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Penn State Law to host talk on smart power, international law, and policyThe International Law Society and the Student Government Association of the School of International Affairs are hosting a roundtable discussion on recent U.S.-relevant developments in trade, law, human rights, and strategic affairs in South and East Asia. “Power and Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific” will be held at Penn State Law’s Lewis Katz Building, University Park, Pa., on Thursday, April 12 and will feature a panel of experienced scholars and diplomats who will offer their perspectives on current events and ongoing issues in the region.

Dream Act attorney Rosa Gomez '08 fights for immigrants' rightsRosa Gomez '08, staff attorney for the Dream Act and Immigrant Youth Outreach Program at Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, California, fights for immigrants' rights.

Holly Moncavage anticipates a summer of community organizingHolly Moncavage '13 will use a 2012 Peggy Browning Fellowship to intern at The Workplace Project in New York City, assisting immigrants in wage and hour claims and raising awareness.

New clinic facility aims for law firm auraThe Law School held an open house for students and faculty at its new clinic location in Innovation Park. The clinic houses the Center for Immigrants' Rights, the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic, the Family Law Clinic, the International Sustainable Development Projects Clinic, and the Rural Economic Development Clinic.

Author of "We Meant Well" to visit Penn StateForeign Service Officer Peter Van Buren, author of a critical account of his experience assisting in Iraq reconstruction, will speak at the School of International Affairs on April 26. The public is welcome. Van Buren will present “Post-Conflict Nation Building: Why It Isn't Easy” and be available to sign copies of the book after the presentation.

Clinic students work toward improved treatment of detaineesPenn State Law students Rachel Keung ’13 and Daniel DeCurtis ’12 traveled the distance to the Clinton County Correctional facility from their office at the Law School’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights in less than an hour. But representing their client, the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Commission on Immigration, required entering the complex world of immigrant detention which has been “quite a journey,” according to Keung who said she had never been in a prison before.

UPDATE: Senator Rick Santorum '86 has cancelled today's visit to the Law SchoolPresidential candidate and Law School alumnus Rick Santorum ’86 has cancelled today’s planned visit to the Law School for family reasons.

LL.M. student Allan Binns writes guide for takeovers in PanamaSince joining Penn State Law in 2011, LL.M. student Allan Binns has become a published author. His book, La Oferta Pública de Adquisición en Panamá was released in December and he is already planning a sequel.

Commercial law faculty collaborate on secured transactions case bookTo respond to changes in the last decade in the law of secured finance, Penn State Law professors Louis Del Duca and Marie T. Reilly together with co-authors Edwin E. Smith, partner at Bingham McCutchen, and Peter Winship of Southern Methodist University wrote a new edition of Secured Transactions Under the Uniform Commercial Code and International Commerce (LexisNexis).

Iran expert to address U.S. policy toward Asia and Persian GulfProfessor Flynt Leverett, whose distinguished government career has included positions with the CIA, the State Department and most recently as the senior director for Middle East affairs with the National Security Council, will discuss the changing nature of U.S. foreign policy strategy on April 3. His presentation “Energy, Economics, and the Lost Art of Grand Strategy: American Policy Toward the Persian Gulf and Rising Asia in the 21st Century" is open to the public.