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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DEAN DODGE ESSAY ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION December 2021 — Jeffrey A. Dodge, Associate Dean for Academic & Student Services, Assistant Professor, and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar, had his essay proposal, “Teaching Family Law Through the Lens of Minoritized Identities” accepted for publication with Carolina Academic Press in the book titled, “Integrating Doctrine & Diversity: Inclusion and Equity Beyond the First Year.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF SELECTED AS AAMC CHARGE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR December 2021 — Professor Medha D. Makhlouf was recently selected as one of three inaugural Virtual Community Ambassadors for the Collaborative for Health Equity: Act, Research, Generate Evidence (CHARGE) of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). In this role, Professor Makhlouf will be responsible for co-facilitating discussions, events, and collaborations in the AAMC CHARGE virtual community. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF PRESENTS ON IMMIGRANT ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AT PENN LAW December 2021 — Professor Medha Makhlouf gave a talk on the law and policy of immigrant access to health care, at the invitation of a coalition of student organizations at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law. The presentation focused on the impact of immigration status on health, as well as the laws, policies, and systemic structures that shape immigrant access to health care. Full story |
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DEAN DODGE INTERVIEWED ON PODCAST ABOUT LGBTQ+ ADOPTION December 2021 — Jeffrey A. Dodge, Associate Dean for Academic and Student Services, Assistant Professor, and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar, was recently interviewed by Megan McCaleb for her podcast “I Hardly Know Her.” The episode was a wrap up for her National Adoption Month series in November. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF COAUTHORS ARTICLE PROPOSING A HEALTH JUSTICE AGENDA FOR LAW SCHOOL CLINICS November 2021 — Professor Medha D. Makhlouf recently co-authored an article, “Setting the Health Justice Agenda: Addressing Health Inequity and Injustice in the Post-Pandemic Clinic,” providing law school clinics of all kinds with six maxims to advance health justice. The article is published in the symposium issue of the Clinical Law Review, titled “2020 Hindsight: The Pandemic, Protests, and Political Perils.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR WILLIAM BUTLER PUBLISHES TRANSLATION OF THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE MARTENS’ TREATISE ON PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW November 2021 — Professor William E. Butler has edited and translated F.F Martens's Contemporary International Law of Civilized Peoples, General Part. Talbot Publishing, an imprint of The Lawbook Exchange. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF AUTHORS JOTWELL REVIEW REGARDING POLICE SURVEILLANCE OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOMS November 2021 — Medha D. Makhlouf recently published a JOTWELL review entitled “Compounding Vulnerability: Hospital Emergency Rooms as Sites of Race- and Class-Based Police Surveillance.” Her review of Ji Seon Song’s article, “Policing the Emergency Room,” published recently in the Harvard Law Review, notes the article’s contribution to the literature on policing and inequitable access to health care. Full story |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE’S ARTICLE ON APP-BASED WORK ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION November 2021 — Professor Samantha Prince’s article entitled “The Shoe’s About to Drop for the Platform Economy: Understanding the Current Worker Classification Landscape in Preparation for a Changed World” was accepted for publication in the University of Memphis Law Review in its Spring 2022 issue. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SARA GERKE PRESENTS AT HEALTH LAW SCHOLARS WORKSHOP AS THE 2021 HEALTH LAW SCHOLAR October 2021 — As the 2021 Health Law Scholar, Professor Sara Gerke was invited to present her work at the Health Law Scholars Workshop. Full story |
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DEAN CONWAY PARTICIPATED IN A VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM TITLED “UNEQUAL PROFESSION: RACE AND GENDER IN LEGAL ACADEMIA” AT SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL October 2021 — Dean Danielle Conway presented on a panel that honored Professor Meera Deo and her recent book titled, “Unequal Profession: Race and Gender in Legal Academia.” The symposium was hosted by Southwestern Law Review at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, CA. Full story |