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.

Brent Newton PROFESSOR BRENT NEWTON TO PARTICIPATE IN ROUNDTABLE AT UNIVERSITY OF SURREY SCHOOL OF LAW

April 2024 — On June 25, 2024, Practitioner in Residence Brent E. Newton will be presenting as an expert panel member at an event entitled, “Empowering Policy: The Role of Data in Modern Sentencing” at the University of Surrey School of Law in England. Full story

Brent Newton PROFESSOR BRENT NEWTON TO PRESENT AT CLE EVENT IN ARIZONA

January 2024 — On March 5, 2024, Penn State Dickinson Law Practitioner in Residence Brent E. Newton will make two presentations at a continuing legal education event hosted by the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona in Phoenix. Full story

Brent Newton PRACTITIONER IN RESIDENCE BRENT NEWTON TO JOIN GROUP FOR ROUNDTABLE

January 2024 — Penn State Dickinson Law Practitioner in Residence Brent E. Newton will participate as an expert on a roundtable discussing federal criminal history sentencing enhancements. Full story

Brent Newton VISITING PROFESSOR BRENT NEWTON APPEARS AS AN AMICUS CURIAE ALONG WITH NYU VICE DEAN RACHEL BARKOW IN PENDING SUPREME COURT CASE

August 2021 — Visiting Professor Brent Newton, along with his former colleague at the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Vice Dean Rachel Barkow of NYU’s School of Law, recently filed an amicus curiae briefing urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari concerning an important federal sentencing issue in Bryant v. United States. Full story

Brent Newton VISITING PROFESSOR BRENT NEWTON’S ARTICLE ON INCENTIVIZING INEFFECTIVE-ASSISTANCE-OF-COUNSEL CLAIMS ON DIRECT APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES HAS BEEN ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BY THE JOURNAL OF APPELLATE PRACTICE AND PROCESS

August 2021 — An article by Visiting Professor Brent Newton has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Appellate Practice & Process at the University of Arizona. Full story