Reunification
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Family Law Clinic News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa – Teleicia J.R. Dambreville, a 2013 law alumna from Penn State University, has been chosen to be Penn State Law in University Park’s commencement speaker for 2024. Victor Romero, interim dean of Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs, Maureen B. Cavanaugh Distinguished Faculty Scholar and professor of law, chose Dambreville not only because she is an accomplished alumna, but also a legal powerhouse, he said.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – During the past academic year, students in the Penn State Family Law Clinic at Penn State Law in University Park worked on several educational programs to inform existing and potential clients and other local stakeholders about different aspects of family law.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State Law Board of Advisors member Sarah FitzGerald Mika, a Washington D.C.-area attorney, and her husband, Andrew J. Mika, have endowed a $25,000 program fund to benefit the law school’s Family Law Clinic.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - As an Attorney for the Child at The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, New York, Natasha (Schuyler) Burdick ‘17 is accustomed to challenges. Recent COVID-19 related challenges at work prove to be both an obstacle and an opportunity.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Mayor Elizabeth Goreham and the State College Borough Council passed a proclamation declaring freedom from domestic violence is a fundamental human right during Monday’s council meeting.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Professors and students at Penn State Law celebrated Constitution Day on Sept. 17 with events throughout the day. Faculty held an open panel discussion, while students organized an interactive lobby display for anyone in the Lewis Katz Building to explore.
Director of the Penn State Family Law Clinic Jill Engle is traveling to Ireland to speak at a symposium that is part of the events taking place alongside the Penn State vs. Central Florida football game in Dublin’s Croke Park.
A special argument session at Penn State Law on April 1 and 2 allowed the Superior Court of Pennsylvania to bring law to life for area students. A three-judge panel heard appeals from the trial court level on cases involving civil, criminal, and family law. The Hon. Cheryl Lynn Allen, a Penn State alumna, The Hon. Vic Stabile, a member of the Law School Class of 1982, and The Hon. Christine L. Donohue provided “teachable moments” for area middle- and high-school students as well as law students.
Courtney Kiehl ’15 didn’t grow up wanting to be a lawyer. She wanted to be a gymnast and spent up to 40 hours per week training with her coach and her team in the North Bay area of California. Ten years ago she disclosed to her mother and then authorities that her gymnastics coach had been sexually abusing her nearly every day for over a year. With her disclosure, seven other girls came forward and her life dramatically changed.
Advocates and legal experts will discuss legal and ethical issues of sexual assault cases at a public event set for 6:00 p.m. on April 15 in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. CLE credits are available for this event, which will be live in the Greg Sutliff Auditorium of the Lewis Katz Building in University Park and simulcast to 029, Lewis Katz Hall in Carlisle, PA.
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