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Business is booming in the Rural Economic Development ClinicOperating like a small private law firm under the direction of Professors Ross Pifer and Jeff Erickson, clinic students work with various individuals and organizations – typically from the agricultural, food, and energy sectors – providing legal research, document preparation, and advice on legal issues like landowner liability and rights and responsibilities under contracts.

Kristen Uhler-McKeown ’04 works to fix a broken food system

Penn State University recognizes several alumni fellowsThe Penn State Alumni Association and members of the Penn State University alumni community celebrated the induction of twenty-four new Alumni Fellows, including Dickinson School of Law graduates Jeffrey L. Hyde ’77 Lib and Edu, ’80g, The Hon. D. Brooks Smith ’76g, and The Hon. LeRoy S. Zimmerman ’59g.

Ten Years Later: An Anthology of 9/11 Reflections releasedAn anthology of 9/11 reflections released today by the Penn State Law Center for Immigrants’ Rights and the Penn State School of International Affairs concentrates on the impact of the attacks on the lives of immigrants and immigration policy, providing both a report card and ideas for the future. The publication entitled The 9/11 Effect and its Legacy on U.S. Immigration Laws: Essays, Remarks, and Photographs is available for complimentary download at www.law.psu.edu/9_11_effect.

ACLU lawyer to speak on Ashcroft v. al-KiddLee Gelernt, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawyer who litigated the controversial Ashcroft v. al-Kidd case in the U.S. Supreme Court, will speak in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom in Lewis Katz Building in University Park, Pa., on October 28 at 1 p.m. The event will be simulcast to Room 104, Lewis Katz Hall, Carlisle, Pa.

Lecture series on science, technology, and the law to be held at Penn State LawPatrick McDaniel, a professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the Pennsylvania State University and co-director of the Systems and Internet Infrastructure Security Laboratory, will present “Mobile Smartphone Application Security and Privacy,” the first lecture in a series on science, technology, and the law, sponsored by Penn State Law.

Students to participate in White House “Champions of Change”Penn State Law students will participate in "Champions of Change: Winning the Future Across America," an online event organized by the White House that will feature Attorney General Eric Holder and others on October 13. The event is designed to encourage law students to augment their pro bono efforts.

Fighting for immigrants’ rights: A passion for Stacie Hunhoff '12Stacie Hunhoff ’12 is realizing her dream of helping immigrants obtain desperately needed legal help. Immigration law is notoriously complex and deadline-driven, but the need for legal help far exceeds what many immigrants can afford. Hunhoff helps address that divide as an intern at the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center, a nonprofit organization that provides legal and education resources to detained populations in Pennsylvania.

PILF participates in citizenship workshopSponsored by the Public Interest Law Fund, a group of Penn State Law students recently traveled to Arlington, Virginia and participated in a citizenship workshop sponsored by Hogar Immigrant Services, designed to help eligible immigrants become U.S. citizens.

P.J. Crowley, former State Department Spokesperson, accepts position at Penn State LawFormer Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Philip J. (P.J.) Crowley will serve as the 2011-2012 Omar Bradley Chair of Strategic Leadership at Penn State Law.