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about="/american-law-institute-faculty-members" typeof="schema:WebPage" class="node node--type-page node--view-mode-full"> <span property="schema:name" content="American Law Institute Faculty Members" class="rdf-meta hidden"></span> <div class="node__content"> <div class="field field--name-field-sections field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden page__field-sections field__items"> <div class="field-item--paragraph--type-text-with-image field-item--paragraph field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-with-image paragraph--view-mode--default text-with-image--align-full"> <h2 class="field field--name-field-headline field--type-string field--label-hidden text-with-image__field-headline paragraph-title">American Law Institute Members</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden text-with-image__field-text field__item"><p>The American Law Institute (ALI) is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law.</p> <p>The highly selective group of elected members consists of eminent judges, lawyers and law professors from all areas of the United States and from many foreign countries. Members are selected on the basis of professional achievement and demonstrated interest in improving the law.</p> <p>Penn State Dickinson Law faculty who have been elected to this prestigious group include:</p> <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 1200px;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 300px;" valign="top"><img alt="Danielle M. Conway" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ce855426-30d9-47a7-a18c-71d04168d05e" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Conway-Danielle-150x215.jpg" class="align-center" /> <p class="text-align-center"><a href="/danielle-m-conway">Danielle M. 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Terry</a></p> </td> <td bgcolor="white" style="width: 300px;" valign="top"><img alt="Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="06305603-f01f-4f1f-b86e-3b7c4441137e" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Wadhia-Shoba-150x215.jpg" class="align-center" /> <p class="text-align-center"><a href="/shoba-sivaprasad-wadhia">Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia</a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Visit the <a href="https://www.ali.org/">American Law Institute website</a> for more information or to view a complete list of ALI members.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </main> <footer class="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="region region-footer-one"> <span class="copyright">© 2025</span> <div id="block-footerinfo" class="block block-block-content block-block-content266a507d-b0f6-459e-9056-8a331cf5d4fa"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden __body field__item"><p>The Pennsylvania State University | <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dickinson+Law+-+Penn+State/@40.1997272,-77.2020853,17.04z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c91e299f08e887:0xabcb4134c6534690!8m2!3d40.1996213!4d-77.1975794">150 South College St., Carlisle, PA 17013</a>聽</p> </div> </div> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-dlaw-footer-menu" id="block-dlaw-footer" class="block block-menu navigation menu--footer"> <h2 class="visually-hidden" id="block-dlaw-footer-menu">Footer menu</h2> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.psu.edu/legal-statements" target="_blank">Privacy & Legal Statements</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.psu.edu/accessibilitystatement" target="_blank">Accessibility</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/clery-act" target="_self" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/79">Clery Act</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="/department-directory" target="_self" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/111">Department Directory</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> <div class="region region-footer-two"> <div id="block-footerinfopfe" class="block block-block-content block-block-content790183c6-cb89-41ef-b2f7-9026c8ade5ce"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden __body field__item"><p>P: <a href="tel:+1-717-240-5000"> 717-240-5000 </a> | F: 717-240-5213聽| E: <a href="mailto:dickinsonlaw@psu.edu"> dickinsonlaw@psu.edu</a>聽| <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RY30fNs9iUOpwcEVUm61LklbNxRPIc1HhLpSkw5kJA5UN0VRRTZBRDJLT0ZMQ0JORzlFU1lFNUJMMC4u" target="_blank">Feedback</a></p> </div> </div> <nav role="navigation" aria-labelledby="block-socialmedia-menu" id="block-socialmedia" class="block block-menu navigation menu--social-media"> <h2 class="visually-hidden" id="block-socialmedia-menu">Social media</h2> <ul class="menu"> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DickinsonLaw.PracticeGreatness/" target="_self" class="facebook">Facebook</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://twitter.com/DickinsonLaw" target="_self" class="twitter">Twitter</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/school/dickinson-law/" target="_self" class="linkedin">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li class="menu-item"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dickinsonlaw/" target="_self" class="instagram">Instagram</a> </li> </ul> </nav> <div id="block-pennstateprimarymark" class="block block-block-content block-block-contente9424f2e-c0e8-4d34-bb62-452451a404d7"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden __body field__item"><p><a href="https://www.psu.edu"><img alt="Penn State Primary Mark" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b95bf853-79c9-46ca-8f07-268a4759f7fb" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/PS_HOR_RGB_2C-S.png" class="align-left" /> </a></p> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <script type="application/json" data-drupal-selector="drupal-settings-json">{"path":{"baseUrl":"\/","scriptPath":null,"pathPrefix":"","currentPath":"node\/1455","currentPathIsAdmin":false,"isFront":false,"currentLanguage":"en"},"pluralDelimiter":"\u0003","suppressDeprecationErrors":true,"google_analytics":{"account":"UA-51890003-1","trackOutbound":true,"trackMailto":true,"trackTel":true,"trackDownload":true,"trackDownloadExtensions":"7z|aac|arc|arj|asf|asx|avi|bin|csv|doc(x|m)?|dot(x|m)?|exe|flv|gif|gz|gzip|hqx|jar|jpe?g|js|mp(2|3|4|e?g)|mov(ie)?|msi|msp|pdf|phps|png|ppt(x|m)?|pot(x|m)?|pps(x|m)?|ppam|sld(x|m)?|thmx|qtm?|ra(m|r)?|sea|sit|tar|tgz|torrent|txt|wav|wma|wmv|wpd|xls(x|m|b)?|xlt(x|m)|xlam|xml|z|zip","trackDomainMode":1},"user":{"uid":0,"permissionsHash":"80988e97fbf5b5403e6222f3a23967ce900e68bda41ead0d6e877f2c7ef2199d"}}</script> <script src="/sites/default/files/js/js_kJ7mw5QXHsLq8Gf1-42vcwWGG6UdcUDLihkyLOWci6E.js"></script> </body> </html>

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