Faculty Impact
Our faculty is engaged in a constant quest for knowledge and wisdom it can share with our students as well as with the legal profession, scholars, policy makers, and others, consistent with Penn State’s role as a world-class research university.
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW PROFESSOR KATHERINE C. PEARSON RECEIVES FULBRIGHT U.S. SCHOLAR AWARD FOR 2024-2025 May 2024 — Katherine C. Pearson, Professor of Law and the Arthur L. and Sandra S. Piccone Faculty Scholar at Penn State Dickinson Law, has received a Fulbright Canada Scholar Program award. Professor Pearson will serve as the 2024-2025 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MEGAN RIESMEYER’S ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN GONZAGA LAW REVIEW May 2024 — Professor Megan Riesmeyer’s article, “The Dark Side of Technological Advances: How Technology has Enabled Domestic Violence and the Contributing Role of the First Amendment,” was recently published in Gonzaga Law Review. Full story |
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PROFESSOR LUCY JOHNSTON-WALSH’S ARTICLE ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BY OREGON LAW REVIEW May 2024 — Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh’s article, “College for Free — but at What Cost?” was accepted for publication in Volume 103 of the Oregon Law Review. Full story |
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PROFESSOR EMERITA LAUREL TERRY ATTENDS PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY CONFERENCE May 2024 — Professor Emerita Laurel Terry recently attended the “Workshop on Professional Identity Formation in the Professional Responsibility Course” held at St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis. Although “Professional Identity” has been an important topic for many years, it is receiving more attention lately because of changes to ABA Standard 303(b)(3). This section of the ABA Standards for Approval of Law Schools was added in February 2022 and requires ABA-accredited law schools to “provide substantial opportunities to students for…the development of a professional identity.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR AMY GAUDION’S WORK-IN-PROGRESS SELECTED FOR INDIANA LAW JOURNAL 2024 SYMPOSIUM May 2024 — Professor Amy Gaudion’s work-in-progress, “Discord and the Pentagon’s Watch Dog: Countering Violent Extremism in the U.S. Military from Within,” was accepted for inclusion in the Indiana Law Journal’s Fall 2024 symposium on Law and Technology at the Crossroads: A Centennial Summit. The article is slated for publication in early 2025. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE INTERVIEWED ON KCBS ABOUT FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION’S BAN ON NON-COMPETES May 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince was recently interviewed live on KCBS News Radio, San Francisco about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) recent ban on non-competition agreements. Prince fielded questions varying from which industries are impacted to what legal challenges will surface. Full story |
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PROFESSOR AMY GAUDION SERVES AS CO-ORGANIZER OF EARLY WORKS IN NATIONAL SECURITY LAW WORKSHOP May 2024 — In her role as co-chair of the AALS Section on National Security Law, Professor Amy C. Gaudion helped to organize the Early Works in National Security Law Workshop which was held in April 26, 2024. The workshop was hosted by the AALS Section on National Security Law and designed to provide an opportunity for constructive and supportive feedback on projects in the early iteration and origination stages. Full story |
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PROFESSOR AMY GAUDION’S ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE VIRGINIA JOURNAL OF LAW & TECHNOLOGY May 2024 — Professor Amy Gaudion’s article, “Auditing the U.S. Government’s Vulnerabilities Stockpile,” was published in the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE QUOTED IN MARKETWATCH ARTICLES DISCUSSING 401(k) PLANS WITH VESTING SCHEDULES April 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince was recently quoted in two MarketWatch articles this month. Full story |
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ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM DISCUSSES AI AND ITS IMPACT ON IP April 2024 — Associate Dean Daryl Lim was interviewed for an International Trademark Association (INTA) article about AI and its impact on IP. Full story |