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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PROFESSOR BRENT E. NEWTON FILES MOTION THAT PREVENTS DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FROM SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY June 2025 — The same day that Professor Brent E. Newton finished grading final exams in May, he received a call from the federal public defender in the District of Maryland asking if he would accept a court appointment to file a motion to strike the Department of Justice's recent notice of its change in position about whether it would seek the death penalty against a man charged with murder in federal court in Baltimore. Full story |
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PROFESSOR NEWTON TO BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CRIMINAL SENTENCING REFORM AT UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW SCHOOL OF LAW May 2025 — On August 8, 2025, Professor Brent Newton will present the keynote address at the University of Glasgow School of Law conference. Full story |
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PROFESSOR BRENT NEWTON AUTHORS BLOG POST ABOUT EMPIRICAL STUDY OF U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES' CITATION TO LAW REVIEW ARTICLES ON SCOTUSBLOG.COM May 2025 — Professor Brent Newton recently authored a blog post, “An unexpected shift to the right: the conservative justices’ recent embrace of law review articles,” about his empirical study of U.S. Supreme Court justices’ citation to law review articles on SCOTUSBlog.com. Full story |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |