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‘Life After Murder’ author to visit Penn State Law on Oct. 17Award-winning journalist Nancy Mullane, author of Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption, will visit Penn State Law on Oct. 17 at 12:30 p.m. The event is open to the public, and will be held in room 110 Lewis Katz Building in University Park, Pa., and simulcast to room 124 Lewis Katz Hall in Carlisle.

Michael SalmonMichael Salmon '80 talks about Gilbane and cleaning up the environment.

Penn State Law tax scholar outlines policies of presidential candidatesIn less than 40 days, citizens will head to the polls for the U.S. presidential election. Penn State Law Professor Samuel C. Thompson Jr. wants to be sure voters understand the economic policies of the candidates which he sets out in his new book The Obama vs. Romney Debate on Economic Growth: A Citizen’s Guide to the Issues.

Affirmative action education expert to discuss SCOTUS caseDr. Liliana M. Garces, counsel of record for the amicus brief filed filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Social Science Researchers in the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, will speak at University Park on Monday, October 1.

Q&A with Maha Sayed '13, summer intern at Hegazy & Associates in Cairo, EgyptMaha Sayed '13 spent the summer of 2012 interning at the Cairo office of Hegazy & Associaties. We caught up with her to learn more about her experiences.

Tax scholar James M. Puckett joins the facultyFor Professor James M. Puckett who recently joined the faculty at Penn State Law, the name of the game is fairness. He is a scholar of distributive justice.

District Attorneys will explore the role of the modern day prosecutor at Penn State LawA panel of eight Pennsylvania district attorneys moderated by Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin ’75 will discuss the evolution of the role of chief prosecutor on Monday, September 24 at 3:30 p.m. at Penn State University Dickinson School of Law.

National Jurist names Penn State Law one 20 most innovative law schoolsNational Jurist names Penn State Law one 20 most innovative law schools.

Jennifer Young: International Government Affairs AdvocateJennifer Young ’05 is a woman on the move. As Director of International Public and Government Affairs at Novartis Corporation, she travels extensively across Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Working in international settings and across cultures is one of her favorite aspects of her work, and doing so requires flexibility.

Law School welcomes Class of 2015The newest group of Penn State Law students arrived on campus, bringing an array of life experiences and professional perspectives to the study of law. Comprised of 165 students ages 20-44, the J.D. Class of 2015 includes people who have lived, worked, and volunteered in 19 countires and speakers of Spanish, French, Russian, Portugese, Arabic, Korean, and Chinese. The class includes eight students who hold master's degrees in public policy, aerospace and mechanical engineering, education, forensic psychology, and other fields.