Pennsylvania State University School of Law
http://law.psu.edu/
History
Founded in 1834 by Judge John Reed, The Dickinson School of Law is the oldest law school in Pennsylvania and the fifth oldest in the nation. In 2000, the Law School merged with Penn State, one of the country’s premier research universities, and now offers courses at Penn State's University Park campus and its traditional home in Carlisle.
Throughout its history, the Law School has trained distinguished graduates who have gone on to become leaders of the bar, of the judiciary, of government, and of business. These alumni include the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Tom Ridge '72), five governors, three U.S. senators, and more than 100 federal, state and county judges and countless prominent lawyers and civic leaders.
One of the first Native Americans to attend The Dickinson School of Law graduated in 1909. Our first African-American student enrolled in 1911.
Minnesota’s Civil War Governor and four governors of Pennsylvania were our graduates.
The first U.S. Senator from Oregon was a graduate of The Dickinson School of Law. He
went on to become Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.
The Penn State Law Review, formerly The Dickinson Law Review, has been continually
published since 1897 and is one of the oldest law reviews in the country.