“I find working with students outside the classroom to be tremendously rewarding. Interacting with students in the Clinic or on interscholastic teams gives me the chance to get to know them personally as well as professionally. Those are the opportunities that give greatest meaning to my career.”
 
Palmer Lockard is the director of Widener’s Civil Law Clinic. He also directs the law school’s trial advocacy programs, and teaches courses on family law and remedies.
In the Civil Law Clinic, Professor Lockard works with students to help them provide representation to their clients. He assists them in understanding the law, helps them counsel clients, and supports them as they prepare for evidentiary hearings. He, along with other members of the clinical faculty, provides mentoring to the students as they begin the practice of law.
Professor Lockard also mentors students in Widener’s trial advocacy programs. In the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, he oversees the instruction provided by the volunteer attorneys who act as faculty in the program. He also coaches Widener’s Trial Advocacy Honor Society teams as they prepare for interscholastic competitions.