<h1 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Media Advisory: Request for coverage</strong></h1>
<p>WHAT: Debuting Delaware Law School.</p>
<p>WHEN: Wednesday, July 1, 10 a.m.</p>
<p>WHERE: Student Lounge, Main Law Building, Delaware Law School, 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington.</p>
<p>WHO: Incoming Dean Rod Smolla, administrators, staff, faculty</p>
<p>MORE: This is a celebration marking the first day of a new era for Delaware Law School. Today it becomes its own law school with its own dean, while still part of Widener University. The school was formerly known as Widener University School of Law, with campuses in Delaware and Harrisburg, Pa. The American Bar Association approved a university plan earlier this year to separately accredit the campuses, creating two individual law schools in the process. Delaware Law School debuts July 1, 2015.<br /> <br />VISUALS (photo opportunity): Employees in colorful T-shirts bearing the new school logo, balloons and cupcakes. Cake cutting and remarks by Dean Smolla.</p>
<p>Widener University is a metropolitan university that connects curricula to social issues through civic engagement. Widener University School of Law provides an all-around comprehensive legal education program with certificates available in a variety of legal fields. Widener Law has two campuses in Wilmington, Delaware, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. All Widener campuses are tobacco free. Visit delawarelaw.widener.edu for more information.</p>
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