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The Prison Legal Education Project aids those fighting their own incarceration
Felicia Lin, right, with Marco Maldonado and Theophalis Wilson (left) in the stacks of the Penn Law Library.

The Prison Legal Education Project co-founder Felicia Lin, right, with Marco Maldonado and Theophalis Wilson (left) in the stacks of the Penn Law Library.

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The Prison Legal Education Project aids those fighting their own incarceration

Co-founded by Penn Carey Law alumni Felicia Lin and Miriam Nemeth, PLEP supports incarcerated individuals in leading their own successful legal advocacy.

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Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research
A panel sits at at table in Perry World House as a presenter on the right stands at a podium explaining his research.

Bodong Chen of the Graduate School of Education (right, at podium) discusses his project that focuses on helping integrate sustainable development goals into schools in China.

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Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research

The Penn Global Research and Engagement Fund is supporting the 19 new faculty-led projects that span research, capacity-building, and development efforts across Africa, Latin America, India, China, and beyond. 

Kristen de Groot

Claire Finkelstein on Trump’s indictment
Trump supporters hold Trump 2024 flags and campaign signs in shadow as the sun sets.

Supporters carry flags as they protest the news that former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, Thursday, March 30, 2023, near his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

(Image: AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

  • Q&A

    • Claire Finkelstein on Trump’s indictment

    Finkelstein, the founder and faculty director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, discusses how this case is a test of America’s institutions, the rule of law, and the world’s oldest democracy.

    Kristen de Groot

    To protect children online, researchers call for cross-disciplinary collaboration
    A child uses a cell phone in a dark room

    “Technology often has mixture of benefits and perils,” says Gideon Nave of the Wharton School. He teamed with legal and scientific experts to call for research to fuel evidence-backed laws and policies to protect children in the digital world.

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    • To protect children online, researchers call for cross-disciplinary collaboration

    A team of neuroscientists and legal experts, including Gideon Nave of the Wharton School, published a perspective in Science drawing attention to the need to develop science-backed policies that take into account children’s vulnerabilities in the digital world.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Panelists discuss ‘complex web’ of voting rights in America
    A line of people waiting outside a polling place.

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    Panelists discuss ‘complex web’ of voting rights in America

    President Liz Magill moderated the third Forum on Social Equity and Community, which featured Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Lisa Fairfax, Michael Jones-Correa, and Liz Theoharis.

    Lauren Hertzler

    First UN Water Conference in four decades includes a delegation from Penn
    Four panelists sit at table listening while one speaks into microphone

    Rohit Aggarwala of the NYC Environmental Protection underscored that managing for drought necessitates cross-border cooperation. “If we think of this as a zero-sum game, we’re going to lose,” he said.

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    First UN Water Conference in four decades includes a delegation from Penn

    Events on campus last week kicked off the global proceedings, which will include representatives from the Water Center at Penn, Penn Carey Law School, and the School of Arts & Sciences.

    Katherine Unger Baillie

    Democracy in Israel
    An Israeli protester holds a lit flare giving off a red glow as another waves an Israeli flag in a nighttime protest.

    Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 9, 2023. 

    (Image: AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

    Democracy in Israel

    Perry World House hosted a conversation to look at how the proposals from Israel’s new far-right government could weaken the country’s democracy.

    Kristen de Groot

    Gittis Legal Clinics bring experiential education with impact
    Praveen Kosuri (standing) talks with four students at desktop computers.

    Praveen Kosuri (standing) is the director of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, one of Penn Carey Law’s legal clinics.

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    Gittis Legal Clinics bring experiential education with impact

    Penn Carey Law’s teaching law firm provide second-and third-year students with real-world experience through pro bono legal services.

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    Videotaping interrogations in Pennsylvania
    Video still of a police interrogation.

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    Videotaping interrogations in Pennsylvania

    The Quattrone Center has released “Videotaping Interrogations in Pennsylvania,” the first study to review Pennsylvania interrogation practices.

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