2016-2017
THEODORE RUGER DEAN AND BERNARD G. SEGAL PROFESSOR OF LAW
Dear Prospective Penn Law Student, You will enter law school at a remarkably interesting, important, and fluid juncture. The law is changing, but it’s always been changing, and we at Penn Law understand how to prepare you for your career as a lawyer. We believe that a collaborative educational environment creates better lawyers, and the employers who’ve hired Penn Law graduates over the years have told us time and time again that we’re right. A Penn Law education will prepare you for wherever life takes you. I invite you to learn more about our community, our curriculum, and our city in this publication.
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Cross-Disciplinary Curriculum
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Cross-Disciplinary Opportunities
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From Your First Job through Your Entire Career
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A Public Service Tradition
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Renowned Academics
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Globally Engaged
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Experiential Lawyering
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Modern, Vibrant, Eclectic
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Colleagues for Life
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Financial Aid
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Course Listing
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Penn Law Profile
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CROSS-DISCIPLINARY
CURRICULUM
Our cross-disciplinary focus gives you a legal education that prepares you for your career, no matter what path you choose. Kendra Sandidge is just one example of a student who’s made the most of Penn Law’s cross-disciplinary education. She earned a JD, she earned an MBA, and she served as editor-in-chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. All in three years. Now, she’s an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. The legal profession is growing and changing. But Kendra isn’t just prepared for her first job, she’s prepared for her entire career. And that career may involve fields that don’t even exist yet.
“Penn Law is a place of tremendous opportunities. The 3-year JD/MBA program offers one-of-a-kind integration, providing you with the analytical toolkit to understand legal issues within the framework of the business world. I feel especially prepared to start my career as a corporate lawyer, having a deep understanding of my clients and their goals. What more could you want?”
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KENDRA SANDIDGE L’16, WG’16 Associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore (London, U.K.)
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Our faculty engages in research that crosses disciplinary boundaries. They don’t stay in their lane — and that’s why they make so many important contributions to legal scholarship. Dorothy Roberts has been bringing together law, sociology, and science for her entire career. Her latest research advocates for an end to the use of genetic concepts of race in biological research, working with Sarah Tishkoff, a geneticist at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.
“Penn Law integrates a crossdisciplinary approach into legal education better than any school in the country. Not only are most professors engaged in projects involving other disciplines, but students have many opportunities to take courses across Penn’s campus and to graduate with a joint degree or certificate of study with other schools.”
DOROTHY E. ROBERTS George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights
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JOINT-DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS offered in conjunction with other Penn schools & departments
(194 of 258) OF THE CLASS OF 2016 completed a joint-degree or certificate program
97.6%
70%
OF FACULTY MEMBERS
of Class of 2015
GRADUATES EMPLOYED (as of March 15, 2016)
hold graduate degrees in fields other than law
82%
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(212 of 258)
OF THE CLASS OF 2016 took at least one class at one of Penn’s 11 other graduate schools
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CAMPUS in Philadelphia linking all of Penn’s schools
STUDENTS AND ALUMNI received judicial clerkships in the last five years
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CROSS-DISCIPLINARY
OPPORTUNITIES
Penn Law offers students the chance to broaden and deepen their legal education through more than 35 joint-degree and certificate programs in fields including business, engineering, bioethics, and history. And your cross-disciplinary experience will be fully integrated into your academic life: Penn’s other world-class graduate and professional schools are only minutes’ walk from the Law School.
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3-YEAR PROGRAMS JD/MBA, Business Administration JD/MA or MS, Criminology JD/MSEd, Education Policy JD/MSEd, Higher Education JD/MES, Environmental Studies JD/MA, International Studies
JD/MA, Economic Law with Specialization in Global Governance (Sciences Po) JD/MBE, Bioethics JD/MS in Nonprofit Leadership JD/MSSP, Social Policy JD/MSW, Social Work (for BSW candidates) JD/LLM, Hong Kong University
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS Wharton Certificate in Management
Global Human Rights
Business Economics and Public Policy
Latin American and Latino Studies
Communication and Media Policy
Middle East and Islamic Studies
East Asian Studies
Nonprofit Administration
Energy Management and Policy
Nonprofit Leadership
Environmental Policy
Public Finance
Environmental Science
SCAN Neuroscience
Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
OTHER DEGREE PROGRAMS JD/MSE, Engineering
JD/MSW, Social Work
JD/MCIT, Computing and Information Technology
JD/MBA, Business Administration
JD/MCP, City and Regional Planning JD/MPA, Public Administration JD/MPH, Public Health Studies JD/AM, Islamic Studies
JD/PhD, American Legal History JD/MA, JD/PhD, Philosophy JD/BA, JD/BS, University of Pennsylvania JD/MD, Medicine JD/DMD, Dentistry
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#PennLawLife ENRICHES YOU
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Penn Law readies you to undertake new experiences, in the classroom and in your career. At the Edwin R. Keedy Cup, one of the most celebrated events each year, select Law School students have the opportunity to showcase their oral advocacy skills in front of a panel of federal judges.
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FROM YOUR FIRST JOB THROUGH
YOUR ENTIRE CAREER
Penn Law provides comprehensive career support to our students through the Office of Career Planning & Professionalism and the Center on Professionalism.
EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS EMPLOYMENT FIELDS
OUR 2015 GRADUATES ARE WORKING IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS:
72.1% Law Firm
5.8%
Public Interest
14.2%
Judicial Clerkships
5.0%
Business or Industry
2.9%
Government
EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS
48.3% OUR 2015 GRADUATES ARE WORKING IN THE FOLLOWING GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS:
12.9%
9.6%
New York
Pennsylvania
Washington D.C.
5.8%
4.6%
2.9%
Texas
California
Delaware
2.9%
2.0%
1.7%
1.3%
6.7%
New Jersey
1.3%
Massachusetts
Illinois
International
Georgia
Other*
* Other includes AL, CO, FL, HI, KY, MD, NC, OH, TN, and WA.
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“The classes and support that I had throughout law school made the transition to a firm job seamless. The close relationships I developed with my professors, the intricacies of the law I was able to explore through my classes, and the direct support I received from CP&P together made for an invaluable law school experience.”
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JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS For students and alumni interested in judicial clerkships, Penn Law provides unparalleled support. Applicants are closely mentored and guided by Penn Law faculty and staff throughout the application process, and the Law School’s record of success placing its graduates in clerkships is evidence: over 400 students and alumni have received clerkships in the last five years, including several at the U.S. Supreme Court. Parker Rider-Longmaid L’13, MPA’13 is a student who took full advantage of CP&P’s clerkship expertise. After graduating from Penn Law, he held two federal clerkships before earning a Bristow Fellowship with the U.S. Solicitor General’s office and serving as a clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court.
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS
MAY 1, 2015 TO APRIL 30, 2016
U.S. Supreme Court
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Circuit 28 District 43 Staff Attorneys
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Magistrate 4 Federal Administrative Law Judge
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Delaware Chancery
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State Supreme
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State Intermediate
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State Trial
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PARKER RIDER-LONGMAID L’13, MPA’13 Bristow Fellow, Office of the Solicitor General (2015–16) Clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court (2016– )
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A PUBLIC SERVICE
TRADITION
The Toll Public Interest Center (TPIC) serves as the hub of public interest activity at Penn Law. TPIC facilitates a wide array of pro bono and public service opportunities for students that focus on impactful service, personal enrichment, and professional skill development. Nina Martinez’s time at Penn Law prepared her for her public service career. In addition to spending a summer at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, she also participated in Penn Law’s Mediation Clinic and the Journal of Law and Social Change.
90%
of the Class of 2016 EXCEEDED 70-HOUR PRO BONO REQUIREMENT
100%
OF STUDENTS WHO REQUESTED SUMMER PUBLIC SECTOR INTERNSHIP FUNDING RECEIVED IT
100%
IBR AND PAYE monthly payments MATCHED BY TolLRAP
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“The TPIC staff has been essential to my ability to pursue a career in public service. At every step, I have felt guided by the public interest center.”
NINA MARTINEZ L’15 Skadden Fellow, New York Legal Assistance Group (New York, NY)
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One of the hallmarks of a Penn Law education is the pro bono public service requirement. Penn Law, one of the first law schools in the nation to institute a pro bono requirement, requires all students to complete at least 70 hours of pro bono work before graduation. Many students complete their hours by working with one of the 31 pro bono student groups on campus.
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PRO BONO
STUDENT GROUPS Animal Law Project
Pardon Project
BLSA’s Project PEACE
Penn Housing Rights Project
Civil Rights Law Project
Penn Advocates for the Homeless
Criminal Record Expungement Project (CREP)
Penn Law Immigrant Rights Project (PLIRP)
Custody and Support Assistance Clinic
Penn Law International Human Rights Advocates (IHRA)
Democracy Law Project
Penn Law Students for Reproductive Justice (Penn LSRJ)
Employment Advocacy Project Environmental Law Project Financial Literacy Project Guild Food Stamp Clinic Health Law and Policy Project Innocence Project Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project
Prisoners’ Education and Advocacy Project (PEAP) Service Members and Veterans’ Legal Assistance Project (SVLAP) Street Law Project Students Against Gender-Based Exploitation (SAGE) Urban Ventures Project
James Wilson Project (JWP)
Women’s Re-entry Legal Services (WRLS)
Leaders in Education Advocacy and Reform Network (LEARN)
Youth Advocacy Project
Legal Education Partnership
Youth Courts
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RENOWNED ACADEMICS The faculty at Penn Law are leaders in legal scholarship as well as in fields that intersect with the law, like business, technology, medicine, and history. Professor Tom Baker, shown here, has been doing groundbreaking work on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, including behavioral research on how customers use the Marketplace websites.
For more about our distinguished faculty, visit: www.law.upenn.edu/faculty
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TOM BAKER William Maul Measey Professor of Law and Health Sciences
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Our faculty’s work goes far beyond academic journals. Through the 11 centers and institutes at Penn Law, our faculty brings its research to bear on the important issues of the day, engaging with policymakers on issues ranging from regulation to international law while including students in the academic arena.
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CENTERS & INSTITUTES Center for Asian Law Center for Ethics & the Rule of 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
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GLOBALLY ENGAGED
Penn Law’s scope is global, and through study abroad programs at our partner schools, our Global Research Center, and other opportunities to learn and work around the world, students get a chance to learn about foreign legal systems and experience other cultures.
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STUDY ABROAD
PROGRAMS
ESADE Law School Barcelona, Spain
Hong Kong University
Hong Kong
Sciences Po
Paris, France (shown here)
Tsinghua Law School Beijing, China
Waseda Law School Tokyo, Japan
RECENT
GLOBAL RESEARCH SEMINARS
Disasters and the Law Japan
Comparative Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation U.S., Germany, and Belgium
Rising Powers: Power Shifts in International Law and Global Governance China and Brazil
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MEGAN SMITH L’16 Honors Program, U.S. Department of Justice (Dallas, TX)
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Whether it’s through joint-degree programs; our Global Research Seminar courses, which include overseas field research; or through international internship programs, Penn Law prepares you for a legal career on the international stage. In her time at the Law School, Megan Smith L’16 developed a strong background in international law, joining Penn Law’s Transnational Legal Clinic, spending her 1L summer at Lawyers for Human Rights in Pretoria, South Africa, and working at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Washington, D.C., during her 2L summer.
“Last year, I accomplished a dream of working for the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Refugees. Penn Law prepared me for this opportunity through its wide range of course offerings. From Professor Burke-White’s Public International Law course to Professor Paoletti’s Transnational Legal Clinic, Penn Law gave me a solid foundation in international law that allowed me to venture into the U.N. world.”
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At Penn Law, you might have a class with future colleagues, or you might share the stage with them in a musical. The annual Light Opera Company musical production is just one of the dozens of activities that create a close-knit community that lasts throughout law school and beyond.
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#PennLawLife FORGES BONDS
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EXPERIENTIAL
LAWYERING At the Gittis Center for Clinical Legal Studies, you’ll get hands-on experience by working on real cases at some of the most innovative clinics in the country. Students in the Civil Practice Clinic have helped save clients’ homes from civil forfeiture, and students in the Supreme Court Clinic have helped research and write briefs for cases argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Professor Cynthia Dahl directs the Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic, which provides pro bono transactional patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret services to individuals, non-profit, and for-profit clients in technology and the arts.
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CLINICS Civil Practice Clinic Criminal Defense Clinic Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic Legislative Clinic Mediation Clinic Supreme Court Clinic Transnational Legal Clinic
EXTERNSHIPS
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No matter your area of interest, whether it’s civil practice, criminal defense, family law, international law, or appellate advocacy, there’s a clinic for you at Penn Law.
GIRMAY ZAHILAY L’14 Extern, Office of the White House Counsel (2013) Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (2014– ) 31
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MODERN, VIBRANT, ECLECTIC Philadelphia is the birthplace of the United States and a lively city full of arts, culture, and history — the perfect place for you to spend your law school years. Photo by G. Widman for Visit Philadelphia™
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YOUR PHILLY EXPERIENCE A night at the ballpark is just a subway ride away. Whether your interests are sports, the arts, or dining out, Philadelphia has a place you can make your own.
Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC
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YOUR PHILLY EXPERIENCE From Penn’s Morris Arboretum (shown
here),
Philadelphia’s
located Chestnut
in Hill
neighborhood, to Fairmount Park, a short walk from the Law School, there are a multitude of places to relax in the outdoors, immerse yourself in nature, and enjoy green spaces.
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COLLEAGUES
FOR LIFE At Penn Law, we’re known for our collegial, collaborative community, and we value a culture that lets students truly own their law school experience. Life at Penn Law is supportive, encouraging, and dynamic — a place where you can fully develop your potential.
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Law school is rigorous, yet rewarding. At Penn Law, our small class size provides individual attention and support from faculty and staff, and students encourage each other’s success. 40
ANITA ALLEN,
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FINANCIAL AID
FINANCING YOUR LEGAL EDUCATION
With over 100 newly named scholarship funds and more than 100 percent growth in financial aid over the past decade, Penn Law is fully invested in your future.
We are committed to guiding our applicants through the financial aid process and to helping our students develop
a sound financial plan for their legal education. We provide generous financial assistance to deserving students
through a variety of grants, scholarships, and loans. Importantly, admission decisions at Penn Law are made without
regard to an applicant’s financial need. Therefore, financial aid applications are reviewed only after a student has
been admitted. Following is an overview of the types of aid that are available to our students. Detailed information regarding financial aid and scholarships, as well as instructions for applying, may be found on our website at www. law.upenn.edu/admissions/financing/applicants/.
APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID
LOANS
Eligibility for need-based aid or grants is determined
In addition to the aforementioned grants and
applicant, the applicant’s parent(s), and if applicable,
loans for which students may be eligible. Students
from financial information provided by the the applicant’s spouse. Applicants for financial aid are required to submit the Free Application for
Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the institutional financial aid form. You may submit the FAFSA
electronically at www.fafsa.ed.gov. The institutional financial aid form will be available on our website after December 1.
If you are interested in applying for need-based aid, complete the aforementioned financial aid forms as early as possible so that your financial aid analysis
can be completed soon after you have been admitted. We strongly recommend that all applicants submit
these forms by March 1, even if they have not yet received an offer of admission.
scholarships, there are a variety of federal and private admitted to Penn Law will receive information on the various loans for which they may apply and will
work directly with the Law School financial aid staff in completing this process.
MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS Penn Law awards merit scholarships to a select
number of students based primarily on their academic achievements and intellectual ambition, but also
based on nonacademic factors such as leadership, service, and professional or life experiences. All
applicants who are admitted to the Law School are considered for our merit scholarships. Although there is not a separate application for merit
scholarships, applicants who are nominated by the Admissions Committee may be asked to complete
an interview or to submit an essay for particular scholarships. Scholarship nominees and recipients
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THE TOLL PUBLIC INTEREST CENTER, led by Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, is home to the Toll Public Interest Scholars Program.
FUNDING FOR PUBLIC INTEREST TOLL PUBLIC INTEREST SCHOLARSHIPS AND LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE
LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE TolLRAP offers generous repayment assistance, on
an annual basis, to Penn Law graduates working
Penn Law, committed to promoting the pursuit of
in public service careers. The amount of assistance
Interest Scholars Program for select incoming
annual income and law school debt.
public interest careers, has developed the Toll Public
students and the Toll Repayment Assistance Program (TolLRAP) for graduates. The Toll
Public
Interest
Scholars
is based on a formula that considers the applicant’s
Penn Law’s financial commitment to lawyering in the public interest is unsurpassed. Our loan repayment
Program
combines financial support (full tuition for three
years) and a challenging academic program for highly accomplished students seeking academic training and practical experience in public interest law. Scholars are selected on the basis of their
assistance program leads the nation, ensuring that
graduates pursuing public interest careers can have significant student loan burdens eliminated.
Summer funding for qualifying public interest work is guaranteed.
demonstrated commitment to public service, their
In addition to scholarship assistance and generous
in the legal community.
through a number of postgraduate fellowships
academic record, and their potential for leadership
loan forgiveness, we help launch legal careers available exclusively to our graduates.
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#PennLawLife is SHARED
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Our collaborative, collegial ethos ensures that you’ll be supported by your professors, your peers, and the Law School staff throughout your education.
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COURSE LISTING The Penn Law faculty creates a dynamic and enriching curriculum for our students that prepares them for the challenges of a changing legal landscape. Here is a listing of courses taught in recent semesters to give
you a sense of the Law School’s expansive curriculum. Please note that our course and seminar roster changes frequently in accordance with the up-to-the-minute research work of our faculty.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND REGULATION
General Counsel
Civil Practice Clinic
Insurance Law and Policy
Civil Pre-Trial Litigation
Administrative Law
Intellectual Property and Corporate Lawyering
Civil Procedure
Advanced Regulatory and Policy Law Seminar
International Business Transactions
Comparative Constitutional Law
Antitrust
International Commercial Arbitration
Complex Litigation
Church and State
Constitutional Criminal Procedure
Cultural Heritage and the Law
Introduction to Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Election Law and Policy
JD/MBA Capstone Course
Constitution Outside of the Courts: Theory and History
Energy Law and Climate Change
Money Laundering
Constitutional Litigation
Regulatory Law and Policy Seminar
M&A Litigation Seminar
Criminal Defense Clinic
Transnational Legal Clinic
M&A through the Business Cycle
Cybercrime
Mediation Clinic
Drug Product & Liability Litigation
Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
Evidence
Accounting
Partnership Tax
Federal Courts
Advanced Corporate Law: M&A
Patent Law — Appellate Advocacy
Federal Indian Law
Advanced Issues in Corporate Law
Patent Litigation
International Human Rights
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy Seminar
Property
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Antitrust
Real Estate Transactions
Lawyering in the Public Interest Seminar
Bankruptcy
Regulatory Law and Policy Seminar
Legislation
Business Bankruptcy: Chapter 11
Securities Bootcamp
Legislative Clinic
Business Strategy and Corporate Law
Securities Regulation
Litigation for Social Change
Challenges Facing the General Counsel
Mediation Clinic
Commercial Finance
Strategic Transactions in the Fashion & Retail Industries
Commercial Litigation Strategy
Structured Finance and Securitization Thinking Like a Litigator
Practice of Law
Common Law Contracts for Civil Lawyers Contracts
Trademarks
Contract Drafting
Transactional Drafting
Corporate Finance
Transactional Lawyering
Corporate Finance: Legal Aspects
Trial Advocacy
Corporate Taxation
Wharton Certificate in Management
Corporations
White Collar Crime
Cross-Border M&A
Widening the Lens on Corporation Law
BUSINESS AND TRANSACTIONAL LAW
Deals Detkin IP and Technology Legal Clinic Distressed Dealmaking Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic Federal Income Tax Financial Accounting
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CIVIL LITIGATION: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE Administrative Law Advanced Problems in Federal Procedure Appellate Advocacy
Political Law Refugee Law Regulatory Law and Policy Seminar Remedies Supreme Court Clinic Torts Transnational Legal Clinic Trial Advocacy Externship: Death Penalty (Federal Defender) Externship: Federal Appellate Litigation Externship: Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Externship: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Civil Division
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
Supreme Court Clinic
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW
Thinking Like a Litigator
Appellate Advocacy
Animal Law and Ethics
Trial Advocacy
Church and State
Appellate Advocacy
Visual Legal Advocacy
Comparative Constitutional Law
China and International Human Rights
White Collar Crime
Conflict of Laws
Constitutional Litigation
Externship: District Attorney’s Office — Montgomery County
Immigration Law
Externship: District Attorney’s Office — Philadelphia
Lawyering in the Public Interest
Constitutional Criminal Procedure Constitutional Litigation Constitutional Theory Death Penalty in the U.S. in Theory & Practice Federal Courts First Amendment: Free Speech and Press First Amendment in the 21st Century Immigration Law International Human Rights Juvenile Justice Seminar Litigation for Social Change Parents, Children, and the State Political Philosophy of the U.S. Constitution Privacy and Data Protection Property Supreme Court Clinic Technology and Policy Terrorism and International Law
Litigation for Social Change
Administrative Law
Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility, & Information Communications Technology
Business Bankruptcy: Chapter 11 Contract Drafting Employee Benefits Employment Discrimination Employment Law Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic Legal Responses to Inequality Litigating Employment Class & Collective Actions Visual Legal Advocacy Externship: Community Legal Services Externship: PA Human Relations Commission ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Transnational Legal Clinic
Administrative Law
Externship: PA Human Relations Commission
Advanced Regulatory Law and Policy Seminar
Appellate Advocacy Constitutional Criminal Procedure Conviction Integrity Criminal Defense Clinic Criminal Law Research Group: The American Criminal Code Project Criminal Law Theory
Legal Responses to Inequality
EMPLOYMENT LAW/EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Topics in Defamation
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
International Human Rights
Animal Law and Ethics Energy Law and Climate Change Environmental Lawyering International Environmental Law Property Regulatory Law and Policy Externship: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Post-Conflict and Transitional Justice Race, Education, and the Law Refugee Law Religion, Law, and Lawyering Transnational Legal Clinic Externship: Federal Appellate Litigation Externship: PA Human Relations Commission HEALTH LAW Administrative Law Animal Law and Ethics Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic Drug Product Liability Litigation Health Law and Policy Insurance Law and Policy Intellectual Property and National Economic Value Creation Mental Health Law Neuro Law Patent Law Patent Law — Appellate Advocacy Patent Litigation Pharmaceutical Regulation & Enforcement
Cybercrime
FAMILY LAW
Public Health Law
Death Penalty in the U.S. in Theory & Practice
Anatomy of a Divorce
Regulation of Health Insurance Markets
Evidence
Appellate Advocacy
International Human Rights
Civil Practice Clinic
Introduction to Intellectual Property Law and Policy
Family Law
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TECHNOLOGY LAW
Juvenile Justice
Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic Juvenile Justice
Copyright
Law & Documentary Media Mediation Clinic Money Laundering Remedies
Marriage: History and the Law Mental Health Law Parents, Children, and the State Property
Technology and Policy
Cultural Heritage & the Law Cybercrime Detkin IP and Technology Legal Clinic Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic First Amendment in the 21st Century
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Human Rights, Corporate Responsibility, & Information Communications Technology
International Trade Regulation
Law and Economics Seminar
Intellectual Property & Corporate Lawyering
Islamic Finance
Law and Empire
Jewish Law
Law and Sexuality
Law and Empire
Lawyering in the Public Interest Seminar
Law & Society in Japan
Legal History
Money Laundering
Legal Responses to Inequality
Public International Law
Litigation for Social Change
Refugee Law
Neuro Law
Research in Foreign and International Law
Political Authority and Political Obligation
Transnational Legal Clinic
Political Law
Intellectual Property and National Economic Value Creation Intellectual Property Litigation in the Digital Age Intellectual Property Theory Colloquium Internet, State Power, and Free Expression Introduction to Intellectual Property Law & Policy Patent Law Patent Law — Appellate Advocacy Patent Litigation
New Models for Post-Secondary Education Problems in Law and Morality
Advanced Legal Research
Race, Education, and the Law
Animal Law and Ethics
Regulation of Health Insurance Markets
Appellate Advocacy
Religion, Law, and Lawyering
Church and State
Rule of Law: Policy and Practice
Client Leverage and Law Firm Management
Trial Advocacy
Bok Course: Asian Courts in Context
Comparative Constitutional Law
Urban Law: Contemporary Legal Problems
Bok Course: Cause Lawyering: New Directions in Public Interest Litigation in India
Cultural Heritage & the Law
Visual Legal Advocacy
Election Law
Writing About the Law
Bok Course: The ICC from the Perspective of an Appellate Judge
First Amendment in the 21st Century
Writing for Practice
Chinese Law
Health Law and Policy
Comparative & Constitutional Law
Intellectual Property & Corporate Lawyering
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS
Cross-Border M&A
Intellectual Property and National Economic Value Creation
Appellate Advocacy Client Leverage and Law Firm Management
International Human Rights
E-Discovery
GRS: Disasters and the Law
Internet, State Power, and Free Expression
Lawyering in the Public Interest
Intellectual Property Transactions
Problems in Law and Morality
International Business Transactions
Introduction to Intellectual Property Law and Policy
International Civil Litigation
Introduction to Law and Economics
International Commercial Arbitration
Introduction to Philosophy of Law
Professional Responsibility in Public Interest Practice
International Environmental Law
Jewish Law
Religion, Law, and Lawyering
International Human Rights
Juvenile Justice Seminar
Thinking Like a Litigator
International Law and International Relations
Law and the Morality of War
Transnational Legal Clinic
Property Technology and Policy Trademarks INTERNATIONAL LAW
GRS: Comparative Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
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PERSPECTIVES ON THE LAW
Freedom and Responsibility
Professional Responsibility
PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE LAW
Externship: Delaware Riverkeeper
Transactional Drafting Transnational Legal Clinic
Deals
Externship: Lerner Fellow — Child Welfare Policy
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Externship: PA Human Relations Commission
Externship: Community Legal Services
Environmental Lawyering International Environmental Law Land Use Law Property
TAX LAW Corporate Taxation Employee Benefits Federal Income Tax
Writing for Practice Externship: Death Penalty (Federal Defender) Externship: Delaware Riverkeeper Externship: District Attorney’s Office Montgomery County
Externship: Delaware Riverkeeper
Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship
Externship: District Attorney’s Office Philadelphia
Partnership Tax
Externship: Federal Appellate Litigation
PUBLIC INTEREST
Structured Finance and Securitization
Administrative Law
Tax Policy Seminar
Externship: Lerner Fellow – Child Welfare Policy
Real Estate Transactions
CLINICAL/EXPERIENTIAL
Externship: Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Civil Practice Clinic
Appellate Advocacy
Externship: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Civil Division
Constitution Outside of the Courts: Theory and History
Civil Practice Clinic Civil Pre-Trial Litigation
Constitutional Litigation
Contract Drafting
Education Law and Policy
Criminal Defense Clinic
Employment Discrimination
Deals
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic
Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic
Animal Law and Ethics Appellate Advocacy
Federal Courts Immigration Law Juvenile Justice Seminar Lawyering in the Public Interest Seminar Legislative Clinic Litigation for Social Change Mental Health Law Parents, Children, and the State Public Interest Law and Entrepreneurship Race, Education, and the Law Visual Legal Advocacy Externship: Community Legal Services Externship: Death Penalty (Federal Defender)
Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic Lawyering In the Public Interest Legal Practice Skills Legal Scholarship and Academic Writing Legislative Clinic Mediation Clinic Negotiations Pre-Trial Litigation Practice of Law Refugee Law Supreme Court Clinic
Externship: Women’s Law Project CO-CURRICULAR East Asia Law Review Journal of Business Law Journal of Constitutional Law Journal of International Law Journal of Law and Social Change Law Review Littleton Fellows Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition Giles S. Rich Patent Law Moot Court Competition Jessup Moot Court Competition Keedy Cup Marshall Moot Court Competition Mock Trial Team Competition Moot Court Board National Moot Court Competition Other Extramural Competitions
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PENN LAW PROFILE
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DISTRIBUTION
STUDENT PROFILE CLASS OF 2019* Applicants
5,593
Enrolled
245
Women
50%
Students of Color
37%
Average Age
24
Out of College One or More Years
66%
Advanced Degrees
6%
LSAT
GPA
75th Percentile
170
3.95
25th Percentile
163
3.58
U.S. Attorney General
This year’s class includes students from 33 states, the District of Columbia, countries across the globe (including Canada, China, South Korea, and Spain), and 116 colleges and universities. As of August 24, 2016
*
LORETTA LYNCH salutes
the Penn Law Class of 2016 during her remarks at commencement.
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