Constitutional rights, gender equality, health data privacy—Profs. Finkelstein, Shaw (@kateshaw.bsky.social), and Hoffman tackled the legal issues shaping our lives this week. https://penncareylaw.news/3M9icIK

Three Penn Carey Law professors rank in the top 40 on SSRN's 2025 author rankings: Cary Coglianese (@cary-coglianese.bsky.social) (#19), Elizabeth Pollman (#32), and Herbert Hovenkamp (#36). Their scholarship continues to shape legal thinking worldwide. https://penncareylaw.news/4a0dvdj

Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts' new memoir, The Mixed Marriage Project, intertwines her family's story with her father's research on interracial couples in Chicago. An exploration of love, race, and identity in America. Watch Prof. Roberts discuss her new memoir. https://penncareylaw.news/4kikGkA

How do you prepare future lawyers for a world where AI is embedded in practice and policy? At Penn Carey Law, we’re integrating responsible AI skills, ethical frameworks, and interdisciplinary insight across our curriculum. https://penncareylaw.news/3NXK3Ml

Penn Carey Law faculty analyzed constitutional law, immigration enforcement, climate policy, and financial markets across TV, podcasts, and national news this week. Catch up on their latest media appearances. https://penncareylaw.news/3Of9Csk

Does having the same attorney throughout a criminal case improve outcomes? New research from Penn Carey Law's David Abrams and Northwestern's Priyanka Goonetilleke finds no evidence that "vertical representation" delivers promised benefits. 🔗 https://penncareylaw.news/4qLLcFh

Congratulations to this year’s Edwin R. Keedy Cup winners, Jeff Berkowitz L’26 and Christopher Tarakji L’26! Read more and view photos here: https://penncareylaw.news/4bghdk2

Penn Carey Law in the News: Faculty on Trump v. Cook oral arguments, federal authority, civil rights, and regulatory policy. Featuring Profs. Shaw, Finkelstein, Mayeri, Welton & Senior Fellow Rudovsky ⤵️ https://penncareylaw.news/4blBchr

“What are you doing for others?” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On #MLKDay, we reflect on how Penn Carey Law students put service into practice through our clinics and public interest programs. 🔗 https://penncareylaw.news/4b0bjn7

This week’s Faculty in the News features insights from Profs. Kate Shaw, Cary Coglianese, and other Penn Carey Law faculty in the media. ⤵️ https://penncareylaw.news/4qxBMxm

Our first Faculty in the News roundup of 2026 is live—featuring Penn Carey Law faculty insights on pressing topics of the day, including global conflict, climate policy, and health policy. ⤵️ https://t.e2ma.net/message/rvlfjl/7jj2zjzc

2025 was a year of progress and purpose — made possible by our people. Grateful for the Penn Carey Law community. https://penncareylaw.news/4izbmYt

Congratulations to Prof. Lisa Fairfax, named the 2026 AALS Patricia J. Williams Award winner for outstanding scholarship on race and private law. Read more: https://penncareylaw.news/4jas80r

Long-term care needs are rising—but federal policy isn’t keeping pace. A new brief from Penn LDI, drawing on research by Allison K. Hoffman, Rachel Werner, and Tamara Konetzka, explores today’s LTC challenges and opportunities for reform. https://penncareylaw.news/4aPHvcw

2025: a year of progress and purpose. Discover the people, stories, and milestones that shaped the year at Penn Carey Law. https://penncareylaw.news/4izbmYt

Congratulations to Prof. Sandra D. Mayson, recipient of the 2025 Legal History Article of the Year Prize from the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation for her Harvard Law Review article, “Bail at the Founding." Read more: https://penncareylaw.news/48wUPBd

Can’t take students to COP30? Bring COP30 to them. Penn Today highlights how Profs. William Burke-White & Ken Kulak gave students a real-time look into the conference through Zoom and live briefings from Brazil. https://penncareylaw.news/4iRAJ8m

Penn Carey Law faculty offered trusted insight on fast-moving legal, economic, and regulatory issues in this week’s headlines. Full coverage ➝ https://penncareylaw.news/4j3rlOX

Prof. Kate Shaw (@kateshaw.bsky.social) and political commentator Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes.bsky.social) delivered this year’s Annenberg Lecture (@asc.upenn.edu), discussing how changes in media and public attention are reshaping U.S. politics. https://penncareylaw.news/4iJQIoX

POLICY DIGEST: Our latest policy digest from Kleinman Center and @penncareylaw.bsky.social professor Shelley Welton (@shelley-w.bsky.social) explores the National Energy System Operator's pioneering model and lessons it offers for improving the U.S.’s fragmented and inefficient energy planning.

Learn more about Penn Carey Law's six international visiting professors for the 2025-2026 academic year: https://penncareylaw.news/4rKCIPW

Thanks to The Daily Penn for spotlighting Justice Lab, our newest clinic launched in fall 2025 & led by Prof. Colleen Shanahan. Students drive state & local legal reform with partners in Philly & nationwide. Coverage: https://penncareylaw.news/4iB5FJG Video: https://penncareylaw.news/48bRFBk

Maritime strikes, immigration law, regulatory power, human rights, and criminal justice led this week’s coverage—with Penn Carey Law faculty offering key insights. Full roundup ➝ https://penncareylaw.news/48DteNG

A Penn Program on Regulation panel at Penn Carey Law highlighted growing threats to regulatory independence. With Trump v. Slaughter before the Supreme Court, the future of independent regulation is at risk. @theregreview.bsky.social Read more: https://penncareylaw.news/3MjHOSK

From new scholarship to high-profile commentary in TIME, @theguardian.com, and @washingtonpost.com, Penn Carey Law faculty are helping shape critical conversations on law and policy. Read the full November faculty scholarship and media roundup ➞ https://penncareylaw.news/443LChb

In @chronicle.com, Profs. Serena Mayeri (@serenamayeri.bsky.social) & Amanda Shanor warn that bespoke agreements between universities & the Trump administration mark "a dangerous new front in the administration’s war on higher education." Read their op-ed: https://penncareylaw.news/4apke0X

This short holiday week, our faculty contributed to national conversations about academic freedom, lawmakers’ free speech, independent agencies, and LGBTQ asylum protections. https://penncareylaw.news/3MbwdVP

Penn Carey Law’s Justice Lab puts students on the front lines of systemic legal reform. Through real client work and collaborative problem-solving, they learn to drive change in state and local law. See the impact of Justice Lab in action: https://penncareylaw.news/48bRFBk

Prof. William W. Burke-White writes in TIME on how a U.S. absence at COP30 marks a dangerous power shift in global climate leaders as “wealthy, authoritarian states step forward as an alternative center of gravity.” Read more: https://penncareylaw.news/3JPcEC9

A new U.S. News op-ed by Profs. Serena Mayeri (@serenamayeri.bsky.social) & Amanda Shanor led this week’s coverage, urging universities to reject Trump’s proposed “compact.” Their commentary joins insights on antitrust, climate leadership, & wrongful convictions. https://penncareylaw.news/43Kn5xs

At Penn Carey Law’s Detkin IP & Tech Clinic, students act as lead counsel while advising startups, artists, nonprofits, and emerging-tech ventures on the full spectrum of IP issues. Learn more: https://penncareylaw.news/44lPpX0

Across Penn, oral assessments are reshaping how students learn—less stress, more dialogue. At #PennCareyLaw, Prof. Karen Tani’s (@kmtani.bsky.social#PennCareyLaw oral “checks” help students talk through ideas and walk into exams feeling ready. https://penncareylaw.news/4pcOro8

Full roundup: https://penncareylaw.news/3XsCuPd This week at #PennCareyLaw: faculty insights on LGBTQ asylum protections, tariff authority before SCOTUS, energy-assistance funding, and federal deployment powers.

Congratulations to Professor Beth Simmons, who was recently named President-Elect of @apsa.bsky.social! A leading scholar of international relations, Simmons is only the second Penn faculty member to hold this role. Read more: https://penncareylaw.news/4p4XJT1

How does the Internet govern itself? 🌐 In Advanced Introduction to Internet Governance and Regulation, Prof. Christopher Yoo and Alexander R. Mueller L’21 examine how voluntary, multistakeholder cooperation keeps the Internet open, stable, and secure. https://penncareylaw.news/4hPwTMg

This #Veterans Week, we gathered to connect, reflect, and honor. From Major Thadeous Larkin’s inspiring talk to a moving wreath-laying in Silverman Hall—our first in many years—the Penn Carey Law community came together in gratitude. 🇺🇸 https://penncareylaw.news/3WS0n2I

From new research to national media, Penn Carey Law faculty are driving the conversations that shape law and society. See what’s new in this month’s Faculty Scholarship Roundup ⤵️ https://penncareylaw.news/4oX4iXU

Service is at the heart of the Penn Carey Law experience. Through TPIC, students engage with service through pro bono projects and public interest work that creates lifelong impacts. https://penncareylaw.news/4p8Lbu9

From classroom to courtroom: Penn Carey Law’s Amicus Advocacy course trains students to craft real-world amicus briefs that shape appellate law. https://penncareylaw.news/47z4vJy

Penn Carey Law faculty weigh in on this week’s top legal stories—from voting rights and racial equity to executive power and global diplomacy. Read the roundup: https://penncareylaw.news/498oMbA

Fall called—it said Philly wears it best. 🍂 #PennCareyLife

This is a new era,” Prof. Cary Coglianese (@cary-coglianese.bsky.social) tells WBUR’s On Point, as AI use in gov’t grows from 150 to 3,000+ cases. “Humans design & use these systems — and they must remain accountable.” https://penncareylaw.news/4oTsNFj

Public Interest Week 2025, hosted TPIC, starts today! We’re celebrating “All Change Is Local” with panels & conversations on how local advocacy drives systems change. Honoring Akbar Hossain L’18, PA Secretary of Policy & Planning. 🔗 https://penncareylaw.news/4oYTOaB

Reliable assurance that a project’s declared ton of carbon savings equates to a real ton of emissions removed…is crucial,” write Prof. Cary Coglianese (@cary-coglianese.bsky.social) & Cynthia Giles in Science, cited by MIT Tech Review. https://penncareylaw.news/4oskDUK

Happy Howl-o-ween 🐕🎃 The Equal Justice Foundation is a student-run organization that empowers and raises funds for law students to pursue careers serving low-income and underrepresented clients — including its annual pet costume contest. Learn more: https://penncareylaw.news/4oFs8Hj

Prof. Cary Coglianese (@cary-coglianese.bsky.social) weighs in on the EPA’s proposed TSCA rule, warning that it could leave the agency “with less information...on which to base its decision-making about risk management of toxic chemicals.” Read via Newsweek: https://penncareylaw.news/4nzXQ8a

“It’s very concerning to see them on this list for a project where they don’t have any intrinsic interest,” Prof. Claire Finkelstein tells The Washington Post, warning against donor pressure for “pet projects.” https://penncareylaw.news/4oBKnNW

Prof. Kate Shaw (@kateshaw.bsky.social) and her @strictscrutiny.bsky.social co-host unpack Trump’s expanding executive power, National Guard challenges, & more in “Trump’s DOJ Shakedown.” Listen: https://penncareylaw.news/4og982A

A new article by Prof. Leo Katz and Alvaro Sandroni of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management explains why even impartial judges can appear biased. Read “The Judging Game”: https://penncareylaw.news/3JxnoEP

Prof. Dorothy Roberts was named a recipient of the 2025 Bioethics Founders' Award, the Hastings Center for Bioethics' most prestigious honor. Read more: https://penncareylaw.news/3Wisise