Editing Penn State Dickinson Law

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''Not to be confused with the separately accredited [[Penn State Law]] in University Park, Pennsylvania''

'''Penn State Dickinson Law''' is a public [[:Category:Law Schools|law school]] in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.  It is one of two separately accredited law schools of The Pennsylvania State University. According to Penn State Dickinson Law's 2018 ABA-required disclosures, 80.9% of the Class of 2018 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/sites/default/files/2019-05/Employment-Data-2018-Graduates.pdf|title=ABA Required Disclosures|last=Dickinson School of Law|website=American Bar Association|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
The Law School offers J.D. and LL.M. degrees in law and hosts visiting scholars. The law school was opened by Judge John Reed in 1834 as the law department of [[Dickinson College]], named for [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]] [[John Dickinson (Pennsylvania and Delaware)|John Dickinson]].<ref>{{cite web | title=John Dickinson | publisher=Biography.com | url=http://www.biography.com/people/john-dickinson-9274211 | accessdate = 2014-02-18}}</ref>  It received an independent charter in 1890 and ended all affiliation with the college in 1917.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Dickinson Story|url=http://www.dickinson.edu/info/20048/history_of_the_college/1404/the_dickinson_story|website=The Dickinson Story|publisher=Dickinson College}}</ref>

In 2000, Penn State and The Dickinson School of Law completed a merger that began in 1997. From 2006 until 2014, Penn State’s Dickinson School of Law operated as a single law school with two campuses – one in [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania]] and one in University Park, Pennsylvania. In the summer of 2014, Penn State received approval from the ABA to operate the two campuses as two distinct law schools (now known as [[Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Law|Penn State Law]] and Dickinson Law), both of which share the history and achievement of The Dickinson School of Law.

==Lewis Katz Hall==

Lewis Katz Hall is named in honor of philanthropist and businessman Lewis Katz for his $15 million gift to the Law School as the principal donor to the construction and renovation project that began in January 2008. Completed in January 2010, the transition marked the end of a two-year, $52 million construction project which included the addition of the elegant, new Lewis Katz Hall which leverages advanced high-definition, digital audiovisual telecommunications systems to connect Dickinson Law to not only Penn State's University Park campus but to locations around the world.

The project included an extensive renovation of historic Trickett Hall, the Law School's home since 1918, which houses the Law School's library, named in honor of H. Laddie Montague, Jr., a prominent Philadelphia lawyer and trial attorney who has committed $4 million to the school. As a design companion to Penn State Law's Lewis Katz Building, Dickinson Law's Lewis Katz Hall was renovated and rebuilt to comply with LEED Silver standards, the facilities feature state-of-the-art classrooms, a new courtroom/auditorium, an exterior courtyard, and an environmentally friendly vegetated green roof.

==Curriculum==
In 2014, Penn State Dickinson Law announced a revitalized curriculum in which students are required to participate in hands-on training, beginning in the first year of the program with client-intake interviews and culminating in 12 credits of experiential learning upon graduation. This is in addition to required courses that include two semesters of research and writing.

During their first year, 1Ls must complete courses in [[Civil Procedure]], [[Constitutional Law]], [[Contracts]], [[Criminal Law]], [[Property]], Legal Argument and Factual Persuasion, and [[Torts]]. First-year students also take Practicing Law in a Global World: Context and Competencies I, Problem Solving I: The Lawyer and Client, and Problem Solving II: The Lawyer as Writer. Only two courses are required after completion of the first year: Problem Solving III: The Lawyer as Persuader and Practicing Law in a Global World: Context and Competencies II. Students' remaining credits are to be filled with electives and required upper-level experiential learning requirements, for example: a certified legal internship within one of the Law School’s four in-house legal clinics; an internship with a government, nonprofit or private office; or full immersion in the Semester-in-Practice program in [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]]; [[Washington, D.C.]]; or an international venue.

=== Dickinson Law Programs===
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*Semester-in-Harrisburg Program 
*Semester-in-Washington, D.C. Program
* International Justice Program at the Hague, Netherlands
* Miller Center for Public Interest Advocacy
* Community Law Clinic
* Children's Advocacy Clinic
* Legislation and Government Clinic
* Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic with [[Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center]]
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==Law journals==
Dickinson Law features three scholarly journals, including the [[Dickinson Law Review]].  The Law Review was founded in 1897, and is one of the oldest continually published law school journals in the country. In addition, the school also publishes the Penn State Journal of Law and International Affairs, and The Yearbook on Arbitration and Mediation.

==Student organizations==
Penn State Dickinson Law has the following student organizations:
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*[[American Constitution Society]]
*Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
*[[Black Law Students Association]] (BLSA)
*Criminal Law Society (CLS)
*[[Federalist Society]] (Fed Soc)
*International Law Society
*Latinx Law Student Association (LLSA)
*Middle Eastern Law Students Association (MELSA)
*Military Law Caucus (MLC)
*Moot Court Board
*OutLaw
*[[Phi Alpha Delta]] — Burr Chapter (PAD)
*Public Interest Law Fund (PILF)
*Speakers Trust Fund
*Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF)
*Student Bar Association (SBA)
*Women’s Law Caucus (WLC)
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The school participates in a number of moot court competitions including the prestigious [[Willem C. Vis Moot]] Commercial Arbitration Moot Court, held each year in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] and the National Environmental Law Moot Court held at [[Pace University]] in [[White Plains, New York]].

Students at Penn State Dickinson Law are active in intramural sports leagues, including flag football, basketball, and volleyball. Dickinson Law also sponsors a softball team that competes in a national tournament each spring along with nearly 1,500 law students from across the country. Also, students have coached soccer, lacrosse, track, swimming, and field hockey teams at the nearby Dickinson College and other local youth leagues.

== Employment ==
According to Penn State Dickinson Law's official 2015 ABA-required disclosures, 59.6% of the class of 2015 obtained full-time, long-term, J.D.-required employment nine months after graduation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/sites/default/files/Employment-Data-2015-Graduates.pdf |title=Employment Data Penn State's Dickinson Law|accessdate=8 March 2017}}</ref>
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==Costs==
The total cost of attendance (including tuition and related expenses) at Penn State Dickinson Law for the 2016-2017 academic year is $67,656.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/admissions-aid/financial-aid/tuition-expenses |title=Tuition and Expenses Penn State's Dickinson Law|accessdate=8 March 2017}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
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*[[Matthew W. Brann]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania]]
*[[Bill Bufalino]], Attorney to [[Jimmy Hoffa]]
*[[Christopher F. Burne]], [[U.S. Air Force]] Lieutenant General, The Judge Advocate General (TJAG)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.groundreport.com/air-force-brigadier-general-gets-two-step-promotion-to-rank-of-three-star-general/|title=Air Force Brigadier General gets two step promotion to rank of three star general|date=2013-11-26|website=Ground Report|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
*[[William W. Caldwell]], Judge on the [[U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.psu.edu/story/269049/2013/03/18/academics/federal-courts-choose-four-penn-state-law-students-clerkships|title=Federal Courts choose four Penn State Law students for clerkships {{!}} Penn State University|website=news.psu.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
*[[Mitchell Harry Cohen]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of New Jersey]]
*[[Christopher Conner]], Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nU4mhnvgdDgC&pg=PA14892&lpg=PA14892&dq|title=Congressional Record Vol. 148-Part 11: Proceedings and Debates of the 107th Congress Second Session|last=|first=|publisher=Government Printing Office|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Pedro Cortés]], [[Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania]]
*[[Andrew Curtin]], Civil War Governor of [[Pennsylvania]] (1861–1867)
*[[J. Steward Davis]], Baltimore trial lawyer and first Afro-American valedictorian at Dickinson
*[[J. Michael Eakin]], Justice of the [[Pennsylvania Supreme Court]]
*[[John Sydney Fine]], former Pennsylvania Governor (1951–1955)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_pennsylvania/col2-content/main-content-list/title_fine_john.html|title = Pennsylvania Governor John Sydney Fine| publisher=National Governors Association |accessdate= December 21, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Mike Fitzpatrick]], United States Congressman from Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000451|title=FITZPATRICK, Michael G., (1963 - )|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Robert S. Gawthrop III]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]
*[[Jim Gerlach]], United States Congressman from Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=g000549|title=GERLACH, Jim, (1955 - )|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Kim Gibson]], Judge on the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=3032&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|title = Biographical Directory of Federal Judges Gibson, Kim R.
|publisher= Federal Judicial Center|accessdate= December 21, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Milton W. Glenn]] (1903–1967), represented [[New Jersey's 2nd congressional district]] from 1957–1965<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000237|title=
GLENN, Milton Willits, (1903–1967)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Thomas M. Golden]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]
*[[Rick Gray (Pennsylvania politician)|Rick Gray]], former mayor of [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] (2006–2018)
*[[T. Millet Hand]] (1902–1956), represented [[New Jersey's 2nd congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1945–1957<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=h000154|title=
HAND, Thomas Millet, (1902–1956)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[John Berne Hannum]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]
*[[Daniel Brodhead Heiner]] (1854–1944), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000453|title=
HEINER, Daniel Brodhead, (1854–1944)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Arthur Horace James]], former [[Pennsylvania Governor]] (1939–1943)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_pennsylvania/col2-content/main-content-list/title_james_arthur.html|title = Pennsylvania Governor Arthur Horace James| publisher=National Governors Association |accessdate= December 21, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Charles Alvin Jones]], former Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]] and Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]]
*[[John E. Jones III]], U.S. District Judge for [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania]], who presided over the ruling in [[Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District]] which states that the teaching of [[Intelligent design]] in public classrooms violates the [[Establishment Clause]] of the [[U.S. Constitution]], and [[Whitewood v. Wolf]] which ruled unconstitutional Pennsylvania's statutory ban on same-sex marriage.
*[[Paul E. Kanjorski]], former United States Congressman from Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=k000008|title=
KANJORSKI, Paul E., (1937–)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Lewis Katz]], former owner of the [[New Jersey Nets]] basketball team
*[[Jack Keeney]], career U.S. Department of Justice attorney
*[[John W. Kephart]], Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]] (1919-1936), Chief Justice (1936-1940)
*[[Edwin Michael Kosik]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania]]
*[[George Kunkel]], Pennsylvania State Senator (1937-1941)
*[[Tom Marino]], U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania and former United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M001179|title=
MARINO, Thomas A., (1952–)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Clarence Charles Newcomer]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]
*[[John Pettit (attorney)|John Pettit]], long-time district attorney of [[Washington County, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news | last =Schackner  | first =Bill | title =Obituary: John C. Pettit / Former longtime Washington County district attorney | newspaper =[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] | date =October 31, 2010  | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/obituaries/obituary-john-c-pettit-former-longtime-washington-county-district-attorney-270936/ | accessdate =May 28, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Sylvia H. Rambo]], first woman to serve as Chief Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania]]
*[[Tom Ridge]], former Pennsylvania Governor (1995–2001), former Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (2001–2003), first [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security]] (2003–2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000243|title=RIDGE, Thomas Joseph, (1945 - )|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Carl Risch]], Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs
*[[Andrew Sacks]], Pennsylvania trial lawyer, one of the few U.S. attorneys who has handled two cases in excess of $1 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swmdlaw.com/Attorneys/Andrew-Sacks.aspx|title=Andrew Sacks, Attorney Profile|accessdate= June 4, 2014 }}</ref>
*[[Rick Santorum]], former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1995–2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=s000059|title=
SANTORUM, Richard John (Rick), (1958–)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Lansdale Sasscer]], 1914, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's [[Maryland's 5th congressional district|5th District]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000067|title=
SASSCER, Lansdale Ghiselin, (1893–1964)|publisher= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Ronald A. Sell]], [[Wisconsin]] [[Wisconsin State Assembly|State Assemblyman]]
*[[Michael Henry Sheridan]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania]]
*[[D. Brooks Smith]], class of 1976, Judge on the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]]
*[[Edward G. Smith]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]
*[[Donald William Snyder]] (LLM, Commerce and Taxation), Member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] 1981-2000 and Majority Whip
*[[Gerald J. Spitz]], Pennsylvania State of Representatives for the 162nd district (1977-1984)
*[[Correale Stevens]], Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]]
*[[Richard Barclay Surrick]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]
*[[Emanuel Mac Troutman]], Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]]
*[[Thomas I. Vanaskie]], class of 1978, former chief judge of the [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania]] and current judge on the [[Third Circuit Court of Appeals]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2451&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na |title=Biographical Directory of Federal Judges: Vanaskie, Thomas Ignatius |publisher= Federal Judicial Center |url-status=live |accessdate=December 26, 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/ Official website]