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Matthew V. Kerns has joined Widener University Commonwealth Law School as its new Associate Dean of Admissions. He was previously with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, where he served as the Assistant Dean of Admissions, Scholarships, and Enrollment Data.…

Widener Law Commonwealth students got a rare opportunity last week to get a close-up look at the military justice system. The moot court classroom was the setting Thursday for a real-life U.S. Army appellate court hearing. A three-judge panel for the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals held oral…

It’s no secret that Widener University Commonwealth Law School prepares its students for future leadership roles in public service. After all, Widener graduates have landed jobs in every branch of state government. But did you know that more than 10 percent of Pennsylvania’s top county prosecutors…

David J. Arnold, Jr., 48, won a decisive victory in a special election on January 14 for the Pennsylvania state Senate seat vacated by a member who resigned last September after being charged in a criminal case. The four-term district attorney for Lebanon County, was declared the winner for…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School made a splash last month in Madrid at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25), where some 200 nations met to address next steps in addressing climate change. John Dernbach, Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability…

Talk about legal scholarship on the cutting edge of current events! Widener University Commonwealth Law School professor Michael R. Dimino is a co-author of "The Mueller Investigation and Beyond," published last fall by the Carolina Academic Press. The book was conceived before the much-anticipated…

A Widener Commonwealth University Law School graduate will soon become the newest judge on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Drew Crompton ’93 was nominated in November by Gov. Wolf to fill a vacant seat and was subsequently confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate. He will be sworn in this month…

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…

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…

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,…