Our distinguished history began with that of the United States. Benjamin Franklin founded the University of Pennsylvania in 1740, and James Wilson – signer of the Declaration of Independence, framer of the U.S. Constitution, and one of the original U.S. Supreme Court Justices – presented Penn’s first lectures in law in 1790 to an esteemed audience, including President George Washington and members of his cabinet. Since that historic time, Penn Law has been an innovator in legal education.
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