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.

Laurel S. Terry 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

Samantha Prince 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

Andrea Martin 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

Danielle M. Conway 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

Jeffrey A. Dodge 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

Samantha Prince 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

Samantha Prince 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

ALI logo 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

Daryl Lim PROFESSOR DARYL LIM JOINS SCHOLARS FOR ROUNDTABLE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

December 2022 — Professor Daryl Lim joined a group of scholars for the Sunwater Institute/George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School Center Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2) Roundtable on Property. Full story

CGI logo PROFESSOR DARYL LIM JOINS GROUP FOR VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE

December 2022 — Professor Daryl Lim joined an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars, practitioners, and corporate counsel for The Classical Liberal Institute at NYU Law School’s “The Battle Over Patents Roundtable.” Full story