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Salamasina “Sala” Fitisemanu once needed help seeing law school as a possibility. This fall, she helped welcome 45 prospective students who are considering that same path. A second-year student at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, Fitisemanu helped organize the Pathway Program’s…

Paige Weaver and Lauren Weaver share a last name, the top two spots in their law school class, and a friendship that has changed what success means to them.Paige Weaver and Lauren Weaver are close enough in the class standings that either could finish as valedictorian. Ask Paige who she hopes gets…

Meeting rescued farm animals recently at Lancaster Farm Sanctuary prompted Widener University Commonwealth Law School students to consider how the law treats animals and how their own experiences shape the questions they ask.The Oct. 3 visit brought together students in the animal law seminar…

Johana Audelo-Riano worked at a Harrisburg law firm by day and went to law school at night. The job helped her pay bills, but it also gave her something she needed as a first-generation law student: attorneys who had been through it and could offer advice.Now a second-year student and entertainment…

For the Widener University Commonwealth Law School graduates gathered in Harrisburg in mid-October, giving back meant helping someone else get to the career they had worked so hard to build.That connection ran through the law school’s inaugural alumni appreciation luncheon at the Hilton Harrisburg,…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s history, constitutional responsibilities and relationship with the public took center stage Oct. 6 as legal scholar Stephen I. Vladeck addressed about 250 people at the John Gedid Lecture at Widener University Commonwealth Law School.Students, attorneys and other guests…

When Owen Dougherty and Enzo Fetsko arrived at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, they found a community willing to help them through the unfamiliar demands of their first year. Now they’re extending that same welcome through a podcast episode filled with the advice and encouragement they…

Law students can spend a whole day thinking about the next reading, assignment or exam. Brielle Kimmins wanted to give them a place where they could put all of that down for a little while. Image Kimmins, a second-year student and the Student Bar…

For first-year law students staring at weeks of class notes, case briefs and legal rules, creating an outline can feel like one more problem to solve. At a Widener Law Commonwealth Student Success Series program, five upperclassmen offered a reassuring message: There’s no single right way to do it…

For the first time in its history, Widener University Commonwealth Law School became the setting where 35 people completed their journeys to U.S. citizenship, raising their right hands inside the Douglas M. Wolfberg Courtroom and taking the Oath of Allegiance.The Sept. 18 naturalization ceremony…

Brooke Anderson, a third-year student at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, has been named the 2026-27 Reybitz Fellow, an opportunity that will help her build on her interest in business law through mentorship and practical experience.Anderson will receive a $1,250 stipend during both the…

A law student’s first case brief may be too long, miss the point or look nothing like the one that student writes a year later. That isn’t failure, a panel of third-year students told their first-year classmates. It’s part of learning how to think like a lawyer.The panel opened the Student Success…