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 PRINCE RECENTLY QUOTED ON TRUMP TARIFF IMPACTS ON 401(k) RETIREMENT PLANS IN GERMANY NEWS, FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE April 2025 — Professor Samantha Prince was recently interviewed for background information and quoted in the FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE news article, “Trump schürt Rentenpanik” (translation: “Trump is Fueling Pension Panic”). Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE’S ESSAY PUBLISHED BY GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL ONLINE January 2025 — “Benefits Washing,” written by Professor Samantha Prince, has been published by the Georgetown Law Journal Online. Full story |
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14 PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW SCHOLARS PRESENT AT 2025 AALS ANNUAL MEETING January 2025 — A large contingent of Penn State Dickinson Law faculty shared their insights and expertise at the 2025 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting held in San Francisco on January 7-11. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE PRESENTED AT THE 2025 AALS ANNUAL MEETING January 2025 — Professor Samantha Prince presented at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) 2025 Annual Meeting specifically as part of the Section on Transactional Law & Skills Pedagogy panel. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE QUOTED IN 2024 WORK-FAMILY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TRENDS FORBES ARTICLE November 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince was quoted in a Forbes article entitled “Key Trends in Work-Family Employee Benefits from 2024.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE TO PRESENT AT THE 2025 AALS ANNUAL MEETING October 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince has been invited by the Section on Transactional Law & Skills to present at the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) 2025 Annual Meeting. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE AND RESEARCH ASSISTANTS LUKE GORMAN AND NICOLE CESANEK COMMENT ON THE EFFECTS OF VESTING SCHEDULES ON VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE October 2024 — Professor Samantha J. Prince was joined by members of her research team, Luke Gorman ’25 and Nicole Cesanek ’26, in responding to the Internal Revenue Service’s request for comment with respect to Section 72(t) of the Internal Revenue Code. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE’S CO-AUTHORED ESSAY ON THE EFFECTS OF 401(k) VESTING SCHEDULES PUBLISHED BY YALE LAW JOURNAL September 2024 — Professor Prince’s co-authored essay, The Effects of 401(k) Vesting Schedules — in numbers, written with Timothy Azizkhan ’25, Luke Gorman ’25, and Cornell PhD candidate, Cassidy R. Prince, has been published by Yale Law Journal Forum as the lead article in Volume 134. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE MODERATED PANEL “ERISA AT 50” CONFERENCE September 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince moderated one of five panels at the “ERISA At 50 Employee Benefits at a Crossroads” conference held at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE’S WORK ON BENEFITS TRANSPARENCY AND BENEFITS WASHING FEATURED IN TWO FORBES ARTICLES August 2024 — Professor Samantha Prince’s work on Benefits Transparency and Benefits Washing was spotlighted in two Forbes articles in July. As a “leading advocate for stronger benefits disclosure laws,” she was quoted throughout both articles. Full story |