Dickinson Law News

Lucy Johnston-Walsh received the 2019 Achieving Women Award DICKINSON LAW PROFESSOR LUCY JOHNSTON-WALSH RECEIVES 2019 ACHIEVING WOMEN AWARD

April 26, 2019 — Clinical Professor of Law Lucy Johnston-Walsh received the 2019 Achieving Women Award in the Faculty category from Penn State on Friday, April 26, during a luncheon in the President’s Hall at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, on the University Park campus.
2019 Donning of the Kente ANNUAL CEREMONY CELEBRATES ACHIEVEMENTS OF GRADUATING STUDENTS

April 24, 2019 — For the third year, Dickinson Law students, family and friends gathered inside the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium to celebrate their heritage, unity and academic achievements, as well as those who supported them throughout their educational journey, during the annual Donning of the Kente ceremony.
Robert “Bob” Gavin DICKINSON LAW STUDENT RECEIVES ANNUAL LGBTQA AWARD FROM PENN STATE

April 18, 2019 — Second-year law student Robert “Bob” Gavin was named the 2019 recipient of the Dr. Susan R. Rankin Award during a ceremony on Friday, April 12 at University Park.
2019 Woolsack Ceremony ANNUAL CEREMONY HONORS NEWEST MEMBERS OF WOOLSACK HONOR SOCIETY

April 9, 2019 — Ten third-year Dickinson Law students were inducted into the Woolsack Honor Society during a ceremony held on Wednesday, April 3, 2019.
185th birthday celebration DICKINSON LAW CELEBRATES 185TH ANNIVERSARY

April 1, 2019 — The law school was founded on April 1 that year by the Hon. John Reed, a jurist who penned the famed Pennsylvania Blackstone commentary outlining Pennsylvania’s laws.
Mari Boyle and Rachel Tunney MARI BOYLE AND RACHEL TUNNEY WIN 1L MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION

March 28, 2019 — First-year law students Mari Boyle and Rachel Tunney earned the win at Dickinson Law’s 1L mock trial competition on March 22, 2019 in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Dickinson Law.
Tom Ridge FORMER PA GOVERNOR AND FIRST HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY TOM RIDGE TO DELIVER DICKINSON LAW’S 2019 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

March 26, 2019 — Tom Ridge ’72, Pennsylvania’s 43rd governor and first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, will address the class of 2019 during Dickinson Law’s commencement on May 11, 2019, at the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on the Dickinson College campus.
Amy C. Gaudion and Anne Toomey McKenna PRIVACY LAW SCHOLARS MUST ADDRESS POTENTIAL FOR NASTY SATELLITE DATA SURPRISES

March 25, 2019 — In a session at the Penn State Law Review annual symposium held today (March 22), the researchers and Dickinson Law professors said that immediate focus is needed on how vast quantities of data, collected from sensors embedded in smart devices combined with both government-owned and privately owned satellite mapping technologies, is aggregated, used, disseminated, and bought and sold. Government-owned satellite mapping technologies, including global positioning satellites provide free, worldwide access for use in GPS chip-embedded devices.
2019 Rambo Awards WOMEN’S LAW CAUCUS PRESENTS RAMBO AWARD TO THE HON. MARY HANNAH LEAVITT ’78

March 19, 2019 — President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Mary Hannah Leavitt ’78 received the 25th Annual Honorable Sylvia H. Rambo Award at a ceremony hosted by Dickinson Law’s Women’s Law Caucus at Lewis Katz Hall on March 14, 2019.
Dermot Groome INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURING DICKINSON LAW PROFESSOR MAKES U.S. PREMIERE

March 12, 2019 — “The Trial of Ratko Mladic” will be broadcast nationally on Tuesday, March 19 at 9 p.m. EST on FRONTLINE—PBS’ flagship investigative journalism series that explores and illuminates the critical issues of our times from business and health to social issues, politics and war.