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COVID-19, protests, and crime
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How did the COVID-19 pandemic and last summer’s racial justice protests affected America’s crime rate? Two undergrads worked with Law professor David Abrams to find out.

COVID-19, protests, and crime

During a summer internship with the Law School’s David Abrams, rising sophomores Caroline Li and David Feng looked at how the COVID-19 pandemic and last summer’s racial justice protests affected America’s crime rate. 

Kristen de Groot

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: 40th anniversary of a historic first
Three people stand in front of a bookcase full of books in burgundy binding, the man on the left is wearing judge robes and has his right hand in the air, the woman on the right is in judge robes and has her right hand in the air and left hand on a bible and a man in the middle wears a suit and tie, is holding the bible and is looking at the woman

Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in to the Supreme Court by Chief Justice Warren Burger as her husband John O’Connor looks on.

(Image: Courtesy of U.S. National Archives)

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: 40th anniversary of a historic first

July 7 marked 40 years since O’Connor was nominated to the Supreme Court. Scholar Marci A. Hamilton shares her thoughts on O’Connor’s legacy

Kristen de Groot

Amani Carter develops a new study on unmasking coded bias
Partially obscured head of Blind Justice statue against a backdrop of algorithmic code.

Amani Carter develops a new study on unmasking coded bias

The Class of 2022 law student works to identify biases and ‘stereotype threat’ in AI and help provide context for the conversation around mitigating those biases.

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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and mass incarceration
Asian prisoner in jumpsuit laying on a cot behind bars.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and mass incarceration

Penn Law student Raymond Magsaysay has an article forthcoming in the Michigan Journal of Race & Law about the absence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the conversation about criminal justice reform.

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The SCOTUS decision that keeps the Affordable Care Act intact
Group of people outside the steps of the Supreme Court, one person holds a large sign that reads PROTECT THE LAW.

Image: LaDawna Howard

The SCOTUS decision that keeps the Affordable Care Act intact

Penn Law professor Allison Hoffman, an expert on health care law and policy, explains the ruling on California v. Texas, the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act.