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Donald A. Brown, scholar in residence at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, recently became the first American to be awarded the prestigious Avicenna Prize for excellence in climate change ethics by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The prize…
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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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Commonwealth Professor of Law and Government Professor Jill Family contributes to law reform efforts in her area of expertise, immigration law. Over the past few years there have been many changes to the way the executive branch implements immigration law. These changes to immigration law policy…
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