Dickinson Law News

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
Sherrilyn Ifill SHERRILYN IFILL TO SERVE AS PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW’S ANTIRACIST DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE INAUGURAL CONVENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER

October 2023 — Penn State Dickinson Law is pleased to announce Sherrilyn Ifill, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Esq. Endowed Chair in Civil Rights at Howard University School of Law, as the keynote speaker at the Antiracist Development Institute (ADI) Inaugural Convening, held from October 11 – 14. Full story
Bekah Saidman-Krauss BEKAH-SAIDMAN-KRAUSS DELIVERS TWO PRESENTATIONS IN NORWAY

September 2023 — Bekah Saidman-Krauss, Associate Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid at Penn State Dickinson Law, presented at two Norwegian law schools this week on how, under the deanship of Danielle Conway, Dickinson Law has emerged as a leader in institutional antiracism within the U.S. legal academy. Full story
Kristin Thomas PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW ANNOUNCES NEW ENROLLMENT SERVICES SPECIALIST

August 21, 2023 — Penn State Dickinson Law is pleased to announce that Kristin L. Thomas has transitioned into the role of Enrollment Services Specialist in the Office of Admissions & Financial Aid as of August 21, 2023. Full story