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 GILDIN CO-DIRECTS STATEWIDE PUBLIC DEFENDER TRIAL SKILLS TRAINING August 2021 — Professor Gary S. Gildin recently co-directed and served on the faculty of the week-long Trial Skills Training. This program was co-sponsored by the Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania (PDAPA) and Penn State Dickinson Law. Full story |
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PROFESSOR MEDHA D. MAKHLOUF PRESENTS AT AALS APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE WORKSHOP August 2021 — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) held a virtual Appointments Committee Workshop on August 5, designed to provide members of Appointments Committees at law schools across the country with useful information about changing practices in academic hiring. Professor Medha D. Makhlouf, who has served as Chair of Penn State Dickinson Law’s Appointments Committee for the past two years and will continue in the role this academic year, was invited to present at the workshop. Full story |
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DEAN DODGE APPOINTED CHAIR-ELECT OF AALS STUDENT SERVICES SECTION July 2021 — Jeffrey A. Dodge, Associate Dean for Academic & Student Services, Assistant Professor, and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar, was recently appointed to serve as chair-elect of Association of American Law Schools Student Services Section. Dean Dodge was serving as vice chair of the Section and was selected by the executive committee to serve in the new role for the remainder of 2021. Full story |
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PROFESSOR GAUDION SELECTED TO PRESENT AT SEALS ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON REFORMING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S VULNERABILITIES EQUITIES PROCESS July 2021 — Professor Amy C. Gaudion presented her work-in-progress “Shifting the Oversight Lens to Reform the U.S. Government’s Vulnerabilities Equities Process” at the 2021 Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools. Her work was featured in the Administrative Law Works-in-Progress panel on July 30, 2021. Full story |
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DICKINSON LAW PROFESSOR PEARSON DISCUSSES CHALLENGES TO CONSERVATORSHIPS FOR NEXT AVENUE NEWS ARTICLE July 2021 — Professor Katherine Pearson was recently interviewed for a news article titled “How to Fix Conservatorship in America.” Written by award-winning journalist and author Chris Farrell, the article was featured on Next Avenue, a PBS digital platform that targets America’s booming 50+ population. Full story |
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PROFESSOR GERKE CO-AUTHORS AN ESSAY IN STAT NEWS July 2021 — Professor Sara Gerke is co-author of a “First Opinion” essay entitled Explaining Medical AI Is Easier Said Than Done in STAT News, which is an award-winning source of news about health, medicine, and scientific discovery. Professor Gerke’s essay, which was written with Boris Babic with help from Glenn Cohen and Theodoros Evgeniou, builds on their article that recently was published in Science. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SARA GERKE CO-AUTHORS A NEW PIECE IN THE HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW July 2021 — Professor Sara Gerke co-authors a new piece in the Harvard Business Review on artificial intelligence (AI) and the need for a new approach to legal liability. Her co-authors include scholars from Harvard Law School and the University of Pennsylvania. Full story |
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PROFESSOR GARY S. GILDIN SPOKE AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY BEASLEY SCHOOL OF LAW’S ONLINE ADVOCACY TRAINING CONFERENCE ON RHETORIC, PERSUASION, AND IMPLICIT BIAS July 2021 — Professor Gary S. Gildin recently spoke at the Training Conference on Rhetoric, Persuasion, and Implicit Bias hosted by Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Professor Gildin addressed the imperative of teaching law students a model of persuasion that incorporates recent developments in neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Full story |
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PROFESSOR SARA GERKE CO-AUTHORS A NEW PIECE IN SCIENCE July 2021 — Professor Sara Gerke co-authors a new piece in Science on the drawbacks of explainable artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in health care. Her co-authors include scholars from Harvard Law School, INSEAD, and the University of Toronto. Full story |
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PROFESSOR EVANS NAMED FASTCASE 50 2021 AWARD RECIPIENT July 2021 — Each year the Fastcase 50 award honors a diverse group of lawyers, legal technologists, policymakers, judges, law librarians, bar association executives, and people from all walks of life. In many cases, honorees are well known, but in many others, the award recognizes people who have made important, but unheralded contributions. This year, Professor Tonya M. Evans was named to this esteemed list for her work at the intersections of technology, innovation, law and economic justice. Full story |