PRACTITIONER IN RESIDENCE BRENT NEWTON TO JOIN GROUP FOR ROUNDTABLE
January 2024 — Penn State Dickinson Law Practitioner in Residence Brent E. Newton will participate as an expert on a roundtable discussing federal criminal history sentencing enhancements, which will be conducted by the U.S. Sentencing Commission in Washington, D.C. on February 7, 2024. The daylong Roundtable on the Categorical Approach and Career Offender Guidelines will include several prominent federal judges and other experts on the federal criminal justice system.
In 2009, Practitioner in Residence Brent E. Newton was appointed as deputy director of the United States Sentencing Commission, a position he held until January 2019. Professor Newton also practices civil, criminal, and immigration law in Maryland and Texas. In addition, he has been a lecturer, adjunct professor, or visiting professor at several other law schools, including American and Georgetown Universities, the University of Houston Law Center, and Seoul National University in South Korea. Professor Newton has been an elected member of the American Law Institute since 2010.