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Jessica L. Santiago, a May 2016 graduate, recently won an award for her article examining a legal question getting under people’s skin – whether or not tattoos should be subject to copyright law. Her article “Tattoos: Meaning of Tangible Medium in 21st Century” earned third place in the 2016…

Mark Smith, a second-year law student, admits that he is no Tom Cruise. During his time in the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP) he failed to get his witness to tell him he couldn’t handle the truth, like in the famous trial scene in “A Few Good Men.” But Smith added that the hands-on…

Twenty-five years ago, Judge Susan E. Schwab stood on the stage of the Forum in the Capitol Complex for the first time and gave her valedictorian speech to the inaugural graduating class of the Widener University Law School Harrisburg Campus. On Sunday, a quarter-century later, as the Magistrate…

Nearly 100 active duty soldiers, veterans and lawyers gathered at Widener Law Commonwealth to discuss critical military law issues affecting soldiers and veterans. Panel participants included high-ranking military leaders, renowned military law experts and administrators of organizations offering…

Passion. Dedication. Perseverance. These are the values the Honorable Patrick J. Murphy used to describe today’s soldiers and veterans at the Military Law Symposium held at the Commonwealth Law School. “If you want to look at something good in America, look at the American soldier,” said Murphy,…

More than 85 runners recently took to the pavement for the inaugural Speedy Trial 5k held on the Widener Law Commonwealth campus.  The event was organized by the Phi Alpha Delta – Pepper Chapter, a law fraternity. The beneficiary of the race proceeds was MidPenn Legal Services and the…

Widener Law Commonwealth’s first-time bar test takers recently earned a 100 percent bar passage rate on the bar exam that was given in February. The law school was the only Pennsylvania law school to achieve this success rate among first-time test takers. "We are very excited about the…

Image  “Is all law technology law?” This was a question recently posed by Professor Joshua Fairfield, a speaker at the John Gedid Lecture Series at Widener Law Commonwealth. Professor Fairfield, of Washington and Lee University School of Law…

Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, ‘02 gave a keynote address titled The State of Pennsylvania’s Government at Widener Law Commonwealth last week. The Auditor General spoke about the good aspects of Pennsylvania government, but also about the improvements that could be made to make processes more…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School announced today that alumna and Magistrate Judge Susan E. Schwab of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania will serve as speaker for the school’s 25th commencement. Judge Schwab will address approximately 50 graduates at…

By John C. Dernbach Distinguished Professor of Law Sustainable development is the internationally and nationally recognized framework for reconciling environmental protection with economic and social development. Most of us tend to think that we have to choose between development and environment—as…

The Honorable Patrick Murphy, 1999 alumnus of Widener Law Commonwealth, was sworn in as the 32nd Under Secretary of the U.S. Army. The position is the second-highest ranking civilian leadership position. In his comments at the ceremony, Murphy thanked his family, especially his parents, for…