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For the first time in the history of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Legislative Fellowship program, law students were allowed to participate. This summer, two of the six Fellows in the 13-week program were Widener Law Commonwealth students. Sarah Holloway and Dan Noon, both second-year…

This summer, Commonwealth Professor of Law and Government Jill E. Family, Director of the Law and Government Institute, presented on the topic of US immigration law in Spain. Professor Family spoke in Madrid and San Sebastian. In Madrid, she presented to the law faculties of Universidad Rey Juan…

  First-year law student Katie Paradise first found the love for international business and helping people when she was a volunteer in the Peace Corps after graduating from Temple University. Paradise spent two years in Senegal, West Africa helping local entrepreneurs grow their business and…

Wilson College in Chambersburg and Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg today signed an articulation agreement that guarantees qualified Wilson student admission to Widener’s law program and allows them to complete both degrees in six years rather than the usual minimum of seven…

Supriya Philips and John Harris have one common goal – to make sure that legal social justice is available to everybody.   This year the two third-year law students had the opportunity to participate in the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Summer Internship Program. The…