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The Innovation Advantage: A new executive certificate from Penn Carey Law

The Innovation Advantage: A new executive certificate from Penn Carey Law

A new executive education certificate program from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School will equip tech professionals with the legal insight needed to design smarter, safer, and more future-ready products. The in-person program launches in June 2026, and will combine classroom sessions, case studies, site visits, and peer interaction.

Diving into the causes of crime
Ella Vance stands in front of a staircase with her arms crossed.

Ella Vance says her psychology and criminology double-major meshes well with Paul Robinson’s research on the root causes of crime. Her summer work was supported by the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program.

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Diving into the causes of crime

Third-year Ella Vance spent the summer working with Penn Carey Law’s Paul Robinson exploring the potential roots of crime, including addiction and poverty. Her 10-week opportunity was supported by the Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program.

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Nudging populations toward better health
Kevin Volpp.

Kevin Volpp is the Mark V. Pauly President’s Distinguished Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine and Health Care Management at the Wharton School, and director at the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics.

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Nudging populations toward better health

Kevin Volpp, Mark V. Pauly President’s Distinguished Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine and Health Care Management at the Wharton School, discusses how behavioral health interventions can improve public health outcomes.

From the Regulatory Review

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Penn scholars on the Supreme Court’s 2024-25 regulatory decisions

Penn scholars on the Supreme Court’s 2024-25 regulatory decisions

An essay series in The Regulatory Review, a publication of the Penn Program on Regulation, examines the Supreme Court’s major regulatory decisions from its recent term.

From the Regulatory Review

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New Certificate of Study in History and Historical Research Methods

New Certificate of Study in History and Historical Research Methods

Beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School will offer a new Certificate of Study in History and Historical Research Methods, granted by the History Department in the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn.

CERL welcomes 2025 internship class

CERL welcomes 2025 internship class

Over the course of nine weeks, The Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law’s 20-person internship cohort will explore projects relating to military aid to civilian authorities, a comparison of prosecution to deportation for effective counter-terrorism operations, character, military firings, and criteria for assessing military appointees, presidential authority and state(s) of emergency, and other areas of research.

Research and scholarship at the intersection of law and history
(From left) Serena Mayeri; Sarah (Sally) Barringer Gordon; Karen Tani, Sophia Lee; and Shaun Ossei-Owusu.

Legal History Consortium members (from left) Serena Mayeri; Sarah (Sally) Barringer Gordon; Karen Tani, Sophia Lee; and Shaun Ossei-Owusu.

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Research and scholarship at the intersection of law and history

Under the leadership of Penn Carey Law’s Karen Tani, the Legal History Consortium unites the Law School and Penn’s Graduate History Department in a collaborative program.

From Penn Carey Law

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2025 John Hope Franklin Prize winner

2025 John Hope Franklin Prize winner

Penn Carey Law professor Jasmine E. Harris has been named the recipient of the 2025 John Hope Franklin Prize in the Law & Society Association’s annual awards. She is recognized for exceptional scholarship in the field of Race, Racism, and the Law for “The Political Economy of Conservatorship,” published in the UCLA Law Review.