Dickinson Law Faculty Impact

September 2020 — Following the launch of the Association of American Law Schools Law Deans Antiracist Clearinghouse Project, Dean Danielle Conway and Boston University School of Law Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig talk with Law.com legal education editor Karen Sloan about the initiative, the change they want to see in the legal academy, and the work ahead on this Legal Speak podcast. Full story

September 2019 — Danielle M. Conway, who is Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, has been heavily involved in efforts to ensure that law deans across the nation and, yes, around the globe, consider it their collective mission to promote equity and inclusiveness in the legal academy and in the legal profession. These efforts include speaking on this topic to her fellow deans at two Summer 2019 conferences. Full story

September 2019 — Alison F. Lintal, who is Director of Career Services and Internship Programs at Penn State Dickinson Law, recently had the honor d to present on wellness as part of the annual judicial retreat for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. A certified Iyengar yoga instructor, Alison led a morning yoga session for the judges before presenting on judicial stress and well-being. Full story

September 2019 — Professor Emily Michiko Morris, who is Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Director of Non-J.D. Programs at Penn State Dickinson Law, recently had an opportunity to present her scholarship on unregistered patent rights at the 2019 Annual Conference of the European Policy for Intellectual Property, in Zurich, Switzerland. Professor Morris was selected to join international legal scholars, economists, jurists, students, and others at the conference on “The Future of IP.” Full story

September 2020 — When learning about Pennsylvania’s agency law, Professor Prince’s Business Entities students study the case Wisler v Manor Care of Lancaster PA, LLC. Full story

September 2020 — Professor Raff Donelson participated in a session of the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues, an ongoing panel discussion series, hosted by Dickinson College. This month’s conversation focused on race and policing. The panel discussion, livestreamed on YouTube, is available at this link. Full story

September 2020 — During the past academic year, there were a number of events that recognized Professor William Butler’s significant contributions to international and comparative law. Full story

September 2020 — Professor Makhlouf’s article, The Ethics of DNA Testing at the Border, was recently published in the American Journal of Law & Medicine, the country’s leading health law journal, and featured in HealthLawProf Blog. The articles provides an overview of how DNA testing has been used in the U.S. immigration context and traces the expansion of DNA surveillance over the past two years. Full story

August 2020 — West Academic published teaching materials that Professor Laurel S. Terry and her co-authors prepared to support the Spring 2020 publication of the 4th edition of their Professional Responsibility casebook. The supplemental materials included a lengthy teacher’s manual, teaching slides, and Professor Responsibility questions for West’s Casebook Plus bank of questions. Full story

August 2020 — In June 2020, Professor Samantha Prince, Professor Andrew Jennings (Stanford), Professor Ben Edwards (UNLV) and Professor Andrew Baker (Stanford) submitted comments to the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) regarding its proposed Model Whistleblower Award and Protection Act. In late August 2020, NASAA released the final version of the act; showed that NASAA had revised its Model law in order to respond to the problem Professor Prince and others had identified. Full story