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  • 2018 year in review: Penn Law student life

    Throughout the year, Penn Law students took on public interest projects on major issues in local and national government, and won cases, competitions, and fellowships.

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  • Global Women’s Leadership Project launches student-hosted podcast on feminism

    The “Feminism Podcast Series” will feature Penn Law students offering their perspectives on what feminism means to them.

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  • Penn Law to launch unique pilot program incorporating attorney well-being into Professional Responsibility curriculum

     This is the first program of its kind at a top law school, with a curricular module will expose students to the latest data about risks to health and career satisfaction among practicing lawyers.

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  • Penn Law holds its second annual Veterans Week

    Beginning on November 12, Penn Law will observe its second annual Veterans Week, a week of programming to engage and inform the Law School community about the experiences of veterans in the legal profession, and to honor veterans for their service. 

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  • Gordon receives Arrington-Prucha Prize from Western History Association for article on Mountain Meadows massacre

    Sarah Barringer Gordon, the Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law, details the history of the Mountain Meadows massacre of 1857, when a group of Mormon settlers in southeastern Utah ambushed and killed a wagon train of Methodist migrants. 

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  • Petitioning gave rise to the modern administrative state

    Penn Law professor Maggie McKinley uncovers the previously unexplored origins of the modern administrative state in the history of Congressional petitioning in a recent article in the Yale Law Journal.

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  • Penn Law welcomes Sherrilyn Ifill as Honorary Fellow during Public Interest Week

    The civil rights lawyer is a featured speaker at the 11th Annual Public Interest Week, bringing together students, public interest lawyers, policymakers, and scholars for a variety of panels addressing the theme of “Justice for All.” 

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  • Victory at the Third Circuit

    Through Penn Law’s Federal Appellate Externship, Judah Bellin recently won a victory in the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals that will have long-ranging implications for future cases by incarcerated litigants.

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  • New article details how courts can address the power imbalance in corporate governance

    In a recent article, corporate governance expert and Penn Law professor Jill Fisch called for increased judicial scrutiny of board-adopted corporate governance bylaws in light of the imbalance of power between shareholders and boards of directors.

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  • In Q&A, Prof. Natasha Sarin discusses law, finance, and her arrival at Penn

    The newly appointed assistant law professor brings her specialty in the intersection of law and finance, with a focus on financial regulation, to both Penn Law and the finance department at the Wharton School. 

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