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Thurgood Marshall biographer wraps up Black History month celebrationThurgood Marshall biographer and University of Maryland law professor Larry Gibson visited Penn State Law on Feb. 28.

Penn State Law professors and students file briefs in three cases before the Supreme CourtThe U.S. Supreme Court has received briefs from Professors David Kaye, Eileen Kane, and Bob Rains as well as the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic in four different cases before the justices this term.

Penn State Law professors to give energy law seminar at Dubai Judicial InstituteAs part of the Penn State Law partnership established last summer with the Dubai Judicial Institute (DJI), Professors William F. Fox and Ross Pifer will present “Energy Law Innovation and Best Practices” March 4 through 7.

Busy moot court season underwayCompetition season is in full swing and Moot Court Board President Evan Jones ’13 wants everyone to know about it. Jones said this year board members are proudly wearing ‘Moot Court Board’ sweatshirts around campus and making sure moot court competitors and coaches get recognition for their hard work.

Larry Gibson, author of Thurgood Marshall biography to wrap up Black History MonthAs part of Penn State Law’s celebration of Black History Month, Larry S. Gibson, professor of law at the University of Maryland, will present a talk Feb. 27 based on his book "Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice." Each audience member will receive a free copy of his book (while supplies last) which is the only biography of Justice Marshall to be endorsed by the Marshall family.

LL.M. program creates lifelong bondSixteen years ago, Marion Welp, Mercedes Guzman, and Jacqueline Busterna had little in common, except one goal – earning a master of laws degree in comparative law. One year together in Carlisle forged a friendship of a lifetime.

Dean McConnaughay named dean of Peking University's School of Transnational LawPhilip J. McConnaughay, dean of Penn State Law and founding dean of Penn State's School of International Affairs, has taken a position as dean of Peking University’s School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China. His new appointment is effective Aug. 1.

Symposium to consider potential outcomes of U.S.-Iran relationshipThought leaders Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, authors of the new book Going to Tehran, will headline a symposium, “The U.S.-Iranian Relationship and the Future of International Order,” aimed at assessing the nature of current U.S.-Iranian relations and exploring how the two state’s strategic choices will affect the international order in the future.

Ramona E. Romero to receive Rambo AwardThe Women’s Law Caucus of Penn State University’s Dickinson School of Law will recognize Ramona E. Romero, Esq. as the nineteenth recipient of the Judge Sylvia H. Rambo Award during a ceremony on February 28, 2013, at Lewis Katz Hall, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Romero, general counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will receive the Rambo Award in recognition of her exemplary contributions to the legal profession and to society as a whole.