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Penn Law Students Help Win Supreme Court Case Padilla v. Kentucky

Penn Law Students Help Win Supreme Court Case Padilla v. Kentucky

 PHILADELPHIA -- University of Pennsylvania Law School students’ work on the Supreme Court case, Padilla v. Kentucky has resulted in the Court ruling in their favor. The Supreme Court decision means that lawyers must tell non-citizen criminal defendants whether pleading guilty to a crime could lead to their deportation.

Jeanne Leong

Penn Law School Professor and Students Assist in Second Supreme Court Case

Penn Law School Professor and Students Assist in Second Supreme Court Case

PHILADELPHIA -– It’s a rare opportunity for law students to work on one Supreme Court case, but some University of Pennsylvania Law School students have had the opportunity to handle two cases in this school year.

Jeanne Leong