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Class of 2028
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
3501 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6204
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Learning Outcomes

Penn Carey Law’s program of legal education, combining our rich, interdisciplinary curriculum, varied co-curricular activities, and pro bono responsibilities, prepares our students for admission to the bar and to serve as effective, ethical, and responsible members of the legal profession. Each student will be able to do the following:

  • Demonstrate a core knowledge and understanding of substantive and procedural law in a number of different subject areas;
  • Engage in legal analysis and reasoning, conduct efficient and effective legal research, apply problem-solving skills, and present findings, analyses, and recommendations efficiently and effectively in both written and oral communication;
  • Work collaboratively;
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of law and the contributions and benefits to legal analysis and problem solving that other disciplines can make;
  • Exercise proper professional judgment and fulfill ethical responsibilities to clients, the profession, and society in general; and
  • Utilize a range of professional skills that facilitate active, competent, and ethical participation in the legal profession.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL

Congratulations on your admission, and welcome to our vibrant community!

The transformative journey you are about to embark upon coincides with unprecedented growth at Penn Carey Law, from our expanding faculty to increased funding, particularly for public interest careers. We firmly believe that our uniquely interdisciplinary, collegial approach to legal education is the best way to nurture lawyers and leaders adept at navigating conflict with civility, equipped to address complex problems, and ready to achieve extraordinary impact. We’re so excited to have you here.

Penn Carey Law has long been a pioneer in interdisciplinary legal education, unwavering in our commitment to providing a well-rounded education enriched by parallel study in other fields. Our cross-disciplinary programs prepare you to be an effective leader working at the nexus of the law and arts and media, business, education, medicine, public policy, social work, science and technology, and more. We offer unrivaled opportunities to pursue joint degrees and cross-disciplinary certificate programs at Penn’s 11 world-class graduate and professional schools—all a short walk away from the Law School—as well as opportunities to enhance your legal education by studying abroad or engaging in global research seminars.

Through our robust clinical programs and pro bono projects, you will learn and work alongside award-winning teachers, visionary scholars, and exceptional attorneys advocating in the public’s interest. Our academic centers and institutes spearhead impactful research and provide thought leadership and action on today’s most urgent, complex problems.

Our Office of Career Strategy provides comprehensive support from your first day in law school throughout your professional life, and the results are unmatched: Penn Carey Law leads the nation in career outcomes for new graduates. After graduation, you will benefit from our lifelong learning and career support programs.

A collaborative, collegial community of peers, instructors, alumni, mentors, and practitioners awaits you at our campus nestled into West Philadelphia, which bustles with student-organized conferences and symposia, active student organizations and affinity groups, rich intellectual pursuits, and opportunities to give back to the local community.

I cannot wait to see what you will accomplish in your time at Penn Carey Law and beyond.

Sincerely,

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Sophia Z. Lee
Dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law
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Sophia Z. Lee wearing a blue suit

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL

Congratulations on your admission, and welcome to our vibrant community!

The transformative journey you are about to embark upon coincides with unprecedented growth at Penn Carey Law, from our expanding faculty to increased funding, particularly for public interest careers. We firmly believe that our uniquely interdisciplinary, collegial approach to legal education is the best way to nurture lawyers and leaders adept at navigating conflict with civility, equipped to address complex problems, and ready to achieve extraordinary impact. We’re so excited to have you here.

Penn Carey Law has long been a pioneer in interdisciplinary legal education, unwavering in our commitment to providing a well-rounded education enriched by parallel study in other fields. Our cross-disciplinary programs prepare you to be an effective leader working at the nexus of the law and arts and media, business, education, medicine, public policy, social work, science and technology, and more. We offer unrivaled opportunities to pursue joint degrees and cross-disciplinary certificate programs at Penn’s 11 world-class graduate and professional schools—all a short walk away from the Law School—as well as opportunities to enhance your legal education by studying abroad or engaging in global research seminars.

Through our robust clinical programs and pro bono projects, you will learn and work alongside award-winning teachers, visionary scholars, and exceptional attorneys advocating in the public’s interest. Our academic centers and institutes spearhead impactful research and provide thought leadership and action on today’s most urgent, complex problems.

Our Office of Career Strategy provides comprehensive support from your first day in law school throughout your professional life, and the results are unmatched: Penn Carey Law leads the nation in career outcomes for new graduates. After graduation, you will benefit from our lifelong learning and career support programs.

A collaborative, collegial community of peers, instructors, alumni, mentors, and practitioners awaits you at our campus nestled into West Philadelphia, which bustles with student-organized conferences and symposia, active student organizations and affinity groups, rich intellectual pursuits, and opportunities to give back to the local community.

I cannot wait to see what you will accomplish in your time at Penn Carey Law and beyond.

Sincerely,

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Sophia Z. Lee
Dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law
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WELCOME TO PENN CAREY LAW

I am delighted to welcome you as a member of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Class of 2028!

As an alumna of Penn Carey Law, I have firsthand experience of the transformative power of legal education. I can also confidently say there has never been a more exciting time to join Penn Carey Law. Our students and graduates are afforded the very best opportunities that Penn and the Law School have to offer.

As you begin your path toward a unique career and future, know that Penn Carey Law’s community is here for you on every step of your journey. The connections you build here—with faculty, staff, fellow students, and alumni—will last a lifetime! I encourage you to take advantage of opportunities to collaborate with faculty on groundbreaking legal scholarship and to seek support and mentorship from the Law School’s active, engaged alumni network.

You belong here, and we are committed to supporting your ability to thrive. We don’t just want you to excel academically, although that is important! We want you to make your time at Penn Carey Law your own and, hopefully, have fun along the way. I encourage you to explore Philadelphia with your classmates, relax in the courtyard, and attend numerous academic and social events throughout the year.

This guide includes important details about Penn Carey Law’s curriculum and programs, faculty, pro bono requirement, and more. You’ll also find a list of resources to help you navigate Penn and Philadelphia. Please carefully review this information and contact the Office of Admissions & Financial Aid if you have any questions.

Congratulations once again, and welcome to Penn Carey Law!

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Felicia Lin L’08
Vice Dean for Student Services and Dean of Students

Collegiality Our Collaborative Ethos

Collegiality
Our Collaborative Ethos

Penn Carey Law strives to create an inclusive community where collaboration and teamwork thrive. We engage our colleagues in ways that respect and celebrate the diverse philosophies and experiences inherent in a community as rich in ideas and backgrounds as Penn Carey Law.

Our supportive community encourages students to take intellectual risks. Furthermore, our students do not receive class rankings. Our belief—confirmed by employers and leaders in the profession—is that students who learn the law in a supportive, collaborative environment make exceptional lawyers and leaders.

Our Inclusive and Engaged Community

Penn Carey Law offers world-class legal education that is enhanced by the breadth and depth of lived and professional experience we all bring to this community and to our collective work in classrooms, student groups, pro bono projects, and journals.

The Office of Equity & Inclusion (E&I) partners with students, staff, faculty, and alumni in fostering a strong sense of belonging for all. We support affinity groups and members of communities that have been historically underrepresented in the legal profession. We also develop educational programs and opportunities for dialogue for all members of the Penn Carey Law community on matters of access, equity, and justice—fostering a commitment to learning and growing together to nurture our inclusive community.

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Caitlin Kim L’23

Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
New York, NY
“Penn Carey Law is truly a collegial environment. People are genuinely rooting for each other here—it is very easy to come by class outlines and notes. I also received great advice from other students on interviewing and applying for job opportunities.”

Cross-Disciplinary Excellence

Cross-Disciplinary

Excellence

A Penn Carey Law education prepares you to seize emerging opportunities and craft unique, dynamic careers. We are the most interdisciplinary law school in the nation, with a curriculum focused on preparing students for new careers that integrate the law and business, economics, education, healthcare, technology, social science, and more.

At Penn Carey Law, you will receive an innovative legal education that prepares graduates to succeed in a world in which lawyers must expertly navigate diverse fields to serve their clients and address urgent issues affecting communities around the globe.

Over 150 students graduate each year with joint degrees or certificates that propel them along varied career paths. Even if you choose not to pursue a joint degree or certificate, you have opportunities to take up to four classes at Penn’s world-class graduate and professional schools, all of which are a short walk from the Law School.

60%
Of the Class of 2024

completed a joint-degree or certificate program from a sister school at Penn

66%
of the Class of 2024

took at least one non-law class at a partner school

35+
cross-disciplinary programs

offered and accessible on one contiguous campus

More than
50%
of standing Faculty

hold advanced degree beyond the JD

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Chisom Nwakama L’24, MBE’24

Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA

“Some of the most interesting classes I have taken at Penn have been courses related to my Master in Bioethics (MBE) degree through the Perelman School of Medicine. I have enjoyed engaging with other bioethical professionals such as future physicians, nurses, and dentists on a broad range of issues. I am interested in pursuing a career in intellectual property with an emphasis on the life sciences. My JD/MBE dual degree has given me the background and knowledge to understand the bioethical issues surrounding legal work in the life sciences.”

LEADERS IN LAW AND BUSINESS

As a leader in a rapidly changing legal marketplace, Penn Carey Law offers the Wharton Certificate in Management. This one-week, intensive bootcamp program bolsters the business skills and leadership capabilities of upper-level law students who aspire to leadership roles at firms, businesses, nonprofits, or government agencies.

Designed exclusively for Law School students and taught by Wharton faculty, the certificate complements and strengthens the practical training Penn Carey Law students receive as part of a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary legal education. The managerial and leadership skills taught in the course build upon the extensive practice skills law students develop in Penn Carey Law’s clinics, externship programs, and pro bono projects.

The Francis J. & William Polk Carey JD/MBA Program at Penn Carey Law and the Wharton School immerses students in an accelerated course of study, preparing them for careers at the intersection of law and business.

Students earn both JD and MBA degrees in three years, rather than the five years it would typically take to earn each degree separately. Students spend their first year at the Law School and the following summer in law and Wharton courses designed specifically for the JD/MBA Program. The second and third years include a combination of law and Wharton courses, along with the JD/MBA capstone course in the third year.

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The Business, Economics and Public Policy (BEPP) Certificate

Managers, especially in the global arena, are increasingly concerned with public policy considerations. The leaders of tomorrow must be able to perform policy analysis as well as integrate policy issues into their general management thinking. Bringing a wealth of theoretical tools and practical experience to bear on the relationship among business, government, and society, Wharton’s Business Economics and Public Policy Department has been an innovative force in research, teaching, and public service. The BEPP Certificate is granted by the Wharton School to Penn Carey Law students who successfully complete its requirements. To qualify for the certificate, a student must successfully complete four (4) credit units in the general area of Business Economics and Public Policy (one at the Law School; three at Wharton).

Advancing Law and Technology

At a time when technological advances—and shifts in related policies and regulations—occur at breathtaking speeds, Penn Carey Law and the School of Engineering and Applied Science offer innovative programs to produce career-ready professionals prepared to lead in fields at the intersection of law and technology.
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Manish Namireddy L’23

Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP, East Palo Alto, CA

“Penn Carey Law’s cross-disciplinary program allowed me to take a variety of intellectual property-focused classes and seminars, as well as engineering entrepreneurship classes. I also participated in the Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic where I provided pro bono IP counsel to emerging companies. I believe these experiences will make me a more effective counselor.”

Students pursuing a joint degree typically spend their first year at the Law School and second year at Penn Engineering. In years three and four, students take classes in both schools and participate in a capstone course on Technology and Policy co-taught by faculty from both schools.

The Master of Computing and Information Technology (MCIT) degree is ideal for those with no prior degree in engineering or computer science but who are interested in the practice of information technology. Students with qualifying undergraduate academic backgrounds and experience may pursue any Penn Engineering master’s degree.

Jessie Levin L’25, GEng’25

Summer Associate, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

“Several of the Law School’s interdisciplinary classes highlighted the nexus of the law and technology. Recognizing my interest in this area, I pursued Penn Carey Law’s unique JD/MCIT program to gain technical expertise that would complement my legal education. The JD/MCIT program seamlessly integrates the two programs. For example, I can choose MCIT electives to truly tailor my engineering education to my legal interests.”

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Career Ready Professionals

Career-Ready
Professionals
Penn Carey Law’s Office of Career Strategy (OCS) provides exceptional guidance and support to help you achieve your professional goals during law school and throughout your career.

Our comprehensive suite of programs, services, and resources includes individualized career counseling, training and skill-building workshops, practice area and job search educational information, alumni and employer networking opportunities, recruiting programs and job fairs, and application review. No matter your career path, OCS is here to help you bolster your strengths, explore practice areas and settings, and identify where you want to focus your career.

OCS counselors are experienced in coaching students with a broad range of career interests, and each counselor draws from a background as a legal practitioner. OCS counselors also offer specialized expertise in international, public sector (government and nonprofit), private sector, and judicial clerkship employment and stay on the cutting edge of shifts in the legal job market and employment trends.

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Matthew Fleming L’23

Associate, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
San Diego, CA

“Working through OCS, Penn has provided me with immense resources to obtain career opportunities that I would have never obtained alone. Penn enabled me to achieve employment in a difficult market (San Diego) and obtain judicial internships at both the Delaware Chancery Court and Delaware District Court during the school year. Working with OCS made it easy to find a dream career that fit my professional goals.”

Careers: By the Numbers

Penn Carey Law’s cross-disciplinary JD program prepares students for a wide range of career paths in the law and related fields, complemented by professional development programs that build the skills necessary to secure rewarding and enriching employment.

Penn Carey Law students are recruited by employers both nationally and internationally, and as a Penn Carey Law student, you will have access to the most diverse variety of legal employers. You will also have opportunities to engage with and learn from alumni worldwide who have used their law degrees to excel in a wide array of legal fields.

The Office of Career Strategy offers tailored individual counseling to all JDs, LLMs, and alumni. With career counseling professionals—all of whom hold JD degrees—with decades of collective and diverse experience, we provide comprehensive and customized services on all aspects of the job search. Our counselors work closely with students and alumni to think strategically and set goals that align to both short-term and long-term career success.

Employment Statistics

Job Type
2023
2022
2021
Law Firm
179
187
185
Judicial Clerk
27
32
28
Business or Industry
10
11
10
Government / Military
5
9
8
Public Interest
23
17
20
Academic
1
1
3
Median Salary Information
2023
2022
2021
Law Firm
$225,000
$215,000
$190,000
Judicial Clerk
$74,950
$70,500
$68,864
Business or Industry
$196,000
$175,000
$150,000
Government / Military
$75,000
$74,950
$66,500
Public Interest
$63,000
$55,500
$52,000
Academic
<4 reported
<4 reported
<4 reported
General Employment Information
2023
2022
2021
Graduating Class Size
248
262
257
Employment Status Known
248
260
257
Employed
245
258
255
Start Date Deferred
0
1
0
Seeking Employment
1
1
0
Not Seeking Employment
0
0
1
Enrolled in Full-Time Degree
2
2
1
Unknown
1
1
0

Employment Locations

Employment Locations Pie Chart
Employment Locations Pie Chart
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Public Sector Careers

OCS counselors are dedicated to providing a full suite of exceptional programs and services for students pursuing public sector roles either immediately upon graduation or at any point during their careers. OCS counselors provide individualized career counseling, group programs and workshops, networking opportunities with public sector lawyers; interviewing opportunities with public sector employers through job fairs and recruiting programs; intensive support for the fellowship application process; and application review, including for government honors programs.

Summer Employment Funding

Penn Carey Law students spend their 1L and 2L summers all over the country and the world. Financial support from work-study programs, grants, and fellowships empower Penn Carey Law students to pursue a wide variety of summer employment opportunities with courts, government agencies, and public interest organizations around the country each summer.

International fellowships and internship programs support students working in a variety of human rights organizations and governmental and nongovernmental agencies around the world.

There are many paths to a career in law. Penn Carey Law students secure summer opportunities in federal, state, and local government offices, as well as legal aid, public policy, and impact litigation organizations.

Judicial Clerkships

Many Penn Carey Law graduates begin their careers as law clerks in judges’ chambers around the country. With clerkship counseling and support from OCS and the faculty clerkship committee, almost 400 students and alumni in recent years secured clerkships at all levels of the judiciary, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Many of our faculty members have held prestigious clerkships, and they—along with OCS’s clerkship counselor—advise and guide students as they move through the application process. Penn Carey Law’s OCS also offers extensive programming on the value of clerking, and clerkship applicants are supported by a network of former clerks, alumni judges, and faculty members committed to the success of our students and alumni.

Judicial Clerkships
Five-Year Results
U.S. Supreme Court
3
Circuit
144
District
211
Armed Forces Court of Appeals
1
Magistrate
18
Bankruptcy
7
U.S. Court of International Trade
2
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
2
Delaware Chancery
6
State Supreme
20
State Intermediate
9
State Trial
11
International
3
Total
437
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Daniella Cass

Daniella Cass C’19, L’22

Law Clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito (2024-2025);

Law Clerk to Judge Paul B. Matey, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2023-2024);

Law Clerk to Senior Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Jacksonville, Florida (2022-2023)

“Thanks to Penn Carey Law, I’m starting my law career with three amazing clerkships. The entire clerkship committee and staff, especially Professor Yoo, Professor Struve, and Chris Fritton, were generous with their time and advice throughout the whole clerkship process. Penn Carey Law’s clerkship program doesn’t get the recognition it deserves!”

Distinguished Faculty

Distinguished
Faculty
Penn Carey Law professors are renowned, prolific scholars who advance knowledge in the law and related fields. Our low student-faculty ratio and small class sizes ensure close collaboration among students and professors. Faculty share their research at informal brown bag lunches and seek student feedback on their scholarship. Professors also partner with students on field-based teaching and research activities in the United States and abroad.
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Laura Hannon L’24, SP2’24

Equal Justice Works Fellow, Eastside Legal Assistance Program, Seattle, Washington
“Penn Carey Law faculty are a key component of what makes our school so vibrant and supportive. Not only do students get the chance to learn from renowned scholars and skilled practitioners, but the faculty members are invested in our success. My professors have been instrumental in fostering my learning and deepening my understanding of the law. They’ve included me in their research projects, supervised my externships, and overseen my independent study project. There are many issue areas I’ve been encouraged to explore and projects I’ve taken on thanks to faculty mentorship and guidance.”
Penn Carey Law’s centers and institutes produce groundbreaking research on vital issues facing society and host a vibrant calendar of scholarly lectures, symposia, conferences, and events.
Center for Asian Law

Center for Tax Law & Policy

Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition

Criminal Law Research Group

Institute for Law & Economics

Institute for Law & Philosophy

Legal History Consortium

Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law

Penn Program on Regulation

Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice

PIONEERING Cross-disciplinary Research

Penn Carey Law faculty reach across disciplines, apply new methodologies, and collaborate with scholars across the University in their research. The law touches virtually every part of our lives, and our faculty’s cutting-edge scholarship reveals how the law influences—and is influenced by—business, culture, medicine, science, and technology.

Tomorrow’s challenges require an education that crosses boundaries and expands our understanding of the law and the world, and Penn Carey Law’s world-class faculty is ready to share their expertise with you.

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Dorothy E. Roberts

has been at the forefront of research on race, medicine, and science. As a Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) Professor—a top scholar working in two or more schools at Penn—Roberts holds joint appointments at the Law School, in the Department of Sociology, and in the Department of Africana Studies. She is the recipient of a 2024 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant, and other recent recognitions of her work include elections to the American Acade-my of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, and National Academy of Medicine.
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KAREN M. TANI L’07, PhD’11

holds a joint appointment in Penn’s History Department and is a scholar of U.S. legal history with broad interests in social welfare law, administrative agencies, and the role of rights in the modern American state. Also a PIK Professor, Tani leads Penn’s Legal History Consortium, jointly sponsored by Penn Carey Law and Penn’s Graduate History Department, which was formed to promote interdisciplinary research, scholarship, and education in law and history. Her current research is about the history of disability law in the late 20th century, and in 2017, her book, States of Dependency: Welfare, Rights, and American Governance, 1935-1972, won the prestigious Cromwell Book Prize from the American Society for Legal History.
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Shaun Ossei-Owusu LPS’08

is an emerging interdisciplinary legal scholar with expertise in legal history, criminal law and procedure, civil rights, and the legal profession. His work sits at the intersection of law, history, and sociology, with a focus on how governments meet their legal obligations to provide services and benefits to poor people and racial minorities. A 2021 New America Fellow, he also works on stratification in the legal profession. An award-winning scholar, Ossei-Owusu has practiced litigation and healthcare enforcement law and is a past academic and teaching fellow at Columbia Law. He currently has two books under contract, one that traces the history of legal aid and the other on inequality in the legal industry.

Global Thought leaders

Our faculty members are transformative thought leaders sought out by policymakers, government officials, and nongovernmental organizations around the world. For students at Penn Carey Law, our professors’ expertise translates to unmatched opportunities, whether it’s doing field research in a foreign country or delivering a report on human rights to the United Nations.
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Eric A. Feldman

is a nationally recognized scholar whose work focuses on Japanese law, comparative public health law, torts, and law and society. In addition to being the Heimbold Chair in International Law and Professor of Law, Feldman is also a Professor of Medical Ethics & Health Policy and the Deputy Dean for Global Engagement. His scholarship explores the comparative dimensions of rights, public health, dispute resolution, and legal culture, often in the context of urgent policy issues, including the regulation of smoking/vaping, HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, and natural and nuclear disasters. He has twice been a Fulbright Scholar in Japan and has received several prestigious grants including those from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ABA, National Science Foundation, and Social Science Research Council.

REGULATION & POLICY EXPERTS

Penn Carey Law faculty are at the vanguard of putting their research into action and making an impact on policy. They’re pioneering scholars, and also testify before Congress, use their knowledge of criminal law to interdict international terrorists, and help stabilize Puerto Rico’s financial system.
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Christopher Yoo

is a leading figure in the study of law and technology. As the founding director of the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition, Yoo has been an instrumental voice on privacy, security, and net neutrality, advocating the importance of providing internet access to the unconnected. He is also the co-principal investigator for the University of Pennsylvania’s new Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy, which brings together six Penn schools with $5 million in support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and $5 million from Penn.
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Cary Coglianese

takes an active role in the study of regulation and regulatory policywhile also inviting his students to become active in the field as well. Coglianese is the director of the Penn Program on Regulation, which addresses climate change, and studies business regulation and economic inequality in its quest to develop a framework for a best-in-class regulator. He’s also the founder and faculty advisor of The Regulatory Review, where he mentors student editors and writers who publish news and analysis about regulation.

Our Teaching Law Firm

Our
Teaching Law Firm
The Gittis Legal Clinics at Penn Carey Law put students on the front lines of representing real clients. Clinical legal studies bridge the knowledge learned in the classroom with real-world experience under the guidance of dedicated clinical faculty.

As lead counsel on their cases, students build relationships with diverse clients, develop essential lawyering skills, enhance their professional development, and apply their talents and creativity in a real law firm setting. Under the close supervision of experienced clinical faculty, students hone their skills in a professional environment while meeting the legal needs of underserved communities and rendering tens of thousands of hours of pro bono legal services.

Our clinics are specially designed to help you develop core lawyering competencies. They offer challenging yet rewarding learning opportunities in litigation, business structuring and transactions, child advocacy, immigration, civil rights, legislation, interdisciplinary practice, international lawyering, criminal defense, and intellectual property law.

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Carson Turner L’25

Law Clerk to the Honorable Stephanie Thacker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Richmond, Virginia (2025-2026)
“The Penn Carey Law clinical programs allowed me to turn my academic interests into real-world change. Through the Legislative Clinic, I used my knowledge of administrative law and patent law to advocate for crucial drug-price legislation. And through the Criminal Defense Clinic, I applied Fourth Amendment doctrine to lead the defense of a convicted person before a federal appellate court. These experiences made me a better lawyer and renewed my passion for public service.”
Launched in 2023, the Advocacy for Racial and Civil (ARC) Justice Clinic provides students with hands-on experience in litigation and policy advocacy aimed at dismantling systemic racism and advancing civil rights using a movement lawyering approach. Led by Founding Director and Practice Associate Professor Cara McClellan GEd’12, the ARC Justice Clinic provides students with unique opportunities to work on complex litigation in federal and state courts and administrative agencies.

Recently:

The Advocacy for Racial and Civil (ARC) Justice Clinic is investigating the local impact of The Abandoned and Blighted Property Act (Act 135), a Pennsylvania law allowing nonprofit corporations and individuals to petition the court to obtain conservatorship over blighted and abandoned properties.

ARC Justice Clinic students helped draft and file a civil rights complaint against a local school district, alleging a hostile environment for LGBTQ+ and Black students. Alongside the complaint, which urged the district to reform, students spoke to journalists to raise awareness of the case.

In the aftermath of a 2023 settlement between legal advocates and the City of Philadelphia over police use of force during racial justice protests, ARC Justice Clinic students were involved in the implementation of the Bread and Roses Community Fund’s West Philadelphia Community Fund, distributing some of the settlement’s proceeds to support equity, racial justice, organizing, and healing for people impacted by police violence. Clinic students have also been involved in follow-up efforts to ensure police transparency and accountability in West Philadelphia.

In our general litigation clinic, students are certified by state and federal courts to provide legal representation to indigent clients in civil matters. In this intensive civil litigation course, students learn essential lawyering skills while promoting access to justice for all clients. Students are engaged in litigation on issues such as landlord-tenant, homeownership, civil forfeiture, consumer debt, wage theft, social security disability, and more, representing clients in proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas, Municipal Court, U.S. District Court, and administrative agencies.

Recently:

Students represented a client who was not paid his full wages after working 90+ hour weeks at a local restaurant. Students worked with the client to estimate the amount he was owed, negotiated with opposing counsel, and reached a settlement in which the employer paid the client a substantial sum for his labor.

In another successful case, students achieved the withdrawal of a five-figure lawsuit brought by a local hospital against a client who was led to believe that a necessary surgery was fully covered by insurance. Had the lawsuit succeeded, the hospital could have pursued collection of the debt through a lien on the client’s home, potentially reducing the value of her most significant family asset.

In a precedent-setting case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, a team of students and faculty filed an amicus curiae brief contending that the forfeiture of an elderly mother’s home and car constituted an excessive fine under the Eighth Amendment.

The Criminal Defense Clinic, conducted in partnership with the Defender Association of Philadelphia, combines hands-on trial experience with an educational component tailored to developing essential criminal defense skills. Students observe arraignments, preliminary hearings, and trials and participate in mock classroom exercises to prepare them for actual court appearances. Students then serve as defense counsel in misdemeanor and felony cases under the close supervision of a senior trial attorney employed by the Defender Association.

Recently:

Criminal Defense Clinic students have appeared in Municipal Court on behalf of dozens of Defender Association clients in felony preliminary hearings and misdemeanor bench trials. Student counsel conduct initial interviews of dozens of clients in felony and misdemeanor cases, and prepare writs of certiorari and motions to quash in the Court of Common Pleas. CDC students also receive robust trainings on a variety of topics, including immigration law, appellate practice, and the use of expert testimony.

They have secured exciting wins for clients, including successfully litigating motions to suppress illegally obtained evidence in felony drug cases which both protected clients’ constitutional rights and resulted in the State’s dropping of all felony charges.

students Lizzie Shackney and Megan Bird testifying before the Philadelphia City Council
ARC Justice Clinic students Lizzie Shackney L’24 and Megan Bird L’24, along with ARC Justice Clinic Director Cara McClellan, testify before Philadelphia City Council about Act 135.
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Civil Practice Clinic students Ty Parks L’24 and Maddie Bober L’24 outside the court after representing their client in a hearing.
ARC Justice Clinic students Lizzie Shackney L’24 and Megan Bird L’24, along with ARC Justice Clinic Director Cara McClellan, testify before Philadelphia City Council about Act 135.
Civil Practice Clinic students Ty Parks L’24 and Maddie Bober L’24 outside the court after representing their client in a hearing.
Penn Carey Law’s Detkin IP & Technology Legal Clinic provides practical experience in the commercialization of creativity and innovation. Students act as IP counselors to a variety of clients, which may include scientists, entrepreneurs, artists, and large and small entities within and outside of Penn.

By helping a variety of clients with transactional IP issues, students practice at the intersection of law, business, technology, and the arts. The clinic has created strong collaborations with other Penn professional schools—including the Schools of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Medicine, Business [Wharton], and Arts and Sciences—to allow law students to gain an interdisciplinary perspective how best to serve clients.

Recently:

Students counseled clients about patentability and infringement risk for early-stage Penn technologies, including a method to better deliver treatment to and monitor growth of cancerous tumors and a compound to help athletes mitigate the effects of traumatic brain injury.

Students have also worked with clients that went on to launch successful enterprises, such as Dagne Dover and GenHERation. They advised on copyright and trademark for an author and illustrator of a series of children’s books and for another nonprofit delivering educational programming to Haitian schoolchildren.

Students also developed a protection strategy for the processes and sculptures of a women-owned glassblowing studio upcycling recycled glass.

One of the oldest transactional clinics in the nation, the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic provides students with experience lawyering for entrepreneurs and organizations while creating positive social impact through targeted client representation. Clients include entrepreneurs from underserved communities, social enterprises focused on public good, and organizations undertaking socially transformative projects. Students experience the essential role performed by transactional business law practitioners and refine their legal skills through work in start-up counseling, enterprise structuring, entity formation, contract negotiating and drafting, the protection of intellectual property, and many other matters.

Recently:

Students representing a Philadelphia-based environmental technology business focused on eliminating microplastics from wastewater advised the client during negotiations with other entities to improve product testing and development.

Other clients included:

  • A microbrewery focused on employing formerly incarcerated, formerly unhoused, and other marginalized individuals
  • A trade association of mobile food vendors about how to navigate and advocate for better city regulations for this industry
  • A fashion business founded by a Black woman entrepreneur trying to overcome barriers to raising capital and scaling her business to compete with mainstream brands

Students also assisted with a variety of corporate governance issues, ensuring the business was on firm footing and able to develop and deploy a product to clean up and preserve the environment.

The Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic brings together law and social work students to represent adolescents, children, and families in dependency, custody, and civil legal matters. The Clinic’s unique model of working with medical, mental health, and social work experts provides an unparalleled opportunity for clients to receive the highest caliber of legal services that meet their needs and effectively attain positive outcomes.

Supervised by interdisciplinary faculty, Penn Carey Law students work collaboratively with social work students from the Penn School of Social Policy and Practice to advocate for clients. Law students learn fundamental lawyering skills within the context of child and family advocacy and through the lens of a trauma-informed and client-centered service model.

Recently:

The Clinic expanded its collaboration with the Philadelphia Nurse-Family Partnership to provide legal support and representation to pregnant and parenting youth who have been impacted by the child welfare system. In one case, students successfully represented a young mother seeking to re-enter foster care and leave the family shelter system. The Clinic also regularly assists with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) cases, advocating for pathways to permanent residency for immigrant youth who have faced abuse and neglect in their home country.

As a member of the Family Justice Partnership with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Community Legal Services, the clinic provides legal services to address the social determinants of health for children and families in Philadelphia. Students partner with medical teams to identify civil legal needs that impact health.

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Legislative Clinic student David Johnson L’25 and a fellow intern ride the U.S. Capitol subway system with Senator Cory Booker.
Transnational Legal Clinic students at the offices of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Transnational Legal Clinic students at the offices of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Lumpkin, GA, where they supported SPLC’s work with detained immigrants.
Legislative Clinic student David Johnson L’25 and a fellow intern ride the U.S. Capitol subway system with Senator Cory Booker.
Transnational Legal Clinic students at the offices of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Lumpkin, GA, where they supported SPLC’s work with detained immigrants.
The Legislative Clinic is one of only a handful of law school clinical programs devoted to legislative lawyering and the formation of public policy. The clinic combines legislative fieldwork in Congress, state and local legislatures, and national nonprofits with classroom study of legislative process, statutory drafting, and legislative advocacy.

In the clinic, students learn about legislative solutions while conducting actual legislative and public policy work on issues of state and national importance. Students spend two to three days per week engaged in legislative work at chosen sites, most frequently in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.

Recently:

Students in the Legislative Clinic have worked with U.S. senators and representatives conducting research to support legislation on a wide variety of issues, including immigration, criminal justice reform, judicial nominations, healthcare and insurance, witness protection, education, and corporate mergers.

Students can also work on state and local policy issues. One student chose to work with a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, for whom she conducted extensive research and analysis on redistricting reform and drafted a comprehensive redistricting bill. Another worked closely with a Philadelphia City Councilmember on critical issues such as affordable housing, community land trusts, and gun violence. A third student worked with a nonprofit advancing national policy to support renewable energy.

Students in the Transnational Legal Clinic engage in direct representation of individuals in asylum and other immigration proceedings while also participating in broader systemic advocacy to advance the human rights of migrants in the United States and around the world. Students explore their role as lawyers in settings that cross cultures, languages, borders, and legal systems. Working in teams, students directly engage in and are exposed to litigation, community-based advocacy, legislative and policy initiatives, investigation and report writing, and media advocacy. Under the close supervision of expert faculty, students develop essential lawyering competencies such as interviewing, counseling, legal research and writing, case theory and narrative development, persuasion, and negotiation, all with the aim of advancing the goals of their individual and organizational clients and partners.

Recently:

Students have represented individuals and families who fear targeted violence in a diverse range of countries. Students have pursued appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and in circuit courts and have traveled to Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, and Mexico to provide pro bono support to asylum seekers.

Students recently secured asylum in a case involving a Honduran family of four who were forced to flee their home after credible, escalating threats of extreme violence against the parents and their children. Students have also submitted urgent action communications to UN human rights bodies to address egregious violations against immigrants held in detention centers in Georgia. Looking beyond the U.S. borders, students have aided advocates in Nepal to advance the rights of the country’s migrant workers, pursuing law reform and other initiatives during the transition to a new constitution and a federal system of government.

Study and Practice

Academic Support

The Academic Support Program is designed to help all students develop the skills necessary for success in law school, supporting you from your first day through graduation and beyond.

During the fall of your 1L year, you’ll be invited to attend a lecture series covering essential topics such as note-taking, outlining, essay writing, exam strategies, and more. In the spring, you’ll have the opportunity to meet with Academic Support staff to create a personalized plan tailored to your needs.

Support doesn’t end after your 1L year. Throughout your time at the Law School, you’ll continue to have access to a wealth of resources to help you excel.

Our online directory includes:

  • Guidance on reading and analyzing judicial opinions
  • Tips for crafting effective exam responses
  • Best practices for class note-taking

Additionally, you’ll have access to a library of helpful lectures on various topics, available for you to revisit anytime you need extra support.

We all know that law school teaches you to “think like a lawyer.” At Penn Carey Law, that work begins with a yearlong, six-credit Legal Practice Skills course—a class in lawyering focused on legal analysis, writing, research, and oral advocacy.

This interactive, hands-on class engages students in deep analysis, advocacy, and problem-solving and puts their developing lawyering skills into practice. You will learn how to formulate a sustained, cogent legal argument, find the authority supporting that argument, present the argument, and counter opposing arguments.

Through a series of exercises designed to simulate actual law practice, Legal Practice Skills also exposes you to a range of other practice skills, including negotiations, contract drafting, effective oral advocacy techniques, client interviewing, incorporating generative AI tools, and other skills.

Cohorts

As part of the curriculum, you’ll be assigned to a cohort of 12 to 15 students who will share the same schedule of classes as you, participate in professionalism programming with you, and become your close colleagues as you progress through your first year. Your cohort is there to offer you support, advice, and community.
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A Global
Legal Education

Penn Carey Law brings the world to its campus—and its students and faculty to the world. Moving beyond standard law school offerings, our fresh approach to international legal training infuses global analysis throughout the curriculum and connects Penn Carey Law students and faculty with law schools and institutions in the most dynamic legal markets around the world.
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Take advantage of Penn Carey Law’s many opportunities to gain firsthand experience studying and practicing overseas.

Our study abroad programs empower students to build global peer networks, expand their language and cross-cultural skills, and distinguish their resumes with demonstrated connections to an important country or region.

Penn Carey Law’s fellowship programs support students as they undertake human rights, rule-of-law development, and legal practice work in countries around the world.

Spend a semester or a year studying at a leading foreign institution to deepen your knowledge of international law.

Research and Conferences Abroad

Participate in conferences, consortia, and symposia with other top institutions around the world, conduct independent legal research in another country, or accompany faculty members on overseas meetings, research trips, or presentations.

Embark on public service trips, fact-finding missions, international moot court competitions, or other peer engagement opportunities abroad.

Global Legal Practice Fellowship (GLPF)

Gain cross-cultural experience and understanding of foreign legal practice through a summer internship position at a law firm overseas.

Explore the global nature of today’s most complex legal issues through innovative seminars that feature overseas travel with faculty to research current topics and meet international stakeholders.

For the Fall 2023 GRS, “Sustainable Development and the Global South,” students attended the UN Sustainable Development Goals Summit in New York City, then extended their knowledge of sustainable development through on-site discussion with experts in Ghana for a week during winter break.

Spend a summer overseas exploring human rights and rule-of-law issues at a multilateral organization, court, or NGO.

Spend a semester or a year studying at a leading foreign institution to deepen your knowledge of international law.

Research and Conferences Abroad

Participate in conferences, consortia, and symposia with other top institutions around the world, conduct independent legal research in another country, or accompany faculty members on overseas meetings, research trips, or presentations.

Embark on public service trips, fact-finding missions, international moot court competitions, or other peer engagement opportunities abroad.

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Global Legal Practice Fellowship (GLPF)

Gain cross-cultural experience and understanding of foreign legal practice through a summer internship position at a law firm overseas.

Explore the global nature of today’s most complex legal issues through innovative seminars that feature overseas travel with faculty to research current topics and meet international stakeholders.

For the Fall 2023 GRS, “Sustainable Development and the Global South,” students attended the UN Sustainable Development Goals Summit in New York City, then extended their knowledge of sustainable development through on-site discussion with experts in Ghana for a week during winter break.

Spend a summer overseas exploring human rights and rule-of-law issues at a multilateral organization, court, or NGO.
At Penn Carey Law, a global legal education is accessible to all students. Dive into an array of topics in international law, consider perspectives on foreign and comparative law, or participate in experiential or clinical coursework with a global emphasis.
Explore more than 40 courses and seminars in international, foreign, and comparative law.
Enroll in an intensive short-term seminar and engage in high-level discourse with distinguished legal experts from around the world.
Engage in the direct representation of clients and organizations in international human rights and immigration proceedings.
Earn academic credit for experiential externships at nonprofit organizations or government entities around the world.
Build on Law School coursework by enriching your understanding of international or regional issues and highlight this expertise through a certificate or joint degree.
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Experience The Power of
Public Service

Penn Carey Law’s unwavering commitment to service is reflected through the Toll Public Interest Center’s (TPIC) extensive pro bono and public interest initiatives.

All students perform at least 70 hours of pro bono legal service before they graduate, and over 90 percent exceed that requirement. TPIC ensures that students receive strong training, excellent supervision, and meaningful opportunities to make a positive impact locally, nationally, and globally. It’s a win-win: Students gain hands-on experience as early as their first semester of law school while helping nonprofits and government agencies serve underrepresented causes and communities.

From offsite retreats to dinners with faculty and alumni, TPIC facilitates strong community connections at Penn Carey Law and beyond thanks to a vibrant network of students and alumni. TPIC partners with the Office of Career Strategy, faculty, and alumni to offer unparalleled support for students committed to pursuing careers in the public interest. Generous funding for summer internships, postgraduate fellowships, and loan repayment helps students and graduates launch and sustain impactful careers dedicated to service.

Thanks to a historic gift from the Robert and Jane Toll Foundation, Penn Carey Law offers exceptional scholarship opportunities for students who are committed to public interest careers. TPIC also provides a wide array of service-oriented programs for all law students.

Whatever your path or passion, TPIC prepares you to integrate service into your Penn Carey Law experience, career, and professional identity as a lawyer.

Over
28,000 hours of
pro bono service
completed by Penn Carey Law students in the
2023-2024 academic year
700,000+ hours of
pro bono work
contributed to the community by
Penn Carey Law students since 1989
90% of the Class of 2024
exceeded the 70-hour pro bono requirement
24 pro bono projects
focusing on issues ranging from
environment to immigration
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Sheila Orfano L’24

Law Clerk, Jones Day, New York, NY
“Pro bono at Penn Carey Law has been a meaningful way to gain early exposure to actual practice. My pro bono projects included the Custody and Support Assistance Clinic, the Civil Rights Law Project, and the Criminal Record Expungement Project. Each experience gave me the opportunity to assist members of the local community with life-changing legal issues, such as custody of their children or their ability to obtain employment with a criminal record. My pro bono work also provided me with a variety of experience doing real legal work, including counseling clients, conducting research, and drafting petitions.”
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Devontae Torriente L’24

Toll Public Interest Scholar
Vital Project Funds Legal Fellow, National Police Accountability Project
“During my time at Penn Carey Law, I’ve been involved in multiple pro bono efforts, including with the Youth Education Project and the Democracy Law Project. I’ve also done pro bono work through a self-initiated placement, which allowed me to continue work I started during a previous internship. My pro bono experiences enhanced my overall experience at Penn Carey Law by putting me in community with other students who are passionate about public service and access to justice. On a practical level, pro bono work enriched my law school experience by giving me opportunities to refine my legal skills and apply the information I learned in class.”

PRO BONO:
STUDENT-LED ADVOCACY

Twenty-four pro bono projects mobilize passionate student advocates for a range of causes and communities in need. TPIC’s dedicated team advises and supports more than 100 student leaders and hundreds of student volunteers as they contribute to the work of local, national, and global community partners with direct client service, in-court advocacy, community education, and research and writing projects. TPIC deploys Mobile TEAMS (Trained Educators and Advocates Mobilized for Service) to address urgent legal needs in Philadelphia, in rural Pennsylvania, and—during spring and winter breaks—across the country and around the world.
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JULIAN R. LUTZ L’25, MPA’25

Toll Public Interest Scholar
“For pro bono work, I led the research efforts of the Penn Housing Rights Project. PHRP advances housing rights, housing stability, and housing justice by working collaboratively with our fellow students, legal services providers and community groups, and with Philadelphians. My research has required me to dive deep into Pennsylvania state law and housing justice policies attempted in other states. It has also been great practice working as a team and delivering an impactful and informative final project to a client doing deeply important work to lower-income Pennsylvanians. I have also greatly enjoyed working with PHRP’s fellow leaders—they are professional, driven, motivated by service, and quick to offer help and support.”

TRANSFORMATIVE SUPPORT
FOR PUBLIC INTEREST

In the fall of 2020, the Robert and Jane Toll Foundation, founded by Robert Toll L’66 and Jane Toll GSE’66, made a $50 million gift to Penn Carey Law to dramatically expand the Toll Public Interest Scholars and Toll Public Interest Fellows Programs, doubling the number of public interest graduates in the coming decade through a combination of full- and partial-tuition scholarships. The Toll Foundation’s tremendous gift is the largest gift in history devoted entirely to the training and support of public interest lawyers. TPIC’s Toll Public Interest Service Corps specifically houses the Toll Public Interest Scholars and Fellows programs. TPIC also provides substantive programming for the broader Law School community.
Toll Public Interest Scholars are selected upon admission to Penn Carey Law on the basis of their lived and professional experiences, academic records, potential for leadership, and dedication to pursuing public interest careers following graduation. Toll Scholars receive full-tuition scholarships for all three years of law school plus guaranteed summer funding, including the summer following graduation.
Toll Public Interest Fellows are second- and third-year students who are committed to pursuing careers in public interest. Fellows are selected at the end of their first year on the basis of their lived and professional experiences, involvement in Penn Carey Law’s public interest and pro bono community, and commitment to pursuing public interest careers following graduation. Toll Fellows receive 75% tuition scholarships for their second and third years of law school plus guaranteed funding for 2L summer and the summer following graduation.
Penn Carey Law Service Corps

The Public Interest Network
Colleagues for Life

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Maura Hallisey L’20

Assistant Deputy Public Defender at New Jersey Office of the Public Defender
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Hannah Sachs L’23

Staff Attorney at Climate Jobs National Resource Center
After graduating, Maura Hallisey L’20 clerked for the Honorable Anita Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before moving on to the The New Jersey Office Of the Public Defender, where she is an Assistant Deputy Public Defender. She represents clients facing felony level charges at every stage of their case—from arraignment to trial and sentencing—and strives to give each client the best representation possible and engender an attorney-client relationship built on trust, compassion, and dignity.

“Penn Carey Law provided me with a foundation to start my career as a public defender,” she said. “The criminal defense and civil practice clinics provided me a collaborative learning experience in a practical real-life setting where I got to experience the day-to-day challenges of a litigator and hone the advocacy and analytical thinking skills that I still use. I worked with and alongside client-partners to achieve outcomes that had immediate and tangible impacts in their lives. For example, one client sought to challenge and expunge her child abuse registry status. After a full testimonial hearing, the judge ruled in our favor, allowing our client to pursue employment opportunities she had previously been denied.”

Hannah Sachs L’23, SP2’23 is a staff attorney at Climate Jobs National Resource Center, whose mission is to educate workers and the public about policies that will build a clean energy economy at the scale climate science demands, create good union jobs, and create more equitable communities. She is dedicated to building a worker-centered renewable energy economy to ensure that we create a sustainable economy that protects our planet, while supporting the workers at the heart of the effort.

“Penn Carey Law is where I discovered my passion for work at the intersection of labor and climate law and policy,” she said. “Shelley Welton’s mentorship—and her Environmental Law course—were instrumental in building my understanding of these issues and affirmed my interest in pursuing climate and environmental policy through a social, labor, and economic lens. And, of course, the incredible opportunity that Penn Carey Law provides its students to seek out their own externships—including as I did through the Legislative Clinic—is the ideal way for students to get hands-on experience in their fields of interest.”

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Quinn Dunkak L’22

Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
2021 Leo Model Fellow
“Penn Carey Law is filled with brilliant minds and burgeoning leaders, and I came to Penn to explore a career in public service. I worked closely with the counselors at OCS to identify and pursue my areas of interest, including internship and externship placements with the U.S. Army JAG Corps, the U.S. Department of State Office of the Legal Advisor, and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.”
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Ana Jarquin L’21

Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
“Participating in the Civil Practice Clinic and serving real clients in administrative proceedings gave me a preview of agency work. The support and feedback I received from my clinic professors was invaluable. In addition, the public interest career counselors at Penn Carey Law took the time to learn about my interest in federal government work and supported me through every step of the application process.”

A Lasting Commitment to
Public Service Careers

Penn Carey Law is committed to helping students actualize their public interest goals. We provide strong guidance and generous support to students pursuing public interest careers, both during law school and after graduation.

TOLL PUBLIC INTEREST SCHOLARS AND FELLOWS PROGRAMS

These two rigorous programs are for select students committed to careers in public service. Toll Scholars receive full-tuition scholarships while Toll Fellows receive partial-tuition scholarships. TPIC leads this work by organizing customized learning modules, participating in community-wide events, mentoring, summer internships, and regular interaction with staff, faculty, students, and alumni. TPIC’s programs facilitate the development of service-oriented leaders who are committed to utilizing their law degrees to foster justice and equity in the world.

GUARANTEED SUMMER FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SECTOR INTERNSHIPS

We are dedicated to removing all financial barriers to taking unpaid summer internships in the public sector or pursuing public interest work anywhere in the world. Penn Carey Law has one of the leading summer internship funding programs in the nation. All eligible first- and second-year law students are guaranteed to receive funding for unpaid public interest summer internships.

Each year, nearly 200 students leverage this support to achieve incredible impact. Over the last 10 years, our guaranteed summer funding program has supported students’ substantive legal work in over 1,600 unpaid public interest and government internships locally, national, and around the world.

Project-Based POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS

Penn Carey Law’s public interest postgraduate fellowship program is designed to launch impactful careers dedicated to service. Since 2009, the Law School has supported over 90 fellows, and nearly all have either remained employed by their original host organization or secured public interest positions in the same field. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis.

Recent host organizations have included:

  • Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, PA
  • Human Rights First, New York
  • Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, Washington
  • Climate Rights International, California
  • Cook County Public Defender’s Office, Chicago, IL
  • National Health Law Program, Washington, DC
Penn Carey Law supports alumni committed to public service through a generous loan forgiveness program. The Toll Loan Repayment Assistance Program (TolLRAP) enables graduates to pursue public interest careers by providing direct financial assistance on an annual basis to assist with monthly loan payments. The program also rewards graduates’ sustained service in public sector careers through the TolLRAP PLUS program.

Career Support

Penn Carey Law’s commitment to public interest lawyering is unmatched. The Office of Career Strategy (OCS) provides specialized counseling for students pursuing public sector internships and post-graduate positions. TPIC and OCS leverage the support of faculty members and an extensive alumni network to prepare students for the public interest marketplace.

OCS provides a postgraduate fellowship bootcamp for students applying for national fellowships and Penn Carey Law postgraduate fellowships, as well as substantial support for government honors programs and prosecution and public defender applications.

Each year, our students secure Skadden, Equal Justice Works, and other competitive fellowships, along with impactful public interest opportunities at organizations across the country.

Catalyst Postgraduate Fellowships

These fellowships are designed to prepare students to launch their careers in all levels and areas of government, whether immediately after graduation or later in their careers. Recent fellowships have included those with the Colorado District Attorney’s Office, the National Health Law Program, and the EEOC Office of Special Counsel.

SERVICE ACROSS SECTORS

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Nicolle Strand MBE’12, L’13

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Britney Wilson L’15

Penn Carey Law set Nicolle Strand MBE’12, L’13 on the path to a career that combines public service with life in academia. After graduating from Penn with a JD and a Masters in Bioethics, Strand joined the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues under President Barack Obama, where she worked on issues at the intersection of law, policy, and science.

After leaving the federal government, Strand returned to Philadelphia, where she is now Associate Professor for Research and an Assistant Professor at the Center for Urban Bioethics at Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine. Day to day, she works to educate health professionals on bioethics and health policy and also leads research projects on important issues like substance abuse and racial health disparities.

Strand also serves the university community outside of her teaching and research, striving to improve patient care for queer individuals as the co-chair of Temple Health’s LGBTQ Alliance Task Force and reviewing the ethics of human subject-based research as a member of Temple’s Institutional Review Board.

Britney Wilson L’15 came to Penn Carey Law knowing she wanted to become a civil rights lawyer, and after graduation that’s exactly what she did. She began with a fellowship in the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program, where she worked on issues like the school-to-prison pipeline, debtors’ prisons, and fair housing and lending.

Afterward, Wilson completed another fellowship at the Center for Constitutional Rights, focusing on issues of discriminatory policing, abusive immigration detention practices, and voting rights before becoming a staff attorney at the National Center for Law and Economic Justice.

Today, she is Associate Professor of Law and the Director of the Civil Rights and Disability Justice Clinic at New York Law School.

“Public service is part of my daily life,” she said. “Thanks to the guidance and support of Penn Carey Law faculty and staff, I’m proud to say that I’m a public interest attorney, fighting for social justice the way I’d always envisioned.”

Thrive in
Philadelphia

We are a “City of Neighborhoods”

Philadelphia, the sixth-largest city in the United States, has a well-deserved reputation as one of the most livable cities in the country, a major urban center that has retained the feel of a “city of neighborhoods.” Whether you prefer the home-cooked Italian flavor of South Philly; the progressive political climate of Mt. Airy; the quirky, industrial culture of Northern Liberties; or the sophisticated, bustling nightlife of Rittenhouse Square and Old City, Philadelphia has a neighborhood that’s right for you. Be sure to venture out to explore the neighborhoods and get to know Philadelphia. With world-class museums, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, and more than 10 professional sports teams in the area, there is always something to see or do. For a little fresh air, head to Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, one of the largest metropolitan parks in the nation, which offers plenty of scenic jogging, biking, and hiking trails. There’s even a wonderful path along the Schuylkill River from Center City, past the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Boathouse Row, perfect for jogging, biking, or a leisurely stroll.

University City

Home to the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, and Saint Joseph’s University–University City Campus, it is easy to see how this Philadelphia neighborhood got its name. This part of town is an academic center full of restaurants, bars, cafés, a movie theatre, performance centers, sports, and art museums. Make sure to check out the cozy House of Our Own used bookshop on Spruce Street and the unique and international magazine selection at Avril 50, right across from Penn Carey Law’s Sansom Street entrance. Spend some time learning about ancient and modern civilizations at the Penn Museum on South Street or expand your mind with provocative contemporary art at the Institute of Contemporary Art on 36th Street.
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Housing Resources

We encourage you to visit the housing section of the admitted students website for suggested housing and roommate search options, including a housing portal and marketplace specifically for Penn Carey Law students and a link to the Class of 2028 Facebook group, where the majority of our incoming 1Ls find roommates.

Additionally, a housing guide created using current student feedback can serve as a starting point for your housing search.

Office of Off-Campus Services

The University of Pennsylvania Office of Off-Campus Services at 3650 Chestnut Street will assist you at all stages of your off-campus living experience, including locating suitable housing, finding roommates, reviewing leases, and assisting in landlord-tenant matters. All of the Office’s information, including an interactive housing search tool, can be found on Office of Off-Campus Services website.

When you are in town, you can use the office as your base for your housing search. The user-friendly office has computer terminals for your searches and telephones to call and set up appointments.

For more information
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Housing Resources

We encourage you to visit the housing section of the admitted students website for suggested housing and roommate search options, including a housing portal and marketplace specifically for Penn Carey Law students and a link to the Class of 2028 Facebook group, where the majority of our incoming 1Ls find roommates.

Additionally, a housing guide created using current student feedback can serve as a starting point for your housing search.

Office of Off-Campus Services

The University of Pennsylvania Office of Off-Campus Services at 3650 Chestnut Street will assist you at all stages of your off-campus living experience, including locating suitable housing, finding roommates, reviewing leases, and assisting in landlord-tenant matters. All of the Office’s information, including an interactive housing search tool, can be found on Office of Off-Campus Services website.

When you are in town, you can use the office as your base for your housing search. The user-friendly office has computer terminals for your searches and telephones to call and set up appointments.

For more information
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden

ENJOY EVERYTHING PHILLY HAS TO OFFER

PHILADELPHIA IS ALSO A GREAT PLACE TO PLAY

The city’s culinary scene features world-renowned chefs and some of the country’s best restaurants. Rittenhouse Square and its cafés are fabulous for people-watching over an evening cocktail. Old City is one of Philly’s hot spots, with great restaurants, bars, and clubs. Don’t miss out on “First Friday,” the first Friday of every month on which Old City’s numerous art galleries throw opening parties in the evening and whose crowds spill out into the streets. Follow any night out with a late-night visit to South Philly’s iconic cheesesteak spots, Pat’s or Geno’s. Be sure to explore every neighborhood’s local gems, such as Frankford Hall and Johnny Brenda’s in Fishtown or Pizzeria Vetri in the Art Museum neighborhood. And don’t forget our Sansom Street restaurants located right across the street from the Law School.

Philadelphia is one of the world’s most exciting cities—which may be why National Geographic named Philadelphia the “Next Great City” in the past and one of the best trips to take in 2024. Whether you’re here for three years or the rest of your life, make sure to take advantage of everything the city has to offer.

GETTING AROUND

Whether you’re from a metropolitan or rural area or somewhere in between, learning to navigate Philadelphia will be easy. Philadelphia is a walkable, bikeable city with an extensive public transit and regional rail system.

For more information, visit Penn Transportation, Parking, and Commuting website.

Biking

Philadelphia maintains shared and dedicated bike lanes throughout the city, including an “expressway” for bicyclists from river to river, eastbound on Pine Street and westbound on Spruce Street. Philadelphia’s bike share program, Indego Bike Share, is an inexpensive and convenient way to get around the city.

We recommend investing in a helmet and high-quality U-lock to protect your bike. You can also register your bike with Penn Police which will increase the chances of recovery should your bike ever be lost or stolen. Campus Express is your one-stop shop for many important student services, including registering your bike.

Taxis, LYFT, & UBER

Lyft and Uber are easily accessible throughout the city. Taxis are also easy to find along Chestnut and Walnut streets. If you want to “guarantee” a cab, go to the Sheraton Hotel at 36th and Chestnut, the Inn at Penn at 37th and Sansom, or near UPenn Hospital at 34th and Spruce. Taxis, Lyft, or Uber are also great options for short trips across town at any time of day or night.

SEPTA (SUBWAY/TROLLEY & BUSES)

Most students who ride the subway take the Market-Frankford Line (the Blue Line, also known as the MFL, or just “the El”), which runs east-west. The subway system also includes the Broad Street Line (the Orange Line, also known as the BSL), as well as extensive bus service across the city. Buses 21 and 42 head westward (from Center City towards West Philadelphia) on Walnut Street and head eastward (from West Philadelphia towards Center City) on Chestnut Street. Trolleys (green lines on public transit maps) go right to 36th & Sansom Street.

For more information about public transportation, see SEPTA’s website.

CAR-SHARING SERVICES

Philadelphia has a convenient short-term a car rental to make supermarket and IKEA runs or the day-trips in the Philly metro area: ZipCar.

PENN BUS & SHUTTLE SERVICES (FREE!)

Various shuttle vehicles provide transportation to and from Campus Transit Stops throughout Center City and West Philadelphia, within defined boundaries. The average wait time ranges from 5 to 20 minutes. For more information about Penn Shuttles and schedules, visit Penn Transportation, Parking, and Commuting website.

Penn Bus East and Penn Bus West are evening bus services that operate on a fixed schedule and established route. They do not deviate from that route but will pick up and deliver passengers at designated stops on campus and at any corner off-campus along the route. For more information and schedules, please visit Penn Buses website.

LUCY (FREE!)

LUCY (Loop through University City) offers free transportation through University City serving 30th Street Station, the University of Pennsylvania, and surrounding areas for riders holding a valid PennCard.

TRIPS OUT OF TOWN

Convenient transportation is available if you want to enjoy other cities and destinations:

AMTRAK

Just four blocks away at 30th Street, trains run on a regular basis. New York City is only one hour and 20 minutes away and Washington, D.C., is two hours away.

PHILADELPHIA Megabus, Greyhound, FlixBus and Peter Pan

Located at Spring Garden Street and Christopher Columbus Boulevard, the buses offer an inexpensive way to get to New York City, Washington, D.C., or Boston. Buses also feature Wi-Fi and outlets.

SEPTA COMMUTER TRAINS

SEPTA offers many trains to the Philadelphia suburbs and a line to Trenton, NJ, where you can catch either Amtrak or NJ Transit (much less expensive) to New York City.

PATCO

PATCO is the commuter line to New Jersey that runs frequently and on-time.
A line of bicycles in front of brownstones

Health and Wellness

Where can I work out?

From enjoying the great outdoors, to brushing up on your backhand, to yoga classes, Penn’s campus offers a diversity of places to get a good workout.

GYMS

Pottruck Center at 3701 Walnut Street is the largest facility and has a full-service gym with a pool, fitness classes, a climbing wall, a fitness center, locker rooms, a sauna, and more!

Fox Fitness is at 219 S. 33rd Street and contains a fitness center, squash courts, and lockers. More details about amenities, classes, and memberships are available at Penn Campus Recreation.

Hecht Tennis Center facility at 240 S. 31st Street, near Penn Park, has eight indoor courts and is open daily.

Located at 3701 Walnut Street in Penn Park, Hamlin Tennis Courts are open daily and have great views of the city.

Penn Squash Center is at 219 S. 33rd Street, across from Penn Park. These courts are run separately from the gym and fitness complex and require separate membership.

Outdoor running and biking

Over 30 miles of Schuylkill River Trail that runs along the Schuylkill River from Center City through Valley Forge National Historical Park in Montgomery County is great for getting some fresh air. The trail passes Manayunk (a great place for brunch) and leads to the park’s Betzwood Picnic Area.

Student fitness groups

There’s a group for every sporting interest at Penn Carey Law, including a boxing group, running club, bowling league, flag football league, basketball league, soccer club, and ice hockey and softball teams. Look out for information on these groups in the Law School’s daily email notices, On the Docket, or at the student group fair in the fall.
Schuylkill River Trail

University services

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
CAPS is the University’s counseling center. It offers free and confidential services to all Penn students and helps them adjust to university life, manage personal and situational challenges, develop coping strategies, and grow personally and professionally.
Wellness at University of Pennsylvania
The Wellness Program consists of confidential, individualized stress reduction to students who might be feeling overwhelmed by daily pressures or who are interested in exploring alternative approaches for coping with stress. Students can develop personalized plans of action and learn self-care methods, such as mindful breathing and guided imagery, self-massage, qigong, and other mind/body techniques.

Law School services

Mental Health
The Law School hosts an on-site CAPS counselor twice a week to provide initial consultation, support, short-term counseling, and referral services. Students can sign up for appointments or just stop by during open office hours.
Wellness Programming
Student Affairs offers community-wide programming throughout the year to help strengthen students’ financial, physical, and mental wellness. Frequent programs include nutrition and healthy sleep workshops, yoga and cardio workout classes, and cognitive behavioral therapy sessions.
The Clinton/Parker Wellness Suite
Students have their own designated spaces to relax and recharge. The Clinton/Parker Wellness Suite includes a small workshop space to host wellness programs and a comfortable living room space designed for relaxation. The living room features a large screen, multiplayer video game console, comfy chairs and sofas, and a kitchenette.

The Clinton/Parker Wellness Suite is named after two beloved members of the Penn Carey Law community who made student well-being the cornerstone of their work in the Law School. In 2017, the Dean of Students, Gary Clinton, was due to retire and the graduating JD class wanted to pay homage to him by naming the Wellness Suite after him. That same year, when the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Matthew Parker L’00, GEd’15 passed away, the LLM Class took up a contribution to add his name to the suite. The Clinton/Parker Wellness Suite recognizes the energy Clinton and Parker dedicated to student welfare by providing a space for students to give attention to their own well-being. You will find the Clinton/Parker Wellness Suite on the Law School campus in the Silverman Ground Floor.

The

JD Curriculum

The Juris Doctor degree requirements at Penn Carey Law have been established to assure that students graduate with the analytical and critical intellectual skills necessary to meet tomorrow’s challenges in an ever-changing world. Our rich and diverse curriculum provides a thorough understanding of the basic principles of the law, an appreciation of the value of contributing to society through pro bono legal service, the ability to research and convey ideas and legal arguments both cogently and coherently, and an understanding of, and an appreciation for, legal ethics and the inherent responsibilities of becoming a member of the legal profession. Here, to give you a better sense of the breadth of the curriculum, is a listing of courses taught in recent semesters. Note that, because our faculty are engaged in cutting-edge scholarship in all fields, our coaurse and semester roster changes frequently, and we cannot guarantee that any given course will be taught in any specific semester.

COURSE LISTING

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND Regulatory Law

Access to Justice
Administrative Law
Advanced Administrative Law
Advanced Antitrust and Private Enforcement
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
Antitrust
Antitrust: Mergers, IP, and Vertical Restraints
Art and Cultural Heritage Law
Bankruptcy
Civil Practice Clinic
Conflict of Laws
Constitutional Litigation
Gaming Law
Health, Disability, and Justice
Empirical Social Science Research and the Law
Employment Arbitration Bootcamp
Energy Law and Climate Change
Environmental Enforcement
Financial Regulation
First Amendment in the 21st Century
Health Care Fraud: Investigation and Prosecution
Health Law and Policy
Immigration Law
International Trade Regulation
Internet Law
Intro to Law and Economics
Labor Law
Land Use Law
Law and Candidacy
Legislation and Regulation
Local Government Law
Money Laundering
Pharmaceutical Regulation and Enforcement
Public Corruption and the Law
Public Health Law
Refugee Law
Regulating Police
Regulatory Law and Policy
Remedies
SEC Enforcement
Securities Regulation
Space Law and Policy
Sports as Legal Systems
Torts

BUSINESS AND TRANSACTIONAL LAW

Accounting
Advanced Legal Research II: Transactional
Advanced Fundamentals for Corporate Lawyers
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Alternative Investment
Antitrust
Bankruptcy
Blockchain and the Law
Broker-Dealer Regulation
Business Management for Lawyers
Commercial Finance
Conflict of Laws
Consumer Law
Contract Drafting
Contracts
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance, Ethics, and Compliance
Corporate and M&A Litigation
Corporate Governance: Theory and Practice
Corporate Reorganization
Corporate Restructuring
Corporate Taxation
Corporations
Cross-Border M&A
Dealmaking and Strategy for a Changing Climate
Deals: Economic Structure of Transactions & Contracting
Empirical Approaches to Contract Law
Entertainment Law Transactions
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Developments in Public Corporation ESG Initiatives
Federal Income Tax
Finance, Economics, and the Law of Fiscal Crises
Financial Regulation
Generative AI in Corporate Law
In-House Counsel/Corporate Generalist
Intellectual Property & Corporate Lawyering
International Bankruptcy
International Business Negotiations
International Business Transactions
International Law
Islamic Finance
Land Use Law
Law and Economics
Law and Economics of the Firm
Legal Drafting for Investment Management
Literature, Law and Financial Distress
M&A Bootcamp
M&A Litigation Seminar
M&A Through the Business Cycle
M&A Transactions and the Role of Governments Bootcamp
Mergers and Acquisitions
Money Laundering
Negotiating and Drafting for M&A in Entertainment
Negotiations Bootcamp
Partnership Tax
Private Investment Funds
Real Estate Finance
Regulatory Law and Policy
SEC Enforcement
Securities Bootcamp
Securities Regulation: Law and Policy
Shareholder Rights
Startup and Venture Capital
Strategic Transactions in the Fashion & Retail Industry
Structured Finance and Securitization
Trade Secrets
Transactional Drafting
Transactional Drafting Bootcamp
Transactional Practice: Joint Ventures
VC Bootcamp
White Collar Crime

CLINICAL and PRACTITIONER SKILLS

Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Legal Research II: Human Rights
Advanced Legal Research II: International
Advanced Legal Research II: Litigation Research
Advanced Legal Research II: Transactional Corporate
Advanced Persuasive Legal Writing
Advanced Writing: Federal Litigation
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
Amicus Advocacy
Appellate Advocacy
Appellate Advocacy Preliminary Competition
Army War College: International Strategic Negotiations
Business Management for Lawyers
Civil Practice Clinic
Contract Drafting
Criminal Defense Clinic
Data Literacy for Lawyers
Death Penalty in U.S.: Theory & Practice
Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic
Discovery Methods
Employment Arbitration Bootcamp
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
In-House Counsel/Corporate Generalist
Innovation in Practice
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
Legal Communication Workshop
Legal Interviewing and Client Counseling
Legal Practice Skills
Legislative Clinic
Litigation-Alternative Victim Compensation Programs
Litigating as a Junior Associate
M&A Transactions and the Role of Governments Bootcamp
Mediation Theory and Skills
Negotiations Bootcamp
Public Speaking for Lawyers
Remedies
Strategic Transactions in the Fashion & Retail Industry
Thinking Like a Litigator
Trade Secrets
Transnational Legal Clinic
Trial Advocacy
Venture Capital Bootcamp
Writing for Practice

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES

Access to Justice
Administrative Law
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
AI and Civil Justice Lab
AI, Legal Technology and the Justice Gap Lab
Amicus Advocacy
Antidiscrimination Law
Appellate Advocacy
Comparative Constitutional Law
Conflict of Laws
Conservative and Libertarian Policy and Law
Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Constitutional Interpretation
Constitutional Law
Constitutional Litigation
Conviction Integrity: Errors in Criminal Justice
Cybercrime
Death Penalty in U.S.: Theory & Practice
Discrimination in Education
Election Law
Empirical Social Science Research and the Law
Employment Discrimination
Equal Protection and the Law
Family Law
Federal Courts
Federal Habeas Corpus
Federal Indian Law
First Amendment
First Amendment in the 21st Century
Health, Disability, and Justice
Higher Education Law and Policy
History of Privacy and the Law
Immigration Law
Judicial Decision-Making
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Land Use Law
Law and Sexuality
Local Government Law
Mental Health Law
National Security Law
Political Authority and Political Obligation
Political Philosophy of the Founders
Public Corruption and the Law
Race and the Law
Regulating Police
Regulatory Law and Policy
Remedies
Reproductive Rights and Justice
Social Media Law
State Constitutional Law
Strategic Lawyering for Social Justice
Thinking Like a Litigator
Voting Rights

COURTS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Access to Justice
Advanced Writing & Practice: Federal Civil Litigation
Advanced Problems in Federal Procedure
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
Amicus Advocacy
Appellate Advocacy
Bankruptcy
Civil Practice Clinic
Civil Procedure
Commercial Finance
Complex Litigation
Conflict of Laws
Conservative Political and Legal Thought
Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Constitutional Litigation
Criminal Defense Clinic
Criminal Justice Reform
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure: Prosecution and Adjudication
Cybercrime
Death Penalty in U.S.: Theory & Practice Discrimination in Education
Evidence
Federal Courts
Federal Indian Law
Federal Prosecution in Practice
Insurance Law and Policy
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
International Business Transactions
International Law
Judicial Decision-Making
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Law Reform Litigation
Legislation
Legislative Clinic
Litigation-Alternative Victim Compensation Programs
Litigation Finance
Litigation for Social Change
Power, Injustice, and Change in America
Private Action: Antitrust, RICO, & the Class Action
Race, Law, and Resistance
Recurring Issues in Complex Litigation
Refugee Law
Remedies
Remedies and Litigation Strategy
SEC Enforcement
Strategic Lawyering for Social Justice
The Supreme Court
Torts
Transnational Legal Clinic
Trial Advocacy

CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

American Criminal Law: Evolution and Application
Appellate Advocacy
Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Conviction Integrity
Corruption, Fraud, and Corporate Crimes
Criminal Defense Clinic
Criminal Justice Reform
Criminal Law
Criminal Law Foundations and Policy
Criminal Law Theory Seminar
Criminal Procedure: Prosecution and Adjudication
Cybercrime
Crimmigration
Death Penalty in U.S.: Theory & Practice
Empirical Social Science Research and the Law
Evidence
Federal Habeas Corpus
Federal Prosecution in Practice
Freedom, Responsibility and Neuroscience
Health Care Fraud: Investigation and Prosecution
Intro to Law and Economics
Investigating and Prosecuting National Security Matters
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Law of Investigations
Money Laundering
National Security Law
Policing and Policy Reform in the 21st Century
Public Corruption and the Law
Sentencing
Trade Secrets
White Collar Crime

EMPLOYMENT LAW AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Employee Benefits
Employment Arbitration Bootcamp
Employment Discrimination
Employment Law
Federal Income Taxation
In-House Counsel/Corporate Generalist
Intro to Law and Economics
Just Transition Law and Lawyering
Labor Law
Regulatory Law and Policy
Remedies
Social Media Law
Social Welfare Law

ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE LAW

Administrative Law
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Animal Law and Ethics
Dealmaking and Strategy for a Changing Climate
Energy Law and Climate Change
Environmental Enforcement
International Climate Change
Land Use Law
Law and Economics
Developments in Public Corporation ESG Initiatives
Regulatory Law and Policy

EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Access to Justice
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
AI and Civil Justice Lab
AI, Legal Technology and the Justice Gap Lab
Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Discrimination in Education
Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
Employment Discrimination
Equity & Justice Lab: Public Interest Capstone
Family Law
Gender and the Law
Health, Disability, and Justice
Immigration Law
Land Use Law
Law and Candidacy
Law and Inequality
Law and Sexuality
Law, Technology, and Access to Justice
Leading Social Change
Litigation for Social Change
Local Government Law
Policy Lab: AI and Implicit Bias
Power, Injustice, and Change in America
Race and the Law
Race, Law, and Resistance
Strategic Lawyering for Social Justice
Women, Law, and Leadership

Family Law

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Anatomy of a Divorce
Family Law
Federal Income Taxation
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
Intro to Law and Economics
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Reproductive Rights and Justice
Social Welfare Law

Health Law

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Animal Law and Ethics
Comparative Health Systems and Law
Drug Prices, Patents, and Politics
Drug Product Liability Litigation
Empirical Social Science Research and the Law
Federal Income Taxation
Freedom, Responsibility, and Neuroscience
Health Care Financing
Health Care Fraud: Investigation and Prosecution
Health, Disability, and Justice
Health Law and Policy
Health Policy Regulation and Reform
Intellectual Property and National Economic Value Creation
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
Mental Health Law
Patent Law
Pharmaceutical Regulation and Enforcement
Plagues, Pandemics, and Public Health
Public Health Law
Regulatory Law and Policy
Reproductive Rights and Justice
Social Welfare Law
Torts

Intellectual Property and Technology Law

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Advanced Topics in Technology and Policy
Art and Cultural Heritage Law
Blockchain and the Law
Copyright
Cultural Heritage & the Law
Cybercrime
Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Federal Income Taxation
First Amendment in the 21st Century
Intellectual Property & Corporate Lawyering
Intellectual Property Transactions
Intellectual Property and National Economic Value Creation
International Business Transactions
Internet Law
Intro to Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Intro to Law and Economics
Law of Autonomous Vehicles
Law, Technology, and Access to Justice
Lawyering and Technology
Patent Law
Patent Law – Appellate Advocacy
Patent Litigation
Policy Lab: AI and Implicit Bias
Privacy Law
Regulatory Law and Policy
Social Media Law
Space Law and Policy
Strategic Transactions in the Fashion & Retail Industry
Trade Secrets
Trademarks

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE AND TRADE LAW

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Corporate Governance, Ethics, and Compliance
Cross-Border M&A
European Union Law
Federal Income Taxation
Foreign Relations Law
Global Litigation
History of International Investment Law
International Bankruptcy
International Business Negotiations
International Law
International Trade Regulation
Intro to Law and Economics
Litigation for Social Change
Refugee Law
Space Law and Policy
Trade Secrets
Transnational Legal Clinic

INTERNATIONAL LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND IMMIGRATION

Advanced Legal Research II: Human Rights
Advanced Legal Research II: International
Army War College: International Strategic Negotiations
Borders and Boundaries in International Relations
Chinese Law
Comparative Corporate Governance
Comparative Law: Intro to the Civil Law Systems
Crimmigration
European Union Law
Foreign Relations Law
Global Legal Change
Global Litigation
Immigration Law
Intellectual Property and National Economic
Value Creation
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
International Arbitration
International Business Transactions
International Human Rights and National Security
International Human Rights: Current Topics
International Investment Arbitration
International Law
International Law and International Relations
International Privacy Law
International Trade Regulation
International Women’s Rights
International Women’s Human Rights
Jewish Law
Law and Morality of War
Litigating Across Borders
National Security Law
Power, Injustice and Change in America
Refugee Law
Strategic Lawyering for Social Justice
Transnational Legal Clinic

PERSPECTIVES ON THE LAW

Access to Justice
Animal Law and Ethics
Appellate Advocacy
Borders and Boundaries in International Relations
Comparative Health Systems and Law
Conservative Political and Legal Thought
Cultural Heritage & the Law
Discrimination in Education
Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
Employment Discrimination
Family Law
Freedom, Responsibility, and Neuroscience
Gender and the Law
History of Privacy and the Law
Immigration Law
Innovation in Practice
Intellectual Property & Corporate Lawyering
Intellectual Property and National Economic Value Creation
International Law
International Trade Regulation
Intro to Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Intro to Law and Economics
Intro to Philosophy of Law
Jewish Law
Just Transition Law and Lawyering
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Law and Inequality
Leadership in Law
Litigation for Social Change
Political Authority and Political Obligation
Positive Psychology in Legal Practice
Power, Injustice, and Change in America
Psychology of Legal Decision-Making
Public Corruption and the Law
Race and the Law
Race, Law, and Resistance
Reproductive Rights and Justice
Social Welfare Law
Theories of Law
Torts
Trade Secrets
Writing About the Law

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS

Advanced Writing: Federal Litigation
AI, Accountability and the Law
Appellate Advocacy
Civil Practice Clinic
Civil Procedure
Commercial Finance
Contract Drafting
Corporate Ethics, Compliance, and Social Responsibility
Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic
E-Discovery
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Ethical Leadership for Lawyers
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
International Business Transactions
JD/MBA Capstone Seminar
Just Transition Law and Lawyering
Leadership in Law
Legislative Clinic
M&A Litigation Seminar
Professional Responsibility for Corporate and Securities Lawyers
Professional Responsibility for Prosecutors and Defenders
Professional Responsibility: Traversing the Ethical Minefield
Professional Responsibility
Professional Responsibility in Public Interest Practice
Public Corruption and the Law
Social Media Law
Thinking Like a Litigator
Trade Secrets
Transnational Legal Clinic

Property and Real Estate Law

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Federal Income Taxation
Intro to Law and Economics
Land Use Law
Local Government Law
Land Use Law in Practice
Property
Real Estate Finance
Regulatory Law and Policy
Remedies
Transactional Drafting Bootcamp

PUBLIC INTEREST LAW

Access to Justice
Administrative Law
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
Advanced Torts
AI, Legal Technology and the Justice Gap Lab
Civil Practice Clinic
Community Lawyering to End Mass Incarceration
Constitutional Litigation
Discrimination in Education
Employment Discrimination
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Health, Disability, and Justice
Immigration Law
Law and Candidacy
Law Reform Litigation
Leading Social Change
Legislative Clinic
Local Government Law
Power, Injustice, and Change in America
Public Corruption and the Law
Regulatory Law and Policy Seminar
Reproductive Rights and Justice
Social Welfare Law
Strategic Lawyering for Social Justice
Transnational Legal Clinic
Voting Rights Seminar

TAX, BUSINESS PLANNING AND ESTATE PLANNING

Corporate Taxation
Employee Benefits
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Federal Income Tax
Gift and Estate Tax in Practice
International Bankruptcy
International Business Transactions
International Tax
Intro to Law and Economics
Partnership Tax
Structured Finance and Securitization
Structuring Venture Capital
Tax Policy Seminar
Trusts and Estates

Externship

Externship: City of Philadelphia Law Department
Externship: Community Legal Services
Externship: Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance
Externship: Conviction Integrity Unit
Externship: District Attorney’s Office – Philadelphia
Externship: Environmental Protection Agency
Externship: Federal Appellate Litigation
Externship: Federal Defender Death Penalty
Externship: Federal Defender Death Penalty & Trial Unit
Externship: Lerner Child Welfare Policy
Externship: Penn Office of Audit, Compliance, & Privacy
Externship: Penn Office of General Counsel
Externship: Pennsylvania Innocence Project
Externship: Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office – Appeals and Federal Litigation Units
Externship: Philadelphia Legal Assistance Unemployment Compensation Unit
Externship: Public Interest Law Center
Externship: Senior Law Center
Externship: U.S. Attorney’s Office – Civil and Criminal Division
Externship: U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Externship: Wistar Institute
Externship: Women’s Law Project

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND Regulatory Law

Access to Justice
Administrative Law
Advanced Administrative Law
Advanced Antitrust and Private Enforcement
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
Antitrust
Antitrust: Mergers, IP, and Vertical Restraints
Art and Cultural Heritage Law
Bankruptcy
Civil Practice Clinic
Conflict of Laws
Constitutional Litigation
Gaming Law
Health, Disability, and Justice
Empirical Social Science Research and the Law
Employment Arbitration Bootcamp
Energy Law and Climate Change
Environmental Enforcement
Financial Regulation
First Amendment in the 21st Century
Health Care Fraud: Investigation and Prosecution
Health Law and Policy
Immigration Law
International Trade Regulation
Internet Law
Intro to Law and Economics
Labor Law
Land Use Law
Law and Candidacy
Legislation and Regulation
Local Government Law
Money Laundering
Pharmaceutical Regulation and Enforcement
Public Corruption and the Law
Public Health Law
Refugee Law
Regulating Police
Regulatory Law and Policy
Remedies
SEC Enforcement
Securities Regulation
Space Law and Policy
Sports as Legal Systems
Torts

BUSINESS AND transactional law

Accounting
Advanced Legal Research II: Transactional
Advanced Fundamentals for Corporate Lawyers
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Alternative Investment
Antitrust
Bankruptcy
Blockchain and the Law
Broker-Dealer Regulation
Business Management for Lawyers
Commercial Finance
Conflict of Laws
Consumer Law
Contract Drafting
Contracts
Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance, Ethics, and Compliance
Corporate and M&A Litigation
Corporate Governance: Theory and Practice
Corporate Reorganization
Corporate Restructuring
Corporate Taxation
Corporations
Cross-Border M&A
Dealmaking and Strategy for a Changing Climate
Deals: Economic Structure of Transactions & Contracting
Empirical Approaches to Contract Law
Entertainment Law Transactions
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Developments in Public Corporation ESG Initiatives
Federal Income Tax
Finance, Economics, and the Law of Fiscal Crises
Financial Regulation
Generative AI in Corporate Law
In-House Counsel/Corporate Generalist
Intellectual Property & Corporate Lawyering
International Bankruptcy
International Business Negotiations
International Business Transactions
International Law
Islamic Finance
Land Use Law
Law and Economics
Law and Economics of the Firm
Legal Drafting for Investment Management
Literature, Law and Financial Distress
M&A Bootcamp
M&A Litigation Seminar
M&A Through the Business Cycle
M&A Transactions and the Role of Governments Bootcamp
Mergers and Acquisitions
Money Laundering
Negotiating and Drafting for M&A in Entertainment
Negotiations Bootcamp
Partnership Tax
Private Investment Funds
Real Estate Finance
Regulatory Law and Policy
SEC Enforcement
Securities Bootcamp
Securities Regulation: Law and Policy
Shareholder Rights
Startup and Venture Capital
Strategic Transactions in the Fashion & Retail Industry
Structured Finance and Securitization
Trade Secrets
Transactional Drafting
Transactional Drafting Bootcamp
Transactional Practice: Joint Ventures
VC Bootcamp
White Collar Crime

CLINICAL and PRACTITIONER SKILLS

Advanced Legal Research
Advanced Legal Research II: Human Rights
Advanced Legal Research II: International
Advanced Legal Research II: Litigation Research
Advanced Legal Research II: Transactional Corporate
Advanced Persuasive Legal Writing
Advanced Writing: Federal Litigation
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
Amicus Advocacy
Appellate Advocacy
Appellate Advocacy Preliminary Competition
Army War College: International Strategic Negotiations
Business Management for Lawyers
Civil Practice Clinic
Contract Drafting
Criminal Defense Clinic
Data Literacy for Lawyers
Death Penalty in U.S.: Theory & Practice
Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic
Discovery Methods
Employment Arbitration Bootcamp
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
In-House Counsel/Corporate Generalist
Innovation in Practice
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
Legal Communication Workshop
Legal Interviewing and Client Counseling
Legal Practice Skills
Legislative Clinic
Litigation-Alternative Victim Compensation Programs
Litigating as a Junior Associate
M&A Transactions and the Role of Governments Bootcamp
Mediation Theory and Skills
Negotiations Bootcamp
Public Speaking for Lawyers
Remedies
Strategic Transactions in the Fashion & Retail Industry
Thinking Like a Litigator
Trade Secrets
Transnational Legal Clinic
Trial Advocacy
Venture Capital Bootcamp
Writing for Practice

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES

Access to Justice
Administrative Law
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
AI and Civil Justice Lab
AI, Legal Technology and the Justice Gap Lab
Amicus Advocacy
Antidiscrimination Law
Appellate Advocacy
Comparative Constitutional Law
Conflict of Laws
Conservative and Libertarian Policy and Law
Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Constitutional Interpretation
Constitutional Law
Constitutional Litigation
Conviction Integrity: Errors in Criminal Justice
Cybercrime
Death Penalty in U.S.: Theory & Practice
Discrimination in Education
Election Law
Empirical Social Science Research and the Law
Employment Discrimination
Equal Protection and the Law
Family Law
Federal Courts
Federal Habeas Corpus
Federal Indian Law
First Amendment
First Amendment in the 21st Century
Health, Disability, and Justice
Higher Education Law and Policy
History of Privacy and the Law
Immigration Law
Judicial Decision-Making
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Land Use Law
Law and Sexuality
Local Government Law
Mental Health Law
National Security Law
Political Authority and Political Obligation
Political Philosophy of the Founders
Public Corruption and the Law
Race and the Law
Regulating Police
Regulatory Law and Policy
Remedies
Reproductive Rights and Justice
Social Media Law
State Constitutional Law
Strategic Lawyering for Social Justice
Thinking Like a Litigator
Voting Rights

COURTS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Access to Justice
Advanced Writing & Practice: Federal Civil Litigation
Advanced Problems in Federal Procedure
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
Amicus Advocacy
Appellate Advocacy
Bankruptcy
Civil Practice Clinic
Civil Procedure
Commercial Finance
Complex Litigation
Conflict of Laws
Conservative Political and Legal Thought
Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Constitutional Litigation
Criminal Defense Clinic
Criminal Justice Reform
Criminal Law
Criminal Procedure: Prosecution and Adjudication
Cybercrime
Death Penalty in U.S.: Theory & Practice Discrimination in Education
Evidence
Federal Courts
Federal Indian Law
Federal Prosecution in Practice
Insurance Law and Policy
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
International Business Transactions
International Law
Judicial Decision-Making
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Law Reform Litigation
Legislation
Legislative Clinic
Litigation-Alternative Victim Compensation Programs
Litigation Finance
Litigation for Social Change
Power, Injustice, and Change in America
Private Action: Antitrust, RICO, & the Class Action
Race, Law, and Resistance
Recurring Issues in Complex Litigation
Refugee Law
Remedies
Remedies and Litigation Strategy
SEC Enforcement
Strategic Lawyering for Social Justice
The Supreme Court
Torts
Transnational Legal Clinic
Trial Advocacy

Criminal Law and Procedure

American Criminal Law: Evolution and Application
Appellate Advocacy
Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Conviction Integrity
Corruption, Fraud, and Corporate Crimes
Criminal Defense Clinic
Criminal Justice Reform
Criminal Law
Criminal Law Foundations and Policy
Criminal Law Theory Seminar
Criminal Procedure: Prosecution and Adjudication
Cybercrime
Crimmigration
Death Penalty in U.S.: Theory & Practice
Empirical Social Science Research and the Law
Evidence
Federal Habeas Corpus
Federal Prosecution in Practice
Freedom, Responsibility and Neuroscience
Health Care Fraud: Investigation and Prosecution
Intro to Law and Economics
Investigating and Prosecuting National Security Matters
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Law of Investigations
Money Laundering
National Security Law
Policing and Policy Reform in the 21st Century
Public Corruption and the Law
Sentencing
Trade Secrets
White Collar Crime

Employment Law and Employee Benefits

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Employee Benefits
Employment Arbitration Bootcamp
Employment Discrimination
Employment Law
Federal Income Taxation
In-House Counsel/Corporate Generalist
Intro to Law and Economics
Just Transition Law and Lawyering
Labor Law
Regulatory Law and Policy
Remedies
Social Media Law
Social Welfare Law

Environmental and Natural Resource Law

Administrative Law
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Animal Law and Ethics
Dealmaking and Strategy for a Changing Climate
Energy Law and Climate Change
Environmental Enforcement
International Climate Change
Land Use Law
Law and Economics
Developments in Public Corporation ESG Initiatives
Regulatory Law and Policy

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Access to Justice
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
AI and Civil Justice Lab
AI, Legal Technology and the Justice Gap Lab
Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Discrimination in Education
Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
Employment Discrimination
Equity & Justice Lab: Public Interest Capstone
Family Law
Gender and the Law
Health, Disability, and Justice
Immigration Law
Land Use Law
Law and Candidacy
Law and Inequality
Law and Sexuality
Law, Technology, and Access to Justice
Leading Social Change
Litigation for Social Change
Local Government Law
Policy Lab: AI and Implicit Bias
Power, Injustice, and Change in America
Race and the Law
Race, Law, and Resistance
Strategic Lawyering for Social Justice
Women, Law, and Leadership

Family Law

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Anatomy of a Divorce
Family Law
Federal Income Taxation
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
Intro to Law and Economics
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Reproductive Rights and Justice
Social Welfare Law

Health Law

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Animal Law and Ethics
Comparative Health Systems and Law
Drug Prices, Patents, and Politics
Drug Product Liability Litigation
Empirical Social Science Research and the Law
Federal Income Taxation
Freedom, Responsibility, and Neuroscience
Health Care Financing
Health Care Fraud: Investigation and Prosecution
Health, Disability, and Justice
Health Law and Policy
Health Policy Regulation and Reform
Intellectual Property and National Economic Value Creation
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
Mental Health Law
Patent Law
Pharmaceutical Regulation and Enforcement
Plagues, Pandemics, and Public Health
Public Health Law
Regulatory Law and Policy
Reproductive Rights and Justice
Social Welfare Law
Torts

Intellectual Property and Technology Law

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Advanced Topics in Technology and Policy
Art and Cultural Heritage Law
Blockchain and the Law
Copyright
Cultural Heritage & the Law
Cybercrime
Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Federal Income Taxation
First Amendment in the 21st Century
Intellectual Property & Corporate Lawyering
Intellectual Property Transactions
Intellectual Property and National Economic Value Creation
International Business Transactions
Internet Law
Intro to Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Intro to Law and Economics
Law of Autonomous Vehicles
Law, Technology, and Access to Justice
Lawyering and Technology
Patent Law
Patent Law – Appellate Advocacy
Patent Litigation
Policy Lab: AI and Implicit Bias
Privacy Law
Regulatory Law and Policy
Social Media Law
Space Law and Policy
Strategic Transactions in the Fashion & Retail Industry
Trade Secrets
Trademarks

International Corporate and Trade Law

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Corporate Governance, Ethics, and Compliance
Cross-Border M&A
European Union Law
Federal Income Taxation
Foreign Relations Law
Global Litigation
History of International Investment Law
International Bankruptcy
International Business Negotiations
International Law
International Trade Regulation
Intro to Law and Economics
Litigation for Social Change
Refugee Law
Space Law and Policy
Trade Secrets
Transnational Legal Clinic

International Law, Human Rights, and Immigration

Advanced Legal Research II: Human Rights
Advanced Legal Research II: International
Army War College: International Strategic Negotiations
Borders and Boundaries in International Relations
Chinese Law
Comparative Corporate Governance
Comparative Law: Intro to the Civil Law Systems
Crimmigration
European Union Law
Foreign Relations Law
Global Legal Change
Global Litigation
Immigration Law
Intellectual Property and National Economic
Value Creation
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
International Arbitration
International Business Transactions
International Human Rights and National Security
International Human Rights: Current Topics
International Investment Arbitration
International Law
International Law and International Relations
International Privacy Law
International Trade Regulation
International Women’s Rights
International Women’s Human Rights
Jewish Law
Law and Morality of War
Litigating Across Borders
National Security Law
Power, Injustice and Change in America
Refugee Law
Strategic Lawyering for Social Justice
Transnational Legal Clinic

Perspectives on the Law

Access to Justice
Animal Law and Ethics
Appellate Advocacy
Borders and Boundaries in International Relations
Comparative Health Systems and Law
Conservative Political and Legal Thought
Cultural Heritage & the Law
Discrimination in Education
Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession
Employment Discrimination
Family Law
Freedom, Responsibility, and Neuroscience
Gender and the Law
History of Privacy and the Law
Immigration Law
Innovation in Practice
Intellectual Property & Corporate Lawyering
Intellectual Property and National Economic Value Creation
International Law
International Trade Regulation
Intro to Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Intro to Law and Economics
Intro to Philosophy of Law
Jewish Law
Just Transition Law and Lawyering
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Law and Inequality
Leadership in Law
Litigation for Social Change
Political Authority and Political Obligation
Positive Psychology in Legal Practice
Power, Injustice, and Change in America
Psychology of Legal Decision-Making
Public Corruption and the Law
Race and the Law
Race, Law, and Resistance
Reproductive Rights and Justice
Social Welfare Law
Theories of Law
Torts
Trade Secrets
Writing About the Law

Professional Responsibility and Ethics

Advanced Writing: Federal Litigation
AI, Accountability and the Law
Appellate Advocacy
Civil Practice Clinic
Civil Procedure
Commercial Finance
Contract Drafting
Corporate Ethics, Compliance, and Social Responsibility
Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic
E-Discovery
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Ethical Leadership for Lawyers
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic
International Business Transactions
JD/MBA Capstone Seminar
Just Transition Law and Lawyering
Leadership in Law
Legislative Clinic
M&A Litigation Seminar
Professional Responsibility for Corporate and Securities Lawyers
Professional Responsibility for Prosecutors and Defenders
Professional Responsibility: Traversing the Ethical Minefield
Professional Responsibility
Professional Responsibility in Public Interest Practice
Public Corruption and the Law
Social Media Law
Thinking Like a Litigator
Trade Secrets
Transnational Legal Clinic

Property and Real Estate Law

Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Federal Income Taxation
Intro to Law and Economics
Land Use Law
Local Government Law
Land Use Law in Practice
Property
Real Estate Finance
Regulatory Law and Policy
Remedies
Transactional Drafting Bootcamp

Public Interest Law

Access to Justice
Administrative Law
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy
Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic
Advanced Torts
AI, Legal Technology and the Justice Gap Lab
Civil Practice Clinic
Community Lawyering to End Mass Incarceration
Constitutional Litigation
Discrimination in Education
Employment Discrimination
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Health, Disability, and Justice
Immigration Law
Law and Candidacy
Law Reform Litigation
Leading Social Change
Legislative Clinic
Local Government Law
Power, Injustice, and Change in America
Public Corruption and the Law
Regulatory Law and Policy Seminar
Reproductive Rights and Justice
Social Welfare Law
Strategic Lawyering for Social Justice
Transnational Legal Clinic
Voting Rights Seminar

TAX, BUSINESS PLANNING AND ESTATE PLANNING

Corporate Taxation
Employee Benefits
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Federal Income Tax
Gift and Estate Tax in Practice
International Bankruptcy
International Business Transactions
International Tax
Intro to Law and Economics
Partnership Tax
Structured Finance and Securitization
Structuring Venture Capital
Tax Policy Seminar
Trusts and Estates

Externship

Externship: City of Philadelphia Law Department
Externship: Community Legal Services
Externship: Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance
Externship: Conviction Integrity Unit
Externship: District Attorney’s Office – Philadelphia
Externship: Environmental Protection Agency
Externship: Federal Appellate Litigation
Externship: Federal Defender Death Penalty
Externship: Federal Defender Death Penalty & Trial Unit
Externship: Lerner Child Welfare Policy
Externship: Penn Office of Audit, Compliance, & Privacy
Externship: Penn Office of General Counsel
Externship: Pennsylvania Innocence Project
Externship: Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office – Appeals and Federal Litigation Units
Externship: Philadelphia Legal Assistance Unemployment Compensation Unit
Externship: Public Interest Law Center
Externship: Senior Law Center
Externship: U.S. Attorney’s Office – Civil and Criminal Division
Externship: U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Externship: Wistar Institute
Externship: Women’s Law Project

First-year Curriculum Courses

Civil Procedure
Constitutional Law
Contracts
Criminal Law
Torts
Legal Practice Skills (both semesters)
Two electives (Regulatory elective and General elective)

Samples of Recent Regulatory Electives

Antidiscrimination Law
Bankruptcy
International Law
Internet Law

Samples of Recent General Electives

Access to Justice
Introduction to Intellectual Property
Judicial Decision-Making
Law and Economics
National Security Law
Privacy Law
Property

Second- & Third-year Curriculum Requirements

Minimum of 54 semester hours (up to four courses can be taken outside Penn Carey Law at one of Penn’s 11 other graduate and professional schools)
Senior research and writing project
Professional responsibility course
Public service (70 hours minimum)
6 credits in experiential coursework
Invested In Your Future

Financial Aid

Congratulations on your admission to Penn Carey Law!

Penn Carey Law offers one of the most generous and comprehensive financial aid programs in the country. Our mission is to help students achieve their educational goals by identifying practical solutions for financing a legal education.

This section contains a summary of our financial aid programs and application process, as well as a checklist to help keep you on track. Make sure that you complete each step by its indicated deadline. We strongly recommend that you complete each step as soon as possible so that you will receive a financial aid decision in a timely fashion.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 215-898-7743 or finaid@law.upenn.edu.

We look forward to connecting with you in the near future!

Sincerely,

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ANTHONY HENRY
Assistant Dean for Financial Aid
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financial aid opportunities

Merit-Based Awards

All applicants are considered for merit scholarships based on their admissions material. Applicants may be invited to apply for certain scholarships, which may include a separate application, interview, or additional essay. Nominations are made on a rolling basis starting in February. For more information on our merit scholarship programs, go to https://www.law.upenn.edu/admissions/financing/.

Need-Based Financial Aid Application Procedures

Carefully read and complete each step below. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have complied with all application requirements. Financial aid awards will be finalized when copies of the 2023 Federal Tax Returns and the forms listed below are submitted and reviewed. We recommend that you retain a photocopy of completed forms for your records.

Law School Need-Based Grant Applicants

If you are applying for Law School need-based grants and all other forms of need-based financial assistance, complete the following:

  1. Submit the 2025–2026 FAFSA to the U.S. Department of Education at https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa. Penn’s Federal School Code is 003378.
  2. Complete a financial aid application for the fall of 2025 through the CSS Profile Application website: https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/. There is a $24 fee. Need-eligible students who enroll at Penn Carey Law will receive a $24 tuition reimbursement for this fee at the time of matriculation. Penn Carey Law’s CSS Code is 2495.
  3. Note: We strongly recommend providing your social security number (SSN) on the CSS Profile Application. Applications submitted without the SSN can experience significant processing delays.

    Instructions and important tips for completing this application can be found at https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/. Please review this information thoroughly before you begin. For CSS Profile support, call 866-881-1167.

  4. Provide student’s, parents’, and spouse’s (if applicable) 2023 Federal Income Tax Returns & W2 forms (all pages and schedules). We recommend that you keep copies of tax forms for your records.
  5. Penn Carey Law provides the opportunity to include additional information that is relevant to the analysis of the applicant’s financial circumstances. We recognize that each applicant has a unique set of financial, personal, and economic conditions. We encourage you to complete the special circumstance section in the CSS profile or complete our Special Circumstances Form at https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/13222-special-circumstance-2025-2026. Please send the completed form to finaid@law.upenn.edu.

funding your public interest career

Penn Carey Law’s commitment to lawyering in the public interest is unsurpassed. Since 2013, the amount of financial assistance available annually for all Penn Carey Law students has more than doubled in the form of scholarships, postgraduate fellowships, substantial loan repayment assistance, and guaranteed summer funding. Our commitment includes:

  • Our career counselors guiding students and alumni through applications for postgraduate fellowships and loan repayment assistance. Our counselors also provide comprehensive support and access to resources for securing summer internships and public interest and government employment.
  • The Toll Public Interest Center (TPIC), Office of Career Strategy (OCS), and a faculty committee providing consistent support and an unrivaled network for students seeking postgraduate fellowships. This includes personalized assistance during the rigorous application process for national fellowships, as well as postgraduate fellowships sponsored by Penn.

TOLL LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (TOLLRAP)

Penn Carey Law supports the careers of students and alumni committed to public service through our loan repayment assistance program, which is one of the most generous in the country. The Toll Loan Repayment Assistance Program provides substantial relief from law school debt burdens. Repayment assistance is provided on an annual basis for up to 10 years following graduation to alumni working in public interest positions. Eligible graduates receive TolLRAP assistance for the full payment of their federal loans in an eligible income-driven repayment plan. In addition, participants can be eligible for TolLRAP PLUS assistance. TolLRAP PLUS provides support to graduates for their continuing and sustained service. Participants become vested in the Program after three years and are then eligible for TolLRAP PLUS payments. For more information about TolLRAP and the TolLRAP PLUS payment schedule, please go to https://www.law.upenn.edu/publicservice/funding-for-public-service/.

Summer Public Interest Internship Funding Opportunities

At Penn Carey Law, there are no financial barriers to taking unpaid summer internships in the public sector or pursuing public interest work anywhere in the U.S. or abroad. Funding for such work is guaranteed, and each summer many students take advantage of this opportunity.

Students work with counselors from the Office of Career Strategy and the Toll Public Interest Center to find the right program for their public interest internship and funding needs. Penn Carey Law’s guaranteed summer funding program provides financial support for public interest work in government, legal services, nonprofit organizations, and NGOs.

Postgraduate Fellowships

Each year, Penn Carey Law students and recent graduates secure career-launching public interest fellowships including with the Skadden Foundation, Equal Justice Works, the Independence Foundation, Immigrant Justice Corps, and Gideon’s Promise. Penn Carey Law also has its own robust fellowship program:

  • THE LANGER, GROGAN AND DIVER FELLOWSHIP IN SOCIAL JUSTICE — Generously funded by Penn Carey Law alumni at Langer, Grogan & Diver P.C., this fellowship is a Delaware Valley-based fellowship that will fund one year of full-time work at a sponsoring public interest organization.
  • The Penn Carey Law Public Interest Fellowships — These fellowships fund one year of full-time work at a national or international sponsoring public interest organization.
  • The Toll Public Interest Fellowship — This fellowship funds one year of full-time work at a national or international sponsoring public interest organization.
  • University of Pennsylvania Law Review Public Interest Fellowship — This fellowship funds one year of full-time work at a national or international sponsoring public interest organization.
  • Penn Carey Law Catalyst Fellowship — This fellowship funds one year of post-graduate volunteer attorney work in government, nonprofit, or international organizations.

Penn Carey Law also has its own robust fellowship program, including Project-based Fellowships and Catalyst Fellowships, which are awarded on a competitive basis:

Project-based Fellowships provide one-year of funding for graduating students to partner with a nonprofit organization and design a project to address a particular client need.

Catalyst Fellowships provide one-year of funding for post-graduate attorney work in government, nonprofit, or international organizations.

In recent years, our graduates have launched their careers through fellowships with a wide range of organizations including the ACLU of Hawaii, the Brennan Center for Justice, the National Women’s Law Center, Earthjustice, Reprieve, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, and the Defender Association of Philadelphia.

Toll Public Interest Scholars & FELLOWS PROGRAM

Toll Public Interest Scholars receive a full-tuition scholarship for all three years of study at Penn Carey Law. This program also offers a generous stipend of $10,000 for public interest employment for the summers following 1L and 2L, plus $10,000 for the summer following graduation. All admitted students are invited to apply to the Toll Public Interest Scholars Program in the spring prior to the start of law school. Toll Scholars are selected on the basis of their lived and professional experiences, academic records, potential for leadership, and dedication to pursuing public interest careers following graduation.

The Toll Public Interest Fellows receive a 75% tuition scholarship for their second and third years of study at Penn Carey Law. This program also offers a generous stipend of $10,000 for public interest employment for the summer bridging 2L and 3L, plus $10,000 for the summer following graduation. All students are welcome to apply to the Toll Public Interest Fellows Program. Interested students apply and are selected during the summer following their first year of study. Application instructions are sent out in late spring. Fellows are selected on the basis of their demonstrated commitment to public service and pro bono, their engagement with the Law School’s pro bono and public interest communities during 1L, and their potential for leadership within the legal community.

For more information about public interest support programs, go to the public service section on our website – https://www.law.upenn.edu/publicservice/funding-for-public-service/.

Student Loan Applicants

Once your financial need is determined and you have been notified of your financial aid award, you will be making decisions about applying for one or more educational loans (e.g., Federal Direct, Federal Direct Grad PLUS, or private student loans). Our office will provide you with detailed instructions at the appropriate time. If you are only applying for the Federal Direct and/or the Federal Direct Grad PLUS Loan, only submit the FAFSA Application. More information is available at: https://www.law.upenn.edu/admitted/jd/financialaidscholarships/.

Financial Aid Application Checklist

Penn Carey Law supports the careers of students and alumni committed to public service through our loan repayment assistance program, which is one of the most generous in the country.

Observe the deadlines listed below in order to have your financial aid award determined in a timely fashion.

A need analysis will not be performed until applications are complete.

  1. File a 2025-2026 FAFSA at https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa.
  2. Include Penn’s Federal School Code: 003378.
  3. Submit a financial aid application at https://cssprofile.collegeboard.org/ using the code 2495.
  4. Federal Income Tax Returns and W2 Forms: Please submit copies of your, your parents’, and, if applicable, your spouse’s 2023 Tax Returns, all pages and schedules. To expedite processing, attach a Tax I.D. Form to your returns. We prefer electronic copies of your tax forms via online submission at https://www.sfs.upenn.edu/forms/OnlineDocSubmitForm.php. If tax returns were not filed, you still need to submit the Tax I.D. Form and sign the Non-Filer section. If the date of your marriage is prior to June 1, 2025, a copy of your spouse’s 2023 Tax Return is also required. Please submit all corresponding W2 Forms. You can print off a Tax I.D. Form at https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/13223-tax-id-coversheet-25-26.
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Note: Applicants admitted after the above deadlines can still apply for financial assistance. We recommend applying shortly after your admission decision is rendered.

Notification and Billing Dates

  • Incoming students are notified of their financial aid eligibility on a rolling basis beginning March 2025.
  • Notification of fall 2025 tuition bills will be sent to your Penn Carey Law email address around July 1st and will be due late July 2025. More information can be found at https://srfs.upenn.edu/billing-payment.
  • Monthly Budgeting Program — Pay educational expenses over four (4) months each term. The deadline to apply is typically in May. Go to srfs.upenn.edu/billing-payment/penn-payment-plan for deadlines and more details.
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