The beginning of the fall semester marks the close of a busy summer at Widener Law that saw a number of renovations take place on the Delaware campus. In addition, faculty members shared their expertise at a wide range of speaking engagements and the Widener Law Summer Abroad programs offered unique learning opportunities.
For those who were away during the summer months, here is a look back at some of the great things that happened this summer.
JuneIn early June, Widener Law
hosted the JURIST Academy program to offer promising undergraduates students from diverse backgrounds a taste of law school. This year, the program expanded to the Harrisburg campus. Participating students on both campuses enjoyed a
wide range of activities, including hearing from Widener Law graduates, practicing lawyers from prominent local firms, and on other prominent legal figures.
Also in June, the
National Judicial College returned to the Delaware campus for an Advanced Administrative Law Seminar.
New faculty appointments for the upcoming year were also announced at the end of June.
JulyReturning Professors
Larry Hamermesh and
Geoff Moulton shared their experiences during their leaves of absence; Professor Hamermesh at
the Securities and Exchange Commission and Professor Moulton as
General Counsel for Senator Ted Kaufman.
Renovation projects on the Delaware campus saw improvements made to Polishook Hall and the Concord Hall dormitory, and the Crown Court snack bar and the Mail Room traded places with improvements made to both locations. A project to create
additional parking spaces closer to the Main Law building also began at the end of July.
With the Summer Abroad programs in full swing, Harrisburg Dean of Students
Keith E. Sealing shared some of his
wonderful photographs from Kenya, Harrisburg Vice Dean
Robyn Meadows shared
her thoughts on Venice, and Associate Professor
Randle Pollard wrote about the Sydney program.
Associate Professor
Thaddeus Pope also visited Australia to
speak at the 2011 Australasian Conference of Bioethics and Health Law, while H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law
Erin Daly wrote about an
important decision in an Ecuadorian court that recognized that Nature itself has enforceable rights.
AugustWith the beginning of their law school careers rapidly approaching, incoming Harrisburg students had the opportunity to
get together at a Harrisburg Senators game, while incoming Delaware students
enjoyed a Wilmington Blue Rocks game.
August also saw the
release of “Sustainability and the U.S. EPA,” a report from the National Research Council that Distinguished Professor
John Dernbach contributed to. Professor
John Caposwki also shared some information about his July trip to Beijing for the
Third International Conference on Evidence Law and Forensic Science.
Associate Professor
Jill Family offered her observations on the
American Bar Association’s House of Delegates adoption of a resolution that she worked on as Chair of the Immigration Committee of the Administrative Law Section. Keith Sealing spoke at the
Annual Meeting of the National Conference of Bar Examiners about his experiences working with Millennials.
Many
Widener Law alumni were honored as “Top Lawyers” by Main Line Today magazine on its 2011 list.
Finally, Widener Law welcomed new students with
Welcome to the Profession events that kicked off orientation just ahead of the start of the fall semester.