Second- and third-year Dickinson Law students were recognized for fulfilling their ethical and professional responsibility of service throughout the 2018-19 academic year during a ceremony on Friday, May 10, at Lewis Katz Hall.
First U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and Pennsylvania’s 43rd Governor Thomas J. Ridge ’72 told graduates of the class of 2019 that being a lawyer will be the most difficult, heart-wrenching, at times even perilous professional work of their lives during his commencement address on Saturday, May 11, 2019, at the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, Dickinson College, Carlisle.
Clinical Professor of Law Lucy Johnston-Walsh received the 2019 Achieving Women Award in the Faculty category from Penn State on Friday, April 26, during a luncheon in the President’s Hall at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center
For the third year, Dickinson Law students, family and friends gathered inside the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium to celebrate their heritage, unity and academic achievements, as well as those who supported them throughout their educational journey, during the annual Donning of the Kente ceremony.
A group of about 70 Penn State students, faculty and staff from a range of fields and disciplines took a step toward taking on roles as interdisciplinary cyber hack responders in the 2019 Penn State Hack Response Simulation Competition.
In recognition of his outstanding leadership, steadfast integrity and enduring contributions to Penn State and the LGBTQA community, second-year law student Robert “Bob” Gavin was named the 2019 recipient of the Dr. Susan R. Rankin Award during a ceremony held Apr. 12 at University Park. Staff and students from Penn State’s LGBTQA Student Resource Center and Advisory Board selected this year’s award winners.
Every year, an exceptional mentor and women who have shown remarkable professionalism and leadership at Penn State are recognized with two awards: the Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award and the Achieving Women Award. The 2019 award winners will be honored at a luncheon on Friday, April 26, from noon-1:30 p.m., in the Presidents Hall at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center.
Nine third-year Dickinson Law students were inducted into the Woolsack Honor Society during a ceremony held on April 3. Dean and Professor of Law Gary S. Gildin, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Assistant Professor of Law Amy Gaudion, and Assistant Dean of Student Services Yolanda Ingram presented honorary plaques and pillows to recognize the students for their academic accomplishments during law school.
April 1, 2019, marked the 185th anniversary of the founding of Dickinson Law. Today, 185 years later, while much has changed in the world, the foundational approach of Dickinson Law has stayed largely the same.
With many competent and passionate advocates, this year’s 1L Mock Trial Competition was one to be remembered. First-year law students Mari Boyle and Rachel Tunney earned the win at Dickinson Law’s 1L mock trial competition on March 22 in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, Lewis Katz Hall, Dickinson Law.
While fitness trackers and other satellite data-enabled devices might be great for health and fitness, these and other technologies that use information from private and government satellites may cause huge problems for people and policymakers, according to Penn State researchers.
President Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Mary Hannah Leavitt, a 1978 Penn State Dickinson alumna, received the 25th Annual Honorable Sylvia H. Rambo Award Ceremony hosted by Dickinson Law’s Women’s Law Caucus at Lewis Katz Hall on March 14. The Hon. Sylvia H. Rambo, class of 1962, and Alana Goycochea, class of 2020, president of the Women’s Law Caucus, presented the award.
An easy to build racing drone kit, a faster and easier way to mix infant formula, and a customer loyalty app were business ideas entrepreneurs pitched during the Mont Alto LaunchBox LION Tank Competition on March 15 in the University’s General Studies Building Auditorium.
Dickinson Law Professor Dermot Groome and Eberly College of Science Professor Thomas Parsons participated in one of the largest prosecutions in history at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at The Hague. “The Trial of Ratko Mladic,” a 90-minute documentary featuring Groome, was broadcasted nationally at 9 p.m. on March 19 on "FRONTLINE" — PBS’ flagship investigative journalism series.
Penn State Dickinson Law students in the Children’s Advocacy Clinic and Community Law Clinic had the opportunity to collaborate with Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Fellows from Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center during a mock hearing inside Dickinson Law’s clinic courtroom.
