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.

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.