PENN STATE LAW

Saturday, May 16, 2020 University Park, Pennsylvania

10:30 a.m.

Commencement2020

Commencement2020

PENN STATE LAW

Saturday, May 16, 2020University Park, Pennsylvania

10:30 a.m.

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Program

Prelude

The National AnthemAlice Gyamfi, J.D. Candidate

Welcome and Introduction of PresidentDr. Hari M. Osofsky, Dean, Distinguished Professor of Law, Professor of International Affairs, and Professor of Geography

President’s RemarksDr. Eric J. Barron, President, The Pennsylvania State University

Dean’s RemarksDean Osofsky

RemarksSahil Jaggi, LL.M. Candidate

Introduction of Commencement SpeakerDean Osofsky

AddressThe Honorable D. Brooks Smith, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Conferring of the DegreesPresident Barron Mark H. Dambly, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Pennsylvania State University

Doctor of Juridical Science Master of LawsJuris Doctor

Recognition Video of Degree Recipients

Nomenclators:Stephen G. Barnes, Assistant Dean of Graduate and International Programs (SJD and LL.M. recipients)Keith Elkin, Associate Dean for Academic Success and Professor of Legal Skills (J.D. recipients)

Presentation of the Class of 2020Dean Osofsky

RemarksKathryn Dutton, J.D. Candidate

Alma MaterPennsylvania State University Blue Band

ClosingDean Osofsky

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Commencement Speaker

The Honorable D. Brooks SmithChief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

The Honorable D. Brooks Smith is the Chief Judge of the United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He also serves as Chair of the

Board of Advisors and is an adjunct professor at Penn State Law in

University Park.

Judge Smith has served on the Third Circuit since 2002, giving him the

longest tenure of all Article III judges within the Third Circuit who are in

active service. Prior to his elevation to the Third Circuit, he was the chief

judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

He was elevated to Chief Judge on October 1, 2016 and is the only

judge in the history of the Circuit to have served as both a chief district

judge and chief circuit judge.

Judge Smith has served, by appointment of the Chief Justice of the United States, on the Judicial

Conference of the United States (JCUS) Space and Facilities Committee, concluding a three-year term

as chair on September 30, 2016. While on the federal bench, he has participated in various rule of law

programs for the judiciary in several Eastern European countries.

As an adjunct professor at Penn State Law, Judge Smith teaches a seminar on class actions. He received

the first leadership award from the law school in 2016, and in 2017, Penn State presented him with the

Distinguished Alumni Award, the University’s highest honor. He is a graduate of Penn State’s Dickinson

School of Law and Franklin & Marshall College.

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Doctor of Juridical Science

Rami Alhellu

Parada Kaewparadai

Platinasoka Lin

Daniel Ivo Odon

Master of Laws

Abimbola Adebayo

Oluwaseun Adesanya

Robert Afulimi

Muhammad A. Akbar

Abdulhamid Adbulrhman S. Alatram

Ibrahim Hudayban M. Alharbi

Mohammad Abdullatif M. Almoshigh

Abdulrahman Nahar J. Alrehaili

Abdulaziz Adel A. Alsaleh

Sergelentuya Ariunbold

Revanth Ashok

Chigozie Asonye

Tania Alexandra Giulianna Fiorella Bances Herrera

Nithiraj Bisnatsingh

Rim Boujnah

Yanan Cai

Yi Cai

Xinyi Cao

Yordanka Castillo Porras

Delu Chen

Ganlu Chen

Hanxuan Chen

Puwen Chen

Yawen Chen

Yue Chen

Shirin Dargahi

Abhipsa Dash

Chenhui Dong

Yihan Dong

Lichen Duan

Trang Minh Le Duong

Gabriel Elkaslassy Gateno

Erkhemkhuslen Erkheskhulan

Hector N. Espada

Claudia Elizabeth Estrada Távara

Buyantsatsal Gantulga

Demnie Elizabeth Garcia Solis

Mahima Gill

Ricardo A. Gonzalez Alcerro

Yuri Gonzalez Hernandez

Sixu Gou

Jiawei Han

Chengen He

Alberto Andres Hernandez Franks

Rasika Amali Hewa Kankanamge

Chun-Ju Huang

Shuiying Huang

Yongwei Huang

Ruth Lambok Lunaris Hutasoit

Henry Ikwunemere

Syeda Imam

Sahil Jaggi

Simon Kaute

Diane Kaye

Farrukh Ali Khan

Dharmesh Khandelwal

Elisabeth Oeyenaug Kristoffersen

Miaomiao Li

Xiaoshuang Li

Yibing Li

Zhengyi Li

Jiaxin Liu

Sichen Liu

Ya-Yun Liu

Yutong Liu

Yuliang Lu

Yu-Huan Luan

Charlotte Estefanny Mendoza Benitez

Ignacio Antonio Montoya Munoz

Jair Joel Moreno

Maria Muniz Huayamave

Jiaqi Niu

Chandni Padikkal

Markus Aarskog Pettersen

Try Januar Putra

Xuan Qin

Yina Gabriela Rosa Paz

Javkhlan Sainaa

Anamika Sharma

Ashish Sharma

Satakshi Sharma

Ling Si

Harman Deep Singh

Shiv Prakash Singh

Joanna Soler Betancourt

Victor Gustaf Christopher Sterling

Iryna Stralkouskaya

Amund Strandlie

Trisha Trisha

Ngu Huu Truong

Maria Elisabeth Angell Uhnger

Wendy Ussher

Tashi Vaish

Sindre Vangen-Loenne

Melanie Vangrieken Alvarado

Andy Angello Vargas Huilca

Paul Emmerson Vargas Huilca

Gautam Wadhwa

Wenjuan Wang

Xiaoyu Wang

Robyn Elizabeth Waring

Margarete O. Winckler

Yi Xu

Yuxin Yan

Geer Yang

Jun Yang

Weide Yu

Yushi Zhang

Junwang Zheng

Members of the Class of 2020

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Juris Doctor

Abraham Khalil Afshar

Michael G. Antonino

Samuel Backman

Zachary Baker – Magna Cum Laude

Claire Elizabeth Banks

Yanna Banks

Antoine D. Bedard

Hannah Marie Bennett – Summa Cum Laude

Samuel M. Blakley

Susan E. Blissett

Brittany Bolton

Mary Bonacchi

Michael Bond – Magna Cum Laude

Kaitlyn Box – Cum Laude

Kelli A. Boyle – Cum Laude

Jennifer Bruce – Summa Cum Laude

Amanda M. Brunt

Travis Buck – Cum Laude

Christopher Ryan Burnham-Flournoy

Amber D. Bynum – Cum Laude

John Christopher Byrnes

Ettore Carchia

Won Eik Cho

Shanjida Chowdhury

Travis D. Coon – Magna Cum Laude

Andrew H. Crabbs

Yong Cui

Whitley H. Culver

Bradley Davis

Megan Anne Davis

Charles Louis Deibel II

James Deiter

Paige Sara Delia

Julia Lockman Dellinger

Stephen D. Duncan

Kaci L. Dupree – Cum Laude

Kathryn Dutton

Tony J. Elion Jr.

Jerry Evans

Shawnee C. Farley

Jaime D. Fell – Cum Laude

Michael Richard Ferrence

Hannah Fortini

Anna L. Fosberg – Cum Laude

Robert Gatny

Nika Gigashvili

Daniel J. Golan

Christina Gottfried

Erich T. Greiner

Miles J. Gueno

Alice Gyamfi – Cum Laude

Kylie D. Hanlon

William Thomas Harmon

Briana Hazzi

Erin Louise Heaney – Summa Cum Laude

Joseph Heinlein – Magna Cum Laude

Ellen Louise Hill – Summa Cum Laude

William Hobson

David Daniel Huehnergarth

Ava Ibanez Amador

Chisom A. Ihejirika

Megan J. Ingram-French – Summa Cum Laude

Emilia Janisch – Cum Laude

Richardson Jean

Maximilian Christopher Jelen – Cum Laude

Caitlin Jolley – Summa Cum Laude

Jamie Jones – Magna Cum Laude

Yousra Jouglaf

Alexandria J. Karbach

Justice J. Kaufman

Haeyeon Kim

Maria Kissinger

Glenn David Kohles Jr.

Burney Latiolais

Mallory Leanna Blakey Lee

Shamsiddin Little

Jessica McDermott

Zoe Antigone McKenzie

Jessica McLaughlin

Meagan Mary McNeely

Vanessa Miller

Amber Nicole Morris – Cum Laude

Jonathan Moseley

David Addison Grant Murray – Cum Laude

Logan A. Nagle

Richard Steven Neal II

Gaela Ruth Normile – Magna Cum Laude

Eric Michael Ondo – Cum Laude

Christopher Robert Parker

Marisa Payne

Sharik L. Peck II – Magna Cum Laude

Kendra N. Pfeil

Kenneth Poole

Cameron M. Puckett

Durrell T. Quarles

Alexa N. Reed

David J. Reimel III – Magna Cum Laude

Jorge Rivera

Madison Schermerhorn

Adam Ray Scott – Magna Cum Laude

Catherine Annette Scott – Magna Cum Laude

Angel Shah

Xinyi Shen

Rebecca S. Spinner

Ryan Stanley – Cum Laude

Taylor V. Stark

Lauren Stokes

Alexandria Lee Stryker

Heidi Tripp – Cum Laude

Cindy Tsuei

Andrea Rae Varacallo

Austin E. Wagner

Michael S. Walters – Magna Cum Laude

Hunter D. Weikel – Magna Cum Laude

Brennan Weintraub

Sarah E. Wilkerson

Hin Ton Wong

Zachary H. Woolweaver

Alexandra Woyshner

Erin Elizabeth Clawson Zorn – Magna Cum Laude

Members of the Class of 2020

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The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Eric D. Turner Award

Given by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Academy to the third-year student who best exemplifies the positive attributes of a matrimonial lawyer.

Jamie Jones

The American Bankruptcy Institute Medal for Excellence in Bankruptcy Studies

Given to the student with the highest grade in the bankruptcy law curriculum.

Hunter D. Weikel

The American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education Scholastic and Leadership Award

Given to the third-year student who best represents a combination of scholarship and leadership.

Vanessa Miller

The National Association of Women Lawyers Recognition Award

Given by the National Association of Women Lawyers for academic achievement and advancement of women in the legal profession.

Erin Louise Heaney

The International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award

Awarded to the graduating student who demonstrates outstanding ability in trial advocacy.

Jennifer Bruce

The Penn State Law Writing Prize

Awarded to the graduating student author of the best comment selected for publication in the Penn State Law Review.

Heidi Tripp

The Penn State Law Pro Bono Publico Service Award

Awarded to the graduating student who has demonstrated good character, sound academic performance, highest ethical standards, fidelity to the highest goals of the profession, and commitment to human service.

Christopher Robert Parker

The Penn State Law Diversity Award

Awarded to the student who has best exemplified Penn State Law’s commitment to promoting a diverse and inclusive learning community.

Shanjida Chowdhury

The Penn State Law Leadership Award

Awarded to the graduating student for outstanding leadership as a member of the Student Bar Association or other law school student organization.

Charles Louis Deibel II

The Student Bar Association 1L Mock Trial Competition Award

Given for the highest score from the judges in the First-Year Class Competition.

Amber D. BynumKathryn Dutton

The Pennsylvania Bar Association Business Section Louis Del Duca Award

Honors a graduating student who demonstrates academic excellence, especially in courses related to business law, and in-tends to practice law in Pennsyl-vania. The award also recognizes students who have published in business law or have participated in business law- related seminars or conferences.

Michael Bond

The Hon. Gwilym A. Price Jr. Memorial Prize

In memory of the Hon. Gwilym A. Price, this prize is awarded to a student in the second-year class who has excelled in appellate advocacy and writing courses.

Megan J. Ingram-French

Excellence in Arbitration Award

Established by Professor Thomas E. Carbonneau, Samuel P. Orlando Distinguished Professor of Law Director, Institute of Arbitration Law and Practice, this award recognizes graduating students who demonstrate excellence in arbitration during their time at Penn State Law.

Yong CuiJaime D. FellAlice GyamfiAnamika Sharma

Woolsack Society

The Woolsack Society was founded in 1920 to recognize legal academic excellence. Membership is conferred upon students who rank in the top fifteen percent of their class following the fifth semester of study.

Zachary Baker Hannah Marie Bennett Michael Bond Jennifer Bruce Travis D. Coon Erin Louise Heaney Joseph Heinlein Ellen Louise Hill Megan J. Ingram-French Caitlin Jolley Jamie Jones Gaela Ruth Normile Sharik L. Peck IIDavid J. Reimel IIIAdam Ray Scott Catherine Annette Scott Michael S. Walters Hunter D. Weikel Erin Elizabeth Clawson Zorn

Order of Barristers

Membership in the Order of Barristers, a national honorary organization, is conferred upon students who have exhibited excellence in the art of courtroom advocacy.

Amber D. BynumKathryn DuttonAlice GyamfiHannah FortiniCaitlin JolleyYousra JouglafLogan A. Nagle

Honorary Barrister: Melissa Marie Blanco

Honorary SocietiesPrizes, Awards, and Honors

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Penn State Law Review

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Erin Louise Heaney, Editor-in-Chief

Erin Elizabeth Clawson Zorn, Managing Editor

Michael S. Walters,Executive Editor for Intellectual Property and Online Media

Gaela Ruth Normile,Executive Articles Editor

Anna L. Fosberg, Executive Comments Editor

Hannah Marie Bennett, Articles Editor

Travis D. Coon, Articles Editor

Ellen Louise Hill, Articles Editor

Maximilian Christopher Jelen, Articles Editor

Amber Nicole Morris, CommentsEditor

David J. Reimel III, Comments Editor

Heidi Tripp, Comments Editor

Adam Ray Scott, Research Editor

SENIOR EDITORS

Joseph HeinleinMegan J. Ingram-FrenchCatherine Annette ScottHunter D. Weikel

Penn State Journal of Law and International Affairs

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Emilia Janisch, Editor-in-Chief

John Christopher Byrnes, Managing Editor of Student Works

Kylie D. Hanlon, Managing Editor of Communications

Kaitlyn Box, Managing Editor of Research

Zachary Baker, Managing Editor of Digital Content

Jamie Jones, Managing Editor of Articles

Charles Louis Deibel II, Managing Editor of Articles(2018-2019)

Nika Gigashvili, Articles Editor

Logan A. Nagle, Articles Editor

Marisa Payne, Articles Editor

Claire Elizabeth Banks, Student Works Editor

Kelli A. Boyle, Student Works Editor

Zoe Antigone McKenzie, Student Works Editor

Arbitration Law Review

BOARD OF EDITORS

Jaime D. Fell, Editor-in-Chief

Kaci L. Dupree, Managing Editor

Alexandria Lee Stryker, Admissions and Research Editor

David Daniel Huehnergarth, Books and Literature Editor

Ava Ibanez Amador, Foreign Decisional Editor

Mary Bonacchi, Articles Editor

Amanda M. Brunt, Comments Editor

SENIOR EDITORS

Samuel BackmanEric Michael OndoXinyi Shen

Moot Court Board

OFFICERS

Hannah Fortini, Chair

Amber D. Bynum, Executive Vice-Chair

Shawnee C. Farley, Vice Chair for Competitions

Ryan Stanley, Vice Chair for Recruitment

Kathryn Dutton, Vice Chair for Training

COACHES

Michael G. Antonino, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Team

Amber D. Bynum, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition Team

Kathryn Dutton, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition Team

Shawnee C. Farley, NYU Law National Immigration Law Competition Team

Jaime D. Fell, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Team

Hannah Fortini, FBA Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition Team

Jamie Jones, Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Competition Team

Logan A. Nagle, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition Team

Kendra N. Pfeil, John J. Gibbons Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition Team

Taylor V. Stark, John J. Gibbons Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition Team

ADVOCATES

Erich T. Greiner, Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Competition Team

Amber Nicole Morris, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition Team

Ryan Stanley, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Team

Willem C. Vis International Moot Team

COACHES

Nika GigashviliAlice Gyamfi

ORALISTS

Yousra Jouglaf Dharmesh Khandelwal Glenn David Kohles Jr.

Trial Competition TeamsACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION HOSTED BY THE ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY

Logan A. Nagle

NATIONAL TRIAL COMPETITION HOSTED BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRIAL LAWYERS AND THE TEXAS YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION

Samuel M. BlakleyAmber D. BynumKathryn DuttonJaime D. FellCaitlin Jolley

STUDENT TRIAL ADVOCACY COMPETITION HOSTED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE

Christina Gottfried

Student Bar Association

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Christopher Robert Parker, President

Kathryn Dutton, Secretary

Logan A. Nagle, Treasurer

Ricardo A. Gonzalez Alcerro, LL.M. Senator

THIRD YEAR CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

David Addison Grant MurrayDavid Daniel HuehnergarthSamuel M. BlakleyZachary H. Woolweaver

HONOR CODE REPRESENTATIVES

Hannah Marie BennettRebecca Spinner

LL.M. CLASS REPRESENTATIVE

Yanan CaiAlberto Andres Hernandez FranksChandni PadikkalDiane Kaye

LL.M. HONOR CODE REPRESENTATIVE

Gabriel Elkaslassy Gateno

Penn State Law Teaching Awards

J.D. TEACHING AWARDSelected by the Class of 2020

Vice Admiral James Houck

HONOREES

Chris FrenchDara PurvisThomas Sharbaugh

LL.M. TEACHING AWARDSelected by the Class of 2020

Professor Richard Settgast

HONOREES

Lindsey KurtzJud MathewsShoba Sivaprasad Wadhia

Student Activities

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Full-Time Faculty

Larry Catá Backer, W. Richard and Mary Eshelman Faculty Scholar, and Professor of Law and International Affairs

Gopal Balachandran, Director of Externships Program, Co-Director of the Indigent Criminal Justice Practicum, and Assistant Professor of Clinical Law

Mandee Baumer, Assistant Assistant Professor of Legal Writing

Eleanor Marie Brown, Professor of Law and International Affairs, Senior Scientist, Rock Ethics Institute, and Associate Dean for External Affairs and Corporate Partnerships

Barbara Brunner, Professor of Legal Writing

Thomas E. Carbonneau, Samuel P. Orlando Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of Arbitration Law and Practice

Nicole Chong, Associate Dean and Professor of Legal Writing

Jamison E. Colburn, Joseph H. Goldstein Faculty Scholar, and Professor of Law

Katrice Bridges Copeland, Professor of Law

Keith Elkin, Associate Dean forAcademic Success of and Professor of Legal Skills

Jill Engle, Associate Dean forAcademic Affairs, Director of Joint Degree Programs, and Professor of Clinical Law

Jeffrey Erickson, Director of the International Sustainable Development Projects Clinic, Clinical Professor of Law, and Professor of Legal Writing

Susan Beth Farmer, McQuaide Blasko Faculty Scholar, and Professor of Law

Michael Foreman, Director of the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic and Clinical Professor of Law

Lara B. Fowler, Senior Lecturer

Christopher C. French, Professor of Practice

Rachel Herder, Director, Intellectual Property Clinic, and Assistant Professor of Clinical Law

Steven D. Hinckley, Associate Dean for Library and Information Services, Director of the Law Library, and Professor of Law

James W. Houck, Distinguished Scholar in Residence

Ben Johnson, Assistant Professor of Law

Eileen M. Kane, Professor of Law

Kit Kinports, Polisher Family Distinguished Faculty Scholar, and Professor of Law

Lindsey Kurtz, Director, Legal English Certificate Program

Julia Y. Lee, Professor of Law

John E. Lopatka, A. Robert Noll Distinguished Professor of Law

Tiyanjana Maluwa, H. Laddie Montague Chair in Law and Professor of Law

Jud Mathews, Professor of Law

Andrea M. Matwyshyn, Associate Dean for Innovation and Technology, and Professor of Law and Engineering Policy

Adam I. Muchmore, Professor of Law

Hari M. Osofsky, Dean, Distinguished Professor of Law,Professor of International Affairs, and Professor of Geography

Ross Pifer, Associate Dean for Clinics and Experiential Learning, Director of the Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, Director of the Rural Economic Development Clinic, and Clinical Professor of Law

James M. Puckett, Professor of Law

Dara E. Purvis, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, Associate Dean for Research and Partnerships, and Professor of Law

Marie Reilly, Professor of Law

Catherine A. Rogers, Paul and Marjorie Price Faculty Scholar, and Professor of Law

Victor Romero, Maureen B. Cavanaugh Distinguished Faculty Scholar, and Professor of Law

Stephen F. Ross, Lewis H. Vovakis Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Director of the Institute for Sports Law, Policy, and Research, and Professor of Law

Geoffrey R. Scott, Director of the Arts, Sports & Entertainment Law Clinic, and Professor of Law

Richard Settgast, Director of Legal Analysis and Writing for LLM and SJD Programs, Co-Director of the Indigent Criminal Justice Practicum, and Assistant Professor of Clinical Law

Thomas Sharbaugh, Director of the Entrepreneur Assistance Clinic, and Professor of Practice

Mark Storslee, AssistantProfessor of Law

Samuel C. Thompson Jr., Arthur Weiss Distinguished Faculty Scholar, Director of the Center for the Study of Mergers and Acquisitions, and Professor of Law

Panagiotis Takis Tridimas, Nancy A. Patterson Distinguished Faculty Scholar and Professor of Law

Michele Vollmer, Director of the Veterans and Servicemembers Legal Clinic, and Clinical Professor of Law

Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar, Director of the Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, and Clinical Professor of Law

Daniel Walters, Assistant Professor of Law

Megan Wright, Assistant Professor of Law, Medicine, and Sociology

Visiting Faculty

Susan Bardo, Interim Director of the Family Law Clinic

Adjunct Faculty

William “Skip” Arbuckle III

Edward Beckwith

Larry Bendesky

Robert Boland

Stanley M. Brand

Robert Cacesse

Kathleen W. Collins

Vincent Dadamo

Stephen S. Dunham

Robert Frieden

Hon. Kim R. Gibson

Natalie Grosse

Kristin Hayes

Richard Laws

Allen Neely

Elizabeth Ramos

Hon. D. Brooks Smith

John A. Snyder

Hon. Thomas I. Vanaskie

Marco Ventoruzzo

Nicholas Walter

Paul Whitehead

Trial Advocacy Faculty

Hon. William Arbuckle

Melissa Blanco

Hon. Elizabeth Doyle

David Dulabon

Ed Ferguson

Joseph Green

Kristin Hayes

Alfred Jones Jr.

Karen Kuebler

Philip Masorti

Allen Neely

Hon. Katherine Oliver

Michael Routch

Hon. Pamela Ruest

Hon. Timothy Searer

April Simpson

John Snyder

Lewis Steinberg

Ethan Witt

Law Library Faculty

Lauren I. Gluckman, Head of Collection Management and Reference Librarian

Jenny Ham, Reference and Information Services Librarianand Professor of Legal Research

Rebecca A. Mattson, Head ofFaculty and Research Services and Professor of Legal Research

Theresa K. Tarves, Associate Director of the Law Library and Professor of Legal Research

Andrew J. Tig Wartluft, Head of Instructional Services and Professor of Legal Research

Faculty

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Hon. D. Brooks Smith, ChairEdward Beckwith, Vice ChairRobert BarbarowiczMichael CrowlPaul GallagherAlan R. GedrichHon. Kim R. GibsonLarry GreenWalt GrollitschKenneth D. HendersonMichelle HyltonHon. Tanya R. KennedyStephen LeeKelly LloydSarah MikaSteven MillerKevin RethoreChristie TillapaughCurtis TollHon. Mary Beth Ward

Alumni Society Board

Kevin T. McGarry, President Zachary BrecheisenValerie Eifert BrownMatthew DaggettDaivy DambrevilleTeleicia DambrevilleMatthew EsworthyWanika FisherRené GornallHillary Hewitt SpadacciniMichael ImbornonePeter KleinGregory LaneGarrett LentMeghan LivingstonKent LloydSarah LoyFaith LucchesiStormie MauckLaura McGarryJames McKeownNisha PasupuletiDominic RupprechtHunter SchenckMatthew SheehanAndrew ShermanRyan StarrMatthew VodzakJessica WeaverJustin Weber

Dean’s Office

Hari M. Osofsky, Dean

Brenda Nagle, Executive Assistant to the Dean

Cathy Tranell, Administrative Assistant to the Dean

Academic Affairs

Jill Engle, Associate Dean

Rachel Arnold, Registrar

Administrative and Financial Services

Russell Shaffer, Assistant Dean, Operations and Planning

Kim Wyatt, Chief Financial Officer

Shannon Millan, Assistant to the Financial Officer

Kari Allatt, Human Resources Strategic Partner

Erica Kresovich-Rockey, Human Resources Consultant

Randy Fulton, Director, Business Services

Amy Spitler, Faculty Support Coordinator

Laura Benner, Faculty SupportAssistant

Christina Leidy, Faculty SupportAssistant

Stacey Beck, Faculty SupportAssistant

Joe Westley, Technical Services

Admissions and Financial Aid

Amanda DiPolvere, Assistant Dean

Susan Bogart, Director of Financial Aid

Chima Okoli, Associate Director of Admissions and J.D. Diversity Recruitment

Lorraine Swab, Admissions Coordinator

Rebecca Friedenberg, Admissions Assistant

Career Services

Magen Mihok, Assistant Dean

Leah Healey, Director of Employer Engagement

Katelyn Mullen, Mentorship Program and Outreach Manager

Brenda Porter, Recruitment Manager

Nathan Mead, Career Counselor

Jenna Ciambotti, Administrative Staff Assistant

Clinics and Experiential Learning

Ross Pifer, Associate Dean

Angela Lombardo, Clinical Programs Office Manager

Renessa Alert, Administrative Assistant

Aslie Asberom, Staff Attorney

Brook Duer, Staff Attorney

Vivian Etter, Staff Attorney

Tracy Ortega, Staff Attorney

Jacqueline Schweichler, Staff Attorney

Ashika Verriest, Staff Attorney

Communications and Marketing

Samantha Brummert, Marketing Strategy Specialist

Andrew Gabriel, Marketing Communications Specialist

Mary Szmolko, Graphic Designer

Wannida Garborg, Marketing Communications Coordinator

Development and Alumni Relations

Rod Schultz, Director of Development and Alumni Relations

Patrick Healey, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations

Lisa M. Reihart, Assistant Director of Stewardship and Development Operations

Graduate and International Programs

Stephen Barnes, Assistant Dean

Jing Hu, Director of Graduate and International Programs

Brenda Johnson, LL.M. Admissions and International Programs Coordinator

Wanda Boone, Administrative Support Assistant

Digital Learning and Information Technology

Matthew Gardner, Assistant Dean

Sara Krome, Associate Director, Educational Technology

Tim McCarthy, Multimedia Specialist

Michael Pazmino, Multimedia Specialist

Robb Reed, Web Developer/Administrator

Aaron Weaver, IIT Support Specialist

Library and Information Services

Steven D. Hinckley, Associate Dean and Director

Theresa K. Tarves, Associate Director

Alison Ruckert, Information Services Supervisor

Lauren Gluckman, Head of Collection Management andReference Librarian

Martina Byrnes, Library Acquisitions Assistant

Jonathan Wallace, Library Acquisitions Assistant

Student Services

Keith Elkin, Associate Dean

Mary Beth Aber, Administrative Support Coordinator

Jenny Englert, Administrative Support Assistant

Board of Advisors Administration and Staff

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Penn State Law History

Penn State Law emerged from what was originally The Dickinson School of Law, which was founded in 1834 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and merged with The Pennsylvania State University in 2000. The law school began offering classes on Penn State’s University Park campus in 2006. In June 2014, the American Bar Association approved the University’s request to operate each of its two campuses as fully and separately accredited law schools. In fall 2015, Penn State Law in University Park admitted its first separate students. The J.D. class of 2020 is the third to graduate from Penn State Law in University Park. The first class of LL.M. students graduated from Penn State Law in 2016.

As part of Penn State, Penn State Law shares in the University’s mission to improve the lives of the people of Pennsylvania, the nation, and the world through exemplary legal teaching, scholarship, and service. Penn State Law is committed to being nimble and innovative to provide its students with the skills and experience that they need to succeed in our rapidly changing society. The law school combines traditional doctrinal classroom study and experiential learning in interdisciplinary clinics and externships with a comprehensive mentoring program, access to cutting-edge legal technology, and collaborations across the University that prepare its students to lead.

Academic Regalia

The academic regalia worn in the commencement ceremony dates back to the 12th century when robes and hoods were necessary for warmth in unheated buildings. The style of the regalia indicates the wearer’s highest degree of education. Doctoral robes are black or another color designated by the university granting the degree. The hood is worn around the neck extending down the back. In the late 19th century, regalia began to indicate particular academic disciplines by color. The color for the discipline of law is purple and is often evident in the color of velvet trim on the gown and hood. The lining of the hood displays the colors of the university granting the doctoral degree.

Class Gift

This year’s graduating J.D. Class of 2020 created an inaugural class gift that provided monetary support to Penn State Law students impacted by COVID-19 via the Penn State Law Future Fund.

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The Penn State Alma Materby Fred Lewis Pattee

For the glory of old State,For her founders strong and great,For the future that we wait,Raise the song, raise the song.

Sing our love and loyalty,Sing our hopes that, bright and free,Rest, O Mother dear, with thee,All with thee, all with thee.

When we stood at childhood’s gate,Shapeless in the hands of fate,Thou didst mold us, dear old State,Dear old State, dear old State.

May no act of ours bring shameTo one heart that loves thy name,May our lives but swell thy fame,Dear old State, dear old State.

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Statement of NondiscriminationThe University is committed to equal access to programs, facilities, admission, and employment for all persons. It is the policy of the University to maintain an environment free of harassment and free of discrimination against any person because of age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, service in the uniformed services (as defined in state and federal law), veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, marital or family status, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, physical or mental disability, gender, perceived gender, gender identity, genetic information, or political ideas. Discriminatory conduct and harassment, as well as sexual misconduct and relationship violence, violates the dignity of individuals, impedes the realization of the University’s educational mission, and will not be tolerated. Direct all inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policy to the Affirmative Action Office, The Pennsylvania State University, 328 Boucke Building, University Park, PA 16802-5901; Email: aao@psu.edu; Tel: 814-863-0471. U.Ed. PSL 20-26

COMMENCEMENTSpring Semester 2015

COLLEGE OF EARTH AND MINERAL SCIENCES

Friday, May 8, 2015

Eisenhower Auditorium

8:00 p.m.