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Penn sends largest ever delegation to UN climate conference
Penn sends largest ever delegation to UN climate conference
At COP 25, representatives from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Perry World House, Penn IUR, and elsewhere discuss global climate challenges.
Revolving door politics: Can a U.S. president rejoin an international treaty?
Revolving door politics: Can a U.S. president rejoin an international treaty?
A new article by Penn Law Professor Jean Galbraith illuminates how and why future presidents can use their power to reenter the same international agreements the current president is withdrawing from, without returning to Congress for renewed advice and consent.
W. P. Carey Foundation makes historic $125 million gift to name Penn’s law school
W. P. Carey Foundation makes historic $125 million gift to name Penn’s law school
Leader in legal education is named University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in recognition of transformative commitment—the largest ever to a law school.
Penn honors seven alumni including Creative Spirit awardee, composer Jennifer Higdon
Penn honors seven alumni including Creative Spirit awardee, composer Jennifer Higdon
The University of Pennsylvania will honor seven distinguished alumni at the 2019 Alumni Award of Merit Gala on Friday, Nov. 8., including Higdon and Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw.
Childhood exposure to trauma costs society $458 billion annually
Childhood exposure to trauma costs society $458 billion annually
Bureaucratic hurdles block access to treatment services, so they tend to go unused. This leads to adverse outcomes that put stress on public systems like social services and law enforcement.
Shaun Ossei-Owusu combines his study of 19th century law with current Philly politics
Shaun Ossei-Owusu combines his study of 19th century law with current Philly politics
With a focus on legal history, criminal law, and civil rights, Ossei-Owusu joined the Penn Law faculty this fall from Columbia Law, and is bringing current trends in Philadelphia’s justice system to the classroom.
A focus on environmental inequities
A focus on environmental inequities
A Penn symposium will confront issues of inequitable access to a clean and safe environment and the unequal burden borne by vulnerable communities, particularly low-income and underrepresented minority populations, when it comes to environmental threats.
Leading the way in the field of energy policy
Leading the way in the field of energy policy
During two decades at Penn, Mark Alan Hughes has made the University a leader in the field of energy policy—and he’s showing no signs of slowing down.
An argument against abolition of the insanity defense
An argument against abolition of the insanity defense
Penn Law’s Stephen J. Morse co-authored a Supreme Court amicus brief that says some form of insanity defense is required by the Constitution.
How race informed the 6th Amendment right to counsel
How race informed the 6th Amendment right to counsel
A new article by Shaun Ossei-Owusu reveals the critical role of race in the development of a staple of the American criminal justice system: the constitutional guarantee of an attorney for defendants too poor to afford one.
In the News
The Washington Post
Critics say ‘junk plans’ are being pushed on ACA exchanges
Allison Hoffman of the Law School spoke about short-term health insurance plans that are less comprehensive than those approved by the Affordable Care Act and are paid for without government subsidies. “For most of the people buying on the exchanges, this would be worse than what they’ve been buying, especially because the majority of people who buy on exchanges get help with their premiums,” she said.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Warren’s days at Rutgers and Penn
Stephen Burbank of Carey Law and other former colleagues discussed Elizabeth Warren’s academic career and the evolution of her political views. “It was generally thought that she was the best teacher on what is, and what had been, a very strong teaching faculty,” said Burbank.
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The Washington Post
As prosecutors take larger role in reversing wrongful convictions, Philadelphia DA exonerates 10 men wrongly imprisoned for murder
Marissa Bluestine of Carey Law’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice spoke about the rise of conviction integrity units. “Every week I’ll get calls from DAs or innocence organizations around the country,” she said. “It’s not just a flash-in-the-pan kind of thing. And it’s not just the ‘progressive’ DAs. Some have been in office for decades.”
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Forbes
The W.P. Carey Foundation makes record $125 million donation to the University of Pennsylvania Law School
The Law School has been renamed after receiving a $125 million gift from the W.P. Carey Foundation. “We are grateful for and inspired by their leadership and their commitment to the University,” said President Amy Gutmann.
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KYW Newsradio (Philadelphia)
Pennsylvania Innocence Project celebrates 10 years of work in the business of justice
Data from the Law School’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice shows that that 2-8% of all legal cases return a wrongful result.
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