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E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship Program Dominique Malone Boni L’26 was awarded the prestigious criminal defense fellowship administered by Georgetown Law.

Congratulations to Dominique Malone Boni L’26 on being selected as a 2026 E. Barret Prettyman Fellow. She is the first Penn Carey Law graduate to receive the prestigious criminal defense fellowship administered by Georgetown Law since 2016. https://penncareylaw.news/3M3VFNx

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 Among Top Legal Authors on SSRN Cary Coglianese, Elizabeth Pollman, and Herbert Hovenkamp place in the top 40 by total downloads, demonstrating the global reach of Penn Carey Law scholar...

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 Roberts Releases Memoir on Interracial Families in America New memoir from Prof. Dorothy E. Roberts is an exploration of race, identity, and family in America.

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

Forging the Future: AI at Penn Carey Law Penn Carey Law is leading a changing landscape of legal education and AI with a focus on technological fluency and ethical practices.

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

Why Attorney Continuity May Not Improve Outcomes for Criminal Defendants Prof. David S. Abrams and Northwestern’s Priyanka Goonetilleke examine a foundational assumption in public defense and find no evidence that vertical re...

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 2026 Keedy Cup Winners! The Penn Carey Law community joins Dean Sophia Lee in congratulating Jeff Berkowitz L’26 (left) and Christopher Tarakji L’26 on their Keedy Cup victor...

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

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Through Service and Action At Penn Carey Law, service is central to legal education—and to honoring Dr. King’s enduring call to justice.

“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. ⤵️
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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.
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2025 was a year of progress and purpose — made possible by our people.

Grateful for the Penn Carey Law community.
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2026 Patricia J. Williams Award Prof. Lisa Fairfax was recognized by the AALS Section of Race and Private Law.

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

Reforming Long-Term Care Policy A summary of the current long-term care crisis, how we got here, options for reforming federal policy, and the costs of the status quo to the people affected.

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

Year in Review 2025 was a year of momentum at Penn Carey Law. New initiatives expanded access, interdisciplinary work deepened our impact, and students committed thousands of hours to service through clinics and pro bono projects.

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

William Nelson Cromwell Foundation Article of the Year Prof. Sandra Mayson was recognized for her article, “Bail at the Founding.”

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

Bringing COP30 from Brazil into Penn classrooms | Penn Today Penn Carey Law professors Bill Burke-White and Ken Kulak attended COP30, this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, and incorporated their experiences into their International Climate Chang...

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

Energy System Planning: New Models for Accelerating Decarbonization - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania

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.

2025-2026 International Visiting Professors Penn Carey Law welcomes Katya Assaf, Megan Davis, Wojciech Sadurski, Chaim Saiman, Shen Wei, and Michal Bar-Asher Siegal this academic year.

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

Penn Carey Law launches Justice Lab clinic for social justice, legal reform Led by Carey Law professor Colleen Shanahan, the Justice Lab trains students to reform and shape the legal system with a focus on state and local laws.

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

The End of an Era of Regulatory Independence? | The Regulatory Review A Penn Program on Regulation panel brings together leaders from independent agencies to discuss the implications of presidential actions taken to remove them.

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

Opinion | Beware Bespoke Deals With Trump Seeking safety, universities are signing on to the administration’s terms. That’s a mistake.

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

Justice Lab Penn Carey Law’s Justice Lab clinic prepares students to be effective researchers, problem-solvers, community partners, leaders, and advocates for a mor...

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

The U.S. Is Ceding Climate Leadership to Authoritarians As the U.S. sits out COP30, petro-states and one-party regimes are stepping into the void.

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