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When you combine talent, integrity, and an extraordinary work ethic, you get Peggy Morningstar ’12. Add dedication to bettering the community and it is easy to see why Morningstar has been selected as the recipient of the Widener Law Commonwealth’s 2020 Excellence in Public Service Award, which…

A new partnership with Westminster College will allow high-achieving students the opportunity to complete their undergraduate and law degree in six years. The “3+3” agreement allows Westminster College students to earn the final 30 credits of their bachelor’s degree at Widener Law Commonwealth,…

This project is based on a simple but powerful premise: Sustainable development would make the United States more livable, healthy, secure, and prosperous. Policies that promote sustainability would help grow our economy, create jobs, improve quality of life in our communities, make us healthier,…

The online publication preLaw has put Widener University Commonwealth Law School in the top spot for job placement among those schools that do not attract the top 1% of students. The magazine said the fact that top ranked law schools consistently show high job placement numbers proves only that…

Jill Family, Commonwealth Professor of Law and Government and Director of the Law and Government Institute, is Vice-Chair of the ABA’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice for 2020-21. She will become Chair in 2022. An active participant in the organization since 2009, in Family’s…

Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development and Professor of Law Juliet M. Moringiello has been appointed as Vice Chair of the American Law Institute (ALI) and Uniform Law Commission’s (ULC) Joint Study Committee on the Uniform Commercial Code and Emerging Technologies. As Vice Chair,…

Seven Widener Law Commonwealth Alumni have been selected by the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) as members of the 2020-21 Bar Leadership Institute (BLI) class. The announcement was made by the association’s president, David E. Schwager on Thursday, June 11. The BLI serves as platform…

Dear Widener Law Commonwealth Community:Like commonwealths of old, the Widener Law Commonwealth community is composed of people of good faith who have come together for the good of society. As a community of students, faculty and staff, we condemn absolutely and without hesitation racism and…

Being named Teacher of the Year in May was particularly meaningful for Professor Robyn L. Meadows. After the breakout of a global pandemic, a government-mandated shutdown, and the mid-semester transition from classroom to online learning, Meadows said this year’s student-awarded recognition, her…

After a five-year term, Widener University Commonwealth Law School Dean Christian A. Johnson will step down from his role as dean on July 1 to return to full-time teaching. Johnson came to the law school from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2015.…

The Widener University Commonwealth Law School Class of 2020 is extraordinary, according to law school dean Christian A. Johnson. In videotaped remarks played at this year’s law school celebration of graduates on Sunday, Johnson congratulated the graduates on their “extraordinary achievements, on…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School is moving toward re-opening in the fall, according to Dean Christian A. Johnson. Last week, the law school made a series of recommendations about the school’s future, which include no summer classes or events on campus. Johnson emphasized that any move to…