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Supporting sustainable startups and underrepresented entrepreneurs
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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.

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Penn Carey Law faculty react to SCOTUS ruling on immunity, social media content
he Guardian of Law sculpture is seen at the west entrance of the Supreme Court in Washington.

The Guardian of Law sculpture at the west entrance of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

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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.

Continued access to emergency abortion care
Supreme Court building with a video camera pointed at the front steps.

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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.

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The Civil Rights Act at 60
president johnson with martin luther king, jr signing civil rights act

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson reaches to shake hands with Martin Luther King Jr. after presenting the civil rights leader with one of the 72 pens used to sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1964. Surrounding the president, from left, are, Rep. Roland Libonati, D-Ill., Rep. Peter Rodino, D-N.J., Rev. King, Emanuel Celler, D-N.Y., and behind Celler is Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League.

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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.

Kristen de Groot, Kristina García

Public defender shortages
Image is of the Delaware County courthouse, a Classical Revival/Neo-Classical style building made of white marble,with a six column portico and clock in the pediment, located in Media, Pennsylvania.

The Delaware County courthouse is seen, Thursday Oct. 15, 2020, in Media, Pennsylvania.

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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.

Kristen de Groot

NBC’s Lester Holt, Dan Slepian discuss raising the voices of the voiceless
NBC's Lester Holt and colleague Dan Slepian sit in charis on a stage at Penn Carey Law.

NBC’s Lester Holt (right) and producer Dan Slepian (left) talked about their reporting work on criminal justice reform at the Quattrone Center’s 2024 symposium.

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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.

Kristen de Groot

Penn Carey Law’s Paul H. Robinson’s book explores criminal law and societal values
Paul Robinson.

“Criminal law earns its moral authority by publicly committing itself to doing justice above all else,” says Paul H. Robinson.

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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.”

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Immigration policy and the 2024 presidential election
A group of migrants along the Mexico-California border show their identification to U.S. Border Patrol agents, with brown mountains in the background and the sun about to rise, giving a spot of light in an overcast sky.

U.S. Border Patrol agents with migrants seeking asylum, mainly from Colombia, China, and Ecuador, in a makeshift, mountainous campsite after crossing the border between Mexico and the United States on Feb. 2, 2024, near Jacumba, California. 

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Immigration policy and the 2024 presidential election

An April 2 symposium will bring together policy analysts, immigration scholars, and representatives of nonprofit advocacy organizations to discuss immigration policies and their impact.

Kristen de Groot

Challenging the boundaries of STEM
Cynthia Dahl, Pinar Yildirim, Della Jenkins, and Mecky Pohlschröder.

Cynthia Dahl of Penn Carey Law, Pinar Yildirim of the Wharton School, Della Jenkins of the School of Social Policy & Practice, and Mecky Pohlschröder of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke on a panel for the 2024 Women in STEM Symposium.

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Challenging the boundaries of STEM

Female faculty and staff from the School of Social Policy & Practice, the Wharton School, and Penn Carey Law shared how they integrate science, technology, engineering, and math into their work.