Dual-campus System
An independent law school since its creation in 1834, the Dickinson School of Law completed a merger with the Pennsylvania State University in 2000. By 2005, a dispute over whether to move the Dickinson School of Law to Penn State's University Park campus in State College, Pennsylvania led to a dual-campus proposal. Under this proposal, Penn State has invested over $130 million in a law school that operates out of both locations. The proposal was approved by the law school's board of trustees before the 2005-2006 academic year.
The law school has now fully merged with Penn State, and has been integrated into the University's system. Starting in the fall of 2006, the law school began offering classes at its University Park location. Ground was broken for the Lewis Katz Building on January 18, 2007. The building opened for classes in January 2009.
In January 2010, students in the Carlisle location began attending classes in the new Lewis Katz Hall and the renovated Trickett Hall. The new facilities are the designs of Polshek Partnership Architects.
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