Seven Widener Law Commonwealth Alumni have been selected by the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) as members of the 2020-21 Bar Leadership Institute (BLI) class. The announcement was made by the association’s president, David E. Schwager on Thursday, June 11.
The BLI serves as platform…
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The Widener University Commonwealth Law School Class of 2020 is extraordinary, according to law school dean Christian A. Johnson.
In videotaped remarks played at this year’s law school celebration of graduates on Sunday, Johnson congratulated the graduates on their “extraordinary achievements, on…
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Widener Law Commonwealth welcomed an esteemed panel of lawyers and scholars to the campus last Friday to commemorate the centennial of the Harlem Renaissance, the theme for the 13th annual Dean’s Diversity Forum.
About 75 people were on hand to hear three panels cover a range of topics exploring…
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It was an all-Widener final in the mock trial competition last week at the 57th annual Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County Mock Trial Competition in Pittsburgh, with Widener Law Commonwealth prevailing in a matchup against Delaware Law.
The four-member Widener Law Commonwealth team was…
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Widener Law Commonwealth hosted alumnus Donald F. McGahn II ’94, former White House Counsel to President Donald J. Trump, who conducted the continuing legal education seminar “The Legal and Regulatory Landscape in the Era of Trump.”
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It’s no secret that Widener University Commonwealth Law School prepares its students for future leadership roles in public service. After all, Widener graduates have landed jobs in every branch of state government. But did you know that more than 10 percent of Pennsylvania’s top county prosecutors…
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David J. Arnold, Jr., 48, won a decisive victory in a special election on January 14 for the Pennsylvania state Senate seat vacated by a member who resigned last September after being charged in a criminal case.
The four-term district attorney for Lebanon County, was declared the winner for…
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A Widener Commonwealth University Law School graduate will soon become the newest judge on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
Drew Crompton ’93 was nominated in November by Gov. Wolf to fill a vacant seat and was subsequently confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate. He will be sworn in this month…
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Widener Commonwealth Law School students recently had the opportunity for the first time to help aspiring U.S. citizens and learn about the citizenship process as part of Catholic Charities’ Citizenship Day in Harrisburg.
The annual event brings together individuals preparing to apply for…
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Widener University Commonwealth Law School presented its Excellence in Public Service Award to Irene Bizzoso ’92 for three decades of outstanding public service work. The award was given at the law school's Evening at the Capitol event on Tuesday, November 12.
Bizzoso is the Prothonotary of the…
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Election Day 2019 was a good one for six Widener Law Commonwealth alumni who won or were retained to public office.
Judge P. Kevin Brobson ’95, retained for another 10-year term on the Commonwealth Court
Carrie E. Hyams ’05, elected to the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas
Heather Adams ’97,…
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The American Bankruptcy Institute named alumna Tara J. Schellhorn ’07 to its 2019 “40 Under 40” list of emerging leaders in insolvency practice. Tara was chosen for this honor from more than 350 insolvency professionals around the United States and several foreign countries who had been…
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