Richard Laws
Adjunct Professor of Law
Location: University Park
About Laws
Richard K. Laws has been employed by Northwest Bank since March 2013, and currently serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Northwest Bank and Northwest Bancshares, Inc. Prior to joining Northwest, Mr. Laws served as Senior Counsel at ING Bank, fsb (“ING Direct”) in Wilmington, Delaware. Mr. Laws holds a B.A. degree in Political Science from Juniata College and a J.D., cum laude, from Widener University School of Law.
Education
J.D., Widener University School of Law, cum laude
B.A., Juniata College
Courses
The Modern In-House Counsel
Penn State Dickinson Law and Penn State Law are reunifying to operate as Penn State University’s single law school, which will be known as Penn State Dickinson Law. While ABA approval for the reunification is pending, both schools are currently fully accredited. We submitted an application for acquiescence to operate as a single law school in July 2024 and plan to enroll a unified class in Fall 2025. Once reunification is complete, the separate faculties of each school will be members of the reunified Penn State Dickinson Law faculty.