Documentary films increasingly influence what people know and think about the law. At the same time, more and more lawyers are using the techniques of documentary filmmaking as tools of advocacy. The Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law trains students in the use of these techniques as they produce and direct advocacy videos on behalf of social justice clients and causes. The Program also sponsors lectures on the impact of the law on documentaries and modern media. More information about the Program is available at https://www.law.upenn.edu/institutes/documentaries/.

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Submissions from 2020

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Fewer Stays, Fewer Days: The Bronx Defenders and How Holistic Defense Reduces Mass Incarceration, Regina Austin, Adam Brody, Justine Olderman, Alice Fontier, Tanya Sadlowski, and Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law

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It’s Time to Right the Wrong: The Case for Compensating Pennsylvania Exonerees, Heath Khan, Jesse Lambert, Julia Schichmann, Erin Sweeney, Edward Baker, Marissa Bluestine, Jon Eldan, Eugene Gilyard, and Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law

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Dialogue on Demagoguery, Seth F. Kreimer, Patricia Roberts-Miller, and Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law

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Blended Practices: Public Defenders, Innovative Social Services & Clients Struggling with Addiction, Jaclyn Castelar, Shabel Castro, Anna Marion, Nathalie Sosa, Olufemi Oyosumi, Mélisande McLaughlin, and Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law

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Profiled in Life & Death: Crime Victims Compensation and Young People of Color, Matthew A. Feldman, Joanna Hoodes, Frances Weil, Regina Austin, Adam Brody, Ted Corbin, Victoria Greene, Angus Love, Chantay Love, Jennifer Storm, Thomas Vaughan Sr., and Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law

Submissions from 2019

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Defamation Today: A Tool of Vindication or Vengeance?, Regina Austin, Stephanie Abrutyn, and Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.

Submissions from 2018

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On, Not Shut Off: Increasing Utility Affordability for Low-Income Pennsylvanians, Seferina Berch, Danielle Bradley, Lilibeth Joan Clelo, Akbar Hossain, Robert Ballenger, Josie Pickens, Sonia Perez, Rosalind Jenkins, Cheryl Mackey, Timothy Calhoun, Irwin "Sonny" Popowsky, Regina Austin, Adam Brody, and Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law

Submissions from 2017

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Second Looks, Second Chances for Pennsylvania Lifers: Commutation by the Numbers, Regina Austin, Adam Brody, Isam Keith Smith, David DiGuglielmo, Kathleen M. Brown, Marie Gottschalk, Tyrone Werts, Steve Blackburn, and Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law