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Research and scholarship at the intersection of law and history
(From left) Serena Mayeri; Sarah (Sally) Barringer Gordon; Karen Tani, Sophia Lee; and Shaun Ossei-Owusu.

Legal History Consortium members (from left) Serena Mayeri; Sarah (Sally) Barringer Gordon; Karen Tani, Sophia Lee; and Shaun Ossei-Owusu.

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Research and scholarship at the intersection of law and history

Under the leadership of Penn Carey Law’s Karen Tani, the Legal History Consortium unites the Law School and Penn’s Graduate History Department in a collaborative program.

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Guardrails versus leashes: Finding a better way to regulate AI technology

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Guardrails versus leashes: Finding a better way to regulate AI technology

With artificial intelligence evolving faster than human imagination, traditional avenues of regulation may not work as well as they have for other business sectors.To safely and efficiently oversee AI, governments need to turn to a more flexible system, not immovable guardrails but more adjustable “leashes,” Penn Carey Law professor Cary Coglianese writes in a new article.

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Aiming for a ‘holistic representation’ career as dual-degree Law and SP2 grad
Christina Bartzokis sits outside Penn Carey Law.

Christina Bartzokis is earning dual degrees from Penn Carey Law and the School of Social Policy & Practice, and is headed to Louisiana to start her practice as a public defender.

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Aiming for a ‘holistic representation’ career as dual-degree Law and SP2 grad

Christina Bartzokis worked as a Child Protective Services case worker for three years in rural Oregon. Now she’s set her sights on Louisiana, where she’ll serve as a public defender.

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Cary Coglianese on the future of administrative law

Cary Coglianese on the future of administrative law

Penn Carey Law’s Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science has published one of the first scholarly analyses of Supreme Court’s landmark Loper Bright decision, which overturned the four-decade-old Chevron doctrine and sparked intense debates over the future of administrative law.

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Black Law Student Association explores constitutional law, literacy, and advocacy in South Africa

Black Law Student Association explores constitutional law, literacy, and advocacy in South Africa

This spring, Penn Carey Law’s Black Law Student Association traveled to South Africa to engage in several high-impact activities focused on constitutional law, social justice, and legal education. Each year, the group travels internationally to give back to the Black diaspora and learn about different issues Black communities are facing around the world.

Exploring the governance of artificial intelligence
A speaker at the Perry World House AI Governance panel.

Wharton’s Kevin Werbach described the conference as a “reflection of the incredible work on AI policy and governance happening across the University.”

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Exploring the governance of artificial intelligence

Perry World House, the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative, the Wharton Accountable AI Lab, the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition at Penn Carey Law recently hosted researchers from across the University of Pennsylvania for an in-depth dis

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Teaching crisis negotiation
Penn Carey Law students in a classroom.

For the two-day exercise, the students organized into nine teams, each representing a different nation, to resolve an international dispute in the South China Sea with diplomatic, informational, military, legal, and economic factors at play.

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Teaching crisis negotiation

Each spring, the U.S. Army War College holds an International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise at Penn Carey Law, designed to engage and educate law students in the process of crisis negotiation at the strategic level.

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From Korean policing to international law enforcement
Jaehyung Ahn stands in a large room.

Jaehyung Ahn will return to his work as a South Korean police officer after graduation, aiming to work with international agencies. 

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From Korean policing to international law enforcement

Penn Carey Law student Jaehyung Ahn shares his goals and experiences while earning an LLM degree.

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