Dickinson Law News

Dean Danielle M. Conway with Jennifer Wilson Hewitt ’85 and Pat Hewitt ’83 GENEROUS GIFT FROM PAT HEWITT ’83 AND JENNIFER WILSON HEWITT ’85 CREATES EXCELLENCE IN TRIAL ADVOCACY PROGRAM AT PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW AND MORE

March 2023 — Pat Hewitt ’83 and Jennifer Wilson Hewitt ’85 both grew up in households that valued education. Their parents repeatedly reminded them that education could unlock opportunity, and they both took the advice to heart by graduating from Penn State Dickinson Law. Full story
Serena Hermitt SERENA HERMITT JOINS ANTIRACIST DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE AS EDUCATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR

January 2024 — It was the happiest sort of coincidence. Serena Hermitt and her partner had been discussing moving out of Philadelphia and closer to their families when TaWanda Hunter Stallworth, the program manager for Penn State Dickinson Law’s Antiracist Development Institute (ADI), reached out. Full story
Danielle M. Conway DEAN DANIELLE M. CONWAY TO BE RECOGNIZED BY LEADERSHIP CUMBERLAND

January 2024 — Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, will be honored by Leadership Cumberland at the upcoming Leaders at Lunch program on January 30. Full story
Danielle M. Conway PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW DEAN DANIELLE M. CONWAY TO RECEIVE HONORABLE CLARENCE C. MORRISON AWARD

January 2024 — Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, will receive the Dauphin County Bar Association’s (DCBA) Honorable Clarence C. Morrison Award at the DCBA annual membership meeting scheduled for January 31, 2024 in Harrisburg, PA. Full story
Alejandra Edwards PENNSYLVANIA BAR FOUNDATION NAMES ALEJANDRA EDWARDS A STOUDT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT

January 2024 — Second-year Penn State Dickinson Law student Alejandra Edwards has been named a 2023 James W. Stoudt Memorial Scholarship Fund winner by the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation. Full story
AALS Meeting NINE PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW SCHOLARS PRESENT AT 2024 AALS ANNUAL MEETING

January 2024 — The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2024 Annual Meeting featured nine Penn State Dickinson Law scholars who served as panelists, moderators, and speakers. Full story
Sign PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL SECURITY SIMULATION

November 2023 — In early November, Professor Amy C. Gaudion and eight Penn State Dickinson Law students traveled to Ohio State University to participate in the OSU National Security Simulation, sponsored by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and led by Professor Dakota S. Rudesill of OSU’s Moritz College of Law. Full story
O'Savio winners MAXWELL ALLANSON-DUNDON AND GIANNA CORPORA WIN TRISTON “CHASE” O’SAVIO MOOT COURT COMPETITION

October 2023 – Second-year law students Maxwell Allanson-Dundon and Gianna Corpora were the winners of this year’s Triston “Chase” O’Savio Intraschool Moot Court Competition, held Friday, October 27, 2023 in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium at Penn State Dickinson Law. Full story
Dean Conway and Rep. Lamar Smith (ret.) PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW COHORT ATTENDS PENN STATE FORUM ON CAPITOL HILL

October 2023 — The inaugural Penn State Forum on Capitol Hill took place on October 24 and 25, 2023. Full story
Sherrilyn Ifill (left) and Dean Danielle M. Conway (right) CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER SHERRILYN IFILL’S KEYNOTE HIGHLIGHTS ANTIRACIST DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE’S “ENERGIZING” INAUGURAL CONVENING AT DICKINSON LAW

October 2023 — A few minutes into her keynote speech at the Antiracist Development Institute’s Inaugural Convening at Penn State Dickinson Law, former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Sherrilyn Ifill spoke directly to the 1L students in the audience. Full story