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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…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School was the scene last month of a counterterrorism simulation conducted by international security expert and former Israel Defense Forces attorney Amos N. Guiora. Guiora is a Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, University…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

On October 17, the Council of the American Law Institute elected Professor Michael R. Dimino to its membership. The ALI is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly works to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. The prestigious organization limits…

Widener Law Commonwealth students Michael Morrison and Deanna Wagner were the first two recipients of grants from the Business Advising Program’s Student Professional Development Fund, which was established to enable students to attend professional conferences. Michael, a third-year student, and…

Staff and faculty from across Widener University paused this week to remember Tony Santoro, a former law dean whose vision shaped Widener’s unique dual structure of legal education. Santoro, 77, died Monday, September 9 after a brief illness. “Tony Santoro had a profound impact on legal education,”…

When Dean Christian Johnson started working for a large corporate law firm in Chicago, he immediately realized that he had been woefully unprepared for the work by his law school. The large finance documents didn’t resemble anything that he had studied in school, forcing him to play catch up for…

Widener Law Commonwealth is proud to announce the recipients of the 2019 Alumni Association Outstanding Service Award. This year’s recipients are Alaina C. Koltash (née Schroeder) ’10 and Jeremy S. Montgomery ’07. This annual award recognizes and honors members of the alumni body who have…