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 JOHNSTON-WALSH’S ARTICLE ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BY UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF LAW AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS April 2023 — Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh’s article, “Out of State, Out of Mind: Legal Impact of Out-of-State Placement on Foster Youth,” was accepted for publication in Volume 9, Fall 2023, of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Public Affairs. Full story |
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BEYOND THE BOOKS: PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW COMMUNITY IN COMMUNITY November 2022 — The Penn State Dickinson Law Community shows how to Practice Greatness both on and off campus. Full story |
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PROFESSOR LUCY JOHNSTON-WALSH PUBLISHES ARTICLE IN SPECIAL ISSUE OF FAMILY COURT REVIEW November 2022 — Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh recently published an article entitled, “Dynamic Interdisciplinary Exercise for Juvenile and Family Law Students.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR LUCY JOHNSTON-WALSH PRESENTS AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNSEL FOR CHILDREN CONFERENCE August 2022 — Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh was invited to present along with Allegheny County attorneys on the topic of: “Fine is Bad: Preventing Unnecessary Criminal Records and Fines for Transition Age Youth.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR LUCY JOHNSTON-WALSH PRESENTS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA INTERGENERATIONAL CONFERENCE July 2022 — Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh presented at the Penn State Department of Agricultural Sciences Intergenerational Conference on the topic of “Connecting Scholarship and Practice to Support Kinship Families in the Commonwealth” Read more |
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PROFESSOR JOHNSTON-WALSH PRESENTS ON “CURRENT ISSUES FOR CHILD ADVOCATES” April 2021 — On Friday April 9, 2021, Clinical Professor of Law Lucy Johnston-Walsh participated in a panel discussion on “Best Practices for Remote Operations: Engagement, Confidentiality and Technology” during the “Current issues for Child Advocates 2021” program sponsored by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Children’s Rights Committee. Panel members included the Honorable Eleanor Bush, Marisa McClellan, (Administrator for Dauphin County Social Services for Children & Youth) and Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh; the session was moderated by Jennifer Pokempner of the Juvenile Law Center. Full story |
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KINSHIP CARE REPORT BY CLINICAL PROFESSOR JOHNSTON-WALSH February 2021 — Prof. Lucy Johnston-Walsh, Director of the Penn State Dickinson Law Children’s Advocacy Clinic, contributed along with other experts in the field to a report entitled “Kinship Care in Pennsylvania: Creating an Equitable System for Families,” addressing the role of kin in the child welfare system. Several children’s advocacy organizations contributed to the report, including American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law; Community Legal Services; Juvenile Law Center; Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, and Temple Legal Aid Office. Full story |
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CLINICAL PROFESSOR JOHNSTON-WALSH’S FORTHCOMING ARTICLE January 2021 — Clinical Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh’s forthcoming article will be published in the Seattle Journal for Social Justice in March 2021. The article is entitled “Life is a Highway: Addressing Legal Obstacles to Foster Youth Driving.” Full story |
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CLINICAL AND EXTERNSHIP FACULTY RECEIVE OFFER TO PUBLISH ARTICLE ON VIRTUAL EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING December 2020 — Lucy Johnston-Walsh, Clinical Professor and Director of the Children’s Advocacy Clinic and Alison Lintal, Director of Career Services and Internship Programs co-authored an article entitled, “Tele-Lawyering and The Virtual Learning Experience: Finding the Silver Lining for Remote Hybrid Externships & Law Clinics after the Pandemic” which has been accepted for publication in the Akron Law Review. Full story |
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BACK TO THE FUTURE: CHALLENGES TO THE USAGE OF TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY BY FOSTER YOUTH October 2020 — In this post published on the University of Michigan Law's Journal of Law and Mobility blog, Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh and Emily Kortright ‘21 explore the transportation challenges faced by foster children and the ways in which new and emerging forms of transportation may impact those challenges. Full story |