News - Veterans

In a powerful display of community solidarity and student-driven service, Widener Law Commonwealth hosted the "Wills for Heroes" event on Saturday, Nov. 2, offering free estate planning services to first responders in the Harrisburg area. The event, held in the Library Building of the university,…

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…

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, in partnership with the Pennsylvania Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, recently hosted Wills for Heroes at our campus. Wills for Heroes is a free service that provides wills, living wills, and financial and healthcare powers of attorney to first responders, veterans…

After a five-year term, Widener University Commonwealth Law School Dean Christian A. Johnson will step down from his role as dean on July 1 to return to full-time teaching. Johnson came to the law school from the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2015.…

Widener Law Commonwealth students got a rare opportunity last week to get a close-up look at the military justice system. The moot court classroom was the setting Thursday for a real-life U.S. Army appellate court hearing. A three-judge panel for the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals held oral…

Widener University Commonwealth Law School was the scene last month of a counterterrorism simulation conducted by international security expert and former Israel Defense Forces attorney Amos N. Guiora. Guiora is a Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, University…

Widener Law Commonwealth awarded scholarships to two veteran law students and welcomed multiple speakers, including the Pennsylvania lieutenant governor, at its annual ceremony honoring the dedication and sacrifice of those who have served in the armed forces. Stephanie Patton, a second-year law…

David W. Sunday, Jr., York County district attorney, has always felt the call to serve. The 2007 alumnus was recently recognized during the Evening at the Capitol event and honored with the 2018 Excellence in Public Service Award from the law school. The award is presented each fall to a graduate…

David Sunday ’07 carries principles he learned while serving in the U.S. Navy with him each day when he reports to work as district attorney of York County.Those principles -- honor, commitment, and courage -- guided him on his path to becoming a lawyer. They now serve him as he leads the York…

Now an employee in the court where he was once a defendant, Timothy Wynn is grateful for every opportunity he has been given because of his successful completion of a veterans treatment court program. Wynn, a certified peer specialist in the Philadelphia Veterans Treatment court, is a former US…