Final Plans Approved for Dickinson School of Law Building in Carlisle
University Park , Pa. (Friday, November 2, 2007) — Final plans for renovations and additions to Trickett Hall at Penn State's Dickinson School of Law Carlisle campus received approval from Penn State's Board of Trustees Friday, November 2.
An advanced audiovisual telecommunications network will connect the building with the law school's new facility at University Park, enabling students and faculty at either location to access on a real-time, interactive basis classes or programs at either location.
“In this way, the law school will operate as a single enterprise, with a single identity, reputation, and stature,” said Gary C. Schultz, senior vice president for finance and business/treasurer of the University.
The 89-year-old Trickett Hall and the 1985 addition will be retained, according to plans designed by Polshek Partnership Architects and Hargreaves Associates, both of New York City, and Harrisburg's Office of Planning and Architecture. Older additions will be demolished. The plan provides an opportunity to add a new structure, Lewis Katz Hall, to connect Trickett Hall and the 1985 addition.
Trickett Hall will be renovated to house the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Law Library, while the 1985 addition will be renovated to house offices. The new Lewis Katz Hall, which will be topped with a green roof, will contain classrooms, a courtroom and auditorium.
Groundbreaking is scheduled for January 23, 2008. Groundbreaking for the new Lewis Katz Building at University Park occurred in January 2007.
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 Aerial View |
 South Street Entrance — Lewis Katz Hall |
 View of Exterior Courtyard from Inside the Commons |
