Penn State Law alumni Iyadh Abid, 2016 master of laws, and Teleicia Dambreville, 2013 juris doctor, returned to campus this spring to accept the 2019 Penn State Alumni Association Alumni Achievement Award. While on campus, they spoke in classes, networked with faculty, and provided career advice to current students.
Rod Schultz has been named director of development and alumni relations for Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs, effective June 24.
The Penn State Law Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic built upon its reputation and previous experience to engage in more outreach activities and to offer direct counsel to more clients than in previous academic years. The work of the 2018-19 academic year saw the clinic assist 20 veterans from 13 different counties in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nebraska, offering students valuable experience through outreach, advocacy, and client interaction.
Penn State is one of more than a dozen Pennsylvania institutions of higher education to sign on in support of the “Pennsylvania Values” campaign, which urges the Commonwealth to update the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act of 1955 to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
A Penn State professor and his student-led legal resource team are looking into the legal and financial barriers to substance-use-disorder treatment and how the law can be used to break down or build pathways through those barriers.
Penn State Law students enrolled in the course Leadership in Crisis Simulation participate in a series of simulations designed to replicate the policies, politics and processes familiar to practicing national security lawyers.
Changes in campus retail dining are on the horizon for the fall 2019 semester, as Panera Bread will replace Au Bon Pain at four University Park locations.
Penn State won a world championship this spring. And while it took the same kind of practice, stamina, dedication, teamwork, strength of spirit and mental toughness you might expect with any collegiate victory, it didn’t happen on a field, court, rink or mat. It happened at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria.
The Penn State Law alumni family grew this month, as 143 juris doctor (J.D.) students, 118 master of laws (LL.M.) students, and four doctor of juridical science (S.J.D.) students joined its ranks following commencement exercises on Saturday, May 11, in Eisenhower Auditorium at University Park.
Penn State won a world championship this spring when a team of students from Penn State Law in University Park took first place at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria.
Penn State has a long tradition of Fulbright success. Nine Penn State faculty members have been awarded for the 2019-20 cycle.
Penn State is deepening its commitment to mentoring emerging scholars in the areas of higher education law, finance, economics and governance.
More than 200 researchers, educators, practitioners and policymakers gathered recently for the Consortium to Combat Substance Abuse Conference, held on the University Park campus.
A plan to increase the popularity of women’s pro sports by reaching out to millennials and embracing streaming video platforms has won first place in a contest sponsored by Penn State’s Center for the Study of Sports in Society.
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.
