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Recent News About University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Prof. Dorothy Roberts traces the history of race and the regulation of Black women’s bodies in chapter for The 1619 Project
Roberts is an acclaimed scholar of race, gender, and the law, and is the founding director of the Penn Program on Race, Science & Society in the Center for Africana Studies.
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Knobbe Martens Happy Hour Networking Event on March 3
Knobbe Martens Happy Hour Networking Event on March 3
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Prof. Anita Allen receives 2022 Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Privacy Award
Prof. Anita Allen receives 2022 Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Privacy Award
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Penn Law’s Third Annual South Asian Law Conference on February 25
Penn Law’s Third Annual South Asian Law Conference on February 25
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Firm Friday: Meet with Paul Weiss on February 25
Firm Friday: Meet with Paul Weiss on February 25
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Public Interest/Public Service (PIPS) Job Fair on February 4
Public Interest/Public Service (PIPS) Job Fair on February 4.
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Subordination and Separation of Powers on February 2
Subordination and Separation of Powers on February 2.
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At TIME, Prof. Kermit Roosevelt traces the evolution of MLK Jr.’s views on America through his speeches
Roosevelt maintains that King’s focus on Reconstruction should guide us forward.
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At The Christian Science Monitor, Prof. Coglianese explains the potential far-reaching consequences of the SCOTUS decision that strikes down OSHA’s vaccine mandate
Coglianese predicts the Court will continue to “be suspicious of grand exercises of regulatory authority by federal agencies.”
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CTIC Career Speaker Series: Teddi Josephson JD/MCIT ’19 on January 19
CTIC Career Speaker Series: Teddi Josephson JD/MCIT ’19 on January 19.
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The Institute for Law & Philosophy on January 20
The Institute for Law & Philosophy on January 20.
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Communist State Administrative Structures on January 12
Communist State Administrative Structures on January 12.
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Journal of Law & Innovation Information Session on January 12
Journal of Law & Innovation Information Session on January 12.
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University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School year in review: 2021
A look back at the top stories from the Law School this past year.
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Prof. Michael Knoll elected to the American Law Institute
Knoll, who is also Co-Director of the Center for Tax Law and Policy, focuses his work at the intersection of business and law.
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Prof. Anita Allen to receive the Philip L. Quinn Prize, the American Philosophical Association’s highest honor
Prof. Allen served as President of the APA’s Eastern Division in 2018-19 – the organization’s first Black woman president.
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Prof. Kermit Roosevelt warns that SCOTUS expansion ‘may be the only thing that will save our democracy for the next generation’
Prof. Roosevelt also advocates for term limits for Supreme Court Justices, with staggered eighteen-year terms.
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Fellowship experience: Peter Jones L’20
Dec. 10.Jones is a Catalyst Fellow at the Environmental Defense Center.Q: Tell us about your fellowship, including where you’re working, the problems that you’re responding to, and the goals of your project.A: I’ve been working for the Environmental Defense Center (EDC), the only nonprofit law firm between Los Angeles and San Francisco working to protect community health, the local environment, and our climate.EDC represents other nonprofit organizations in open space preservation, protection of endangered species and their habitat, clean air and water, and a transition from dirty fossil fuels to clean renewable energy that is properly sited with the least impacts to our environment.
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Law School announces new chaired professorships for David Hoffman, Jonathan Klick, and Kermit Roosevelt
Hoffman specializes in contract law, Klick in law and economics, and Roosevelt in constitutional law and conflict of laws.
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Spike in child marriages may be ‘the most disturbing fallout of the Taliban takeover’
De Silva de Alwis explains why there has been an increase in marriages of underage girls in Afghanistan and what could be done to improve girls’ lives.