Dickinson Law News

February 3, 2020 — Dickinson Law earned top marks in the winter 2020 issue of preLaw magazine. The law school ranked sixth in the country for government employment and fifteenth in the country for all forms of clerkships. The Law School also earned an ‘A’ for trial advocacy and a ‘B+’ for public policy.

January 30, 2020 — A thriving democracy requires fair elections, but U.S. elections face real threats from multiple sources, including state election infrastructure attacks and social engineering on social media platforms. As the 2020 election approaches, lawmakers, election officials, Congressional staffers, researchers, members of the intelligence communities, academics, candidates and media will come together in the U.S. capital for the first-ever “Hacking the U.S. Election: How Can We Make U.S. Elections More Secure?” symposium to work to secure U.S. elections.

January 28, 2020 — In fall 2019, Penn State Dickinson Law Assistant Professor of Law Matthew B. Lawrence introduced first-year Dickinson Law students to the legislative process through the Legal Argument and Factual Persuasion course. This spring, Lawrence will be supporting that process. While continuing to teach administrative law at Dickinson Law this semester, Lawrence will also be working part time with the U.S. Congress as a Special Legal Advisor to the Budget Committee (Majority) of the U.S. House of Representatives.

January 23, 2020 — Academic leaders from Hanoi Law University in Vietnam met with Penn State Dickinson Law administrators, faculty and staff on the Dickinson Law campus January 15-17, 2020, to discuss collaboration between the two law schools.

January 7, 2020 — An interdisciplinary team of researchers is inviting scholars to submit papers for a workshop to address the complex relationship between privacy, technology and vulnerability.

November 21, 2019 — On college campuses across the country, food insecurity—the lack of reliable access to sufficient quantities of affordable, nutritious food—is a serious problem. In a study conducted earlier this year by the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, almost half of the college students surveyed (48%) reported food insecurity occurred in the previous 30-day period. The challenge of food insecurity as well as basic needs insecurity among college students is also prevalent in the law student population.

November 2019 — Atrocity crimes and their legal implications have been in the news of late. Last year, then-U.S. national security adviser John Bolton set off a national debate when he criticized the function of the International Criminal Court, whose stated mission is to punish and deter atrocity crimes. Penn State Dickinson Law Professor Dermot Groome has seen the personal, moral and legal implications of atrocity crimes firsthand.

November 13, 2019 — Penn State Dickinson Law, in conjunction with the Legal Writing Institute, will host "Dismantling the Separate But Equal Paradigm: Integrating Legal Research and Writing into the Law School Curriculum" from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 6, in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Dickinson Law. This one-day workshop is designed for legal writing professors and law librarians. Registration is required by Monday, December 2 for this event.

November 5, 2019 — First woman Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and Robert F. Kennedy’s oldest daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Esq. and Tom Brier, Esq. will visit Penn State Dickinson Law on Tuesday, November 12. Their discussion on retirement security programs and economic stability will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Dickinson Law.

November 1, 2019 — Anthony Ciarlante and Gawen Grunloh, second-year law students at Dickinson Law, claimed the championship round of the Second Annual O'Savio Moot Court Competition held Friday, October 25, at the Old Cumberland County Courthouse in Carlisle.