# Danielle Conway > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Danielle_Conway > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Danielle_Conway.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Conway > Source revision: 1353349919 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American legal scholar (born 1968)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Danielle Conway | office = Dean of [Penn State Dickinson Law](/source/Penn_State_Dickinson_Law) | term_start = 2019 | birth_name = Danielle Monique Conway[https://books.google.com/books?id=uLHPZeuNdkYC&pg=PA333 JAGC Personnel and Activity Directory and Personnel Policies (2009)]{{Cite web |url=https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/women-to-watch-danielle-m-conway-university-of-maine-school-of-law |title=Women to Watch: Danielle M. Conway, University of Maine School of Law | Mainebiz.biz |access-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114205409/https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/women-to-watch-danielle-m-conway-university-of-maine-school-of-law |archive-date=14 November 2019 |url-status=live }} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|04|26|df=y}}{{cite book |last=Hubbell |first=Martindale |date=December 2007 |title=Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Florida, Georgia, Hawaii (Volume 4 - 2008) |publisher=[Martindale-Hubbell](/source/Martindale-Hubbell) |isbn=978-1-56160-773-0 }} | birth_place = [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S. | spouse = Emmanuel Quainoo{{Cite web |url=https://bangordailynews.com/2015/01/16/news/portland/professor-in-hawaii-named-new-dean-at-umaine-law-school-beginning-july-1/ |title=Professor in Hawaii named new dean at UMaine Law School beginning July 1 |date=16 January 2015 |access-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114205840/https://bangordailynews.com/2015/01/16/news/portland/professor-in-hawaii-named-new-dean-at-umaine-law-school-beginning-july-1/ |archive-date=14 November 2019 |url-status=live }} | rank = [Lieutenant Colonel](/source/Lieutenant_Colonel_(United_States)) | unit = [Judge Advocate General Corps](/source/United_States_Army_Judge_Advocate_General's_Corps) | branch = [Maine Army National Guard](/source/Maine_Army_National_Guard)
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[George Washington University](/source/George_Washington_University_Law_School) ([LLM](/source/LL.M.)) }} '''Danielle Monique Conway''' (born April 26, 1968) is an American lawyer and academic. She has served as the Dean of [Penn State Dickinson Law](/source/Penn_State_Dickinson_Law) since 2019 and is an expert in government procurement law and intellectual property law.{{cite news| author= |title=Danielle Conway Named Dean of Dickinson Law|url=https://www.ali.org/news/articles/danielle-conway-named-dean-dickinson-law/|agency=The American Law Institute|date=20 February 2019|access-date=9 September 2022}}{{cite news|first1=Karen|last1=Sloan|title=Maine Law Finds Its Next Dean in Hawaii|url=http://www.nationallawjournal.com/id=1202715437022/Maine-Law-Finds-Its-Next-Dean-in-Hawaii?slreturn=20150324042549|access-date=24 April 2015|agency=The National Law Journal|date=16 January 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Hench|first1=David|title=New University of Maine School of Law Dean "Fearless in Tacking the Issues"|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2015/01/16/umaine-appoints-new-law-school-dean/|access-date=24 April 2015|agency=Portland Press Herald|date=16 January 2015}} ==Background== Born in [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), Conway is an African-American. She graduated with a B.S. in International Business and Finance from [New York University](/source/New_York_University) in New York City in 1989, later earning a [Juris Doctor](/source/Juris_Doctor), ''[cum laude](/source/cum_laude)'', from [Howard University School of Law](/source/Howard_University_School_of_Law) in Washington, D.C., in 1992 and a dual [LL.M.](/source/Master_of_Laws) from [George Washington University Law School](/source/George_Washington_University_Law_School) in Washington, D.C., in 1996, in Government Procurement Law and Environmental Law.{{cite web|title=Danielle Conway Named Dean of University of Maine School of Law |url=http://mainelaw.maine.edu/2015/01/16/danielle-conway/ |website=University of Maine School of Law |access-date=24 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316232928/http://mainelaw.maine.edu/2015/01/16/danielle-conway/ |archive-date=16 March 2015 }} == Career == Her scholarship is focused on advancing the public interest through insights into technology and innovation and their impact on modern society.{{cite news |last1=Donnelly |first1=Christine |date=25 April 2014 |title=Law Professor Sees Ways Government Can Improve Procurement Policies |url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/s |access-date=24 April 2015 |agency=Hawaii Star-Advertiser}} She is an advocate of "social entrepreneurism,"{{cite news |last1=Eagle |first1=Nathan |date=1 April 2014 |title=Making Waves: Danielle Conway-Not One of the Good Ole Boyes |url=http://www.aroundhawaii.com/community/features/2014-04-making-waves-danielle-conway---not-one-of-the-good-old-boys.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423074917/http://www.aroundhawaii.com/community/features/2014-04-making-waves-danielle-conway---not-one-of-the-good-old-boys.html |archive-date=23 April 2015 |access-date=24 April 2015 |agency=Civil Beat}} with an emphasis on empowering Indigenous Peoples and minority groups to effectively and creatively use business, innovation, and intellectual property rights and protections to build capacity within those communities. Prior to her appointment at [Penn State Dickinson Law](/source/Penn_State_Dickinson_Law), she served as the Dean of [University of Maine School of Law](/source/University_of_Maine_School_of_Law) She was also previously the Michael J. Marks Distinguished Professor of Business Law at the [William S. Richardson School of Law](/source/William_S._Richardson_School_of_Law) at [University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](/source/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi_at_M%C4%81noa), where she served as Director of the Hawai{{okina}}i Procurement Institute.{{cite news |last1=Dylan |first1=Martin |date=16 January 2015 |title=University of Maine Law School Names New Dean |url=http://www.mainebiz.biz/article/20150116/NEWS0101/150119969/umaine-law-school-names-new-dean |access-date=24 April 2015 |agency=Mainebiz}}{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=James |date=20 April 2015 |title=Maine Law's New Dean Comes into a University System Undergoing Change |url=http://www.mainebiz.biz/article/20150420/CURRENTEDITION/304169994/maine-law's-new-dean-comes-into-a-university-system-undergoing-change |access-date=24 April 2015 |agency=Mainebiz}} Conway retired from the U.S. Army in 2016 with the rank of lieutenant colonel after 27 years of combined active, reserve, and national guard service.{{Cite journal |last=Conway |first=Danielle M. |date=2022-05-17 |title=A Black Woman Law Dean Speaks About The Precarity of Leadership |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=4112649 |journal=SW L. Rev. |language=en |volume=51 |pages=240 |ssrn=4112649}}{{Cite web |last=Institute |first=The American Law |title=Members |url=https://www.ali.org/members/member/263892/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=American Law Institute |language=en}} ==Scholarship== Among other writings, Conway is the author and coauthor of several books: *''Survey of United States Government Contracts Law: Policy, Principles, and Practice'' *''State and Local Government Procurement'' *''Intellectual Property in Government Transactions'' *''Transnational Intellectual Property Law'' *''Intellectual Property, Software, and Information Licensing: Law and Practice''{{cite book|last1=Conway|first1=Danielle|title=Intellectual Property, Software, and Information Licensing: Law and Practice|date=1 January 2014|publisher=Bloomberg BNA|isbn=978-1-61746-492-8|pages=584|edition=1|url=http://www.bna.com/intellectual-property-software-p17179895408/|access-date=24 April 2015}} *''Licensing Intellectual Property: Theory and Application'' *''Intellectual Property, Entrepreneurship and Social Justice: From Swords to Ploughshares''{{cite book|last1=Mtima|first1=Lateef|title=Intellectual Property, Entrepreneurship and Social Justice: From Swords to Ploughshares|date=27 February 2015|publisher=Elgar Law|isbn=978-1-78347-024-2|pages=320|edition=1|url=http://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781783470242.xml|access-date=24 April 2015}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Danielle}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century African-American academics Category:20th-century American legal scholars Category:20th-century African-American women Category:21st-century African-American women Category:20th-century American women academics Category:American women lawyers Category:21st-century African-American lawyers Category:21st-century American lawyers Category:21st-century African-American academics Category:21st-century American legal scholars Category:21st-century American women academics Category:Deans of law schools in Pennsylvania Category:African-American women academics Category:Female United States Army officers Category:Howard University School of Law alumni Category:New York University alumni Category:Maine National Guard personnel Category:United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps Category:University of Maine School of Law faculty Category:William S. 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