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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. -
Capital Markets 101 Lunch Talk with Simpson Thacher on April 2, 2024
Penn Carey Law Capital Markets Association is excited to invite you to join our Capital Markets 101 lunch talk with Simpson Thacher attorneys. -
The Bounded Triumph of Health Care Ballot Initiatives
“Medicaid expansion ballot initiatives show state referenda can expand health care access—but they have their limits,” write Prof. Allison K. Hoffman and Katie Cohen L’24, MBE’24. -
Antitrust & Digital Markets
At ProMarket, Giovanna Massarotto, Research Fellow at the Center for Technology, Innovation & Technology (CTIC) explores how regulators can better enforce antitrust laws in computer-run digital markets by incorporating lessons from computer science to combat algorithmic collusion. -
Congressional Testimony on AI and Intellectual Property
Prof. Jennifer E. Rothman will testify on possible federal laws to address AI and how the proposed “No AI FRAUD Act” would make things worse. -
Excellence in Appellate Advocacy
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s national moot court team recently won “Best Brief” in the regional round of the NYC Bar National Moot Court Competition. -
Examining the UN Secretary General’s Independent Assessment of Afghanistan Submitted to the Security Council Under Resolution 2679 of 2023
While the Secretary General’s independent assessment addresses the question of the Taliban or the Afghan De Facto Authority’s (DFA) integration into the international system, it is vital that any such negotiations are conducted on the condition of clear and present evidence that there is no derogation of women’s de jure and de facto rights under the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).