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2025 STATUS List
Dorothy E. Roberts recognized among STAT’s ’2025 STATUS List’ featuring 50 influential people shaping the future of health and life sciences.
Remembering Curtis R. Reitz L’56
Penn Carey Law honors the legacy of Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor, Emeritus Curtis R. Reitz L’56, an esteemed Law School faculty member and University leader for over 50 years.
Faculty
2025 STATUS List
Dorothy E. Roberts recognized among STAT’s ’2025 STATUS List’ featuring 50 influential people shaping the future of health and life sciences.
Remembering Curtis R. Reitz L’56
Penn Carey Law honors the legacy of Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor, Emeritus Curtis R. Reitz L’56, an esteemed Law School faculty member and University leader for over 50 years.
Students
Global Constitutional Advocacy
This year, the Black Law Student Association traveled to South Africa to engage in several high-impact activities focused on constitutional law, social justice, and legal education.
Army War College
Each spring, the U.S. Army War College holds an ISCNE at Penn Carey Law, designed to engage and educate law students in the process of crisis negotiation at the strategic level.
2025 Commencement Speaker
New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy WG’83 will deliver the commencement speech to the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Class of 2025.
Alumni
Jonathan Vipond III L’70
From turbulent times to a lifetime of service, Jonathan Vipond III L’70 credits Penn Carey Law’s community and education as the foundation of his success.
Valerie L. Kelly L’94
Rooted in community, driven by impact—Valerie L. Kelly L’94 reflects on the enduring spirit of Penn Carey Law and her lifelong commitment to giving back.
Curriculum
Developing Leadership Skills in Business and Finance
The Wharton Certificate in Management provides Penn Carey Law students the opportunity to expand their business acumen skills.
Army War College
Each spring, the U.S. Army War College holds an ISCNE at Penn Carey Law, designed to engage and educate law students in the process of crisis negotiation at the strategic level.
Social Media Law
How do existing legal frameworks adapt to a world of constantly evolving social media?
Research and Scholarship
Award-Winning Collaboration
Tess Wilkinson-Ryan L’05, G’06, PhD’08, David Hoffman, and Emily Campbell L’24 received the Order of the Coif 2024 Lolly Gasaway Award for their interdisciplinary research.
Advancing Legal Theory
Prof. Mitchell Berman was awarded the Jurisprudence Section Article Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) for his article “How Practices Make Principles, and How Principles Make Rules.”
‘The Reconciliation Roots of Fourth Amendment Privacy’
DeanSophia Z. Lee explores “privacies of life” and Fourth Amendment rights in the University of Chicago Law Review.
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2025 STATUS List
Dorothy E. Roberts recognized among STAT’s ’2025 STATUS List’ featuring 50 influential people shaping the future of health and life sciences.
Remembering Curtis R. Reitz L’56
Penn Carey Law honors the legacy of Algernon Sydney Biddle Professor, Emeritus Curtis R. Reitz L’56, an esteemed Law School faculty member and University leader for over 50 years.
2025 Alumni Impact Award
Dwayne Bensing (right) GEd’09, L’12 has been awarded the Toll Public Interest Center (TPIC) 2025 Alumni Impact Award while Premal Dharia L’03 and Abby Wright L’06 were finalists.
Global Constitutional Advocacy
This year, the Black Law Student Association traveled to South Africa to engage in several high-impact activities focused on constitutional law, social justice, and legal education.
42nd Annual UVA Law Softball Invitational Champions
The “Penn Carey Law Goats” represented the Law School en route to winning the annual law school softball tournament held at the University of Virginia.
Student Advocacy in Action
Practice Professor Colleen F. Shanahan empowers Penn Carey Law students to advocate for social justice by representing clients and advancing systemic reform.
Supreme Court Affirms FDA’s Authority in E-Cigarette Regulation
In the wake of a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the FDA’s rejection of fruit-flavored vape products, Dean Emeritus Ted Ruger offers expert legal analysis on what the ruling means for administrative authority and public health regulation.
Developing Leadership Skills in Business and Finance
The Wharton Certificate in Management provides Penn Carey Law students the opportunity to expand their business acumen skills.
Advancing Legal Reform
With advocacy from Penn Carey Law’s Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Kuwait Repeals Law allowing Leniency for ‘Honor Killings.’
Army War College
Each spring, the U.S. Army War College holds an ISCNE at Penn Carey Law, designed to engage and educate law students in the process of crisis negotiation at the strategic level.
2025 Commencement Speaker
New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy WG’83 will deliver the commencement speech to the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Class of 2025.