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Danielle Monique Conway (born April 26, 1968) is an American lawyer and academic. She has served as the Dean of Penn State Dickinson Law since 2019 and is an expert in government procurement law and intellectual property law. Her scholarship is focused on advancing the public interest through insights into technology and innovation and their impact on modern society. She is an advocate of "social entrepreneurism," 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, she served as the Dean of 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 at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she served as Director of the Hawaiʻi Procurement Institute. 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.

Background

Born in Pennsylvania, Conway is an African-American. She graduated with a B.S. in International Business and Finance from New York University in New York City in 1989, later earning a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C., in 1992 and a Dual LLM from George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., in 1996, in Government Procurement Law and Environmental Law.

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
• Licensing Intellectual Property: Theory and Application
• Intellectual Property, Entrepreneurship and Social Justice: From Swords to Ploughshares

References

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3. ^ Hubbell, Martindale (December 2007). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Florida, Georgia, Hawaii (Volume 4 - 2008). Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 978-1-56160-773-0.
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5. ^ Danielle M. Conway - Info
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8. ^ Sloan, Karen (16 January 2015). "Maine Law Finds Its Next Dean in Hawaii". The National Law Journal. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
9. ^ Hench, David (16 January 2015). "New University of Maine School of Law Dean "Fearless in Tacking the Issues"". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
10. Donnelly, Christine (25 April 2014). "Law Professor Sees Ways Government Can Improve Procurement Policies". Hawaii Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
11. Eagle, Nathan (1 April 2014). "Making Waves: Danielle Conway-Not One of the Good Ole Boyes". Civil Beat. Archived from the original on 23 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
12. Dylan, Martin (16 January 2015). "University of Maine Law School Names New Dean". Mainebiz. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
13. McCarthy, James (20 April 2015). "Maine Law's New Dean Comes into a University System Undergoing Change". Mainebiz. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
14. Conway, Danielle M. (17 May 2022). "A Black Woman Law Dean Speaks About The Precarity of Leadership". SW L. Rev. 51: 240. SSRN 4112649.
15. Institute, The American Law. "Members". American Law Institute. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
16. "Danielle Conway Named Dean of University of Maine School of Law". University of Maine School of Law. Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
17. Conway, Danielle (1 January 2014). Intellectual Property, Software, and Information Licensing: Law and Practice (1 ed.). Bloomberg BNA. p. 584. ISBN 978-1-61746-492-8. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
18. Mtima, Lateef (27 February 2015). Intellectual Property, Entrepreneurship and Social Justice: From Swords to Ploughshares (1 ed.). Elgar Law. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-78347-024-2. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

• 1968 births
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• 20th-century African-American academics
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• 20th-century African-American women
• 21st-century African-American women
• 20th-century American women academics
• American women lawyers
• 21st-century African-American lawyers
• 21st-century American lawyers
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• Deans of law schools in Pennsylvania
• African-American women academics
• Female United States Army officers
• Howard University School of Law alumni
• New York University alumni
• Maine National Guard personnel
• United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps
• University of Maine School of Law faculty
• William S. Richardson School of Law faculty
• Women deans (academic)
• American women legal scholars
• American legal scholars
• Dickinson School of Law faculty