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Most law school students will learn about the incarceration process, but few actually get to experience it first hand and have an understanding from both an inmate and a guard’s perspective. Prof. Amanda Smith wanted her Legal Methods III class to have the real-life experience and learn first-hand…
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Recently the Widener Law Journal held the annual Law Journal Symposium, Ruling the Courts: The Future of Local Rules of Civil Procedure in Pennsylvania. Each year, the Widener Law Journal chooses a timely topic for discussion at the Symposium, which serves as an opportunity for students to learn…
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When preLaw magazine “sought to identify law schools that do the best job of preparing students for careers in public service,” Widener Law Commonwealth was the only school from Pennsylvania making the list of the nation’s top 20 schools for government law.
The magazine, a publication of the…
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The Widener Law Commonwealth Transactional LawMeets team returned to Harrisburg with an award for Best Draft at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Transactional LawMeet, held at the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law in Philadelphia, on February 26.
The Transactional LawMeet is a live,…
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The Honorable Patrick Murphy, 1999 alumnus of Widener Law Commonwealth, was sworn in as the 32nd Under Secretary of the U.S. Army. The position is the second-highest ranking civilian leadership position.
In his comments at the ceremony, Murphy thanked his family, especially his parents, for…
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Jurist in Residence Hon. Mary H. Leavitt gave her last of three lectures as Jurist in Residence in January. She has served as the Jurist in Residence since January 2014 and will finish out her post in June.
Her lecture in January focused on the unique aspects of appellate judging in Pennsylvania as…
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The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) will hold the 2016 Annual Meeting in New York City in January. Several members of the Widener Law Commonwealth faculty will be presenting, moderating discussions or have helped to organize sessions at the meeting.
This year the following faculty will…
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