New Woolsack Society members inducted
4/25/16
Interim Dean James W. Houck presented plaques and pillows to third-year students at Dickinson Law, Carlisle, as part of the Woolsack Society induction ceremony and luncheon on Friday, April 1.
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Penn State announces spring 2016 commencement events and speakers
4/15/16
This spring Penn State expects to award 13,604 diplomas to students University-wide. Following is a compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information for Penn State’s 24 locations.
Penn State Dickinson Law holds 1L mock trial competition
4/11/16
First-year students Stephen Howard and Nicholas Gallion took the championship round to win Dickinson Law’s 1L mock trial competition March 28 at the Old Cumberland County Courthouse. Open to all first-year students, the competition drew 36 students who formed nine prosecution teams and nine defense teams, each consisting of two students.
International law webinar to examine trends in policy and regulatory framework
3/22/16
Dickinson Law will co-host a webinar about the current trends in policy and regulatory framework related to the international oil and gas sector.
Rains named editor of PA Bar Association Quarterly
3/21/16
Professor Emeritus Robert E. Rains is the new editor of The Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, the PBA’s scholarly journal. Rains succeeds his late colleague and friend, Dickinson Law Professor Emeritus Louis F. Del Duca, who served as editor for 47 years.
Dickinson moot court team named finalist and awarded for best written brief
3/9/16
Dickinson Law’s moot court team was named a finalist in the Philadelphia Regional American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition held Feb. 18 to 20 at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia. The team, composed of second-year law students Christian Burne, Francesca Kester and Tara Burns, also won the award for best written brief in the region, and ranked first throughout the entire competition as a result of their brief score and first oral argument score.
Better definition needed for reasonable medical certainty in child abuse cases
2/10/16
Physicians use different definitions of "reasonable medical certainty" when testifying as expert witnesses in child abuse cases. The variability is troubling because it could result in flawed rulings, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. In court cases involving alleged child abuse, expert medical witnesses are asked to testify if abuse has occurred and when. Attorneys commonly ask expert witnesses to express their opinions in terms of reasonable medical certainty. However, there is no clear legal definition for the term.
Penn State Harrisburg launches Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2/4/16
Penn State President Eric Barron and University officials joined with David Black, president and CEO of the Harrisburg Regional Chamber and CREDC, to launch the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Penn State Harrisburg. The center will enhance the entrepreneurial environment in Central Pennsylvania and encourage students, faculty and community members to transform their intellectual property and creative works into local businesses and industries.
Experience beyond the classroom proves invaluable to Dickinson Law students
1/26/16
Penn State’s Dickinson Law has a long tradition of offering students embedded opportunities for foreign legal studies. This year, Dickinson Law continued that tradition with a new comparative international law course focusing on Cuba and the legal systems within.
Inside Cuban law and culture: A law student's perspective
1/26/16
In January, a group of Dickinson Law students accompanied Professor of Law Katherine Pearson to Cuba as part of an embedded opportunity for foreign legal studies. First-year law student Joy Lee shares her experience.
Dickinson Law to host 'Discover a Career in Law' event March 1
1/26/16
Penn State's Dickinson Law, in partnership with the Law School Admission Council, will host "Discover a Career in Law" from 10 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. March 1 at Lewis Katz Hall on the Dickinson Law campus in Carlisle. The program is designed to educate and inspire those from backgrounds who have been historically under-represented in legal fields to explore a career in law.
Dickinson Law’s David Talmage receives Joseph T. McDonald Memorial Scholarship
1/26/16
Third-year law student David R. Talmage was named the 2015 recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation Joseph T. McDonald Memorial Scholarship. Michael J. McDonald, Esq., a 1979 Dickinson Law alumnus and managing partner of McDonald and MacGregor, LLC, presented the award to Talmage on Jan. 11 in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, at Penn State’s Dickinson Law.
Penn State announces fall 2015 commencement events and speakers
12/11/15
Following is a compilation of fall 2015 commencement ceremonies and speaker information for Penn State's 24 locations.
Dickinson School of Law mourns the loss of Emeritus Dean John A. Maher
12/7/15
John A. Maher, emeritus dean and professor of law at the Dickinson School of Law, died Dec. 3 at the age of 85. An esteemed faculty member, Maher joined the Dickinson School of Law in 1973 following a career in private and corporate practice.
Law school mourns death of longtime faculty member Del Duca
12/2/15
Louis F. Del Duca, professor emeritus of law, died on Nov. 27 in Washington, D.C. A member of the Penn State Dickinson Law faculty since 1956, Del Duca was the school's longest serving faculty member.