PROFESSOR KATHERINE C. PEARSON TO GIVE PRESENTATION AT UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA
November 2024 — Katherine C. Pearson, Professor of Law and the Arthur L. and Sandra S. Piccone Faculty Scholar at Penn State Dickinson Law, will make a presentation at University of Ottawa on Wednesday, December 4. “Must it be Protection versus Autonomy? The Challenges of Advancing Effective Justice for Older People” will draw on Professor Pearson’s research as the 2024-2025 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa, as well as her almost 30 years of experience at Dickinson Law, and will analyze the impact of national and global aging on the practice of law (including “Elder Law”) and higher education.
“Must it be Protection versus Autonomy? The Challenges of Advancing Effective Justice for Older People” will be available both in person and via streaming from 1 to 2 p.m., with the virtual feed beginning approximately five minutes before the start of the actual program. This presentation, in part, will also introduce the publication of the Edward Elgar Research Handbook on Law, Society and Ageing (2024, editors S. Westwood and N. Knauer), in which Professor Pearson has two chapters.
Professor Katherine C. Pearson is serving as the 2024-2025 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa. Pearson has deep experience in the field of “law and aging,” including elder law. She is the author of articles and book chapters on long-term care, financing issues, and filial obligations, and is the co-author of The Law of Financial Abuse and Exploitation (Bisel 2011) — a treatise about protection of vulnerable persons from financial exploitation. A former Fulbright Scholar (U.K., Queens University Belfast, 2010), Professor Pearson’s work includes international, comparative analysis of laws, and policies affecting older persons, including work as an international research consultant in the U.K. and Northern Ireland to promote better systems for safeguarding and adult social care.
Professor Pearson has served in leadership positions on national and state organizations for academics and attorneys specializing in elder law, including the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the AALS Section on Law and Aging, and the Pennsylvania Bar Association Elder Law Section. She was a member of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Elder Law Task Force that issued an influential report. For more than ten years, she served as director of Penn State’s Elder Protection Clinic and continues to serve as a writer and editor for the Elder Law Prof Blog.
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