Both Widener University School of Law locations held events recently commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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<strong>Widener Law Delaware</strong> honored the Youth Court program at Bayard Middle School in Wilmington and Chester High School in Chester, Pa. by giving the program its Martin Luther King Service Award. Through the program students, under the supervision of faculty, train public school students to act as attorneys, judges and jurors in matters involving their peers who are accused of minor school offenses. “It is fundamentally a project that helps people get to know, and understand, people with different points of view,” Interim Dean Erin Daly said. “It does so by uniting people in a common purpose – students and faculty working together to bring restorative justice principles to local schools.” In addition, the program featured remarks from Keith Reeves, associate professor of political science and faculty director of the Center for Social Policy Studies at Swarthmore College.</div>
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<strong>Widener Law Commonwealth</strong> gathered to hear a series of speakers examine race relations in the program, “The Growing Rift Between Civilians and Police: What Would Martin Luther King do to Bridge the Gap?”  Speakers included Harrisburg Police Chief Tom Carter and his department Community Policing Coordinator David Botero, Chief Administrative Law Judge Tracy Henry ’94, immediate past president of the Keystone Bar Association, Trent Hargrove, diversity officer for the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and 2014 alumni Morgan Davis and Stephen McLendon, former Black Law Students Association co-presidents. Carter said today the words “We the People” truly mean everyone. “When Dr. King was here, there was real hate in this country,” he said, adding later, “Today we have a kinder policing agency. Our philosophy has changed. We do believe in ‘We the People.’” The program was organized by Dean of Students Keith Sealing.</div>