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Law students assist with cases involving crimes against Muslims and others
2/11/19
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.
Dickinson Law Review Symposium to highlight roles of modern prosecutor
1/28/19
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 offer free tax preparation services in Carlisle
1/28/19
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.
Black Law Students Association features speaker in honor of Black History Month
1/28/19
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.
Conway named dean of Dickinson Law
1/21/19
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.
Dickinson Law professor appears in international documentary
11/29/18
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.
Dickinson Law student receives American Society for Pharmacy Law scholarship
11/13/18
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).
Dickinson Law’s ABA Moot Court Team prevails as top advocates
11/1/18
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.
Panel highlights legal, business side of using human health data in research
10/31/18
Data security, intellectual property, health research and technology transfer were key topics discussed by an interdisciplinary panel of experts from Penn State's Institute for CyberScience, Penn State Dickinson Law, Penn State Law, and the College of Engineering. The panel highlighted challenges for researchers working with human health data, as well as free resources available for researchers interested in taking products to market.
Dickinson Law students lead workshop for aspiring entrepreneurs
10/30/18
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.
Dickinson Law names inaugural Public Interest Scholars
10/10/18
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.
Oct. 11 panel to address human-data research concerns, commercialization
9/28/18
A panel of experts from Penn State's Dickinson Law, the Institute for CyberScience, Penn State Law and the College of Engineering will discuss data security, technology commercialization and privacy laws related to using human health, biometric or sensor data at an ICS CyberScience Seminar on Oct. 11.
Dickinson Law celebrates new students at fourth annual convocation
9/26/18
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.
Dickinson Law hosts U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
9/21/18
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.