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From Korean policing to international law enforcement
Jaehyung Ahn stands in a large room.

Jaehyung Ahn will return to his work as a South Korean police officer after graduation, aiming to work with international agencies. 

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From Korean policing to international law enforcement

Penn Carey Law student Jaehyung Ahn shares his goals and experiences while earning an LLM degree.

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Election transparency and voter privacy

Election transparency and voter privacy

A new study in Sciences Advances, co-authored by Penn Carey Law’s Michael Morse, introduces the concept of vote revelation, or the potential for a vote on an anonymous ballot to be linked to the voter’s name in the public voter file.

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From the Archives: Photograph of Penn’s first female law graduate
43 people sitting and standing on the steps of College Hall

University of Pennsylvania Law School Class of 1883 group portrait on the steps of College Hall in 1883. Caroline Burnham Kilgore, the first female graduate of Penn Law is top row, center. The photo is a gift of Peter Conn of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences.

(Image: Broadbent and Taylor, courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Archives and Records Center)

From the Archives: Photograph of Penn’s first female law graduate

A photo in the University Archives pictures 43 members of the Penn Law School graduating class of 1883 on the steps of College Hall. Among them is Caroline Burnham Kilgore, the first woman to enter the law school, to receive a law degree, and to be admitted to the Pennsylvania bar.

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Developing critical law career experience

Developing critical law career experience

Penn Carey Law’s Externship Program supplements traditional classroom study with experiential learning and meaningful lawyering.

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2025 Tulane Pro Basketball Negotiation Competition winners

2025 Tulane Pro Basketball Negotiation Competition winners

Three University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Entertainment and Sports Law Society members—Greg Drapkin, Brian Ibarguen, and Benjamin Ruvo—have won the eighth annual simulated NBA contract negotiation competition.

Dorothy Roberts recognized among TIME’s 2025 list

Dorothy Roberts recognized among TIME’s 2025 list

Roberts, the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology & Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights was named to TIME’s 2025 list of “The Closers,” recognizing 25 Black leaders working to end racial equity gaps.

From the Archives: Raymond and Sadie Alexander family home movies
Sadie and Raymond Alexander with a film projector in a room with books on bookshelves and framed photos behind them.

Penn alumni Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander and Raymond Pace Alexander in their North Philadelphia home, 1708 W. Jefferson St., in 1952, looking at some of their home movies, which are in the University Archives and Records Center.

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From the Archives: Raymond and Sadie Alexander family home movies

The University Archives’ Alexander Family Papers document the professional and personal lives of Penn trailblazers Raymond and Sadie Alexander, as well as some of their family members. Included are more than 100 home movies, dating from 1930 to 1961.
Sophia Z. Lee: ‘The Reconciliation Roots of Fourth Amendment Privacy’
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Sophia Z. Lee

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Sophia Z. Lee: ‘The Reconciliation Roots of Fourth Amendment Privacy’

The dean of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School explores “privacies of life” and Fourth Amendment rights in the University of Chicago Law Review.

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Forging pathways to careers in legislation and public policy
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Forging pathways to careers in legislation and public policy

Penn Carey Law’s Legislative Clinic, now in its 28th year, offers students the chance to gain a new perspective by delving into the legislative process by which those laws are crafted.

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Dorothy Roberts on reproductive rights and justice
Dorothy Roberts teaching a class at Penn Carey Law.

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Dorothy Roberts on reproductive rights and justice

PIK Professor Roberts designed her Penn Carey Law course around a reproductive justice framework, which extends far beyond access to abortion.

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