Community Conversation with Saad Syed
On Friday, April 5 at 12:30 p.m. in room 114, Saad Syed, will engage in a community conversation discussion hosted by Student Services and moderated by the Middle Eastern and South Asian Law Student Association. Lunch will be provided for those who register.
Saad Syed is a Penn State Dickinson Law Alum. He was a founding member of SALSA in 2006 and served as an Articles Editor on the Penn State Law Review. He is licensed to practice law before all Pennsylvania courts and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Currently, Attorney Syed is the Deputy Chief Staff Attorney for the Superior Court of Pennsylvania’s Middle District and an Adjunct Professor at Penn State Dickison Law. Previously, he served as a Deputy Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Victor P. Stabile, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and as a Judicial Clerk for the Honorable P. Kevin Brobson, Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining the judiciary, Attorney Syed worked for several years in private practice.
The Community Conversation series provides us with an opportunity to hear about a faculty member or administrator’s trajectory in life and work, the adversities overcome along the way, and their diverse experiences and perspectives. Through their journey we gain insights about them as well as wisdom for our own futures. Registration is required to attend this event. Please RSVP here.
We hope to see you there!
University COVID-19 Updates as of March 25
University COVID-19 Updates as of March 25
Penn State News released updated COVID-19 protocols and resources on March 25. A summary is below:
- University guidelines align with CDC guidelines for common respiratory illnesses.
- The symptom-based strategy eliminates the need for people to isolate for at least five days.
- Symptomatic people can return to normal activities if, for 24 hours, they have been fever-free (w/o medication) and if symptoms have been improving overall. Folx should then, still, wear a well-fitted mask, keep distance from others, and continue getting tested.
- Those who test positive for a virus but do not have symptoms can curb asymptomatic spread by wearing a well-fitting mask and keeping a distance from others for five days following the positive test.
S. I. T. Event – Tuesday, April 2nd – 5-7:30pm
Please join the Student Design Thinking Workshop Leaders for their first S.I.T. event – Safe Space, Inclusivity, and Trust – on Tuesday, April 2nd from 5-7:30pm in rooms 112, 114, 120 and the Commons. The program has selected a topic for this semester that will test our abilities to pursue heavy and difficult discussions involving a current and pervasive humanitarian conflict in the Middle East. We will incorporate trust building exercises to navigate the sensitive topic and encourage civil and thoughtful discourse. Halal, Kosher-friendly, and Vegetarian dinner options will be provided (and to-go boxes will be available for those who are fasting). Please RSVP here: https://forms.office.com/r/9zxbJq32u1
Deadline Friday, March 29, 2024: Accepting law student applications for the 2024 Curtin Fellowship
The 2024 John J. Curtin, Jr. Fellowship application deadline is Friday, March 29, 2024. The Curtin Justice Fund Legal Internship Program is managed by the American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. The Commission will award a $3,500 stipend to three law school students who spend the summer months working for a bar association or legal services program designed to prevent homelessness or assist homeless or indigent clients or their advocates. The Legal Internship Program will provide much-needed legal assistance to organizations serving the under-represented and give students direct experience in a public interest forum. Through this, it aims both to help low-income and homeless clients and to encourage careers in the law that further the goals of social justice. The ideal intern will have a demonstrated interest in public interest law and experience working with people experiencing homelessness/poverty or on issues affecting them. All law students are eligible, and first year law students are encouraged to apply. The intern must commit no less than eight continuous weeks between May 1 and September 1 to the program of their choice. Applicants are encouraged to apply regardless of if their placement will be remote or in-person.
If you know of a law student who might qualify, feel free to forward them the application information. Questions can be directed to homeless@americanbar.org.
Wellness Wednesday: Self-Defense Class
Wellness Wednesday on March 27 will feature a Self-Defense Class.
Join Penn State Dickinson Law Police Office, Dirk Hough, for a beginner class in basic self-defense.
This class is scheduled for 1-hour from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. in room 013. It is registration only.
Please sign-up to participate in this wellness event.
This event is intended for law students only.
University COVID-19 Updates as of March 25
University COVID-19 Updates as of March 25
Penn State News released updated COVID-19 protocols and resources on March 25. A summary is below:
- University guidelines align with CDC guidelines for common respiratory illnesses.
- The symptom-based strategy eliminates the need for people to isolate for at least five days.
- Symptomatic people can return to normal activities if, for 24 hours, they have been fever-free (w/o medication) and if symptoms have been improving overall. Folx should then, still, wear a well-fitted mask, keep distance from others, and continue getting tested.
- Those who test positive for a virus but do not have symptoms can curb asymptomatic spread by wearing a well-fitting mask and keeping a distance from others for five days following the positive test.
Inaugural Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture to take place March 26
March 20 will mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Osaze Osagie, a former Penn State student shot by local police during a mental health event. While mental health challenges occur among Black or African American people at about the same or less frequency than their white counterparts, racial disparities in health care and treatment, and encounters with law enforcement, affect the former far more severely. This state of affairs demands “people-first” policy solutions.
In honor of Osagie’s memory, and building on the accomplishments of Penn State’s African Studies Global Virtual Forum, the Africana Research Center and the College of the Liberal Arts are launching a “Global Black Communities and Mental Health” series aimed at elevating attention to issues of mental health among Black communities across the African Diaspora, fostering meaningful connections between scholarly research in the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities, and advancing everyday applications of this research for families, service providers, advocates and allies working to improve the quality of life in Black communities.
The highlight of this series will be the inaugural Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture, taking place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus. The lecture will feature a conversation with Sybrina Fulton, racial justice activist and mother of Trayvon Martin, a Black youth whose 2012 death in Sanford, Florida, helped spark the early #BlackLivesMatter movement. Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, senior editor of The Penn Stater magazine, will conduct this dialogue with Fulton.
Both the lecture and the reception that follows are free and open to the public; however, because of limited seating, advance registration is required.
More information is available HERE
S. I. T. Event – Tuesday, April 2nd – 5-7:30pm
Please join the Student Design Thinking Workshop Leaders for their first S.I.T. event – Safe Space, Inclusivity, and Trust – on Tuesday, April 2nd from 5-7:30pm in rooms 112, 114, 120 and the Commons. The program has selected a topic for this semester that will test our abilities to pursue heavy and difficult discussions involving a current and pervasive humanitarian conflict in the Middle East. We will incorporate trust building exercises to navigate the sensitive topic and encourage civil and thoughtful discourse. Halal, Kosher-friendly, and Vegetarian dinner options will be provided (and to-go boxes will be available for those who are fasting). Please RSVP here: https://forms.office.com/r/9zxbJq32u1
Human Trafficking in Central Pennsylvania – Mini Conference
Educating Ourselves about the Problem and How to Help Victims Get Justice
Hosted by the Criminal Law Society
March 29, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Room 112
S. I. T. Event – Tuesday, April 2nd – 5-7:30pm
Please join the Student Design Thinking Workshop Leaders for their first S.I.T. event – Safe Space, Inclusivity, and Trust – on Tuesday, April 2nd from 5-7:30pm in rooms 112, 114, 120 and the Commons. The program has selected a topic for this semester that will test our abilities to pursue heavy and difficult discussions involving a current and pervasive humanitarian conflict in the Middle East. We will incorporate trust building exercises to navigate the sensitive topic and encourage civil and thoughtful discourse. Halal, Kosher-friendly, and Vegetarian dinner options will be provided (and to-go boxes will be available for those who are fasting). Please RSVP here: https://forms.office.com/r/9zxbJq32u1
Edna Smith Primus Fellowship Program
The University of South Carolina Rice School of Law is seeking applications for the Edna Smith Primus Fellowship Program. The Primus Fellows Program is for aspiring scholars who hope to enter law school teaching. The description of the program and a link to apply is below.
Edna Smith Primus Fellowship Program
The Edna Smith Primus Fellowship Program provides aspiring scholars an opportunity to prepare for a career in law teaching. While working under the general supervision of the Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Scholarship, and teaching one course per semester, fellows pursue a scholarly agenda of their choice and receive mentoring in both their teaching and scholarly work. Fellows attend all faculty activities, workshops, symposia and conferences deemed necessary by the Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Scholarship. Fellows research, produce, and present legal papers in the area of study in the annual faculty workshop series. Fellows attend and engage in all opportunities within the program and the law school to develop teaching skills on the Fellow’s individual interests. Primus Fellowships are one-year to two-year, nine-month appointments.
To apply, please click here.
2024 Commencement Student Speaker Results
The Office of Academic and Student Services is pleased to announce that the following students have been selected by their peers to speak at this year’s Commencement activities:
- 2024 Lee Popp Award winner and Graduating Student Awards Ceremony Speaker: Rachel James
- 2024 LL.M. Student Commencement Speaker: Yashaswi Khanal
- 2024 J.D. Student Commencement Speaker: Eli Yemzow
Congratulations to all!
Inaugural Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture to take place March 26
March 20 will mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Osaze Osagie, a former Penn State student shot by local police during a mental health event. While mental health challenges occur among Black or African American people at about the same or less frequency than their white counterparts, racial disparities in health care and treatment, and encounters with law enforcement, affect the former far more severely. This state of affairs demands “people-first” policy solutions.
In honor of Osagie’s memory, and building on the accomplishments of Penn State’s African Studies Global Virtual Forum, the Africana Research Center and the College of the Liberal Arts are launching a “Global Black Communities and Mental Health” series aimed at elevating attention to issues of mental health among Black communities across the African Diaspora, fostering meaningful connections between scholarly research in the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities, and advancing everyday applications of this research for families, service providers, advocates and allies working to improve the quality of life in Black communities.
The highlight of this series will be the inaugural Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture, taking place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus. The lecture will feature a conversation with Sybrina Fulton, racial justice activist and mother of Trayvon Martin, a Black youth whose 2012 death in Sanford, Florida, helped spark the early #BlackLivesMatter movement. Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, senior editor of The Penn Stater magazine, will conduct this dialogue with Fulton.
Both the lecture and the reception that follows are free and open to the public; however, because of limited seating, advance registration is required.
More information is available HERE
Inaugural Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture to take place March 26
March 20 will mark the fifth anniversary of the death of Osaze Osagie, a former Penn State student shot by local police during a mental health event. While mental health challenges occur among Black or African American people at about the same or less frequency than their white counterparts, racial disparities in health care and treatment, and encounters with law enforcement, affect the former far more severely. This state of affairs demands “people-first” policy solutions.
In honor of Osagie’s memory, and building on the accomplishments of Penn State’s African Studies Global Virtual Forum, the Africana Research Center and the College of the Liberal Arts are launching a “Global Black Communities and Mental Health” series aimed at elevating attention to issues of mental health among Black communities across the African Diaspora, fostering meaningful connections between scholarly research in the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities, and advancing everyday applications of this research for families, service providers, advocates and allies working to improve the quality of life in Black communities.
The highlight of this series will be the inaugural Osaze Osagie Memorial Lecture, taking place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the Hintz Family Alumni Center on the University Park campus. The lecture will feature a conversation with Sybrina Fulton, racial justice activist and mother of Trayvon Martin, a Black youth whose 2012 death in Sanford, Florida, helped spark the early #BlackLivesMatter movement. Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, senior editor of The Penn Stater magazine, will conduct this dialogue with Fulton.
Both the lecture and the reception that follows are free and open to the public; however, because of limited seating, advance registration is required.
More information is available HERE
Cumberland County Bar Association’s License Restoration Clinic
Last Fall, CCBA joined Adult Probation, CareerLink and New Life Community Church for their semi-annual reentrant job fair. With the help of our member volunteers as well as Penn State Dickinson Law students, we were able to assist over 50 individuals. We hope to not only duplicate the success of last year but make this event even more beneficial to attendees by offering additional legal services.
Attendees will have the opportunity to register for a license and/or record review. During this time, law students will review the record, and with assistance from the supervising attorneys, attendees will leave with some general information on how to move forward. For attendees that would benefit from a pardon, the Pardon Project of Cumberland County will be there to assist and provide information.
Below, you can find the event details:
Date: April 18th
Time: 10am – 2pm
Location: New Life Community Church – 64 E. North St, Carlisle, PA 17013
In order to make this event a success, we are looking for attorney and law student volunteers to assist with the clinic. If you are not available for the entirety of the clinic, that is absolutely fine! Just let me know the hours you are available to volunteer, as we can be flexible.
Please email Leonard Sandler or Haile Proctor at lms7793@psu.edu or hmp5600 if you would like to participate in this volunteer opportunity.
Educational Equity Scholarships 2024-2025
The scholarship application for Educational Equity Scholarships is now open. Additional information is found at this site: Scholarships — Educational Equity (psu.edu)
The Educational Equity Scholarships include support for students with disabilities, students with veteran status or military dependents, and students who further the inclusion, diversity, and equity initiatives of the University.
All incoming and current Penn State students are encouraged and welcome to apply, including students enrolled in graduate and undergraduate programs across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and in World Campus. Students must complete the application to be eligible for consideration, including short essay questions. Educational Equity provides one application for all scholarships. Students will be considered for all scholarships for which they are eligible, and students must submit an application each year for consideration.
The single application is used for all possible scholarships, so students will need to select the categories that they meet the criteria and wish to be considered (ex: First Gen, Having a disability, etc). This year, there is a new scholarship that the criteria is for someone who is registered with Student Disability Resources and either currently has a life threatening condition or still experiences symptoms related to a life-threatening condition. This scholarship application will remain open until May 3, 2024 at 11:59 PM.
Various internship opportunities for law students with disabilities
The ABA Commission on Disability Rights is partnering with Accenture, Eli Lilly, Microsoft, and Prudential to offer paid summer internships for disabled law students. To learn more, visit https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/disabilityrights/resources/lawstudents/internships/.
Please reach out to Amy Allbright, Staff Director, Commission on Disability Rights at amy.allbright@americanbar.org with any questions.
Cumberland County Bar Association’s License Restoration Clinic
Last Fall, CCBA joined Adult Probation, CareerLink and New Life Community Church for their semi-annual reentrant job fair. With the help of our member volunteers as well as Penn State Dickinson Law students, we were able to assist over 50 individuals. We hope to not only duplicate the success of last year but make this event even more beneficial to attendees by offering additional legal services.
Attendees will have the opportunity to register for a license and/or record review. During this time, law students will review the record, and with assistance from the supervising attorneys, attendees will leave with some general information on how to move forward. For attendees that would benefit from a pardon, the Pardon Project of Cumberland County will be there to assist and provide information.
Below, you can find the event details:
Date: April 18th
Time: 10am – 2pm
Location: New Life Community Church – 64 E. North St, Carlisle, PA 17013
In order to make this event a success, we are looking for attorney and law student volunteers to assist with the clinic. If you are not available for the entirety of the clinic, that is absolutely fine! Just let me know the hours you are available to volunteer, as we can be flexible.
Please email Leonard Sandler or Haile Proctor at lms7793@psu.edu or hmp5600 if you would like to participate in this volunteer opportunity.
Student Design Thinking Workshop Event – Poll to Select Date – DUE TODAY
A dinner will be included with this program and Halal, Kosher, and Vegan/Vegetarian options will be available without request. If you have any other dietary restrictions, please advise Dean Santibanez-Bania (gps5491@psu.edu) regarding specific allergies. Moreover, if you are fasting during this period, to-go boxes will be available. Thank you so much for your consideration and we look forward to seeing you there.
– Student Leaders Design Thinking Workshop Members
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