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Meeting rescued farm animals recently at Lancaster Farm Sanctuary prompted Widener University Commonwealth Law School students to consider how the law treats animals and how their own experiences shape the questions they ask.The Oct. 3 visit brought together students in the animal law seminar…
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Johana Audelo-Riano worked at a Harrisburg law firm by day and went to law school at night. The job helped her pay bills, but it also gave her something she needed as a first-generation law student: attorneys who had been through it and could offer advice.Now a second-year student and entertainment…
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For the Widener University Commonwealth Law School graduates gathered in Harrisburg in mid-October, giving back meant helping someone else get to the career they had worked so hard to build.That connection ran through the law school’s inaugural alumni appreciation luncheon at the Hilton Harrisburg,…
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The U.S. Supreme Court’s history, constitutional responsibilities and relationship with the public took center stage Oct. 6 as legal scholar Stephen I. Vladeck addressed about 250 people at the John Gedid Lecture at Widener University Commonwealth Law School.Students, attorneys and other guests…
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When Owen Dougherty and Enzo Fetsko arrived at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, they found a community willing to help them through the unfamiliar demands of their first year. Now they’re extending that same welcome through a podcast episode filled with the advice and encouragement they…
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Law students can spend a whole day thinking about the next reading, assignment or exam. Brielle Kimmins wanted to give them a place where they could put all of that down for a little while.
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Kimmins, a second-year student and the Student Bar…
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