Thin Ice: Disproportionate Responses to Climate Change Protesters in Democratic Countries,” which documents the increasingly heavy-handed treatment of climate protests in Australia, Germany, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. -
Law Student Health and Well-Being
Throughout October, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is celebrating Wellness Month. -
Supporting the Next Generation of Ethical Technologists
The Responsible Computing for Just Futures Initiative (RC4JustFutures), an initiative of the Responsible Computing Challenge housed at Penn Carey Law, has ambitious plans for the mindset with which the next generation of UPenn students will engage careers at the intersection of law and technology. -
‘A Right to a Better Decision’
Prof. Cary Coglianese writes that “public preferences for human decisions may give way in time to calls for governmental decisions made by artificial intelligence.” -
Continued Access to Emergency Abortion Care
The Supreme Court has dismissed Moyle v. United States, allowing doctors in Idaho to continue providing abortions in emergency medical situations. -
Only in America Humanitarian Award
Philadelphia legal legend Steve Cozen C’61, L’64 has been named the winner of the inaugural Only in America Humanitarian Award from the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, the preeminent national museum dedicated to sharing Jewish stories that shaped the United States. -
2024 American Constitution Society Next Generation Leader
Annamarie Hufford-Bucklin L’24 was selected by the American Constitution Society (ACS) as a 2024 Next Generation Leader (NGL). -
Penn Carey Law Commencement 2024
On Monday, May 20, 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.