Marissa LaWall
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Adjunct Professor of Law
Location: Carlisle Supervising Attorney |
About LaWall
Marissa Lawall received her J.D. from Penn State Dickinson Law and graduated with a B.S. in criminal justice and minor in psychology from Cedar Crest College. LaWall is a former PHLP intern, and externed in the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Health Care Section. Prior to law school, LaWall was a legal assistant in a Social Security Disability law office. She received the Monroe E. Trout Legal Medicine Award for Excellence in 2018 and was recognized as a Dickinson Law Miller Center Distinguished Advocate during law school. LaWall is also among the first to be honored with the Hon. Sylvia H. Rambo Recent Alumna Award from Dickinson Law, an award presented annually to honor a recent graduate who represents exceptional dedication to her job, is a pioneer in her field, and who promotes the encouragement of women in the legal field.
LaWall serves on the Board of Directors for Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley, an organization dedicated to eliminating domestic and intimate partner abuse in the Lehigh Valley through survivor empowerment, and community education and engagement.
She has dedicated her legal career to public interest work and is committed to giving a legal a voice to individuals who may not otherwise have an opportunity to be heard.
Penn State Dickinson Law and Penn State Law are reunifying to operate as Penn State University’s single law school, which will be known as Penn State Dickinson Law. While ABA approval for the reunification is pending, both schools are currently fully accredited. We submitted an application for acquiescence to operate as a single law school in July 2024 and plan to enroll a unified class in Fall 2025. Once reunification is complete, the separate faculties of each school will be members of the reunified Penn State Dickinson Law faculty.