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Gen. Wesley K. Clark

Gen. Wesley K. Clark to deliver talk on U.S. national security Oct. 22

10/5/18

Retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark will deliver a talk on U.S. national security on Oct. 22 on Penn State’s University Park campus. Clark’s talk is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. in the Sutliff Auditorium of the Lewis Katz Building. The event is free and open to the public.

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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.

Sports Gambling

Panel discussion to address legalized sports gambling

9/13/18

A panel of experts, including media members and faculty, will address the potential impact of legalized sports gambling on the landscape of athletics during a free public session at 6 p.m. Oct. 3 in 121 Sparks Building.

Group photo of the J.D. class of 2021

Penn State Law welcomes J.D. class of 2021 to University Park

9/6/18

Bringing with them strong academic credentials and an impressive list of professional accomplishments, the 127 members of the Penn State Law class of 2021 set foot on Penn State’s University Park campus for the first time as law students on the morning of Aug. 13.

David Frum to discuss the ‘guardrails of democracy’ on Sept. 26

8/30/18

Frum, a senior editor at the Atlantic and author of “Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic,” will present a lecture on what he describes as the “guardrails of democracy” at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in the Lewis Katz Building auditorium. The lecture is presented by the McCourtney Institute for Democracy in the College of the Liberal Arts.

University Bulletins

Bulletin sites launch for graduate, law and medical schools

8/28/18

Following the successful launch of the updated Undergraduate Bulletin, new Bulletin websites are now live for the Graduate School, Dickinson Law, Penn State Law and the College of Medicine as well. The web-based bulletins — built on the CourseLeaf Catalog software — provide an improved interface that also performs better on mobile devices.

Three new faculty members at Penn State Law.

New Penn State Law faculty members build bridges across Penn State

8/15/18

Penn State Law is delighted to welcome to the faculty Assistant Professor of Law and Medicine Megan Wright, Assistant Professor of Law Ben Johnson, and Professor of Legal Research Jenny Ham, all of whom will advance the law school’s efforts to collaborate across the University to impact the world.

Jud Mathews

Penn State Law professor discusses what makes a constitutional crisis

7/2/18

Jud Mathews, Penn State Law associate professor of law and affiliate professor in the School of International Affairs, has spent his career studying the U.S. Constitution. He discussed what a constitutional crisis is and how close the U.S. is to one right now on the latest episode of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy’s Democracy Works podcast.

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