JD Program 2022 – 2023
TABLE OF CONTENTS Cross-Disciplinary Curriculum 1 Careers 2 The Power of Public Service 3 Transformative Thinkers 4 Globally Engaged 5 Experiential Learning 6 Collegiality 7 Our Inclusive Community 8 Discover Philadelphia 9 Financing Your Education 10 Learning Outcomes 11 Penn Carey Law Profile 12
CURRICULUMCROSS-DISCIPLINARYPARTNER SCHOOLS At Penn Carey Law, we believe that the next generation of lawyers will be those who are not just superbly trained in law, but also have training in related fields — such as business, communications, health, technology, international studies, social work, and education — that complement and enhance their legal expertise. As a national leader in cross-disciplinary legal education, our academic programs are fully integrated with Penn’s world-class professional and graduate schools, providing students with an unparalleled opportunity to prepare for careers that engage virtually every major issue facing our society. Over 35 Joint Degrees and Certificate Programs offered in conjunction with other Penn schools and departments 1 Campus in Philadelphia linking all of Penn’s schools WhartonTheSchool EducationSchoolGraduatePennof SchoolPenn of Social Policy & Practice WeitzmanStuartSchoolofDesign SchoolPenn of Arts Sciences&PerelmanCommunicationAnnenbergSchoolforSchoolofMedicineEngineeringPenn InstituteFels Governmentof 1 16% earned a joint degree 47% earned certificatea of study Class of 2022
99.2% of the Class of 2021 graduates employed as of March 15, 2022 Students417andAlumni received judicial clerkships in the last five years CAREERSEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS * Other includes AL, AK, CO, GA, ID, KY, MD, MI, NC, OR, TN, TX, and UT. 46.6%13.7%12.5%8.6%3.1%2.7%2.3%1.9%1.1%1.1%6%* New Washington,PennsylvaniaYork D.C. Other*IllinoisDelawareFloridaInternationalNewMassachusettsCaliforniaJersey Penn Carey Law provides comprehensive career support to our students. Our graduates go on to become leaders in all corners of the global legal market and beyond, including private practice, government, public interest, business/industry, clerkships and more. Whatever your path, our experienced counselors in the Office of Career Strategy help you to understand the possibilities, explore your interests and achieve your career goals. Penn Carey Law’s Future of the Profession Initiative recognizes a leading law school’s role in designing forward-looking lawyer formation and leading essential interdisciplinary conversations that respond to the fundamental changes that are transforming the legal profession. FPI will teach the skills and knowledge most relevant for modern legal professionals, lead broad conversations about innovative opportunities that abound in the dynamic legal profession, and transform the way legal services connect clients with more responsive systems. 2 72.55%11.37%7.84%3.92%3.14%1.18% Law EducationGovernmentIndustryBusinessPublicJudicialFirmClerkshipsInterestor 8 Our followingworkinggraduates2021areinthefields: Our graduates2021areworkinginthefollowinggeographicregions:
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Home to one of the oldest pro bono requirements in the country, Penn Carey Law views pro bono as an integral and galvanizing aspect of its legal education model. By supporting students as they integrate service into their law school experience, the Toll Public Interest Center (TPIC) works to ensure our graduates are practice-ready, civically engaged leaders who embrace pro bono as a core responsibility of all members of the legal profession regardless of career Ourchoice.
Pro Bono Program offers exceptional learning opportunities for all students, featuring more than 20 pro bono projects across six practice areas and a Mobile TEAMS Initiative that connects students to clients near and far. Through our Public Interest Programs , we work closely with students who desire, at any career stage, to utilize their law degrees to pursue positive social change. Via flagship initiatives like the Toll Public Interest Scholars, the Toll Public Interest Fellows, and the TolLRAP, we provide leading financial and programmatic support to ensure our graduates can actualize their public sector goals, while the L eo Model Foundation Government Service & Public Affairs Initiative specifically prepares students for leadership in government and policymaking.
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350+ community partners collaborate with TPIC on serviceworldwideendeavors full-time staff members focus on pro bono and public PennprogramsinterestatCareyLaw 90% of each graduating class exceeds the pro requirementbono 10% of uponlaunchinggraduatespublicinterestcareersgraduation
Our faculty’s work goes far beyond academic journals. With expertise in subject areas ranging from law and technology to administrative law and national security, our faculty are among the most influential voices in law.
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ACADEMIC CENTERS & INSTITUTES Center for Asian Law Center for Tax Law & Policy Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition Criminal Law Research InstituteGroup for Law & InstituteEconomicsfor Law & LegalPhilosophyHistory Consortium Penn Program Documentarieson& the Law Penn Program on Regulation Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice
Through the 10 centers and institutes at Penn Carey Law, the faculty brings its research to bear on important issues of the day, engaging with policymakers on issues ranging from regulation to international law and working alongside students to share their knowledge and experience through innovative courses and research.
Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights, and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor
GLOBALLY ENGAGED
Global Research Seminar trip to Japan
P enn Carey Law is at the forefront of global legal education. Whether you’re interested in corporate law or human rights, intellectual property or arbitration, Penn Carey Law offers critical opportunities to study, work, and research around the world. Here on campus, we regularly host discussions and institutes on cutting-edge legal issues with distinguished foreign scholars, policymakers, and influential figures from global multilaterals. Through our study abroad partnerships with institutions like the London School of Economics, Sciences Po, Hong Kong University, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, students engage transnationally in foreign, comparative, and international law and learn from different legal systems. The Law School also offers new and innovative research trips and seminars each year covering a broad range of topics and geographies — from legal challenges for robotics and AI in Japan, to international humanitarian law in Colombia. Wherever you choose to launch your career, a Penn Carey Law education will prepare you for leadership in the law and in the world.
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Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice AppellateClinicAdvocacy Clinic Civil Practice Clinic Criminal Defense Clinic Detkin Intellectual Property & Technology Legal Clinic Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy LegislativeClinic Clinic Mediation TransnationalClinicLegal Clinic
GITTIS LEGAL CLINICS
Experiential education lets students learn through the practical application of law. Through a diverse array of offerings ranging from liveclient clinics to field placements and simulated lawyering skills courses, Penn Carey Law students learn what lawyers do, how they do it, and ultimately what it means to be a lawyer. These natural complements to the doctrinal curriculum root students in thinking like a lawyer, and real-life settings allow students to put those analytical and reasoning skills into action. In our ten in-house clinics, students are the “lead attorneys” representing clients under the close supervision of full-time faculty who are seasoned attorneys. In addition, through over a dozen field placements, students work as externs at various governmental agencies or nonprofit organizations, observing and performing a variety of legal functions outside the Law School. In simulation courses, students learn fundamental lawyering skills through case studies, hypothetical exercises, and real-world lawyering assignments. Students begin taking advantage of these experiential opportunities in their second year, and often take multiple courses that expose them to different practice areas and skill sets before graduation.
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LEARNINGEXPERIENTIAL Near the U.S.-Mexico border, student volunteers from the Transnational Legal Clinic counsel migrant asylum-seekers through a fence.
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At Penn Carey 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 Carey Law is supportive, encouraging, and dynamic — a place where you can fully develop your potential. While law school is rigorous, it is rewarding. At Penn Carey Law, our small classes provide individual attention and support from faculty and staff, and students encourage each other’s success.
D iversity, equity, and inclusion are core to our educational mission at Penn Carey Law. Students, faculty, and staff bring a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives to the Law School. We learn from one another not only in classrooms, but also when we collaborate in student groups, journals, programs, and pro bono projects.
Penn Carey Law provides a world-class legal education that values engagement across difference as integral to preparing graduates for legal practice in a diverse and complex world. E&I supports initiatives that foster access and equity for historically underrepresented groups; education and training for all members of our community to strengthen their understanding of and ability to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion; and engagement across the Law School on matters of equity and justice. We work with all members of our community to foster a sense of belonging.
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DISCOVER PHILADELPHIA 9
P hiladelphia 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. Whether your interests are sports, the arts, or dining out, everything you need is just a short walk or subway ride away. Within the city, there are also a multitude of places to relax in the outdoors, immerse yourself in nature, and enjoy green spaces, from Penn’s Morris Arboretum, located in Philadelphia’s Chestnut Hill neighborhood, to Fairmount Park (a short walk from the Law School). Coming to Penn Carey Law puts you in the midst of a multitude of vibrant communities and all the city has to offer. Philadelphia is a place you can make your own.
Penn Carey Law awards merit scholarships to a select number of students using a holistic approach that includes, but not limited to, academic achievement, leadership, service, and professional and life experience.
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As part of our dedication to promoting the pursuit of public interest careers, Penn Carey Law also offers several sources of funding for students who have demonstrated a commitment to public service and a generous loan repayment assistance program after graduation. Visit our website for detailed information regarding financial aid, as well as instructions for applying: https://www.law.upenn.edu/admissions/financing
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In addition to the aforementioned grants and scholarships, there are a variety of federal and private loans for which students may be eligible.
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ith over 100 named scholarships and more than 100 percent growth in financial aid over the past decade, Penn Carey 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 qualified students through a variety of grants, scholarships, and loans. Importantly, admission decisions at Penn Carey Law are made without regard to an applicant’s financial need. Therefore, financial aid applications are reviewed only after a student has been admitted.
Karen Tani L’07 GR’11, Seaman Family University Professor and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Penn Carey Law’s program of legal education, combining our rich, interdisciplinary curriculum, varied co-curricular activities, and pro bono responsibilities, prepares our students for admission to the bar and to serve as effective, ethical, and responsible members of the legal profession. Each student will be able to do the following: Demonstrate a core knowledge and understanding of substantive and procedural law in a number of different subject areas; Engage in legal analysis and reasoning, conduct efficient and effective legal research, apply problem-solving skills, and present findings, analyses, and recommendations efficiently and effectively in both written and oral communication; Work Demonstratecollaboratively;anunderstanding of the interdisciplinary nature of law and the contributions and benefits to legal analysis and problem-solving that other disciplines can make; Exercise proper professional judgment and fulfill ethical responsibilities to clients, the profession, and society in general; and Utilize a range of professional skills that facilitate active, competent, and ethical participation in the legal profession.
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STUDENT PROFILE CLASS OF 2025* Applicants 6,816 Enrolled 249 Out of College One or More Years 76% Advanced Degrees 11% Women 55% Students of Color 56% LGBTQ+ Students 25% First Generation College 12% First Generation Professional School 35% Average Age 25 LSAT GPA 75th Percentile 173 3.96 25th Percentile 167 3.60 Meet the Class Members of the Class of 2025 come from 33 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and across the globe (including Bahrain, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Singapore, South Korea, Sudan, and Trinidad and Tobago), and 127 undergraduate colleges and universities, with 65 different undergraduate majors, 27% of which are STEM majors. Overall, the JD student body comes from 254 undergraduate institutions. *This profile reflects the class as of August 15, 2022.PROFILELAWCAREYPENN 12
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