Law

The expert on privacy and data protection law explains why Facebook’s decision to shut down its facial-recognition system is good for privacy rights.

From Penn Carey Law ・November 30, 2021

Serena Mayeri, a professor of law and history, argues that the Texas abortion law SB8 has already had devastating short- and long-term consequences, with dire effects on reproductive justice in this country.

From Penn Carey Law ・November 19, 2021

Cynthia Dahl, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law and director of the Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic, discusses music copyright and the Swift controversy.

Kristen de Groot ・November 19, 2021

In a lecture organized by the Penn Program on Regulation, PIK Professor Dorothy E. Roberts argued that the U.S. child welfare system is designed to police Black families, not to protect children, and must be abolished and replaced with a new vision of family support and child safety.

Kristen de Groot ・November 18, 2021

Experts across the University share their thoughts on how cryptocurrency has globally transformed businesses, research, and the environment.

Michele W. Berger, Erica K. Brockmeier, Kristen de Groot, Dee Patel ・November 17, 2021

Cary Coglianese of the Law School discusses this year’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, where leaders are gathering to decide how best to tackle the climate crisis. He argues that the current strategy of the Paris agreement is inherently flawed.

From Penn Carey Law ・November 8, 2021

Immigration is once again front and center in the national debate. The Law School's Fernando Chang-Muy explains the U.S.'s complex immigration code.

Kristina García ・October 20, 2021

Using Philadelphia as a microcosm, a new law course will analyze the emerging trend of progressive prosecutors’ offices and discuss how their strategies fit into a larger movement for criminal justice reform.

From Penn Carey Law ・October 13, 2021

Jacques deLisle, the director of The Center for the Study of Contemporary China, shares his thoughts China’s increasing military pressure and what’s next 

Kristen de Groot ・October 7, 2021

Best-selling author Jill Lepore, a Harvard history professor and staff writer at The New Yorker, spoke about teaching the U.S. Constitution during an era of constitutional crisis in a conversation with Graduate School of Education Dean Pam Grossman and Law School Dean Theodore Ruger.

Louisa Shepard ・September 27, 2021