Pennsylvania State University has proposed a merger of Penn State Law with the Penn State Dickinson School of Law. The merger would result in dissolving Penn State Law and threaten the existence of a law school presence in University Park to the detriment of its students.
Current plans would put all of Penn State Law’s success at risk. Students from the law school and broader University would lose the educational opportunities provided by having a law school on the University’s main campus. Professors and staff would be left without a home, despite their contributions to the University as a whole. Students’ education would suffer. Clinics that have provided free legal aid to the residents of Pennsylvania would be at risk of shutting down. The merger would result in one law school in Carlisle, in a remote building, potentially with less resources, which supports only half of the class size as Penn State Law.
If you support maintaining a Law school presence in University Park regardless of the name, show your support by signing the petition.