President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Mary Hannah Leavitt, a 1978 Penn State Dickinson alumna, received the 25th Annual Honorable Sylvia H. Rambo Award Ceremony hosted by Dickinson Law’s Women’s Law Caucus at Lewis Katz Hall on March 14. The Hon. Sylvia H. Rambo, class of 1962, and Alana Goycochea, class of 2020, president of the Women’s Law Caucus, presented the award.
Dickinson Law Professor Dermot Groome and Eberly College of Science Professor Thomas Parsons participated in one of the largest prosecutions in history at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at The Hague. “The Trial of Ratko Mladic,” a 90-minute documentary featuring Groome, was broadcasted nationally at 9 p.m. on March 19 on "FRONTLINE" — PBS’ flagship investigative journalism series.
Penn State Dickinson Law students in the Children’s Advocacy Clinic and Community Law Clinic had the opportunity to collaborate with Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Fellows from Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center during a mock hearing inside Dickinson Law’s clinic courtroom.
Work begins this week at the site of a new Penn State Health acute care hospital in Cumberland County that will bring more local health care choice and hundreds of high-quality jobs to the region.
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First-, second-, and third-year Dickinson Law students met members of the judiciary from across the state at the Law School’s 16th Annual Judges’ Night, hosted by Phi Alpha Delta – Burr Chapter on Tuesday, Feb. 19, inside Lewis Katz Hall.
Dickinson Law's Public Interest Law Fund will host its main fundraising event on March 28, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Comfort Suites Downtown Carlisle, 10 S. Hanover St., Carlisle.
For the second year in a row, a team of Penn State students will participate in the International Emory Global Health Case Competition in Atlanta.
Many lawyers dream of one day working on a high-profile international criminal case. For two Penn State Dickinson Law students, that dream became reality last fall. Third-year Dickinson Law students Malcolm McDermond and Olivia Phillips completed internships at the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) in The Hague, The Netherlands, as part of the Law School’s International Justice Program.
The Penn State Mont Alto LaunchBox seeks proposals for its annual LION Tank Competition to be held on March 15 and announces its spring 2019 Entrepreneurship Workshop series.
Penn State student organizations and units at campuses across the Commonwealth will be holding events in honor of Black History Month. Here’s a look at some of the events taking place at the University’s campuses during the month of February.
On March 15, Dickinson Law Review will present "Discretion and Misconduct: Examining the Roles, Functions, and Duties of the Modern Prosecutor" in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Dickinson Law.
Dickinson Law students are offering free tax preparation services to people with low and fixed incomes, people who have disabilities or special needs, and senior citizens aged 60 or older from Feb. 6 through March 28 at Dickinson Law, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Kendall D. Isaac, general counsel for Dickinson College, will deliver a keynote in honor of Black History Month on Monday, Feb. 25, at Dickinson Law, Lewis Katz Hall, Carlisle, beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Danielle M. Conway, dean and professor of law at the University of Maine School of Law, has been named the new dean of Penn State’s Dickinson Law after a national search. Her appointment is effective on July 1, 2019.
