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Penn’s Field Center Announces Fellow at “Field of Dreams” Luncheon
PHILADELPHIA — A second-year student at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Tara Grigg Garlinghouse, has been selected for the first Alan Lerner Fellowship in Child Welfare Policy recipient, Penn’s Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research announced today at its inaugural “Field of Dreams” luncheon.
Penn’s Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research to Host 'Field of Dreams' Luncheon
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania’s Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research will host its inaugural “Field of Dreams” luncheon, Friday, Sept. 23, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the College of Physicians, 19 S.
Penn Law Professors Honored for Supreme Court Case Work
PHILADELPHIA -- Professor Stephanos Bibas and lecturers Yolanda Vazquez and Stephen Kinnaird of the University of Pennsylvania Law School along with their legal team have been awarded the 2011 Jack Wasserman Memorial Award from the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
Penn’s Field Center to Unveil New Child-Welfare Technology at “One Child, Many Hands” Conference
PHILADELPHIA — The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania is unveiling a prototype for its Information Portability Project during its fourth biennial “One Child, Many Hands: A Multidisciplinary Conference on Child Welfare,” Wednesday
Penn Offering Postdoctoral Fellowships to Promote Academic Diversity
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania is accepting applications for its Academic Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowship Program.
Robert and Jane Toll Give Additional $2.5 Million for Penn Law's Public Interest Programs
Infusion of funds allows the Law School to guarantee students summer funding for public interest work
Denzel Washington, Six Others to Receive Honorary Degrees at Penn’s 255th Commencement
WHAT: University of Pennsylvania’s 255th Commencement ceremony
Penn’s Field Center to Hear Bill Cosby as Keynote Speaker at “One Child, Many Hands” Conference
PHILADELPHIA — The Field Center for Children’s Policy, Practice & Research at the University of Pennsylvania announced today that Bill Cosby will serve as the opening keynote speaker for its fourth biennial conference, “One Child, Many Hands: A Multidisciplinary Conference on Child Welfare,” J
Penn Law Receives Major Gift to Launch IP and Technology Legal Clinic
Building on its faculty, curricular, and research strengths in law and technology, the University of Pennsylvania Law School has received a major gift to establish a leading-edge intellectual property (IP) and technology legal clinic.
”Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Contemporary Art” at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
PHILADELPHIA — “Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Contemporary Art” opens at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery on Jan. 22.
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Bloomberg
ChatGPT will come for partners’ work in contract law, says prof
David Hoffman of Penn Carey Law says that “generative interpretation” can replace the messy and expensive way lawyers currently hash out the meaning of words in legal agreements, using dictionaries and Latin canons.
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Time
Don’t be fooled by Trump’s failure to endorse a nationwide abortion ban
In an Op-Ed, Serena Mayeri of Penn Carey Law says that a second Trump administration would empower an anti-abortion movement determined to make abortion illegal everywhere.
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The New York Times
How much would you pay to make sure you never sawed off a finger?
PIK Professor Herbert Hovenkamp says that the Consumer Protection Safety Commission deals with problems of safety, not competition implications.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Scholars at risk in their own countries find a new home at Penn
Penn Global’s Scholars-at-Risk program is featured. Global’s Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Scott Moore, Penn Carey Law’s Eric Feldman, and Wharton’s Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, along with former and current scholars Angel Alvarado, Pavel Golubev, and Jawad Moradi are interviewed.
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The Wall Street Journal
Monopoly case pits Justice Department against Apple’s antitrust winning streak
PIK Professor Herbert Hovenkamp says that the government has an uphill climb to convince a court that Apple’s policies result in higher prices and hurt consumers, rather than protecting them.
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