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98 candidates for graduation took part in Widener Law Commonwealth’s commencement on Sunday at the Scottish Rite Theatre and Ballroom in Harrisburg, marking the first such ceremony to be held in an indoor capacity since 2019. Widener Law Commonwealth Dean Michael Hussey addressed graduates and…

Widener Law Commonwealth is pleased to announce The Honorable Royce Morris, judge on the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, will be serving a second two-year term as Jurist in Residence at the law school. Judge Morris, who has served as a judge since 2018, will continue to provide lectures and…

It’s with sadness and deepest sympathy that we share the passing of retired Widener Law Commonwealth Professor Alan Adlestein on Monday, March 7 in Naples, Florida. Adlestein joined the faculty of Widener Law Commonwealth after a distinguished career working for the U.S. Department of Justice, the…

Professor Jill Family is the most recent faculty member at Widener Law Commonwealth to be elected to the American Law Institute, a private, nonprofit national organization which produces scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law to promote the better administration of…

Adrianne McClendon, a fourth-year law student at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, has been awarded the Patrick J. Murphy Law and Government Fellowship. This fellowship, established in 2017 by former PA Congressman Patrick J. Murphy, a 1999 alum of Widener Law Commonwealth, provides the…

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law Juliet Moringiello has been awarded the W. Edward Sell Business Lawyer Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association. The award is named after the late W. Edward Sell, who was instrumental in the enactment of business corporation law in…

A partnership with Widener Law Commonwealth and Westminster College was officially signed today, providing Westminster College students the opportunity to complete their undergraduate and law degrees in six years’ time. In 2020, both institutions agreed to the 3+3 program, which allows…

Assistant Clinical Professor Mary Catherine Scott, who also serves as director of the Central Pennsylvania Law Clinic, has been selected as a 2021 Legal Excellence Award recipient by the Central Penn Business Journal in the Civil Legal Services category. “I am very fortunate to be a part of the…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School is pleased to be included in a select group of law schools nationwide in electing Black editors-in-chief of their law reviews since 1926, according to extensive research compiled by Wake Forest University. The research, conducted by Wake Forest University…

Janis Jeffreys, who is graduating in December of 2021, has accepted a full-time position working as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable David R. Workman at the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas. Her clerkship begins at the end of August and will be for a 1-year term with an option for a…

Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability John Dernbach has been elected as a new member of the American Law Institute (ALI). The ALI, founded in 1923, is comprised of practicing lawyers, academics, and esteemed judges. It is one of the most influential independent…

Widener University has named long-time professor and current interim dean Michael J. Hussey as the next dean of its Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg. Hussey, whose legal background is in taxation and business organizations, has been a member of the faculty since 2004. He has served as interim…