Associate Dean Daryl Lim's article highlighted by Scholastica

CARLISLE, Pa.—Associate Dean for Research and Strategic Partnerships Daryl Lim's recent law review article was selected by Scholastica as one of thirteen standout pieces in its 2025 lookback on leading trends in legal scholarship. The article was featured alongside work by scholars from leading institutions and journals, underscoring its relevance to current debates at the intersection of law, technology, and governance.

The article, “Determinants of Socially Responsible AI Governance,” advances a framework for understanding how legal institutions and corporate governance structures shape the ethical deployment of artificial intelligence. The work reflects Lim’s broader research agenda and informs his leadership in research development, interdisciplinary collaboration, and institutional partnerships focused on responsible and inclusive AI innovation.

The article was featured in Scholastica’s year-end 2025 blog post reviewing the most prevalent themes and notable submissions accepted by law reviews during the year. Scholastica is the primary submission platform used by U.S. law reviews.

Daryl Lim is the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law at Penn State Dickinson Law. He is also the Associate Dean for Research & Strategic Partnerships and Founding Director of the Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Innovation Initiative. At the university level, he is a co-hire at the Institute of Computational and Data Sciences and an affiliate at the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence.

Professor Lim is an award-winning author, observer, and commentator on national and global trends in IP and competition policy and how they influence and are influenced by law, technology, economics, and politics. He helps policymakers, attorneys, corporate counsel, scholars, and the public understand the world around them. He is a founding member of the Global IP Alliance and its local chapters in Pennsylvania and Illinois. In addition, he serves as Co-Chair of the University Education Committee in the US IP Alliance.

In December 2022, the American Law Institute elected Professor Lim to its membership based on demonstrated excellence and outstanding professional achievement. In 2023, the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recognized him as “a leading expert in antitrust law and economics” and the IAM Strategy 300, a guide to the industry pioneers with “exceptional skill sets, as well as profound insights into the development, creation, and management of IP value,” named him to its World’s Leading IP Strategists 2023 list. In 2024, he was appointed to the consultative group advising the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence. In 2025, he received the IP Professor of the Year Award at the Global Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence & Technology Conclave & Awards.