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 CONWAY TO RECEIVE THE AALS’ INAUGURAL 2020 IMPACT AWARD October 2020 — The AALS has announced that Danielle M. Conway, who is the Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, will receive the Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) 2020 Inaugural Impact Award, along with four Black women law dean colleagues, for the creation of the Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project. Full story |
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VISITING FULL PROFESSOR OF LAW TONYA EVANS DISCUSSES BLOCKCHAIN, CRYPTO, AND THE LAW October 2020 — Visiting Professor of Law Tonya Evans recently presented “What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Blockchain, Crypto, and the Law” as part of Dickinson Law’s Distance Learning Program. Watch the program |
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PROFESSOR PRINCE AND ASHLI JONES ’21 PRESENT AT CYBERSECURITY: SAFEGUARDING YOUR SMALL BUSINESS October 2020 — In recognition of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Associate Professor of Lawyering Skills Samantha Prince and Ashli Jones ’21 provided an overview of the cybersecurity legal landscape, including the use of websites, privacy policy transparency, and data breach notification laws during “Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Your Small Business,” a webinar hosted by the Penn State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Harrisburg LaunchBox. Full story |
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BACK TO THE FUTURE: CHALLENGES TO THE USAGE OF TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY BY FOSTER YOUTH October 2020 — In this post published on the University of Michigan Law's Journal of Law and Mobility blog, Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh and Emily Kortright ‘21 explore the transportation challenges faced by foster children and the ways in which new and emerging forms of transportation may impact those challenges. Full story |
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GLOBAL LEADERS SERIES WITH PROFESSOR TONYA EVANS October 2020 — Visiting Professor of Law Tonya Evans shared her knowledge of blockchain in both higher education and the legal and regulatory spheres with Global Blockchain Business Council COO Mercina Tillemann during a recent episode of GBBO and Global Digital Finance’s Global Leaders Town Hall Series. Watch the full episode |
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CLINICAL PROFESSOR JOHNSTON-WALSH PARTNERS WITH LAW STUDENT KORTRIGHT ON BLOG RELATED TO FOSTER YOUTH TRANSPORTATION October 2020 — Clinical Professor Lucy Johnston-Walsh recently co-authored a blog post for a University of Michigan law journal. The topic was foster youth transportation. Full story |
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PROFESSOR DONELSON RECENTLY SPOKE AT SLU LAW ABOUT FOURTH AMENDMENT SEARCHES October 2020 — Professor Raff Donelson gave a presentation on a panel at the Childress Symposium at Saint Louis University Law School. His presentation was entitled, “Katz Should Only Have One Step.” Full story |
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SECOND EDITION OF UNDERSTANDING POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS, A LEADING OPEN-SOURCE GUIDEBOOK, EDITED BY PROFESSOR BADISSY, UNVEILED AT THE AFRICA ENERGY FORUM October 2020 — Five years after Assistant Professor of Law Mohamed Rali Badissy first brought together a group of world-class experts to collaboratively write Understanding Power Purchase Agreements, a second group gathered in July 2019 to update and refresh the handbook. The second edition, again contributed to and principally edited by Professor Badissy, was released at the virtual Africa Energy Forum, the largest gathering of government leaders and private investors in Africa’s power market. Full story |
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ADDRESSING RACISM THROUGH MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS September 2020 — Founding Director of Dickinson Law’s Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) Clinic and Assistant Professor Medha Makhlouf shared her early ideas about how Critical Race Theory can help to inform the operation of Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic’s seeking to address racism as a social determinant of health in her first blog post, "Addressing Racism through Medical-Legal Partnerships," which was recently published in a digital symposium called “Understanding the Role of Race and Health” hosted by Harvard Law's Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. Learn more |
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PROFESSOR MAKHLOUF PARTICIPATES IN THE CLINICAL LAW REVIEW WRITERS’ WORKSHOP AT NYU LAW September 2020 — Every fall, more than one hundred clinical law school faculty gather at NYU Law School to attend the Clinical Law Review Writers’ Workshop. This year, the workshop was held virtually, but the format remained the same: Attendees meet in small groups and intensively workshop each members’ draft throughout the day. Full story |