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Penn State awarded $1.3M to boost Pennsylvania’s agricultural workforce
February 2025 — The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry is investing $1.3 million in Penn State’s Agricultural Workforce Development Project to st
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Dickinson Law Review 2025 Symposium
Dickinson Law Review 2025 Symposium
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Miller Center Recognition Dinner
Miller Center Recognition Dinner
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2025 Antiracist Development Institute Mini Convening
2025 ANTIRACIST DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE MINI CONVENING May 15-16, 2025 Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA February 2025 — On May 15-16, 2025, the Antiracis
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Professor Ronnie R. Gipson Jr. Accepts offer from Buffalo Human Rights Law Review to Publish Article
PROFESSOR RONNIE R. GIPSON JR. ACCEPTS OFFER FROM BUFFALO HUMAN RIGHTS LAW REVIEW TO PUBLISH ARTICLE March 2025 — Professor Ronnie R. Gipson Jr. has accepted
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Associate Dean Daryl Lim Speaks on AI and Patent Law at the Annual IP & Social Justice CLE Seminar
ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM SPEAKS ON AI AND PATENT LAW AT THE ANNUAL IP & SOCIAL JUSTICE CLE SEMINAR February 2025 — Associate Dean Daryl Lim participated
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Associate Dean Daryl Lim Speaks on the Importance of Judicial Dissents
ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM SPEAKS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF JUDICIAL DISSENTS February 2025 — Associate Dean Daryl Lim was invited to speak at Pauline Newman Intell
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Associate Dean Daryl Lim Publishes New Article on AI Governance
ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM PUBLISHES NEW ARTICLE IN AKRON LAW REVIEW ON AI GOVERNANCE February 2025 — Akron Law Review published Associate Dean Daryl Lim’s a
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Associate Dean Daryl Lim Invited to Speak at the George Mason Law Review’s 28th Annual Antitrust Symposium
ASSOCIATE DEAN DARYL LIM INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE GEORGE MASON LAW REVIEW’S 28TH ANNUAL ANTITRUST SYMPOSIUM February 2025 — Associate Dean Daryl Lim spoke a
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William B. Barker
William B. Barker, who also has a standing appointment as visiting professor of law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, is an expert on inc
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Stanley Brand
As on-site supervisor for the Washington, D.C. semester-in-practice program, Stanley Brand supplements the experiential learning regimen that the Washington sem
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William E. Butler
William E. Butler specializes in international and comparative law, focusing principally on Russia, Eurasia generally, and public and private international law.
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Lance Cole
Lance Cole is the founding director of the Center for Government Law and Public Policy Studies. Dickinson Law’s Government Center administers semester-in-prac
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Amy C. Gaudion
Amy C. Gaudion is an associate professor of law and the founder of Dickinson Law’s annual cyberspace simulation with the U.S. Army War College. Her scholarshi
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Gary S. Gildin
Gary S. Gildin joined Dickinson Law’s faculty in 1979 after graduating from Stanford Law School and spending three years as a civil litigator with Sonnenschei
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Lucy Johnston-Walsh
As an Associate Dean for Experiential Education, Associate Professor, Director of the Children’s Advocacy Clinic, and Director of the Center on Children and t
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Medha D. Makhlouf
Medha D. Makhlouf is a professor of law and the founding director of the Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic at Penn State Dickinson Law. She is also an assistant
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Katherine C. Pearson
For close to thirty years, Katherine C. Pearson’s academic focus in research and writing has been on laws and policies connected to aging. Professor Pearson
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Megan A. Riesmeyer
Professor Megan Riesmeyer is the director of Penn State Dickinson Law's Community Law Clinic, where she focuses litigation on family, disability, and poverty la
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Martin Skladany
Martin Skladany is a professor of intellectual property, AI, law and international development, law and higher education, and health law. He is also a faculty a
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Sarah J. Williams
An expert in securities regulation, Sarah J. Williams previously served as deputy director and associate director for the Division of Registration and Inspectio
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Titichia M. Jackson
Professor Titichia Mitchell Jackson’s scholarship focuses on legal pedagogy, curriculum reform, and the relationship between legal education, professional lic
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Brent E. Newton
After graduating from Columbia University School of Law in 1992, where he was a senior editor of Columbia Law Review, Professor Newton clerked for Judge Carolyn
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Mae Quinn
Mae Quinn teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law and procedure, evidence and ethics, civil rights and procedure, legal history, and youth justice. Her
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Ross Pifer
Professor Ross Pifer’s research focuses on shale gas development and the interface between agricultural and residential development. He has been an attorney w
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Julie Tedjeske Crane
Julie Tedjeske Crane is a Reference Librarian and Professor of Legal Research at the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Law Library at Penn State Dickinson Law. In addition
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Nicholas Kahn-Fogel
Professor Nicholas Kahn-Fogel joined Penn State Dickinson Law after serving as the Distinguished Professor in Constitutional Law at the University of Arkansas a
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Emily Spottswood
Professor Emily Spottswood focuses her research on the process of fact-finding in courts, including issues in evidence law, jury decision-making, the structure
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Abi Hassen
Abi Hassen has an extensive background in criminal defense, social movements, protest law, and organized labor. Professor Hassen’s scholarship uses political
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Larry Catá Backer
Professor Larry Catá Backer immigrated with his family from Cuba when he was young, growing up in the Cuban American community in Miami. Professor Backer focus
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Gopal Balachandran
Professor Gopal Balachandran is an Associate Professor of Clinical Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, where he directs the Criminal Appellate & Post-Convictio
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Susan Bardo
Professor Susan Bardo is an assistant professor of clinical law at Penn State Dickinson Law where she directs the Family Law Clinic. The clinic represents clien
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Mandee B. Baumer
Mandee B. Baumer is an expert in written and oral advocacy. Before joining the faculty, she was a career staff attorney for the United States Court of Appeals f
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Nicole Chong
Dean Nicole Chong is an active member of the Legal Writing Institute and the Association of Legal Writing Directors. Before joining the faculty, she was an asso
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Jamison E. Colburn
Professor Colburn is a leading scholar of environmental and natural resources law. He has published extensively on the law of environmental assessment, the prot
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Katrice Bridges Copeland
Professor Copeland focuses her scholarship on white collar crime and health care fraud and abuse. Prior to joining Penn State she clerked for Judge David H. Coa
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Jonathan D’Silva
Jonathan D’Silva is the Director of the Intellectual Property Law Clinic located at the Happy Valley LaunchBox and an Associate Clinical Professor of Law. He
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Keith Elkin
Dean Keith Elkin is responsible for the overall leadership and administration of the Office for Academic Success (OAS). The main goal of the OAS is to develop a
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Jill C. Engle
Jill C. Engle is a clinical professor of law at Penn State Dickinson Law. Previously, she was director of Penn State Dickinson Law’s Family Law Clinic, which
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Jeffrey Erickson
Clinical Professor Jeffrey Erickson is director of the International Sustainable Development Projects Law Clinic (ISDPLC). He is admitted to practice in Pennsyl
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Michael Foreman
Michael Foreman focuses on appellate representation in civil rights issues and employment discrimination cases and directs Penn State Dickinson Law’s Civil Ri
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Jenny Ham
Professor Ham joined Penn State Dickinson Law in 2018 from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where she served as research and instructional services li
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Eileen M. Kane
Eileen Kane is a Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, specializing in teaching and scholarship at the juncture of technology and the law. She holds a P
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Julia Y. Lee
Professor Lee’s research interests are in the fields of financial regulation and commercial law, with a focus on strategic decision-making and the impact of l
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John E. Lopatka
Professor John Lopatka is one of the nation’s leading antitrust scholars, having published over forty articles in the areas of antitrust, economic analysis of
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Tiyanjana Maluwa
Tiyanjana Maluwa is the H. Laddie Montague Chair in Law and Professor of Law and International Affairs. He is also a Director Emeritus of the Penn State School
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Jud Mathews
Jud Mathews is a Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law with courtesy appointments in Penn State's Department of Political Science and School of Internati
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Andrea M. Matwyshyn
Dr. Andrea M. Matwyshyn is an academic and author whose work focuses on the intersection of technology design, innovation policy, and law, particularly informat
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Adam I. Muchmore
Professor Adam I. Muchmore focuses his research on food and drug regulation. He is also interested in the role of the uncertainty, delegation, and discretion in
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James M. Puckett
Professor Puckett’s research focuses on tax policy and tax administration. He is especially interested in how the federal tax system addresses income and weal
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Marie T. Reilly
Marie T. Reilly is an expert in bankruptcy and commercial law. She joined the law faculty when the University Park campus opened in 2006. She served as Senior A
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Victor Romero
Romero’s research emphasizes the law's impact on marginalized groups. He is especially interested in borders and boundaries — both legal and cultural — an
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Stephen F. Ross
Professor Ross teaches and writes in the disparate areas of Sports Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, and Statutory Interpretation. He clerked for Hon. Ruth B
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Bethany N. Schols
Bethany Schols is the inaugural Executive Director of the Anuncia Donecia Songsong Manglona Lab for Gender and Economic Equity. Prior to her employment at Penn
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Geoffrey R. Scott
Professor Geoffrey Scott has a wide range of teaching and scholarly interests with a focus on intellectual property and the intersection of the worlds of artist
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Richard G. Settgast
Professor Richard Settgast joined Penn State after serving for seven years as an assistant public defender for Centre County, where he maintained a perfect jury
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Tom Sharbaugh
Professor Tom Sharbaugh brings more than 35 years of practice experience to the classroom. Before joining Penn State, Tom was the firm-wide managing partner of
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Samuel C. Thompson Jr.
Samuel C. Thompson Jr. directs Penn State’s Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions. He is also a Professor of Law and the Arthur Weiss Distinguished
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Michele Vollmer
Prior to joining Penn State Dickinson Law, Professor Vollmer served as a senior counsel in the Division of Enforcement for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Comm
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Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia is a nationally respected immigration scholar, law professor, author, and attorney. She joined Penn State Dickinson Law as a Clinical Pr
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Hannah Wiseman
Professor Hannah Wiseman is a Professor of Law, Professor and Wilson Faculty Fellow in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and Institutes of Energy and t
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Samuel Wiseman
Professor Sam Wiseman is a Professor of Law. He teaches and writes in the areas of Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, and Food Law, and he ha
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Megan S. Wright
Megan S. Wright is a Professor of Law and Medicine — a joint appointment between Penn State Dickinson Law and the College of Medicine — as well as an affili
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Ronnie R. Gipson Jr.
Ronnie R. Gipson Jr. is a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law. He earned his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law
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Hubert X. Gilroy
Hubert X. Gilroy has practiced law in Carlisle, PA, for 35 years and is a shareholder with Martson Law Offices. His varied practice encompasses business, real e
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Timothy J. Nieman
Timothy Nieman teaches Advanced Appellate Advocacy at Penn State Dickinson Law. He is General Counsel for Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. and PeoplesBank in York,
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Hon. Kuyomars Q. Golparvar
Kuyomars “Q” Golparvar currently serves as an Immigration Judge at the Baltimore Immigration Court in Baltimore, Maryland for the U.S. Department of Justice
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Heidi R. Freese
Heidi R. Freese is the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Heidi began her four-year term in September, 2017 following her selectio
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Melanie Lynn Vanderau
Melanie Lynn Vanderau
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Andrew S. Rusniak
Andrew S. Rusniak is a member of McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC's Estate Planning and Corporate & Tax practice groups, where he represents individuals, fam
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Nilam Sanghvi
Nilam A. Sanghvi has been serving as legal director of the Pennsylvania Innocence Project in Philadelphia since 2017. Prior to that, she served as Pennsylvania
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Thomas B. Schmidt III
Thomas B. Schmidt III is a Fellow of The Pepper Center for Public Service. The Pepper Center draws on the talents of the firm’s retired partners and senior at
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Katie Dang
Katie Dang received her commission as an officer in the Army’s Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps in 2011. She served over six years on active duty and ma
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Petra K. Gross
Petra K. Gross is a shareholder in the Carlisle office of Martson Law Offices. Professor Gross joined the firm in 2018 as a seasoned litigator. She focuses her
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Kara Eshenaur
Kara Eshenaur is an associate with Stevens & Lee where she represents clients in commercial finance transactions. She counsels financial institutions, comme
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Jared S. Childers
Jared Childers practices law with the firm Murphy & Childers, PC, focusing solely on estate and elder law related matters. Mr. Childers has been involved in
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Hon. Meghan Adams
The Honorable Meghan A. Adams was appointed to the Superior Court of Delaware by Governor John Carney on July 11, 2019. Judge Adams currently serves on the Cour
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Starlin Colon
Starlin focuses his practice at Johnson Duffie on corporate, business, and employment law. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2015 with a Bachel
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Marissa LaWall
Marissa Lawall received her J.D. from Penn State Dickinson Law and graduated with a B.S. in criminal justice and minor in psychology from Cedar Crest College. L
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Jennifer Allison
Jennifer Allison is an experienced lecturer in U.S. legal research and U.S. substantive law courses. Professor Allison served as a Librarian for Foreign, Compar
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John A. Feichtel
John A. Feichtel
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Robert Lapowsky
ShareholderStevens & Lee620 Freedom Business CenterKing of Prussia, PA 19406
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Samantha K. Wolfe
Samantha K. Wolfe
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Edward Beckwith
Edward Beckwith is nationally recognized for his skill and commitment as counsel to high-net-worth families and charities across the country. He serves as the n
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Kristin Hayes
Professor Kristin Hayes brings 25 years of trial experience to the classroom. She spent almost 20 years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United Sta
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Michael Helbing
Mike Helbing currently serves as a Staff Attorney for Penn State’s Center for Energy Law and Policy, where he is actively involved in many of the Center’s r
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Darryl Cunningham
Darryl W. Cunningham graduated from Shippensburg University in 1981 with a B.S. in education. After teaching for four years, he attended Penn State Dickinson La
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Janene M. Druck
Janene Druck is a member of the civil litigation practice group at McQuaide Blasko, where she concentrates her practice on medical professional liability defens
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Denise E. Elliott
As a member of the McNees Labor and Employment Practice Group, Denise Elliott focuses her practice on defending employers in workers compensation matters and pr
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Alexia C. Tomlinson
Alexia Tomlinson joined Victim Rights Law Center in 2023 as a staff attorney on the Training and Technical Assistance team. Prior to joining VRLC, Alexia was a
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John D. Huh
John D. Huh is Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel for Invitation Homes in Dallas, Texas. At Invitation Homes, John leads the litigation and invest
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Neeka H. Jones
Neeka H. Jones is an experienced legal and managerial professional with an exceptional academic foundation and varied administrative and significant private and
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Anna T. Levin
Anna T. Levin is a bilingual lawyer and bioethicist licensed in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. She also serves as senior health policy anal
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Lyubomir Avdzhiyski
Lyubomir Avdzhiyski is a legal expert from Bulgaria with more than ten years of legal and research experience. His research has been focused on State Sovereignt
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Erin Varley
Erin Varley is the senior deputy district attorney in the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office, with a primary focus on human trafficking and sexual viol
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Crystal H. Clark
Crystal H. Clark currently serves as General Counsel for Pennsylvania’s Senate Republican Caucus. As General Counsel, Clark is responsible for all of the day-
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Julie Farris
Julie Farris earned her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law, where she was an Associate Editor of the Iowa Law Review. She has practiced civil litig
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Lindsey Kurtz
Lindsey Kurtz is Director of Legal English Certificate Programs and Language Specialist in the Master of Laws Program at Penn State Dickinson Law. Prior to join
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