Penn Carey Law
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is educating the next generation of lawyers and catalyzing change throughout the legal profession.
Guided by a strategic framework centered on Access & Opportunity; Innovation & Interdisciplinarity; Collegiality & Collaboration; and Service & Leadership, Penn Carey Law is building on its longstanding strengths while shaping the future of legal education and the profession.
Through an outstanding and broadly accessible legal education, pathbreaking scholarship, interdisciplinary collaboration, and meaningful opportunities for service, Penn Carey Law equips its students not simply to navigate change, but to lead it.
Heather Frattone, W’94, L’98
Vice Dean for External Relations
Highlighted Priorities
Access & Opportunity
- Increasing access & opportunity means focusing on three dimensions of the student journey: guiding students into, through, and beyond law school. We want to ensure that all talented students who meet our high standard for admission can afford to attend the Law School, thrive while on campus, and excel after graduating.
Innovation & Interdisciplinarity
- Investing in a forward-looking curriculum that prepares Penn Carey Law students to use emerging technologies and innovations responsibly and effectively while helping shape the role of these tools in the classroom and legal profession.
- Endowing chairs to advance faculty excellence and Penn Carey Law’s pioneering approach to legal scholarship and education. The core of the Law School’s success lies in its exceptional faculty, who produce cutting-edge legal scholarship at the intersection of law and other disciplines. New endowed chairs position Penn Carey Law to recruit and retain exceptional interdisciplinary faculty engaged in innovative research and remain competitive with peer institutions.
Collegiality & Collaboration
- Supporting civil discourse programming that prepares Penn Carey Law students to navigate disagreement, resolve conflicts and engage in productive debate – skills that are the hallmark of accomplished lawyers.
Service & Leadership
- Expanding experiential opportunities through investment in Penn Carey Law’s faculty-led academic centers and institutes, student externship opportunities, legal practice skills programming, legal clinics, and pro bono projects. These opportunities give students hands-on training while addressing pressing legal and societal challenges, preparing graduates to lead and serve with impact.
“Generous philanthropic support continues to drive Penn Carey Law forward as a leader in legal education. Alumni and supporters are an essential part of our community and success. Together, we can shape both the legal minds of tomorrow’s leaders and the future of legal education.”
- Sophia Z. Lee
Dean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of Law
