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Law
The Detkin Clinic promotes justice with innovation
The Detkin Clinic promotes justice with innovation
At Penn Law School’s Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic, students assist creative thinkers with patents, trademarks, and copyright-related ventures.
David Hoffman on broken contracts during pandemics
David Hoffman on broken contracts during pandemics
Law professsor David Hoffman argues that there isn’t a precedent, outside a major unexpected event, to keep a party from fulfilling a contract. The pandemic raises a questions about obligations, public policy, and public health.
Law School’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic ‘makes dreams come true’
Law School’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic ‘makes dreams come true’
The Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic assists Philadelphia business owners with their legal needs whose missions are to help economically distressed communities and impact positive social change.
Law School hosts ‘Structural Frustrations: Challenges to Implementing Change’
Law School hosts ‘Structural Frustrations: Challenges to Implementing Change’
The second virtual event in its summer series, “A Path for Change: Policing in America” is part of a yearlong colloquium titled “Achieving Racial Justice.”
Penn submits amicus brief in support of international students with F-1 visas
Penn submits amicus brief in support of international students with F-1 visas
The brief, signed by Penn and 58 other schools, was filed in support of the case brought last week by Harvard and MIT against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Coding for a cause
Coding for a cause
As the viral pandemic shuttered campus and disrupted routines, The Borders and Boundaries Project turned the challenging situation into a chance to give back and get work done.
Five takeaways from the DACA ruling
Five takeaways from the DACA ruling
What does this decision mean for the nearly 700,000 DACA recipients in America? Political scientist Michael Jones Correa shares five key takeaways from the ruling
SCOTUS ruling a ‘major milestone in LGBTQ rights’
SCOTUS ruling a ‘major milestone in LGBTQ rights’
Penn Law professors weigh in on the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision that protects gay and transgender individuals from workplace discrimination.
Child abuse is Marci Hamilton’s Goliath
Child abuse is Marci Hamilton’s Goliath
Marci Hamilton, Fels Institute of Government Professor of Practice, has faced down institutional child abuse for decades—and she is just getting started.
AI technology in courts and administrative agencies
AI technology in courts and administrative agencies
A forthcoming article co-authored by Penn Law’s Cary Coglianese explores algorithmic governance, examining how machine-learning algorithms are currently used by federal and state courts and agencies to support their decision-making.
In the News
Wired
Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht is waiting for Trump to keep his word—and set him free
Leeza Garber of the Wharton School says that legal questions can’t be neatly isolated from ethical and political ones.
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ABC News
Courts restrained Trump in first term. Will they ‘check’ his power again?
Kate Shaw of Penn Carey Law says that the current Supreme Court is less likely to act as a check on presidential power than the Supreme Court of a few years ago.
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The New York Times
What a Trump presidency might mean for Mayor Adams’s criminal case
Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law comments on the incoming presidential administration and the legal woes of the New York City mayor.
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Bloomberg
What a reelected Trump can and can’t do to sway the Fed
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that whether a president can remove the Federal Reserve chair is ambiguous because the law doesn’t explicitly provide “for cause” protection for the role.
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Business Insider
Elon Musk wins big by betting on Trump
Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that Elon Musk might view himself as capable of “turning around the federal government.”
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CNET
Election Day 2024: Can people see who I vote for?
Michael Morse of Penn Carey Law says that ballots are anonymous and won’t be connected back to a name when tabulated.
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