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.

Jill Engle PROFESSOR JILL ENGLE PUBLISHES NEW ARTICLE IN UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND LAW REVIEW

April 2025 — Jill Engle, Professor of Clinical Law and Interim Dean of DEIB at Penn State Dickinson Law, published her article, “Access, Welfare, and Lawsuits: Restoring Reproductive and Economic Autonomy Post-Dobbs,” in the University of Richmond Law Review (Winter 2025). Full story

Jeffrey Dodge ASSOCIATE DEAN DODGE ACCEPTS OFFER FROM UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL OF LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE TO PUBLISH ARTICLE

April 2025 — Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Law Jeffrey A. Dodge’s new article “Weaponizing Religion Against the Human Emotion of Empathy: A Call to Fight Coercive Settlement Attempts on the Merits” will be published in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change in early 2026. Full story

Samantha Prince 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

Sarah J. Williams PROFESSOR SARAH WILLIAMS COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE INSIDER TRADING DURING TARIFF TUMULT

April 2025 — Professor Sarah Williams responded to inquiries from the fact checking organization, PolitiFact about allegations of improper trading that followed significant stock market reactions earlier this month to news about the imposition of trading tariffs. Full story

Associate Deans Dodge and Sanders ASSOCIATE DEANS DODGE AND SANDERS SERVE AS FACULTY FOR CRITICAL LEGAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

April 2024 — On Friday, February 14, Associate Deans Jeffrey A. Dodge and Shaakirrah R. Sanders served as faculty for the inaugural Critical Legal Leadership Academy. Full story

Andrea J. Martin PROFESSOR ANDREA MARTIN PUBLISHES NEW ARTICLE IN BOSTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW ONLINE

April 2025 — Professor Andrea Martin’s article, “Rejecting the Racialization of Indianness,” has been published in Boston University Law Review Online. Full story

Daryl Lim ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM DISCUSSES CREDIT CARD FRAUD WITH WALLETHUB

April 2025 — April 2025 — Associate Dean Daryl Lim was featured in WalletHub’s recent article “Credit Card Fraud Guide.” Full story

Andrea J. Martin PROFESSOR ANDREA MARTIN GUEST LECTURES ON INDIAN LAW AND POLICY AT DICKINSON COLLEGE

April 2025 — Professor Andrea Martin was invited to serve as a guest lecturer in an Indian Law & Policy course taught by Professor John Truden, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Native American and Indigenous Studies at Dickinson College. Her presentation centered on themes from her article, “Rejecting the Racialization of Indianness,” forthcoming in Boston University Law Review Online. Full story

Daryl Lim ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM ON THE LEGAL AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF REPEALING SECTION 230

April 2025 — In a recent op-ed in The Conversation, Associate Dean Daryl Lim examined the far-reaching consequences of repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the foundational law often credited with building the modern internet. Full story

Andrea Matwyshyn ASSOCIATE DEAN OF INNOVATION ANDREA MATWYSHYN PRESENTED HER NEW ARTICLE "EXPLOIT MACHINA" AT UVA LAW

April 2025 — April 2025 — Professor of Law and Engineering Policy/Associate Dean of Innovation Andrea Matwyshyn recently presented her new article “Exploit Machina” at UVA Law as part of the UVA LawTech Center speaker series. Full story