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Supporting vital immigrant defense
Supporting vital immigrant defense
Penn Carey Law Transnational Legal Clinic students spent a semester with the Southern Poverty Law Center, learning immigration law while serving clients seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief.
Art Matters: Painter Jacob Lawrence’s ‘Forward Together’
Art Matters: Painter Jacob Lawrence’s ‘Forward Together’
The powerful print depicts Harriet Tubman, traveling at night and following the North Star, guiding a group of enslaved African Americans on their perilous journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Supporting sustainable startups and underrepresented entrepreneurs
Supporting sustainable startups and underrepresented entrepreneurs
Penn Carey Law’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic contributes to economic development with a focus on underrepresented entrepreneurs and social impact startups.
Penn Carey Law faculty react to SCOTUS ruling on immunity, social media content
Penn Carey Law faculty react to SCOTUS ruling on immunity, social media content
University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School professors share their reaction to two Supreme Court decisions delivered on the final day of the 2023-2024 term—presidential immunity and social media content.
Law experts on SCOTUS decisions on Chevron, Jan. 6 obstruction charge, administrative powers
Law experts on SCOTUS decisions on Chevron, Jan. 6 obstruction charge, administrative powers
Faculty experts from Penn Carey Law reflect on the latest Supreme Court decisions and their consequences for future judicial decisions.
Continued access to emergency abortion care
Continued access to emergency abortion care
In dismissing Moyle v. United States, Penn Carey Law’s Allison K. Hoffman says the Supreme Court took a “procedural punt” in allowing doctors in Idaho to continue providing emergency abortion care.
The Civil Rights Act at 60
The Civil Rights Act at 60
To mark the anniversary, Mary Francis Berry, Marcia Chatelain, and William Sturkey of the School of Arts & Sciences and Deuel Ross of Penn Carey Law offer takeaways on the landmark legislation.
Public defender shortages
Public defender shortages
A new report by Paul Heaton, director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, shows that nearly every county in Pennsylvania has a shortage of public defenders.
NBC’s Lester Holt, Dan Slepian discuss raising the voices of the voiceless
NBC’s Lester Holt, Dan Slepian discuss raising the voices of the voiceless
As part of the Quattrone Center’s spring symposium at Penn Carey Law, the news veterans highlighted their work reporting on issues of mass incarceration, wrongful conviction, and criminal justice reform.
Penn Carey Law’s Paul H. Robinson’s book explores criminal law and societal values
Penn Carey Law’s Paul H. Robinson’s book explores criminal law and societal values
The Colin S. Diver Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s new book is titled “American Criminal Law: Its People, Principles, and Evolution.”
In the News
Times of India
Trump presidency could threaten Taiwan’s security, experts warn
Jacques deLisle of Penn Carey Law says that a Donald Trump presidency would bring uncertainty and risks to Taiwan due to Trump’s transactional approach to diplomacy.
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Voice of America
The Inside Story — USA Votes 2024: Republican National Convention
Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law says that the attempted assassination of Donald Trump should be a wakeup call to candidates about discourse that suggests political violence.
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Bloomberg
Chutkan has discretion in Trump immunity case. She should use it
Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law writes that Judge Tanya Chutkan can easily find that Donald Trump was acting in his personal capacity when he urged his supporters to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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The New York Times
‘The justices dropped this bomb’: Three legal experts on a shocking Supreme Court term
Kate Shaw of Penn Carey Law hosted an online conversation to reflect on the dramatic end to the recent Supreme Court term.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Think you can’t fall for a scam? Experts say: Think again
Tess Wilkinson-Ryan of Penn Carey Law says that humans have to trust one another on a basic level, which by the law of numbers means that everyone is eventually a victim of betrayal at some point.
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