Education

JD, Harvard University, 1985

AB, Bryn Mawr College, 1981

Biography

Professor Phillips is the Vice Dean of the Wharton Undergraduate Division; a Professor of Real Estate and Legal Studies at Wharton, and a Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She was also an academic visitor at the London School of Economics. Prior to joining the Penn faculty she was in private law practice in New York and Philadelphia. She was named as the Ballard Research Scholar at the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School.

She lectures internationally on topics in commercial real estate and urban planning. She is a contributing editor of the Real Estate Law Journal and a member of the Editorial Board of The Practical Real Estate Lawyer. Her scholarly work has appeared in, among others, the Emory Law Journal, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the Boston University Law Review, the University of Connecticut Law Review and the Real Estate Law Journal.

She is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Professor Phillips received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College.

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards

Undergraduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award, 1994; Rapaport Award for Excellence in teaching the Undergraduate Core, 1997

Professional Leadership

2000-2004 American College of Real Estate Lawyers; Editorial Board, The Practical Real Estate Lawyer; Contributing Editor, Real Estate Law Journal

Research Areas

Real estate law; urban and regional planning; housing; real estate transactions