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# Alice Beck Dubow

Superior Court of Pennsylvania · Superior Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- State: Pennsylvania
- Role: Superior Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### recording photography evidence presentation

Scope: statewide

For Pennsylvania Common Pleas proceedings, statewide Pa.R.J.A. 1910 prohibits courtroom broadcasting, recording, and photography unless an exception or judicial authorization applies; the rule also recognizes judge-authorized electronic or photographic means for evidence presentation.

Evidence excerpt: the use of electronic or photographic means for the presentation of evidence

[201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/superior-court/superior-court-judges/judge-alice-beck-dubow)
- [Official roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/superior-court/superior-court-judges/judge-alice-beck-dubow)
- [Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania official judicial roster](https://www.pacourts.us/courts/superior-court/superior-court-judges/judge-alice-beck-dubow)
- [201 Pa. Code Chapter 19, Rule 1910, Broadcasting, Recording and Photography in the Courtroom](https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?d=&file=%2Fsecure%2Fpacode%2Fdata%2F201%2Fchapter19%2Fchap19toc.html)
- [Wikidata: Alice Beck Dubow](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140286129)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Alice Beck Dubow has held the role of a judge on the Pennsylvania Superior Court since January 4, 2016, after being elected in 2015 and sworn in at the start of 2016.
- She also held the role of Deputy General Counsel at Drexel University and Divisional Deputy City Solicitor for Philadelphia

### Education

- Undergraduate degree cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981 and her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1984.

### Additional information

- During her tenure on the Superior Court, Judge Dubow has participated in significant cases, including environmental rulings, such as a 2024 decision allowing plaintiffs to sue US Steel for air pollution.
- Active in community service and nonprofit work.
- Began her legal career clerking for the Honorable Edward G. Biester and subsequently worked in private practice at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen and Fineman and Bach.
- Prior to her Superior Court service, she spent eight years as a judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, presiding over jury and non-jury criminal, civil, and juvenile cases
- She has also contributed to judicial reform and education, serving as Chair of the Juvenile Procedural Rules Committee, Vice Chair of the Continuing Judicial Education Board, and as a member of the Judicial Conduct Board and the American Law Institute
- She has received awards such as the Brandeis Society’s “Justice, Justice, You Shall Pursue” Award and the Howard Lesnick Pro Bono Award from Penn Law