People can now register for the Institute for CyberScience Symposium 2019. The one-day conference will explore the use — as well as the legal and ethical implications — of artificial intelligence and machine learning in science and research.
It took more than five years after Ratko Mladic’s arrest for a judgment to be entered in the case of The Prosecutor v. Ratko Mladic, a case led by Dickinson Law Professor of Law Dermot Groome at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. A former senior trial attorney at the Office of the Prosecutor for ICTY, Groome led the prosecution against Mladic as well as other notable ICTY cases, including the Bosnia indictment against Slobodan Milosevic.
Third-year Penn State Dickinson Law student Marc Wagner was recently named the recipient of the 2018 Fink Family Scholarship by the American Society for Pharmacy Law (ASPL).
John Carroll, 2020; Tara Giarratano, 2020; and Andrew Lindhome, 2019; defeated Sean Bacon, 2020; Brian Honness, 2020; and Nick Stobbe, 2020; during the championship round of the O’Savio Intraschool Moot Court Competition held at the Old Cumberland County Courthouse in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Second- and third-year law students in Penn State Dickinson Law’s Business Law Society and Assistant Professor of Legal Writing and Entrepreneurship Law Samantha Prince recently led a workshop to educate early-stage entrepreneurs and Penn State Berks engineering students about when to license an invention or start a company.
Recognizing a long history of public interest service by its students and alumni, and in conjunction with the 185th anniversary of its founding, Penn State’s Dickinson Law recently launched the Public Interest Scholars Program.
Throughout the fourth annual convocation at Dickinson Law on Sept. 21, every speaker returned to one word: community. The ceremony, which formally inducted the diverse, accomplished and ambitious class of 2021 and master of laws students into the law school during the 185th anniversary of its founding, emphasized the rewards of drawing together.
A three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims heard oral argument in the case of Batcher v. Wilkie at Dickinson Law on Sept. 14 The issue presented was whether and to what extent the terms of a separation agreement affect a spouse’s entitlement to special apportionment of a veteran’s disability compensation benefits.
A new blog called Inside Entrepreneurship Law allows Dickinson Law students to demonstrate their substantive knowledge, showcase writing and analytical skills, and stay top of mind with trends in their career path of choice while providing legal insights to entrepreneurs and small-business owners.
In today’s digital world, how do we know our information is secure? What are the most pressing cybersecurity issues? What steps should be taken to tighten businesses cyber systems and cybersecurity? These questions and more were answered Sept. 12 during “Cybersecurity in Today’s Digital World,” a panel discussion moderated by Anne Toomey McKenna, distinguished scholar of cyber law and policy at Dickinson Law and Penn State’s Institute for CyberScience.
Following the successful launch of the updated Undergraduate Bulletin, new Bulletin websites are now live for the Graduate School, Dickinson Law, Penn State Law and the College of Medicine as well. The web-based bulletins — built on the CourseLeaf Catalog software — provide an improved interface that also performs better on mobile devices.
Anne Toomey McKenna will hold a joint appointment as distinguished scholar of cyber law and policy at Dickinson Law and professor in practice in the Penn State Institute for CyberScience, effective July 1. The joint appointment supports Penn State’s strategic focus on interdisciplinary scholarship in the cyber and data privacy fields.
Shawn Baldwin, Paul Jordonne and Marissa Lawall, each a member of the class of 2018, along with family, friends, faculty and staff, gathered inside the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium on May 11 for the Donning of the Kente ceremony hosted by Dickinson Law’s Black Law Students Association. Their heritage, experiences and achievements, and those who supported them during their time at Dickinson Law and throughout the rest of their educational journey, were honored as part of the annual ceremony.
First-, second- and third-year Dickinson Law students were recognized for their commitment to service throughout the 2017-18 academic year during a ceremony held May 11 at Lewis Katz Hall.
Dickinson Law celebrated juris doctor and master of laws graduates at the 2018 spring commencement.
