<p>When Widener Law puts on education programs for the wider legal community, the events often turn into professional opportunities for students. That was the case for two of this spring&rsquo;s biggest programs.</p>
<p>The student-run <a href="ipl://565//W10=">Delaware Journal of Corporate Law</a>&nbsp;was among three organizations sponsoring &ldquo;Law Professors as Expert Witnesses&rdquo; in April. The program&rsquo;s opening panel featured Delaware&rsquo;s highest-ranking member of the judiciary, Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. He was joined by Judge Kevin Gross of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware and Delaware Superior Court President Judge Jan R. Jurden. <br /> <br /> &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a great networking event,&rdquo; said 3L student Tara Pakrouh, external managing editor of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Given her interest in bankruptcy law, Pakrouh paid close attention to Gross&rsquo; remarks and was pleased for an opportunity to talk with him.</p>
<p>Journal students worked with Ruby R. Vale Professor of Corporate and Business Law <a href="ipl://20//WyIxMTIiXQ==">Lawrence A. Hamermesh</a>, who led the planning, to help raise the profile of the event online. They will transcribe a recording of it, for inclusion in an upcoming Journal issue.</p>
<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s good for those of us who will do that because you get to experience the content again,&rdquo; Pakrouh added. &ldquo;It helps the concepts sink in.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>A week earlier, the student-run <a href="ipl://566//W10=">Widener Law Review</a>&nbsp;co-presented &ldquo;Strengthening and Protecting Families: The Intersection of Family Health Law &amp; Domestic Violence,&rdquo; which packed the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom. Speakers at the daylong program included medical doctors, policymakers, judges, academics and more. One panel comprised women who worked with Vice President Joe Biden to implement, and get reauthorized, the Violence Against Women Act. Biden taught on the Widener Law Delaware adjunct faculty until he became vice president.</p>
<p>Holly Frey, a 3L who serves as editor-in-chief of the law review, said the students had a major role in helping plan the event, spearheaded by Associate Professor <a href="ipl://20//WyIyNyJd">Dana Harrington Conner</a>. Frey served as a liaison with the speakers on everything from their power points to their travel and lodging. She planned a pre-event dinner and was on the front line the day of the event, helping it to run smoothly.</p>
<p>&ldquo;The best part for me was the opportunity to reach out to men and women who are experts in their fields, and to make lasting contacts with them,&rdquo; Frey said. &ldquo;These are lifelong connections and this year it meant a lot to me to facilitate such a meaningful dialogue about such an important cause.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>Interim Dean <a href="ipl://20//WyIyOSJd">Erin Daly</a>&nbsp;said Widener Law Delaware welcomes student leaders&rsquo; contributions to the programs, and all students are welcome to attend at no cost.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Students are heavily involved in these important events. They help us bring them to life, and they are present for the networking, the rigorous lessons our speakers impart and the overall intellectual experience,&rdquo; Daly said. &ldquo;It is a tremendous benefit of life at this school.&rdquo;</p>