News & Events: Harrisburg Campus

The Harrisburg campus will mark Election Week with two events in which students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in discussions connected to the presidential race.

First:

• WHAT: “Policy and Pizza in the Pit” - The impact the next president will have on the U.S. Supreme Court.
• WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 4 *Election Day* at noon.
• WHERE: The Pit, student lounge, Main Law Building.
• WHO: Widener Law Professor Robert C. Power, the H. Albert Young fellow in constitutional law, speaks about the impact the next president will have on the U.S. Supreme Court.

• WHAT: “Policy and Pizza in the Pit” -  The impact of the election: a thoughtful examination of the results
• WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 6 at noon.
• WHERE: The Pit, student lounge, Main Law Building.
• WHO: Featured speakers are
  • Professor John C. Dernbach, expert on environmental law and climate change.
  • Associate Professor Wesley M. Oliver, constitutional law expert and Obama/Biden supporter.
  • Second-year law student Bryan DePowell, McCain/Palin supporter.
  • Guest: California attorney Rishi Batra, who will serve as a volunteer poll monitor in Pennsylvania on Election Day.
  • Guest: Attorney Kevin Lovecchio, a Democrat working on a Republican New York State Senate campaign, former clerk to Chief Judge Anthony J. Scirica of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.