Dickinson Law News

December 9, 2021 — Penn State Dickinson Law received an A- for Best Value Law School in the fall 2021 issue of preLaw magazine—a ranking that recognizes law schools where graduates have excellent chances of passing the bar and getting a legal job without taking on a ton of debt. Read more

December 9, 2021 — Penn State Dickinson Law professors often tell students that when they become lawyers, they enter a helping profession. Faculty and staff believe attorneys have an obligation to give back, and the sooner students embrace that ethos, the faster they recognize its importance. Read more

December 8, 2021 — AccessLex Institute is pleased to announce that Danielle M. Conway, Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, and David A. Brennan, Immediate Past Dean and Frost, Brown and Todd Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky’s J. David Rosenberg College of Law, have been re-elected to the Company’s Board of Directors. Each will serve a three-year term as a Class A Director, beginning April 1, 2022. Read more

December 8, 2021 — Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Dickinson Law will host a Summit on Health Justice on Friday, December 10, highlighting efforts to resolve health-related disparities in the U.S. Read more

November 24, 2021 — Penn State Dickinson Law will further recent faculty action to lead Antiracism efforts by creating an Antiracist Development Institute (ADI), a program offering organizations across the country systems design-based approaches to implementing antiracist practices, processes and policies throughout each of their functions. Read more

November 23, 2021 — Third-year Dickinson Law students Mitchell Snyder and Tyler Eckert won region 3 in The New York City Bar Association’s Seventy-Second National Moot Court Competition held virtually November 13-14, 2021. Read more

November 2, 2021 — It is an excellent illustration of the old axiom “great minds think alike.” When third-year Penn State Dickinson Law student Parham Golestanian (class of 2022) saw the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, he realized evacuees coming to Pennsylvania would require assistance. He reached out to International Service Center (ISC), a Harrisburg-based nonprofit providing social services. Read more

October 6, 2021 — The Penn State Dickinson Law community lost Joe Harenza last week. Joe passed away peacefully on September 29. Read more

September 23, 2021 — Third-year Penn State Dickinson Law student Ryan Marr believes in taking advantage of opportunities that come his way. From studying in Tanzania to traveling to Bermuda, he says “yes” to any chance to see the world or learn something new. So when he was invited to participate in a project mapping an unexplored patch of the ocean floor with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Marr quickly signed up. Full story

September 22, 2021 — Second-year student Ezza Ahmed (Class of 2023) enrolled at Penn State Dickinson Law because she wanted to give back to her community by practicing law. When she learned of an opportunity to give back immediately, while she continues her education, she felt compelled to sign up. Ahmed is one of three students at Dickinson Law, along with fellow second-year law students Aranda Stathers (Class of 2023) and Aria Plants (Class of 2023), sworn in earlier this month as Court-Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) in Cumberland County. Learn more