Under pressure from unhappy students and alumni, the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law on Monday announced a return to the “Penn Law” nickname, but only until 2022.
Law.com reports
“Penn Law” is back. Sort of.
The University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law will continue to be known, informally, as Penn Law until the start of the 2022 academic year, Dean Ted Ruger informed students and alumni Monday. After that, the school’s official shorthand will be “Penn Carey Law.”
The announcement follows more than a week of pressure from students and alumni unhappy about the switch to the official shorthand of “Carey Law”—a result of a $125 million donation from the W.P. Carey Foundation, which was announced Nov. 8 and which sparked a formal rebranding of the school. That donation and the subsequent move to “Carey Law” has prompted both positive and critical reactions, Ruger wrote, but also some concern over the school’s future.
“Much of the conversation has centered on concerns over the short-form name, instead of a focus on how the Carey Foundation gift will be used,” reads Ruger’s message to the law school community. “We have heard you. Like all of you, my colleagues and I care deeply about the Law School’s history, tradition, and reputation in the academy, profession, and across the globe.”
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