Why simply uphold the law when you can form, influence, and define new, wide-reaching legislation? Widener Law Commonwealth’s Law and Government Institute prepares the next generation of lawyers and helps you launch your career before you’ve finished your degree. The Law and Government Institute focuses on an important area of legal practice that offers an array of career opportunities: the complex intersection of legislation, regulation, policy, and the law.

The Environmental Law and Sustainability Center explores the ways that the law can be used to address challenges including climate change, environmental rights, public health, biodiversity, and the protection of the land, air, and water for future generations. Our location in the state capital makes it an influential place for the development and implementation of environmental laws and policies. 

Roughly one-half of U.S. workers are employed by business enterprises that have fewer than 500 employees. About one-fifth of U.S workers work for companies with fewer than 20 employees. The Business Advising Program equips students to advise these small and midsize businesses that drive the U.S. economy as well as entrepreneurs starting business enterprises.

The Center for Equity and Justice (CEJ) is dedicated to promoting social justice and creating equal opportunities for marginalized communities in the legal profession and beyond. Our initiatives foster a new generation of lawyers committed to dismantling systemic barriers and promoting equity across various sectors of society.