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The 11th annual John Gedid Lecture, delivered by Professor Sophia Z. Lee, provided insight around the relatively new area of administrative constitutionalism. Lee is Professor of Law and History and Deputy Dean at the University of Pennsylvania.
Lee is a legal historian whose scholarship joins…
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Commonwealth Professor of Business Law Juliet Moringiello has been appointed as the 2017 Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute (SBLI) Visiting Distinguished Professor at Georgia State University College of Law.
In her role, Professor Moringiello, a prominent legal scholar on bankruptcy, will…
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The annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Transactional LawMeet competition provides law students with real-life transactional experience.
Recently, the Widener Law Commonwealth Transaction team had the opportunity to put their legal skills to work at the Regional Transactional LawMeet competition in…
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For the first time, Widener Law Commonwealth has been ranked among the top law schools by U.S. News & World Report in the “Best Graduate Schools 2018” guidebook in the law school category.
“Being included as a ranked law school by U.S. News and World Report enforces all of the positive things…
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The goal of the Right to Know law is to hold government agencies accountable.
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge P. Kevin Brobson stressed this idea in his first lecture as the Jurist in Residence at Widener Law Commonwealth.
The lecture, A Reasonable Expectation of Transparency—Where the…
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Widener Law Commonwealth alumnus James Schultz has been announced by the Trump administration as associate White House counsel and special assistant to the President.
Schultz, a 1998 graduate, is the second Widener Law Commonwealth alum to be appointed to a White House counsel position under the…
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Bryan Earl, a supervisory special agent and assistant general counsel, Operational Technology Law Unit at the Federal Bureau of Investigation presented, “Lawyers and Cybersecurity – Navigating the Thicket of 21stCentury Technologies, Law, Government Agencies and Public/Private Sector Partnerships”…
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Law school is a marathon and not a sprint.
That is why Widener Law Commonwealth faculty works continuously with faculty to develop programs that support bar exam preparations for students from the first day they walk into classes at Widener Law Commonwealth.
Recently, Widener Law…
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For faculty and staff ringing in the holiday season by collecting for the Salvation Army is a tradition at Widener Law Commonwealth.
Since 2007 the faculty and staff have been ringing the bells at the red kettle for the Salvation Army Harrisburg Capital Region to support families in need. Giving…
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Widener Law Commonwealth graduates have a history of making an impact on a national level.
Donald F. McGahn II, a 1994 alum, is the most recent to take on a national, high-ranking role in his career.
The law school alum was recently appointed by president-elect Donald Trump to serve as White House…
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Widener Law Commonwealth has been recognized by National Jurist magazine as one of the “Best Law Schools for Bar Exam Preparation.”
The list, which included 40 schools, only included four law schools from Pennsylvania.
In July, graduates who were first-time test takers earned an overall average…
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Capt. Shane Mahaffee gave the ultimate sacrifice to his country, but his memory will forever live on.
On Veterans Day, the 1994 alum was honored at Widener Law Commonwealth when the Shane R. M. Mahaffee Scholarship for Excellence was dedicated in his name. Mahaffee was died as a result of injuries…
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