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.

Lance Cole and Stan Brand DICKINSON LAW PROFESSORS EXAMINE ISSUES SURROUNDING CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIVE POWER

October 2023 — In the recently published Congressional Investigations and Oversight: Case Studies and Analysis (2d edition 2023) Penn State Dickinson Law Professor Lance Cole and Distinguished Fellow Stanley Brand examine legal and policy issues surrounding congressional investigative power with an emphasis on the second half of the twentieth century to date. Full story

Alison Lintal PROFESSOR ALISON LINTAL ANNOUNCES UPCOMING SCHOLARLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

October 2023 — Professor Alison Lintal has announced a number of upcoming scholarly endeavors. Full story

Daryl Lim ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM REPRESENTS DICKINSON LAW AT EVENTS

October 2023 — Associate Dean Daryl Lim recently represented Penn State Dickinson Law at a number of events. Full story

Medha Makhlouf PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF PUBLISHES ARTICLE ON POLICYMAKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HEALTH LAW AND IMMIGRATION LAW

October 2023 — Professor Medha D. Makhlouf recently published an article titled “Interagency Dynamics in Matters of Health and Immigration” in the Boston University Law Review. The article is one of a series of articles that Professor Makhlouf has written as part of her broader research agenda on health law and immigrants. Full story

Flyer PROFESSOR SARAH WILLIAMS TO PRESENT AS AN “UP AND COMING SCHOLAR” AT THE NOVEMBER 2023 PENN CAREY LAW SYMPOSIUM ON THE FUTURE OF ESG

October 2023 — Professor Sarah Williams has been invited to share her scholarship agenda as part of a panel of “Up and Coming Scholars” during the November 9 and 10 Symposium on the Future of ESG, hosted by the Institute of Law and Economics and Journal of Business Law at Penn Carey Law. The Symposium honors the scholarship and influence of Penn Cary Law’s Professor Jill E. Fisch. Full story

Professor Robert Rains PROFESSOR EMERITUS ROBERT E. RAINS NAMED TO NEWLY FORMED EMERITUS ACADEMY AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

October 2023 — Professor Emeritus Robert E. Rains has been named to the newly formed Emeritus Academy at Penn State University and awarded the title of Academy Professor. Full story

Bekah Saidman-Krauss BEKAH-SAIDMAN-KRAUSS DELIVERS TWO PRESENTATIONS IN NORWAY

September 2023 — Bekah Saidman-Krauss, Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid at Penn State Dickinson Law, presented at two Norwegian law schools this week on how, under the deanship of Danielle Conway, Dickinson Law has emerged as a leader in institutional antiracism within the U.S. legal academy. Full story

Tonya Evans PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW PROFESSOR TONYA EVANS APPOINTED TO DIGITAL CURRENCY GROUP BOARD OF DIRECTORS

September 2023 — Penn State Dickinson Law Professor Tonya Evans has been appointed to the board of directors of Digital Currency Group. Full story

Samantha Prince PROFESSOR PRINCE’S CO-AUTHORED ARTICLE ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BY SETON HALL LAW REVIEW

September 2023 — “An LLC by Any Other Name is Still Not a Corporation,” written by Professor Samantha Prince and Dean Joshua P. Fershee (Creighton Law School), was accepted for publication by The Seton Hall Law Review. The article is slated for publication in April 2024. Full story

Laurel Terry PROFESSOR EMERITA LAUREL TERRY CONCLUDES HER SERVICE AS IAOLE WEBMASTER

August 2023 — Professor Emerita Laurel Terry recently concluded over a decade of service as webmaster for the International Association of Legal Ethics, which is known as IAOLE. IAOLE is the nonprofit organization that sponsors the biennial ILEC international legal ethics conferences. IAOLE’s mission includes promoting “teaching, research, vocational training programs, and policy initiatives concerning legal ethics.” Full story