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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AI CHATBOTS MIRROR HUMAN BIASES, WARNS PENN STATE’S DARYL LIM IN INTERVIEW April 2025 — In his interview with The Debrief, Associate Dean Daryl Lim weighed in on groundbreaking research that reveals how popular AI chatbots like ChatGPT increasingly mimic human reasoning and bias. Full story |
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ASSOCIATE DEAN JEFFREY DODGE TO PARTICIPATE IN INTEGRATING DOCTRINE AND DIVERSITY SPEAKER SERIES PROGRAM April 2025 — On Wednesday, April 9, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Law Jeffrey A. Dodge will participate in the Integrating Doctrine and Diversity Speaker Series program titled “Executive Power in the Classroom: Addressing Project 2025 and Executive Orders in the Law School Curriculum.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR DARYL LIM SPEAKS ON ARTISTS’ RIGHTS AND GLOBAL AI REGULATION AT FORDHAM LAW’S DECENNIAL FELLOWS ROUNDTABLE April 2025 — Associate Dean Daryl Lim was invited to speak to Fordham University School of Law’s Decennial Fellows as part of their Spring 2025 Roundtable Series. Full story |
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YLLI DAUTAJ ’18 LL.M. WINDS DOWN SUCCESSFUL TENURE AS VISITING ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND HEADS TO UK April 2025 — A year after achieving his “dream job” of teaching at Penn State Dickinson Law, Visiting Associate Professor Ylli Dautaj ’18 LL.M. has accepted a position as an associate professor at Durham Law School in the UK, where he will begin teaching this fall. Full story |
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PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW HOSTS 2ND SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY – PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW LECTURE April 2025 — Penn State Dickinson Law hosted Professor Patricia Goedde of Sungkyunkwan University School of Law on April 2, 2025, for a thought-provoking lecture titled “Institutional Pathways for Public Interest Lawyering in South Korea.” Full story |
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ASSOCIATE DEAN JEFFREY DODGE TO PARTICIPATE IN ACCESSLEX’S SPRING SYNC April 2025 — On Wednesday, May 14 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Law Jeffrey A. Dodge will participate in AccessLex’s Spring Sync. Full story |
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PROFESSOR LARRY CATÁ BACKER INTERVIEWED FOR TABNAK NEWS SERVICE (IRAN) April 2025 — Penn State Dickinson Law Professor Larry Catá Backer was delighted to have been able to sit for an online interview with Payman Yazdani for the Tabnak News Service (Iran). Full story |
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PROFESSOR MICHAEL FOREMAN DISCUSSES WHY RECENT ATTACKS ON DEI ARE HARD TO PROVE April 2025 — Penn State Dickinson Law Professor Michael Foreman was recently quoted in a Bloomberg article titled, “DEI Bias is Tough to Prove Despite Evolving Legal Landscape.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR ANDREA J. MARTIN PRESENTS AT UCLA LAW SCHOOL April 2025 — Professor Andrea J. Martin delivered two presentations at the 4th Annual Law vs. Antisemitism Conference at UCLA Law School on March 23 and 24. Full story |
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ASSOCIATE DEAN DODGE PRESENTS AT NORTHERN KENTUCKY LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM April 2025 — On Thursday, March 20, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Law Jeffrey A. Dodge presented his article “The Unfulfilled Promise of Obergefell for Children of LGBTQ+ Parents: Advancing Nondiscrimination Laws for Familial Association” at Northern Kentucky Law Review’s symposium “Obergefell v. Hodges: 10 Years Later.” Full story |