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Carpe Diem. Seize the Day. These were the words of advice given by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro to the class of 2018 that graduated from Widener Law Commonwealth on Sunday. “The only limitation on you is your own capacity to imagine. Your own capacity to dream. You have the tools and…

Many of the residents at B’nai B’rith have no written will.  And, most of them have never been to a lawyer. But, law students from the Central Pennsylvania Law Clinics at Widener Law Commonwealth (WLC) are working to change that fact. For the past several years, students working in the law…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School announced today that Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro will serve as speaker for the school’s 27th commencement.  Attorney General Shapiro will address graduates at the 11 a.m. ceremony set for Sunday, May 20 at The Forum in the Harrisburg…

Each year, the annual John Gedid Lecture addresses a hot topic related to government law. This year, Muneer I. Ahmad, clinical professor of law and deputy dean for experiential education at Yale Law School, presented Immigration Race and Rights in the Trump ERA: Lessons from the Muslim Ban and DACA…

Widener Law Commonwealth has again been recognized by preLaw Magazine for their environmental law programs.   The law school was named to the magazine’s list of Top Schools for Environmental Law. Widener Law Commonwealth received an A- grade. preLaw Magazine is a leading source of…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School has been named a top law school in the “Best Graduate Schools 2019” guidebook published today by U.S. News & World Report. The school moved up five places from last year and is now ranked 143rd on the list compiled by U.S. News and World Report in the…

Judges are always on duty. Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge P. Kevin Brobson stressed this fact during his final lecture as Jurist in Residence at Widener Law Commonwealth. In his lecture, Judging Judges: The State of Judicial Discipline in Pennsylvania, Brobson talked about the high standards…

Commonwealth Professor of Business Law Juliet Moringiello is the co-author of a newly released problem method case book, Essential UCC Concepts: A Survey of Commercial Transactions. The book was co-authored by Candace Zierdt and Kristen David Adams, both professors of law at Stetson University. The…

Two words are often used to describe the late Professor Starla Williams: accountability and service. Each year in memory of Williams, the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) honors a student and an alum in an effort to recognize their efforts to promote diversity within the legal community. This…

Alumni and friends of Widener Law Commonwealth will be dashing for the finish line this spring. Phi Alpha Delta- Pepper Chapter law fraternity is partnering with the Widener Law Commonwealth Student Bar Association (SBA) to host the Speedy Trial 5K on April 21. Funds raised will go to support…

Erin Alleman is dedicated to public service. It’s why she chose to come to law school. As a second-year law student at Widener Law Commonwealth, Alleman was recently awarded the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation’s 2017 James W. Stoudt Memorial Scholarship Award. The scholarship is given to law students…

One of the newest groups to sprout on the Widener Law Commonwealth campus is the American Agricultural Law Association (AALA). The mission of the AALA chapter at the law school is to promote awareness for the need of legal services in agriculture and encourage students to pursue careers in…