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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…

Long-time adjunct professor Vincent C. DeLiberato Jr., will be honored with Widener Law Commonwealth’s prestigious Zealous Advocate Award during the upcoming alumni awards reception at the Colonial Country Club in Harrisburg on Friday, September 27 at 5:30 p.m. The award is given to an individual…

Since March 2019 five courts, including the highest courts of Iowa, Oklahoma, and West Virginia, have cited the work of four Widener Law Commonwealth faculty members: Professors James Diehm, Michael Dimino, Juliet Moringiello, and Christopher Robinette. Two opinions addressed criminal procedure…

The 76 graduates who received degrees in the Widener Law Commonwealth commencement ceremony on May 19 were advised to use their skills and experiences to improve the world.  Alumna and former Pennsylvania Bar Association President Sharon López, who was given an…

Widener Law Commonwealth Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development Juliet Moringiello has been appointed by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) to the joint ULC/American Law Institute Study Commission on the Uniform Commercial Code and Emerging Technologies. The committee will consider the…

In 2015, the leaders at the Paris climate talks issued a challenge to 200 countries to drastically reduce their production of greenhouse gases by 2050. Since then, Prof. John Dernbach, director of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, has been assembling a “playbook” for enabling the…