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Widener University Commonwealth Law is thrilled to announce that Professor Jill E. Family has been appointed as the Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development. This appointment promises to amplify the law school's commitment to academic excellence and innovation."Our faculty has a proud…

Widener University Commonwealth Law 2003 graduate Tara Eberly has been honored with the 2024 Maryland Association for Justice’s Trial Lawyer of the Year Award which according to their website “is given to a lawyer or team of lawyers who made the greatest contribution to the public interest by…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School’s Associate Professor of Law, Michal Buchhandler-Raphael, delivered a presentation on June 6 at the Health Law Professors Conference, hosted by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics at Temple University Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia.…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School welcomed andré douglas pond cummings as its new dean June 1. He came to Harrisburg from University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s William H. Bowen School of Law, where he was associate dean for faculty development and the Charles C. Baum distinguished…

Celebrating commencement surrounded by family and friends makes for some of life’s best memories. For 2024 graduate Gabrielle Spisak, her brother’s presence was a highlight of the experience. Joshua Zepp, a senior chief in the U.S. Navy, was able to secure an unexpected three-day leave from his…

Among the 97 Widener University Commonwealth Law School students graduating this week, four black paws will also strut the commencement stage as leader dog Wings accompanies his human, Zachary Penzone, to receive his law degree. Penzone found that at Widener Law Commonwealth, his passion for…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School and Wilkes University have signed an agreement that provides Wilkes University students an opportunity to earn both an undergraduate degree and a law degree in six years, saving them time and tuition expenses. Known as a 3+3 program, Wilkes undergraduate…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School students are making a big difference to local heroes as they provide pro-bono estate planning services through the Pennsylvania Wills for Heroes program. Run and organized by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, and sponsored by the law…

Widener University is pleased to announce the appointment of andré douglas pond cummings, an accomplished leader, scholar, and award-winning professor, as Commonwealth Law School’s new dean. cummings will begin his role June 1, 2024, after serving as associate dean for faculty development, and as…

Widener Law Commonwealth alumna Arlene Marshall-Hockensmith ’06 received the law school’s Excellence in Public Service Award during the 2023 Evening at the Capitol ceremony held on November 14, 2023, in the Main Rotunda of the Pennsylvania State Capitol. Marshall-Hockensmith was recently appointed…

Abbigale Agosti, a second-year law student at Widener Law Commonwealth, has been awarded the Reybitz Business Advising Program Fellowship.  This fellowship is made possible by a generous donation from alum Ronald Reybitz ’96, who serves as associate general counsel for PPL. It was designed to…

Widener Law Commonwealth students Keri Nace and Sahara Mtairi have each been awarded the Patrick J. Murphy Law and Government Fellowship. This fellowship, established in 2017 by former Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick J. Murphy, '99, provides students an opportunity to assist with the leadership of…