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The Pennsylvania State University — Dickinson School of Law is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It abuts Dickinson College, a private four-year liberal arts college. It was founded by John Reed in 1834, making it the fifth oldest law school in the United States and the oldest law school in Pennsylvania. The school was established in 1834, and remained an independent institution for over 150 years, until it became associated with Penn State University in 1997, merging with Penn State in 2000. The law school is home to over 600 law students, as well as a faculty and staff of over 100. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The term public school has three distinct meanings: In the USA and Canada, elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... Philip J. McConnaughay Philip J. McConnaughay (b. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Coordinates: , Country State County Cumberland Founded 1751 Government  - Mayor Kirk R. Wilson Area  - Borough  5. ... A map of the Penn State University Park Campus located in front of the Willard Building. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... For other uses, see Lion (disambiguation). ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the state-related university. ... Coordinates: , Country State County Cumberland Founded 1751 Government  - Mayor Kirk R. Wilson Area  - Borough  5. ... A mermaid sits atop Dickinson Colleges Old West. ... Year 1834 (MDCCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... In the United States, a law school is an institution where students obtain a professional education in law. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 2005 a dispute over whether or not to move the Dickinson School of Law to Penn State's University Park campus in State College, Pennsylvania led to a "dual campus" proposal being enacted. Under this proposal, Penn State plans to invest over $100 million in a law school that will operate out of both locations. The proposal was approved by the law school's board of trustees before the 2005-2006 academic year. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “State College” redirects here. ...

The Dickinson School of Law has now fully merged with Penn State, and has been integrated into the University's system. Starting in the fall of 2006, the law school began offering classes at its University Park location. Plans are for the Carlisle location to undergo a renovation. Due to the impending renovations at the Carisle campus, the law school relocated five miles away to the former Advantica building on Harrisburg Pike in Carlisle. The renovations to the Carlisle campus are hoped to be completed by 2009. [1] Ground was broken for the University Park facility on January 18, 2006, with expected completion and occupancy of the building planned for January 2009.^[1]

U.S. News and World Report, in its 2008 edition of America's Best Graduate Schools, ranked the Dickinson School of Law 91st among the nation's top 100 law schools. U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (common) era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

Curriculum

Like many law schools, the first year program consists of required courses that include two semesters of research and writing. In addition, first year students must complete one semester courses of Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Property and Torts. Also, in the second semester of first year, juniors are allowed to take one elective course from a list of options. After the first year, only two courses are required, Professional Responsibility and a senior seminar. Students remaining credits are to be filled with electives.

The law school is nationally recognized for its Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Program. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

Law Journals

The Law School also features four academic journals, including the Penn State Law Review, formerly the Dickinson Law Review. The Penn State Law Review was founded in 1897, and is one of the oldest continually published law school journals in the country.

• Penn State Law Review
• Penn State International Law Review
• Penn State Evironmental Law Review
• World Arbitration and Mediation Review

The Journal of American Arbitration recently merged with the World Arbitration and Mediation Review. The Journal of American Arbitration will no longer be published by the law school as a separate journal. Instead, the World Arbitration and Mediation Review will be the law schools fourth law review. The law school’s Institute for Arbitration Law and Practice also publishes the Smit-Carbonneau Guides to International Commercial Arbitration.

Student organizations

The Law School maintains an extensive roster of student organizations, including chapters of the Federalist Society, Phi Alpha Delta, OutLaw (for LGBT students), and the Saint Thomas More Society. The Federalist Society logo, depicting James Madisons silhouette The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, began at Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University of Chicago Law School in 1982 as a student organization that challenged the perceived... ΦAΔ (Phi Alpha Delta), or PAD, is the largest co-ed professional law fraternity in the United States of America. ...

The school also participates in the prestigious Willem C. Vis Moot Commercial Arbitration, held each year in Vienna, Austria. Vis Moot The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot[1] is a prestigious annual international moot court competition held in Vienna, Austria. ... This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. ...

Students at Penn State Dickinson are active in intramural sports program. Current intramural sports include indoor soccer, flag football, volleyball, basketball and bowling.

Several students are also members of rugby and softball teams. Each spring, the school sends a softball team to participate in the University of Virginia Law School Softball Tournament. The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his academical village, the University of Virginia. ...

Notable alumni

• Pedro Cortés, current Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Andrew Curtin, Civil War Governor of Pennsylvania (1861 - 1867)
• J. Michael Eakin, Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• John Sydney Fine, former Pennsylvania Governor (1951 - 1955)
• Milton W. Glenn (1903-1967), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district from 1957-1965.^[2]
• Rick Gray, current mayor of Lancaster, PA
• T. Millet Hand (1902-1956), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1945-1957.^[3]
• Arthur Horace James, former Pennsylvania Governor (1939 - 1943)
• 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.
• Paul E. Kanjorski, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Lewis Katz, owner of the New Jersey Nets Basketball Team
• Sylvia Rambo, first woman to serve as Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania for the Middle District
• 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)
• Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1995-2007)
• Lansdale Sasscer, 1914, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District.
• D. Brooks Smith, class of 1976, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
• Jim Gerlach, United States Congressman from Pennsylvania

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References

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External links

• Penn State Dickinson School of Law
• Pennsylvania State University
• Construction and Renovation Website