PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW HOSTS 2ND SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY – PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW LECTURE
April 2025 — Penn State Dickinson Law hosted Professor Patricia Goedde of Sungkyunkwan University School of Law on April 2, 2025, for a thought-provoking lecture titled “Institutional Pathways for Public Interest Lawyering in South Korea.” A leading scholar in East Asian comparative law and international human rights, Professor Goedde examined the evolving landscape of public interest law in South Korea. Her talk explored the role of public interest law firms, law firm public interest law centers, and legal education in mobilizing legal resources to address pressing societal issues such as refugee advocacy and human rights.
The virtual lecture was open to Penn State Dickinson Law communities at both locations, and the Sungkyunkwan community. Associate Dean Daryl Lim, together with Professor Goedde and her colleagues, conceived the lecture series to deepen ties between both institutions during his visit to Sungkyunkwan University School of Law in 2024.
Daryl Lim is the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Chair in Law at Penn State Dickinson Law. He is also the Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Founding Director of the Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Innovation Initiative. At the university level, he is a co-hire at the Institute of Computational and Data Sciences and an affiliate at the Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence.
Professor Lim is an award-winning author, observer, and commentator on national and global trends in IP and competition policy and how they influence and are influenced by law, technology, economics, and politics. He helps policymakers, attorneys, corporate counsel, scholars, and the public understand the world around them. He is a founding member of the Global IP Alliance and its local chapters in Pennsylvania and Illinois. In addition, he serves as Co-Chair of the University Education Committee in the US IP Alliance.
In December 2022, the American Law Institute elected Professor Lim to its membership based on demonstrated excellence and outstanding professional achievement. In 2023, the US Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission recognized him as “a leading expert in antitrust law and economics” and the IAM Strategy 300, a guide to the industry pioneers with “exceptional skill sets, as well as profound insights into the development, creation, and management of IP value,” named him to its World’s Leading IP Strategists 2023 list. In 2024, he was appointed to the consultative group advising the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence. In 2025, he received the IP Professor of the Year Award at the Global Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence & Technology Conclave & Awards.