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Student Spotlight

Penn State Law student wins P.E.O. Scholarship

Sarah Holman Loy, a rising third-year student at Penn State Law, is one of 100 doctoral students nationwide selected to receive a $15,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood, an international women’s organization.

Ben Haight, Penn State Law alumni and lieutenant in the Navy JAG Corps

Into the Wild Blue and White Yonder: Penn State Law and the JAG Corps

“Penn State Law is an incredible school and our students find success in all areas of legal practice, but if you’re thinking about coming to law school and joining the JAG Corps, I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a better place."

Clinic student hosts immigration CLE event for Centre County Bar Association

Lauren Picciallo, a graduating 3L and student in the Penn State Law Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, has been focused on more than finals as she nears the end of her time at Penn State Law.

Penn State Law student wins bail hearing, gets client released from jail

Bail hearings are often difficult to argue successfully and win—making it all the more impressive when Beth Ramos did exactly that.

Students gain experience in Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition

Students Gerard Gaughan and Benjamin Novak recently represented Penn State Law as they competed in the Federal Bar Association’s Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition, held March 16-17, in Washington, D.C.

Students gain criminal procedure experience in moot court

Penn State Law students Rachel Sherman, a 3L, and Julie Wortham, a 2L, recently competed in the John J. Gibbons National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition, held March 24–25 at Seton Hall Law School. The competition dealt with issues involving Fourth Amendment search and seizure, and Sixth Amendment juror impeachment.

Students opt for ‘Alternative Spring Break’ experience

Two Penn State Law students used Spring Break as an opportunity to gain experience in the legal field.

Civil Rights Clinic students Andy Low, Patrick Stickney, Rachel Naquin, Theresa Dorsainvil, and Misti Howey.

Penn State Law students submit amicus brief to Supreme Court

“Working in the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic has been the most rewarding part of my law school career. I had the opportunity to work on three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court with a great team, and experienced what working in a law firm's appellate practice would feel like,” Dorsainvil said.

Penn State Law helps former nurse find new ways to help others, inspire minority students

Two Penn State Law teams compete at MABLSA Convention

Penn State Law’s Black Law Student Association was represented by two teams competing in the Moot Court and Mock Trial competitions at this year’s Mid-Atlantic Black Law Student Association (MABLSA) Convention, held Feb.15-19 in Pittsburgh, Pa.