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Third-year Dickinson Law students inducted into Woolsack Honor Society
4/5/18
Dickinson Law Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Amy C. Gaudion presented honorary plaques and pillows to a select group of third-year Dickinson Law students who earned induction into the Woolsack Honor Society during the annual recognition ceremony and luncheon April 3.
Dickinson Law hosts conference to develop international protocol addressing FGM
4/4/18
Dickinson Law to host conference addressing female genital mutilation locally and internationally.
Forums to focus on lawyers as partners in health care at Dickinson Law
3/27/18
Learn about the broad entrepreneurial ecosystem and how law and health care are closely intertwined within the commercialization of new technologies during the next Innovation Forum and Café from 2 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at Penn State’s Dickinson Law, Lewis Katz Hall, Carlisle.
Students from across Penn State compete in Global Health Case Competition
3/27/18
Students from the Penn State College of Medicine, Dickinson Law and the University Park campus participated for the first time in the 2018 International Emory Global Health Case Competition, held March 16-17 in Atlanta. The international competition brought together groups from 24 universities to address worldwide health issues and develop innovative solutions for improving global health systems.
Sharon R. López to deliver Dickinson Law commencement address
3/8/18
Pennsylvania Bar AssociationPresident and Triquetra Law Managing Partner Sharon R. López will give Penn State Dickinson Law’s commencement address May 12 during a ceremony inside the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium at Dickinson College.
Dickinson Law's Erin Varley recognized nationally as 'Law Student of the Year'
2/27/18
Third-year Dickinson Law student Erin Varley was named “Law Student of the Year” for the Northeast region by The National Jurist. Varley is one of 20 future lawyers recognized nationally and the only law student from Pennsylvania.
Women’s Law Caucus honors McLemore with Rambo Award
2/23/18
Penn State Dickinson Law’s Women’s Law Caucus presented 1978 alumna Barbara R. McLemore with the 24th annual Hon. Sylvia H. Rambo Award during a ceremony Feb. 22 at Lewis Katz Hall in Carlisle. McLemore received the award in recognition of her exemplary contributions to the legal profession and to society as a whole.
Dickinson Law professor awarded honorary doctorate in Sweden
2/19/18
Uppsala University in Sweden, the oldest Scandinavian university, recently conferred the degree of juris doctor honoris causa on William E. Butler, John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law, Dickinson Law. Butler is the seventh American to receive the honor in the field of law, which originated at Uppsala in 1600.
Dickinson Law Review Symposium to feature leading access to justice innovators
2/1/18
Dickinson Law Review will present “Access to Justice — Innovations and Challenges in Providing Assistance to Pro Se Litigants” from 8 to 4:45 p.m. on Friday, March 16, in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Carlisle.
Dickinson Law students offer free tax services
2/1/18
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 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, from Jan. 31 through March 15 at Dickinson Law, Lewis Katz Hall, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Dickinson Law and YWCA Carlisle to host 'Become Woke' movie series
1/29/18
Penn State's Dickinson Law and YWCA Carlisle have partnered to host a free movie series for the community. “Become Woke” will feature movies that focus on eliminating racism and empowering women and girls, followed by talk-back sessions led by community leaders and experts.
Dickinson Law receives high recognition from preLaw Magazine
1/26/18
Penn State's Dickinson Law was named a best school for public service and a top school for both trial advocacy and alternative dispute resolution in the winter 2018 issue of preLaw Magazine.
Tribunal renders judgment on international criminal trial led by Groome
11/27/17
A verdict was delivered for Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic at the International Criminal Court, The Hague, following a more than five-year trial. Dermot Groome, professor of law, Penn State’s Dickinson Law, and former senior trial attorney at the Office of the Prosecutor for International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), led the prosecution's case against Mladic.
Charity powderpuff tournament raises funds for victims of domestic violence
11/3/17
Dickinson Law's Annual Charity Powderpuff Tournament raised funds for domestic violence services of Cumberland and Perry Counties.