The panel, consisting of stakeholders from both schools, is expected to deliver draft recommendations by April 30.
This year featured everything from a football trip to Alabama to the full return of THON.
Over 40 Penn State Law faculty members signed a letter encouraging the university to keep the two law schools in separate locations.
"Bendapudi is expected to keep the momentum going, drawing on her experience in Louisville, where she presided over rising recruitment, enrollment, diversity, and graduation rates."
Penn State previously had a one-school, dual-campus law school from 2006 until 2014
Penn State leads the Big Ten and ranks sixth-best among all public universities in the U.S., according to the rankings.