PROFESSOR DONELSON INVITED TO PRESENT AT DARTMOUTH CONFERENCE ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW & JURISPRUDENCE

Raff DonelsonMarch 2021 — Professor Raff Donelson has been invited to present on the intersection of constitutional theory and jurisprudence. The event will take place on October 1, 2021 and interested parties can register here in August.

The Workshop on Constitutional Theory and Jurisprudence will be hosted at Dartmouth College. Professor Donelson will join other scholars who work in constitutional theory, general jurisprudence, or at the intersection of these two fields.


Professor Raff Donelson is an Associate Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law who earned his J.D. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from Northwestern University. Professor Donelson’s research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of philosophy, constitutional law, and criminal law. His more theoretical research interests include metaethics and general jurisprudence, while his doctrinal work focuses on constitutional protections for criminals and the accused. His scholarship includes contributions to books published by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, as well as articles in U.S. and foreign law reviews and in philosophy journals such as Metaphilosophy. He has been an invited speaker at numerous legal and philosophy conferences and has addressed both U.S. and foreign academic audiences. His work is featured in Legal-Phi, which is an online venue that profiles the work of rising stars in the field of legal philosophy.