A busy week in Carlisle, PA. Thank you to the Cumberland County Bar Association for the invitation to speak to its members about AI regulation. Those who gathered had great questions, and we had a good exchange of ideas. I am delighted to learn that many in the audience are Penn State Dickinson Law alumni, including Hubert Gilroy (Martson Law Offices) and Lisa Grayson, Esq. (Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans’ Court for Cumberland County).

Dean Danielle Conway, Professor Sara Gerke and I hosted Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences Director Jenni Evans and Director of Client Engagement Derek Leydig. Hope to share an exciting announcement before too long!

Finally, but not least, I caught up with Gary Gilden, our immediate past dean. Gary developed a persuasion class that addresses how lawyers should adapt their persuasion to recent neuroscience findings as to how the brain receives and processes information. His course features a dazzling variety of innovations, including a field trip to Hershey Medical Center where Division Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery Dr. Elias Rizk explained the operation of the brain using actual specimens. Read more here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7031643575197016064/

Gary will appear on an episode of Profiles in Leadership’s second season to discuss his course and more. Stay tuned!

Like everyone else, AI affects attorneys. It is important to be in the know. Join me and the Cumberland County legal community as we discuss how AI transforms practice, the broader legal and geopolitical issues at play, and what attorneys can do to ride this technological wave.

Delighted to be back in Wilmington and New York City.

My colleagues and I welcomed Penn State Dickinson Law alums. Honored by Dean Danielle Conway’s kind introduction and her spontaneous invitation to address our alumni. Participating in alumni receptions is one of my favorite parts of my job. It’s inspiring to meet generations of alums who have graduated and done well for themselves, learn about their diverse paths, hear their fond memories of their time at the law school, and explore new ways to collaborate.

Kudos to my colleagues Kelly Rimmer Robin Langhans, M.Ed. Laura H. Williams Tom Lee and Brett Conway for their important work at each of these events. Pleased that Michelle Nerozzi-Ankenbrand and Roberte Makowski, whom I had the pleasure of working with this earlier year both accepted my invitation to join us!

After Wilmington, I headed to New York to thank Tom Pease Nick Groombridge, Jennifer Wu Hugh Hansen Joshua L. Simmons for their recent partnership with us, hear their suggestions and advice, and share my plans for the coming year to explore new ways to collaborate with these terrific folks. It was great meeting members of the creative community gathered to celebrate the book reading of Jen’s friend, Abigail Hing Wen.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP Emily C. and John E. Hansen IP Institute at Fordham Law School Kirkland & Ellis

Penn State Dickinson Law’s Profiles in Leadership series offers a front-row seat to the experiences, values, and habits underlying lives of distinction and impact. Season 1 features interviews with:

George Washington University Law Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Law Dean Martin Brinkley
Medtronic General Counsel Ivan Fong
Lemelson-MIT Executive Director Stephanie Couch
TWR Counsel Teresa Artis
Duke University Law Professor Arti Rai
Cornell University Law Professor James Grimmelmann
Bayh-Dohl Coalition Executive Director Joe Allen
Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone Founding Partner Nick Groombridge
Penn State University Provost Justin Schwartz (featuring Dean Danielle Conway)
Texas A&M University Law Professor Peter Yu
Pittsburg University Law Professor Michael Madison
American Law Institute Director | Retired US Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Diane Wood
Asian Americans Advancing Justice President and Executive Director John Yang |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner Chief Diversity Officer and Partner Esther Lim
Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Andrei Iancu
Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice Director | Howard University Law Professor Lateef Mtima
Hofstra University President Susan Poser
Brody Berman Associates CEO Bruce Berman
Founder US IP Alliance | Chief IP Counsel AT&T Scott Frank
World IP Organization Deputy Director General Lisa Jorgenson
Emory Vice-Provost Tim Holbrook
FMC Chief IP Counsel Roberte Makowski
Temple University Provost Gregory Mendel
University of Las Vegas Law Dean Leah Chan Grinvald

https://dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/profiles-leadership

Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD Matthew is the Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School. Dean Matthew is a leader in public health and civil rights law who focuses on disparities in health, health care, and the social determinants of health. She is the author of the bestselling book Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care and the Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America.

Dean Matthew shared her insights on life and leadership on the latest episode of the Penn State Dickinson Law Profiles in Leadership series. Highlights below:

1:40:– Transitioning to the deanship.

2:39:– Preparing for Day One.

4:48:– Leadership lessons: 2020 – 2023.

7:57:– Adapting, slowing down, safety brakes.

9:44:– Delegating and accountability, connecting with faculty and students.

14:15:– Alumni outreach and engagement.

16:30:– The Equity Institute; longevity.

24:05:– #Hamilton; “This is not a moment; it is a movement.”

27:35:– Government shutdowns and leadership.

29:13:– Dismantling structural racism; reconciliation beyond a rights-based approach.

40:17:– Her Childhood; Her Mission.

43:23:– Tim Keller; Justice.