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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ASSOCIATE DEAN LAURA AX-FULTZ PRESENTED AT THE PENNSYLVANIA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE October 2024 — Associate Dean Laura Ax-Fultz presented an interactive session on legal research at the 2024 Pennsylvania Library Association Conference held this month. The presentation focused on empowering librarians to identify key information to locate primary legal sources related to the news. Full story |
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DARYL LIM PARTICIPATES IN WIPO'S PATHFINDERS INITIATIVE October 2024 — The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has invited Associate Dean Daryl Lim to contribute to its Pathfinders Initiative, a project aimed at helping United Nations member states prepare their economies for the future of innovation. 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 MEDHA MAKHLOUF ATTENDED CONVENING ON COMMUNITY HEALTH IN PERU September 2024 — Professor Medha D. Makhlouf was selected to attend a Convening on Community Health hosted by the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity (AFHE), from September 9-13, in Lima, Peru. The Convening hosted twenty Senior Fellows whose work focuses on the role of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in improving the health of communities. Full story |
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PROFESSOR LUCY JOHNSTON-WALSH AND 3L JAMESHA CALDWELL WERE PRESENTERS AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNSEL FOR CHILDREN CONFERENCE September 2024 — Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh and Jamesha Caldwell co-presented at the Child Welfare Law Conference in September for the National Association of Counsel for Children. Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS PRESENTS HER CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT ON AUDITOR REGULATION AT THE 2024 WOMEN IN LAW AND FINANCE CONFERENCE IN PHILADELPHIA, PA September 2024 — Professor Sarah Williams attended the 3rd Annual Women in Law and Finance Conference, co-sponsored by the Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy & Regulation and the U Penn Carey Law Institute for Law and Economics’ Women in Business Law Initiative in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 26-27. Professor Williams presented a draft of her current work-in-progress, Transparency Transition in Auditor Oversight, which is the third installment in Professor Williams’ exploration of the regulatory scheme created for public company auditors under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Full story |
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PROFESSOR EMERITA TERRY PUBLISHES TWO ARTICLES ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES September 2024 — Professor Emerita Laurel S. Terry is the author of two articles published in the Summer 2024 issue of The Bar Examiner. This magazine, which is sent to state supreme court justices, admissions officials, legal educators, and others, is published by the National Conference of Bar Examiners and “provides comprehensive, authoritative information on current issues.” 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 MARTIN SKLADANY ON HOW BODILY AUTONOMY PRESERVES DEMOCRACY September 2024 — Martin Skladany, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, recently published an article in The New Republic. Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAMS PRESENTS HER CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT ON AUDITOR REGULATION AT THE 2024 NATIONAL BUSINESS LAW SCHOLARS CONFERENCE September 2024 — Professor Sarah Williams attended the 2024 National Business Law Scholars Conference held at the UC Davis School of Law June 24-25. Full story |