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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…

For the second time in four years, a Widener Law Commonwealth student has been chosen as a recipient of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Business Law Diversity Clerkship to clerk on the prestigious Delaware Court of Chancery. Waleisha Moat, a second-year law student from Schuylkill County, will…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School announced today that Sharon R. López ’93 and immediate president of the Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA), will serve as the speaker for the school’s 28th commencement. López will address graduates at the 11 a.m. ceremony that is slated for Sunday, May 19…

  Widener University Commonwealth Law School has received an A grade from preLaw magazine for its environmental law program. The law school was one of 22 from across the country to earn an A grade. preLaw magazine is a leading source of information about issues in legal education and is a…

Law students from Widener Law Commonwealth and Penn State Dickinson Law School got a chance to show off their transactional law skills on February 22 in the Mid Penn Invitational Transactional Law Competition. The competition, hosted by the Business Advising Program at Widener Law Commonwealth, was…