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 EMERITA TERRY PUBLISHES ARTICLE ON ABA “SUMMITS” March 2023 — Professor Emerita Laurel S. Terry’s article entitled The Role of the ABA’s “Summits” in Facilitating Global Networks and International Cross-Border Legal Practice recently was published in a Symposium honoring Professor Bob Lutz. Her fifty-page article documented a decade of international “summits” sponsored by the ABA and explained their significance in helping establish global legal profession networks. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE PRESENTS HER RESEARCH ON POST-DOBBS ABORTION-RELATED TRAVEL BENEFITS AT AALS February 2023 — Professor Samantha J. Prince presented a draft of her article “Deducting Dobbs: The Tax Treatment of Abortion-Related Travel Benefits” at the Association of American Law Schools’ 2023 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Full story |
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PROFESSOR EMERITA TERRY SUBMITS COMMENTS ON THE ABA’S THIRD CLIENT DUE DILIGENCE DISCUSSION DRAFT February 2023 — Professor Laurel S. Terry, who is the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law and Professor of Law Emerita, recently provided a third set of comments to the American Bar Association regarding its efforts to develop an explicit client due diligence ethics rule to combat money laundering. Professor Terry’s comments addressed the January 23, 2023 Third Discussion Draft of proposed revisions to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE PUBLISHES ARTICLE IN YALE LAW & POLICY REVIEW February 2023 — Professor Samantha J. Prince recently published an article in the Yale Law & Policy Review titled “Megacompany Employee Churn Meets 401(k) Vesting Schedules: A Sabotage on Workers’ Retirement Wealth.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR ANDREA MARTIN SPEAKS AT THE FIRST YOUNG LAWYERS EXCEEDING THE BAR CLE SESSION February 2023 — Professor Andrea J. Martin was invited to give a Legal Writing for New Lawyers presentation at the Dauphin County Bar Association’s first Young Lawyers Exceeding the Bar CLE session. Full story |
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DEAN DANIELLE CONWAY DELIVERS DERRICK BELL LECTURE FOR UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW February 2023 — Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, was the keynote speaker at the Derrick Bell Lecture on Wednesday, February 1 at University of Oregon School of Law. Full story |
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DEAN DODGE ELECTED TO SERVE IN AALS LEADERSHIP ROLE; MODERATED PROGRAMS AT ANNUAL MEETING January 2023 — At the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting Jeffrey A. Dodge, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services, Assistant Professor of Law and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar, was elected to serve as the chair of the Student Services Section. Over the past few years Dean Dodge served as vice chair and chair-elect of the section. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE INTERVIEWED ON THE BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIP PODCAST December 2022 — Professor Samantha J. Prince joined host Andrew Jennings of the Business Scholarship Podcast to discuss her recent article, “Megacompany Employee Churn Meets 401(k) Vesting Schedules: A Sabotage on Workers’ Retirement Wealth.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR SAMANTHA PRINCE AND STUDENTS FILE PUBLIC COMMENTS WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR December 2022 — Professor Samantha J. Prince joined members of her student research team, Taylor Haberle and Lauren E. Stahl, in a public comment responding to the Department of Labor’s proposal to modify the test for determining employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Full story |
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PROFESSOR DARYL LIM ELECTED TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE December 2022 — The American Law Institute (ALI) elected Professor Daryl Lim to its membership in December. Full story |