Third-year law student Francesca Kester was named the 2016 recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation Joseph T. McDonald Scholarship. Michael J. McDonald, a 1979 alumnus and managing partner of McDonald and MacGregor LLC, presented the award to Kester in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom and Auditorium, located in Lewis Katz Hall at Dickinson Law.
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.
Law students in Dickinson Law’s Children’s Advocacy Clinic represent children who have been through stressful and traumatic experiences, often resulting in intense cases in the courtroom. They now have a partner who’s helping to relieve some of the anxiety that children experience while testifying at the Cumberland County Courthouse. Third-year Dickinson Law student Rue-Ann Gabriel (left) meets Diego and his handler, Lindsay Baird, at the Cumberland County Courthouse.
The Public Interest Law Fund Auction (PILF) will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. on March 16 at Carlisle Comfort Suites. The annual auction serves as PILF’s main fundraising event, and all monies raised directly fund summer fellowships for Dickinson Law students at nonprofit legal organizations or government agencies.
A new Penn State project will use telemedicine technology to enhance access to sexual assault forensic exams in underserved populations.
Dickinson Law Professor Dermot Groome presented his research titled "Child Soldiers – Both Victims and Combatants: Is There Anything International Humanitarian Law Can Do?" at the 11th annual Minerva-International Committee of the Red Cross Conference on Contemporary Challenges in International Humanitarian Law on Tuesday, Nov. 29, at Senate Hall, Mount Scopus Campus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Eleven students from Penn State's Dickinson Law joined 160 public interest employers and more than 1,200 students from nearly 200 law schools at the 30th Equal Justice Works Conference and Career Fair.
Penn State’s overall enrollment saw a small increase in the past year, as the number of students at University Park, several Commonwealth Campuses, the law schools and World Campus increased slightly, according to the annual snapshot.
Following last week’s presidential election, students, faculty and staff across the University have been organizing informal gatherings, round-tables and panel sessions to discuss this year’s election, related media coverage and the results. Here is a look at some of the discussions that have happened and are scheduled to take place.
Third-year Dickinson Law student Francesca Kester was presented the D. Arthur Magaziner Human Services Award for her outstanding record of academic achievement and service to others at the annual Philadelphia alumni reception held on Nov. 2.
The Penn State Board of Trustees on Nov. 4 selected eight Penn State alumni to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award, the University's highest honor presented to its alumni. The following individuals will be officially notified of their selection by the board and invited to accept the award from the University in June 2017.
On Nov. 4, the Penn State Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Gary Gildin as dean of Dickinson Law, one of The Dickinson Schools of Law, effective immediately. Gildin, a professor of law and current interim dean, will remain in this leadership role until a comprehensive national search to fill the position is conducted and concluded, anticipated for during the 2018‐19 academic year.
Law and medicine intersect in a variety of ways — yet most lawyers and physicians don’t have opportunities to learn and work inter-professionally during their training. That’s not the case for Dickinson Law students and Penn State Children’s Hospital pediatric medicine residents. At its annual “Treating Medical Errors: A Medical-Legal Colloquium,” eight law students and nine pediatric medicine residents presented an abbreviated civil trial centered on the issues of proving and defending against claims of medical negligence.
The intricate balance between promoting free speech and diverse viewpoints while still ensuring campus is a welcoming place for all was the cornerstone of a Penn State panel discussion on Oct. 27 that held the attention of hundreds in the audience and hundreds more online.
Teams of first-, second- and third-year law students competed in Dickinson Law’s Women’s Law Caucus (WLC) 18th annual Powderpuff Tournament on Oct. 5 at LeTort Park in Carlisle for a good cause.
