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This project is based on a simple but powerful premise: Sustainable development would make the United States more livable, healthy, secure, and prosperous. Policies that promote sustainability would help grow our economy, create jobs, improve quality of life in our communities, make us healthier,…

Engaging students with business law professionals with learning, networking experiences  Providing students with the opportunity to learn more about business law and connect with attorneys in the profession are the primary goals of Widener Law Commonwealth’s Business Advising Student…

Since 2005, Professor Jill Family has shared her extensive expertise and knowledge with students in administrative law, immigration law, and civil procedure at Widener Law Commonwealth. Her work in studying and researching the intersections of administrative law and immigration law…

A partnership with Widener Law Commonwealth and East Stroudsburg University has been officially signed, providing ESU students the opportunity to complete their undergraduate and law degrees in six years’ time.In 2020, both institutions agreed to a 3+3 program, which allows undergraduate students…

Widener Law Commonwealth students Keri Nace and Kory Trout have each been awarded the Patrick J. Murphy Law and Government Fellowship for the 2022-2023 academic year. This fellowship, established in 2017 by former Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick J. Murphy, '99, provides both students an…

98 candidates for graduation took part in Widener Law Commonwealth’s commencement on Sunday at the Scottish Rite Theatre and Ballroom in Harrisburg, marking the first such ceremony to be held in an indoor capacity since 2019. Widener Law Commonwealth Dean Michael Hussey addressed graduates and…

Widener Law Commonwealth is pleased to announce The Honorable Royce Morris, judge on the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas, will be serving a second two-year term as Jurist in Residence at the law school. Judge Morris, who has served as a judge since 2018, will continue to provide lectures and…

It’s with sadness and deepest sympathy that we share the passing of retired Widener Law Commonwealth Professor Alan Adlestein on Monday, March 7 in Naples, Florida. Adlestein joined the faculty of Widener Law Commonwealth after a distinguished career working for the U.S. Department of Justice, the…

Professor Jill Family is the most recent faculty member at Widener Law Commonwealth to be elected to the American Law Institute, a private, nonprofit national organization which produces scholarly work to clarify, modernize and otherwise improve the law to promote the better administration of…

Adrianne McClendon, a fourth-year law student at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, has been awarded the Patrick J. Murphy Law and Government Fellowship. This fellowship, established in 2017 by former PA Congressman Patrick J. Murphy, a 1999 alum of Widener Law Commonwealth, provides the…

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law Juliet Moringiello has been awarded the W. Edward Sell Business Lawyer Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association. The award is named after the late W. Edward Sell, who was instrumental in the enactment of business corporation law in…

A partnership with Widener Law Commonwealth and Westminster College was officially signed today, providing Westminster College students the opportunity to complete their undergraduate and law degrees in six years’ time. In 2020, both institutions agreed to the 3+3 program, which allows…