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 DONELSON INVITED TO PRESENT AT DARTMOUTH CONFERENCE ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW & JURISPRUDENCE March 2021 — Professor Raff Donelson has been invited to present on the intersection of constitutional theory and jurisprudence. The event will take place on October 1, 2021 and interested parties can register here in August. Full story |
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PROFESSOR DONELSON ADDRESSED NATURAL PUNISHMENT AT THE ACS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SCHOLARS FORUM March 2021 — Professor Raff Donelson recently spoke at the annual American Constitution Society Constitutional Law Scholars Forum at Barry Law School. Professor Donelson presented his article, “Natural Punishment,” which recently was accepted for publication in the North Carolina Law Review. Full story |
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DEAN CONWAY AND MULTIPLE FACULTY TO PARTICIPATE IN RUTGERS LAW ANTIRACISM SYMPOSIUM AS PART OF DICKINSON LAW’S COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING SYSTEMIC RACISM March 2021 — Deans Danielle M. Conway, Amy Gaudion, and Bekah Saidman-Krauss, and Professor Dermot Groome will participate in Rutgers Law School’s April 2021 Race and the Law Review Symposium entitled Building an Anti-Racist Curriculum and Law School. Their remarks and multiple law review articles explain how Dickinson Law’s faculty is operationalizing its unanimous resolution to develop an antiracist curriculum. Full story |
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PROFESSOR BUTLER DELIVERS VIRTUAL BOOK TALK AT THE KENNAN INSTITUTE March 2021 — Professor William E. Butler discussed his book, International Law in the Russian Legal System, during a virtual book talk on March 19 hosted by the George F. Kennan Institute. Professor Butler's book, commissioned and published by the Oxford University Press (OUP) in late fall 2020, is the second volume in the OUP’s newly established series on the Elements of International Law. Full story |
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PROF. STANLEY BRAND TESTIFIES BEFORE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE March 2021 — Penn State Dickinson Law Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government Stanley M. Brand was one of four experts invited to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties on March 11 about the constitutional framework for Congress’ ability to uphold standards of member conduct. Full story |
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PROFESSOR DONELSON SCHEDULED TO SPEAK ON OVERCRIMINALIZATION AT THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES March 2021 — Professor Raff Donelson has been invited to serve as a panelist at a July 2021 academic research seminar presented by the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University. The seminar is entitled Unnecessary Evils: Laws, Judging, and Policing in an Overcriminalized World. Donelson will present on policing incentives which affect the number of criminal laws and the judicial incentives created by the mass of criminal laws. Full story |
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PROF. TERRY INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE ANNUAL NCBE BAR ADMISSIONS CONFERENCE March 2021 — Professor Laurel S. Terry has been invited to speak at the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ annual Bar Admissions Conference. She will participate in a panel entitled Measuring Competence: Global Developments and Comparisons. Full story |
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PROFESSOR DONELSON TO SPEAK ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN A LIBERAL DEMOCRACY March 2021 — Professor Raff Donelson has agreed to present a paper at the Southeast Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, which will be held in July 2021. At this year’s conference, Donelson will present his paper as part of a panel entitled, “Philosophical Perspectives on Freedom of Speech in a Liberal Democracy.” Donelson’s presentation will be “Pragmatism, Truth, and Lies.” Full story |
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PROF. BLASIE CHOSEN TO PRESENT AT EMPIRE STATE LEGAL WRITING CONFERENCE March 2021 — Professor Michael Blasie was selected to present at the Empire State Legal Writing Conference. His presentation, titled From Nice to Necessary: The Laws, Policies, Experts, Empirical Studies, and Risks That Require Lawyers Write Differently, will explore the proliferation of legal writing statutes that require lawyers to write using plain language standards. Full story |
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PROFESSOR DONELSON PUBLISHES PAPER ON NATURAL PUNISHMENT March 2021 — Professor Raff Donelson will be featured in the forthcoming 100th Volume of the North Carolina Law Review. A prepublication version of his article, entitled “Natural Punishment,” is available here. Full story |