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 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 |
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DEAN CONWAY CONTRIBUTED IN A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE CALLED “BLACK LAWYERS MATTER” October 2021 — Dean Danielle Conway participated in a virtual conference co-hosted by LSAC, University of Houston Law Center, and SMU Dedman School of Law, in collaboration with the conference planning committee titled “Black Lawyers Matter.” Full story |
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PROFESSOR SARA GERKE CO-AUTHORS A NEW PIECE IN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH SERVICES October 2021 — Professor Sara Gerke co-authors a new piece in the International Journal of Health Services on what the United States can learn from the pharmaceutical pricing strategies adopted by Germany. Her co-author is a Professor of Law at Suffolk University. Full story |
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DEAN DODGE SELECTED TO JOIN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY FOR THE STUDY OF THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE FAMILY October 2021 — Jeffrey A. Dodge, Associate Dean for Academic & Student Services, Assistant Professor, and Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar, was recently selected for membership in the International Academy for the Study of the Jurisprudence of the Family (IASJF). IASJF membership requires an application sponsored by a current member and the approval of two-thirds of the members. The composition of IASJF represents the broad diversity of global scholars focused on the jurisprudence of the family. Full story |