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(4, 'Reception and Association of American Law Schools 2007 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.', '2007-01-16', '<img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"278\" alt=\"0101dc1\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/0101dc1.jpg\" width=\"350\">In conjunction with the Association of American Law Schools 2007 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Widener University School of Law hosted a reception that was attended by numerous alumni, faculty and students. Dean Linda L. Ammons welcomed the group and gave a brief update about the good things that are happening at the Law School.<br><br><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br><span class=\"Caption\"><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Cynthia Ryan \'79 chats with current law student Laura Jennings.<br><strong>Photo 2: </strong>Dean Ammons welcomes alumni, faculty, and students.<br><strong>Photo 3: </strong>Alumni have an opportunity to network.</span><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"263\" alt=\"0101dc2\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/0101dc2.jpg\" width=\"350\"><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"197\" alt=\"0101dc3\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/0101dc3.jpg\" width=\"350\">', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(5, 'Widener Law honors Dr. Martin Luther King', '2007-01-29', '<img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"285\" alt=\"mlk_hb1\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/mlk_hb1.jpg\" width=\"300\">The faculty, students and staff on both campuses of Widener University School of Law took time this January to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. <br><br>In Harrisburg, about 100 people gathered Thursday, Jan. 25 in the administration building to hear retired educator Ann Lyon speak about history and her family\'s connections to the civil rights movement. Lyon, 79, grew up the daughter of privileged, white southern parents who stood out for their support of equal treatment for African Americans. Her parents, along with activist E.D. Nixon, helped bail Rosa Parks - a family friend who helped Lyon\'s mother with her sewing - out of jail and convinced her to become a test case. <br><br>Lyon, the niece of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, recalled the days of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, in which she talked of King\'s commitment to peaceful demonstrations. \"He said if there\'s any kind of violence, the cause is lost and we are doomed.\" <br><br>In Delaware, about 100 people gathered Thursday, Jan. 18 in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom for a panel discussion of civil rights issues and a keynote address by Dr. Mary Frances Berry, the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of <img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"224\" alt=\"mlk_hb2\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/mlk_hb2.jpg\" width=\"300\">American Social Thought and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Other panelists included Widener Law Professors Serena M. Williams, Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, Andrew L. Strauss, Robert J. Lipkin, Robert L. Hayman Jr., and Drewry Nash Fennell, executive director of the ACLU-Delaware. <br><br>King, Berry said, was going to be a preacher and could have had a long, potentially lucrative career in the church. <br><br>\"He wasn\'t born a leader. It wasn\'t on his belly button when he was born. He became a leader. So can you,\" she told the students. <br><br>After the talk, Berry signed copies of her book My Face is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations after the talk. <br><br><img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"203\" alt=\"mlk_de1\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/mlk_de1.jpg\" width=\"300\"><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br><span class=\"Caption\"><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Harrisburg event speaker Ann Lyon told of growing up in the south in a family that supported the civil rights movement.<br><strong>Photo 2:</strong> Vaneskha Hyacinthe, president of the BLSA-MLSA student organization on the Harrisburg campus stands with speaker Ann Lyon. Hyacinthe formally introduced Lyon at the start of the program.<br><strong>Photo 3:</strong> The full panel at the Delaware event, from left, Widener Law Professors Serena M. Williams, Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, Andrew L. Strauss, Robert L. Hayman Jr., who moderated, keynote speaker Dr. Mary Frances Berry, Drewry Nash Fennell, executive director of the ACLU-Delaware, and Widener Law Professor Robert J. Lipkin. <br><strong>Photo 4:</strong> Dr. Mary Frances Berry did a book signing after her talk, where she spoke with first-year law student Amanda Jacobs, right.</span><br><br><br><br><img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"219\" alt=\"mlk_de2\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/mlk_de2.jpg\" width=\"300\">', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(6, 'New Jersey Alumni Chapter, chaired by Jennifer Stonerod \'05, hosted its kickoff event', '2007-02-01', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0102nj2007.jpg\" alt=\"0102nj2007\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" />&nbsp;On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 the New Jersey Alumni Chapter, chaired by Jennifer Stonerod \'05, hosted its kickoff event with a reception that was held at the DoubleTree Guest Suites in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. This event gives alumni, and students, in the New Jersey area an opportunity to network and gather socially and professionaly to help stay connected to each other and to Widener.<br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Alumni and students gather at the New Jersey Alumni Chapter Reception to hear about the good things that are happening at Widener Law School.<br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> First year students take the opportunity to speak with Jennifer Stonerod \'05, Chair of the New Jersey Alumni Chapter, and Lisa Puglisi \'97 about their experience at Widener Law.<br /><strong>Photo 3:</strong> Class of 2006 alumni celebrate passing the July 2006 New Jersey Bar Exam.<br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0102nj20072.jpg\" alt=\"0102nj20072\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(9, 'Law class travels to U.S. Supreme Court', '2007-02-07', '<p>The Appellate Practice and Procedure seminar, taught on the Delaware campus during the fall semester by Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland, a member of Widener\'s adjunct faculty, traveled to the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 28. <br /><br />Justice Holland escorted the class on the day out, where the group heard oral arguments in what will be two landmark cases involving patents and anti-trust law. <br /><br />Those who attended included, from left in front, Ryan Koopmans, Lisi Madden, Amy Huffman, Tracy Zimmer, Edward Janzekovich and Justice Holland. In back from left are Tom Uebler, Charles Vincent, Tom Cushane, Jeremy Eicher and Aron Gold. <br /><br />Justice Holland has been a member of Widener\'s adjunct faculty since 1991. The class he teaches uses as its textbook the second edition of Appellate Practice and Procedure Cases and Materials, authored in part by him.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(10, 'Dean speaks to Delaware business groups', '2007-02-07', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/rotary.jpg\" alt=\"rotary\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" />Widener Law Dean Linda L. Ammons recently mixed with business leaders in northern Delaware when she was invited to be the guest speaker at two Rotary functions. <br /><br />Ammons spoke to more than 200 people in the Gold Ballroom of the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington on Feb. 1 about Widener Law and the state of legal education in America. She talked about diversity in enrollment and the profession nationwide, Widener\'s clinics, institutes and the school\'s opportunities for hands-on legal experience before graduation. <br /><br />\"Through our programs, we not only want to train our students to take advantage of our location and the rich talent and opportunities here, we at Widener want to help promote the state of Delaware through our programs and connections around the world,\" Ammons said. \"Under my leadership, Widener will become even more of a beacon on a hill for excellent legal training in all our programs, beginning with the post-high school programs to the Doctor of Law degree.\" <br /><br />The Rotary group serenaded her at the luncheon with a rousing version of \"Hello, Linda!\" Rotary members had changed the words of the famous \"Hello, Dolly!\" song to welcome her to their event - and to Delaware. <br /><br />In thanks for her attendance and participation at the luncheon, the Rotary organization dedicated a collection of books in Ammons\' name to the Delaware Coalition for Literacy. <br /><br />Ammons spoke to the Middletown Odessa Rotary Club on Jan. 17 at the Middletown Boys and Girls Club. The group of about 40 Rotarians gave her a standing ovation after a presentation about diversity within the law profession. <br /><br /><strong><em>Caption:</em></strong> <br /><strong>Photo:</strong> Cam Yorkston, past Wilmington Rotary president, presented Dean Ammons with a Rotary flag.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(11, 'Immigration forum generates discussion', '2007-02-13', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/immigration.jpg\" alt=\"immigration\" width=\"450\" height=\"223\" />About 100 people gathered in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom to hear a lively, topical discussion on immigration issues that have taken on national importance in recent months. <br /><br />The Feb. 7 program, \"The city of Hazleton v. illegal immigration: A discussion of local initiatives to challenge undocumented immigration,\" was co-sponsored by the law school and the Immigration Policy Center of the American Immigration Law Foundation. Matthew I. Hirsch Esq., adjunct professor of immigration law at the Widener Law campus in Delaware moderated the program and was its chief organizer. <br /><br />Panelists included Alan E. Garfield, professor of law and the H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law at Widener Law in Delaware, Maria Matos, executive director of the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Benjamin E. Johnson, director of the Immigration Policy Center in Washington, D.C. and Professor Jan Ting, who teaches at Temple University Beasley School of Law and is a Widener Law adjunct faculty member. <br /><br />Ting generated the most discussion with his remarks that the city of Hazleton - which took steps to propose, debate and pass local ordinances requiring landlords, employers and business owners to verify the immigration status of tenants, employees and customers - was a place of good people trying to cope with a crisis not of their making. \"The Hazleton council has shown a pathway to other cities,\" he said. <br /><br />Matos countered that immigrants are vital to the nation\'s economy and places like Hazleton will feel the pinch when immigrants leave and vacant stores and restaurants are left behind. \"The U.S. immigration system is broken, but creating a patchwork of different policies in small towns only makes it worse,\" she said.<br /><br /><strong><em>Caption:</em></strong> <br /><strong>Photo:</strong> Panelists at the recent immigration forum included, from left, Benjamin E. Johnson, director of the Immigration Policy Center in Washington, D.C., Maria Matos, executive director of the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Matthew I. Hirsch Esq., adjunct professor of immigration law at the Widener Law campus in Delaware (at podium), Jan Ting, who teaches at Temple University Beasley School of Law and is a Widener Law adjunct faculty member, and Alan E. Garfield, law professor and the H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law at Widener\'s Delaware campus.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(12, '2006 Delaware Bar exam passers', '2007-02-19', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0201bar.jpg\" alt=\"0201bar\" width=\"350\" height=\"403\" />On Monday, February 19, 2007 Widener University School of Law faculty, staff, and Overseers helped celebrate with alumni who recently passed the July 2006 Delaware Bar exam. Dean Linda Ammons and Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland addressed the group and commended each on their distinguished achievement of being admitted to the Delaware Bar.<br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland.<br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> (L to R) John Ellis \'06, Rochelle Gumapac \'06, Dean Linda L. Ammons, and Raeann Warner \'06.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0201bar2.jpg\" alt=\"0201bar2\" width=\"350\" height=\"293\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(13, 'Widener Law students share what they learned in New Orleans', '2007-02-19', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/gideon2.jpg\" alt=\"gideon2\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" />Students who participated in the Katrina-Gideon Interview Project over the winter break shared the impact of their experience - both emotionally and academically - at a recent luncheon event open to everyone on the Delaware campus. <br /><br />\"It was like walking into a war zone,\" student Eric Lubin said of the destruction still evident in New Orleans, a place he had never visited until Jan. 1. \"It was unbelievable to see a city of that size taken down to its knees.\" <br /><br />The students, Professors Judy L. Ritter and Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, and Everett Gillison of the Public Defender\'s Office in Philadelphia, who accompanied the Widener group to New Orleans because he wanted to volunteer, explained how they helped the Public Defender\'s Office in New Orleans over the five-day trip. They worked in pairs with oversight from the professors and made contact with detainees, conducting interviews, doing investigations, contacting family members and potential witnesses and, where appropriate, writing up motions to leave behind in the case files for public defenders to file in court. <br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/gideon3.jpg\" alt=\"gideon3\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" />The group was struck by a lack of paperwork on open cases and worked hard to document information that could be helpful in getting the court cases moving. Student Rachel Ramsay said she was still typing up a request for a defendant\'s medical records three hours before the group was due at the airport to return home. <br /><br />\"I really felt the time crunch and the pressure. It felt like a real job and it helped me see the big picture,\" Ramsay said. \"We\'ll have a lot of files cross our desks as attorneys and we have to remember every file is a person, and now we\'ll respect all the work that went into that file. We\'ll be better lawyers because of this experience.\" <br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Students Dave Iannucci and Lisa Vetro talked about the challenges of getting clients to trust them and share information about their cases.<br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> The brown bag lunch panel included, from left, Professors Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, Judy L. Ritter, volunteer Everett Gillison, a member of the Public Defender\'s Office in Philadelphia, and students Eric H. Lubin, Brett Bendistis, Lisa M. Vetro, David Iannucci, Rachel A. Ramsay, Danielle A. Graham, Jessica Sanchez and Julie A. Serfess.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(14, 'Iraq foreign policy gets airing on Delaware campus', '2007-02-19', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/iraq.jpg\" alt=\"iraq\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" />A senior U.S. diplomat on Iraqi foreign affairs visited the Delaware campus recently to talk about America\'s new plans for success there and answer questions from the law school community. <br /><br />Barbara Stephenson, deputy senior advisor to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and deputy coordinator for Iraq, spoke to about 100 people for more than an hour on Thursday, Feb. 15 in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom. Her visit was presented by the law school and its&nbsp;<a href=\"{staticroot}CampusLife/ActivitiesandOrganizations/OtherDelawareOrganizations/InternationalLawSociety.aspx\">International Law Society</a> in conjunction with the Delaware chapter of People to People International. <br /><br />\"The situation in Iraq is unacceptable,\" Stephenson said, later explaining America\'s goals for the country are to see Iraq become a \"stable, resilient, unified ally in the global war on terror.\" <br /><br />Among the items in America\'s new five-point plan for success in Iraq, she <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/iraq2.jpg\" alt=\"iraq2\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" />said, is an insistence that Iraq take the lead on its own progress, with U.S. support. \"They need to want this more than we do,\" she said. The United States also must engage in a reinvigorated diplomacy with Iraq\'s neighbors. Both goals drew respectful, yet critical questions from the audience, including a student who suggested the United States is only interested in talking with Iraqi neighbors who see eye-to-eye with us. <br /><br />Stephenson also touched on the state department in general in her remarks, explaining how the agency is understaffed and funded at levels that pale in comparison to the Department of Defense. The state department \"is a bunch of idealistic people who think everyday about what is in the best interest of the United States,\" she said.<br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong>&nbsp;Barbara Stephenson, deputy senior advisor to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and deputy coordinator for Iraq spoke in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom. <br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> From left, Widener Law Professor J. Patrick Kelly; Barbara Stephenson, deputy senior advisor to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and deputy coordinator for Iraq; Carl Hutter of Intracon International Trade Consultants Inc. and Edward L. Tucker, president of the Delaware chapter of People to People International.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(15, 'Supreme Court Of Delaware To Hear Oral Arguments on the Delaware Campus', '2007-02-27', '<p>The Supreme Court of Delaware&nbsp;will Hear Oral Arguments on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 in the Vale Courtroom. <br /><br />Please come and fill the Courtroom! <br /><br />Presiding will be Chief Justice Myron Steele and Justices Randy Holland, Carolyn Berger, Jack Jacobs and Henry duPont Ridgely. Two cases are scheduled at this time and there is a possibility that a third case will be added to the schedule. <br /><br />Copies of the briefs are available electronically or in hard copy from Connie Sweeney at 2177 or cmsweeney@widener.edu<br /><br />Courtroom Protocol will be in effect, and all attendees should be in line at the main entrance of the Vale by 9:30 a.m. to go through security. The first case will begin at 10 a.m. sharp. <br /><br /><strong>SCHEDULE</strong> <br /><br />10:00 a.m. <br />495, 2006 Trenwick v. Billett W. Scott-J.T. Laster <br /><br />11:00 a.m. <br />567, 2006 AT&amp;T v. Clarendon America J.E. James-<strong>D.A. Denham (\'02)</strong> <br /><strong>J.C. Phillips (\'95)</strong>, A.G. Flynn <br /><strong>K.F. Brady (\'82)</strong>, <strong>J. Balaguer (\'85)</strong>, <br />E.M. McNally, <strong>M.B. Matterer (\'88)</strong> <br />F.J. Murphy, <strong>C.S. Reese (\'81)</strong> <br />Widener Law alumni indicated in bold. <br /><br /><strong>FOR DECISION ON BRIEFS</strong> <br /><br />494, 2006 Mumford v. State of Delaware <br />479, 2006 Bermudez v. PTFE <br />538, 2006 Shaw v. State of Delaware <br />296/303, 2006 Bennett v. State of Delaware <br /><br /><strong>Courtroom Protocol For All Persons Attending Oral Arguments<br /></strong></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>All persons must submit to a security check to enter the courtroom.</li>\r\n<li>No backpacks or purses are allowed in the courtroom.</li>\r\n<li>No cell phones, cameras, recording devices or beepers are allowed in thecourtroom. (Exception: credentialed media representatives may makesatisfactory advance arrangements with the Clerk consistent with the Court\'smedia access order).</li>\r\n<li>No food or drink will be allowed in the courtroom.</li>\r\n<li>No one may enter or exit the courtroom after an argument has started. Entry and exit between arguments are permitted.</li>\r\n<li>The Court requests the full attention of everyone during the argument.</li>\r\n<li>Anyone who creates a disturbance must leave the courtroom and may not return. (Example: chronic coughing)</li>\r\n<li>No outward display of emotion may be made during the argument.</li>\r\n</ul>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(16, 'Wolcott Fellowships Program Announced', '2007-03-02', '<p><strong>MEMO TO: Second Year Regular Division Students Second and Third Year Extended Division Students</strong> <br /><strong>FROM:</strong> Dean Linda L. Ammons <br /><strong>RE:</strong> Josiah Oliver Wolcott Fellowship Program <br /><strong>DEADLINE:</strong> March 28, 2007 4:00 p.m. <br /><br />I am pleased to announce that the Wolcott Fellowship Program will continue for next year under the auspices of the School of Law, the Delaware Supreme Court and the Court of Chancery. A total of five students will be chosen to clerk for the Justices of the Supreme Court of Delaware and for the Delaware Court of Chancery. Those selected are named Wolcott Fellows. <br /><br />The superior students chosen will serve as judicial clerks for approximately twenty hours per week during the course of the academic year. Each Wolcott Fellow will receive academic credit and a scholarship grant. The clerkship commences shortly after Labor Day and ends the following April 30th. <br /><br /><strong>Interested students should apply for a Wolcott Fellowship by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 2007</strong>. Applications should be submitted to me through Paula Garrison. Details of the program are outlined below. <br /><br />I strongly urge those who qualify to apply. The program affords those selected a unique and very worthwhile experience. <br /><br />Current Wolcott Fellows will be available to <strong>discuss the program on Tuesday, March 13, at 5:30 p.m.</strong>, in the Special Collections Room in the Legal Information Center. If you plan to attend this informative meeting, please e-mail Paula Garrison at pdgarrison@widener.edu or Linda Triolo at lrtriolo@widener.edu (Attendance reply is requested for refreshments order.) <br /><br /><strong>JOSIAH OLIVER WOLCOTT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM </strong><br /><br /><strong>Criteria for Selection</strong> <br />Wolcott Fellows will be appointed from among those applicants who will be in their third year of the Regular Division program or third or fourth year of the Extended Division program during the 2007-08 academic year. Applicants should rank in the top fifteen percent of their class or otherwise demonstrate strong academic credentials. Law Review experience is not a prerequisite but applicants should possess substantial experience in research and writing. <br /><br /><strong>Application Procedure</strong> <br />Applications should be directed to Paula Garrison in the Office of the Dean not later than 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 2007. Applications should include three (one original and two copies) of each of the following: (1) a cover letter, (2) a recent Law School transcript, (3) a resume, (4) a writing sample, and (5) a letter of reference from one full-time faculty member. A letter of reference from an employer will also be welcomed. Personal interviews will be scheduled in mid-April after an initial screening. <br /><br /><strong>Duties of Wolcott Fellows</strong> <br />Wolcott Fellows will be assigned those duties routinely performed by law clerks as determined by the Justice or Vice Chancellor to whom they are assigned. During the period of the clerkship, legal work may not be performed for anyone other than the member of the Supreme Court or Court of Chancery, and no other work for compensation may be undertaken without the consent of the Court. All work done and information received are confidential and must be so treated at all times. <br /><br />The work schedule will be based on an average of twenty hours per week, with due regard to academic, holiday and examination schedules. The precise schedule will be set by the Court after conferring with the Fellow. <br /><br /><strong>Scholarship Grant</strong> <br />Each Wolcott Fellow will receive academic credit (three credits per semester) and a tuition remission scholarship grant (approximately $3,000 per semester). If a Wolcott Fellow is already receiving a full-tuition merit scholarship for the 2007-08 academic year, s/he will receive a cash grant of $1,800 per semester instead of the Wolcott tuition remission. The credit and scholarship aspects of the program may be different for students enrolled in the J.D./Psy.D. joint degree program. <br /><br /><strong>Selection Committee</strong> <br />The selection committee is comprised of Delaware Supreme Court Justice Jack B. Jacobs, a Vice Chancellor from the Court of Chancery, and Dean Linda L. Ammons. <br /><br /><strong>Interviews</strong> <br />Finalists will be contacted by phone by the Dean&sup1;s Office to schedule their interview with Justice Jacobs, a Vice Chancellor, and Dean Ammons. The interviews will be held in mid-April (exact date to be determined) in the Deans&sup1; Conference Room on the 4th floor of the Law Building. The Wolcott Fellows will be selected from this group.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(17, 'Speaker discusses African foreign policy and foreign service', '2007-03-05', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/RobertDance.jpg\" alt=\"RobertDance\" width=\"300\" height=\"320\" />A U.S. diplomat encouraged law students on the Delaware campus to consider careers in the foreign service during a speech he gave Thursday, March 1 in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom.</p>\r\n<p>Robert L. Dance, deputy director of public diplomacy in the Bureau of African Affairs at the U.S. State Department, spent about an hour discussing U.S. foreign policy in Africa, HIV/AIDS in Africa, Darfur and what life is like for diplomats in the state department. \"My job as a diplomat is to go out and represent what I think, I hope, are the best things about the United States,\" he said.</p>\r\n<p>Dance applauded the Bush Administration\'s work in Africa and said the White House has been the biggest donor of food to the continent and has put forth serious financial aid to combat malaria - a disease that kills far more people than HIV/AIDS in Africa, although the latter often gets more publicity.</p>\r\n<p>\"No matter what we think about what is happening in the Middle East, this administration has done more than any other for Africa,\" Dance said.</p>\r\n<p>Dance explained security, governance, economic self-sufficiency and health are all among America\'s top priorities for Africa. Dance\'s visit was presented by the <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/RobertDance2.jpg\" alt=\"RobertDance2\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" />Widener University School of Law and its International Law Society in conjunction with the Delaware chapter of People to People International.<br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Speaker Robert Dance<br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> from left, Edward L. Tucker, president of the Delaware chapter of People to People International, Carl Hutter of Intracon International Trade Consultants Inc., speaker Robert Dance of the U.S. State Department Bureau of African Affairs and Widener Law Professor J. Patrick Kelly.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(18, 'Silent Auction Will Raise Money to Fund Summer Public Interest Work', '2007-03-12', '<p>All are welcome to participate in Widener Law School\'s Annual Silent Auction, sponsored by the Public Interest Law Alliance. All money raised in this auction will support students working in unpaid public interest summer internships. <br /><br />Each year, approximately ten law students receive fellowships that range from approximately $1000 to $3000. As a result of this auction\'s funding, students have been able to work in a variety of public interest positions. Past recipients have worked at district attorney and public defender offices, as well as in traditional legal services agencies such as Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Philadelphia Legal Assistance, Women Against Abuse, and the Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center. <br /><br />This year\'s auction will feature a number of enticing items, including a Nintendo Wii and a one-week stay at a condominium in St. Petersburg, Florida. There will also be numerous gift certificates to area restaurants and salons, as well as gift baskets, tickets to events, sports paraphernalia, and meals with your favorite faculty members. A full list of auction items is available online. <br /><br />Bids will be accepted from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on the day of the auction. Winners will be announced that evening and they will also be posted in the Library the day after the auction. Winners may pay for and claim their prizes on the night of the auction, or at the Public Interest Resource Center (Room L206) until Friday, April 6, 2007. <br /><br />The auction is sponsored by the&nbsp;Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA), a group of students dedicated to public interest work. These students work each year to organize the silent auction for the law school community in order to offer funding to at least some of the students who accept unpaid internships during the summer. Most public interest agencies do not have the funds to pay summer interns, but they do offer exceptional legal experience. These internships are essential for students planning to have careers in public interest law, and they enable law students to provide significant assistance to poor and underrepresented individuals. <br /><br />Applications for PILA Summer Fellowships are available at the Library Circulation Desk. They must be submitted no later than Monday, April 2, 2007 at 2 p.m. to Joanne Boyle in the Public Interest Resource Center. <br /><br />Questions about the PILA Auction may be directed to Auction Chairperson, Jennifer Pesavento at jenpesavento@gmail.com. For more information about PILA Summer Fellowships, contact PIRC Director, Professor Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, at arfinkelstein@widener.edu until March 19, 2007. Thereafter, contact Interim PIRC Director, Professor Alice Eakin, at pirc@mail.widener.edu. <br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(19, 'Widener Law hosts community forum ', '2007-03-12', '<p>Widener University School of Law will host a community forum, \"A conversation with Delaware Valley Muslim Leaders,\" at the law school on Concord Pike Sunday, March 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend this free event. <br /><br />Law Professor Alan E. Garfield, the H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law, has organized the program and will moderate the discussion. Panelists will answer questions posed by him during the first half of the program. Topics will include fundamentals of Islam, the nature of the American Muslim population, the concept of jihad, women in Islam, Sunni and Shiite Muslims, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, anti-Semitism, the impact of 9/11 on the American Muslim population, the use of racial profiling and the role of moderate Muslims. Panelists include: <br /><br />Sofia Ali-Khan, a staff attorney at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia. She is an active board member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Immigrant and Citizenship Coalition, and an advisory board member of the Liberty Center for Survivors of Torture. <br /><br />John Pavloff, an assistant district attorney in Chester County for 19 years. He has been a board member, vice president and secretary of the Islamic Society of Chester County. <br /><br />Dr. Mazhar Rishi, chief of pathology at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington. He is the director of interfaith programs for the Delaware Valley Council on American-Islamic Relations. Dr. Rishi immigrated to the United States from Pakistan in 1984. He has served in the U.S. Air Force on both active duty and active reserve. <br /><br />Dr. James Stephenson, an occupational and travel medicine physician at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. He is a former chairman of the board of the Islamic Society of Chester County. <br /><br />Audience members may ask questions during the program\'s second half. A reception will follow. <br /><br />\"A democracy works best when people are informed and engaged,\" Garfield said. \"This program has been designed to promote a better understanding of one another with an eye toward a healthier democracy. Widener, the only law school is Delaware, is a perfect venue for \'We the People\' to gather, converse, and learn about our fellow citizens.\" <br /><br />The law school has ample, free parking and those who attend are encouraged - for the school\'s planning purposes - to make reservations, although they are not required. To make a reservation, contact Constance Sweeney at 302.477.2177 or cmsweeney@mail.widener.edu.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(20, 'School of Law welcomes visiting scholar NYU, Harvard professor to arrive in Delaware on April 12', '2007-03-15', '<p>Widener University School of Law is pleased to welcome New York University School of Law Professor Robert H. Sitkoff to its Wilmington campus as a visiting scholar. <br /><br />Sitkoff\'s visit is made possible by a generous gift from The Delaware Counsel Group LLP, a Wilmington-based law firm that advises nationally and internationally on Delaware corporate and alternative-entity law. This marks the third year the law school and The Delaware Counsel Group LLP have hosted a visiting scholar. <br /><br />Sitkoff, a trusts and estates expert, will spend April 12-13 mixing with the law school, legal community and business leaders, as well as speaking at two formal events. While he is part of NYU\'s full-time law faculty, Sitkoff is currently serving this spring semester as the John L. Gray visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School. <br /><br />He will deliver remarks to members of the Widener Law community, the bench, bar and Delaware state officials on Thursday, April 12 at 4 p.m. The talk will be held in the third-floor board room of the Wilmington Trust Center on Rodney Square in Wilmington. Sitkoff is expected to discuss his research project, \"The Rise of the Statutory Business Trust,\" which examines the development of the statutory business trust as an alternative mode of business organization. <br /><br />Cynthia Kane, special assistant to Delaware Secretary of State Harriet Smith Windsor and director of international marketing for the secretary, will open the presentation. Vice Chancellor Leo E. Strine of the Delaware Court of Chancery will join Sitkoff and contribute his comments to the presentation. A reception, sponsored by the Wilmington Trust Co., will follow. <br /><br />In addition to his speech at the Wilmington Trust Center, Sitkoff will make a presentation to Widener\'s Delaware faculty and to Widener students, including the members of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. He will also address the Delaware Bankers Association on Friday, April 13.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(21, 'Widener Law to host daylong conference on cross-examination Does it really determine truth?', '2007-03-15', '<p>\"Cross examination is the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth. You can do anything with a bayonet except sit on it. A lawyer can do anything with cross-examination if he is skillful enough not to impale his own cause upon it,\" <br /><br /><em>John Henry Wigmore, dean of Northwestern University <br />School of Law, 1901-1929 </em><br /><br />Some consider cross-examination an art, and those that do it well are the stuff of legal legend. The Delaware campus of Widener University School of Law will consider cross-examination and Wigmore\'s famous quote in the daylong conference \"Cross Examination: The Great Engine?\" on Friday, April 20. The event, sponsored by the law school and its student-run Widener Law Review, will include six panel discussions featuring academics, practitioners and judges from around the country. <br /><br />The conference will focus on all aspects of cross-examination, from its historic roots to its perceived effectiveness, demonstrated inadequacies and its role in the electronic age. All panels will be held in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom. <br /><br />Application for approval of six continuing legal education credits, including one ethics credit, has been submitted to the Delaware Commission on Continuing Legal Education and the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board. Cost to attend is $135 for legal professionals seeking CLE credits and $100 for Widener Law alumni, with lunch included. There is no cost and no lunch service for students or members of the public who are not seeking CLE credits. <br /><br />Registration check-in and continental breakfast begin at 8 a.m. the day of the conference. Law Dean Linda L. Ammons will make welcome remarks at 8:45 a.m., followed by comments from Michael Wozny, editor-in-chief of the Widener Law Review, and Epstein. <br /><br />To register, or for more information, contact Debbe Patrick at 302.477.2014 or dapatrick@widener.edu.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(22, 'Delaware Supreme Court hears arguments at Widener Law', '2007-03-15', '<img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"233\" alt=\"supreme court laster\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/supreme%20court%20laster.jpg\" width=\"350\">The Delaware Supreme Court came to Widener University School of Law to hear oral arguments in two cases Wednesday, March 14. The court sat en Banc before a packed Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom. It was the first time since 2002 that the court visited the law school to hear oral arguments and the crowd was so large that some watched from an overflow classroom equipped with a live video feed. <br><br>\"We were thrilled to welcome the Delaware Supreme Court back to campus. Their presence enriches the legal education experience for our students and the cases of the day were especially meaningful for everyone affiliated with our Institute of Delaware Corporate &amp; Business Law,\" Law Dean Linda L. Ammons said. \"We are grateful to the Court for giving us this rare and valuable access and we are especially proud of our alumni who attended in their professional capacity. They are an example for our students.\" <br><br><img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"233\" alt=\"supreme court full\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/supreme%20court%20full.jpg\" width=\"350\">The court heard two cases, with each lasting an hour. The first was Trenwick v. Billett, which originated in the Court of Chancery. The second case, AT&amp;T v. Clarendon, came from the Superior Court. Delaware counsel in the second case included three Widener Law alumni, David A. Denham (\'02), Mary B. Matterer (\'88) and Kevin F. Brady (\'82). <br><br>The Law School hosted members of the court, their staff and court administrators for lunch after the hearings. Ammons said the day was so successful she hopes to welcome the justices back again next year. <br><br><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br><span class=\"Caption\"><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Attorney J. Travis Laster makes his argument in the packed Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom.<br><strong>Photo 2:</strong> The Delaware Supreme Court. From left, Justices Jack B. Jacobs, Randy J. Holland, Chief Justice Myron T. Steele, Justices Carolyn Berger and Henry duPont Ridgely.<br><img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"233\" alt=\"supreme court jacobsholland\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/supreme%20court%20jacobsholland.jpg\" width=\"350\"><strong>Photo 3:</strong> Justices Jack B. Jacobs and Randy J. Holland.<br><strong>Photo 4:</strong> Attorney Jeffrey Weil argues before the court.<br></span><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"233\" alt=\"supreme court weil\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/supreme%20court%20weil.jpg\" width=\"350\">', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(23, 'Widener University School of Law hosts Philadelphia alumni reception', '2007-03-16', '<p>The Widener University School of Law will hold its annual Philadelphia alumni reception - the Law School\'s largest alumni event of the year - Thursday, March 22 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Crystal Tea Room of the Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia. <br /><br />\"Alumni come to the reception to see their friends, network and reconnect with their alma mater. Everyone has a great time. It is easily the Law School\'s most popular event,\" said Deborah McCreery, assistant vice president for the Law School Office of Development and Alumni Relations. <br /><br />Cost of the event, featuring a gourmet hors d\'oeuvres buffet and open bar, is $100 per person or $75 for the classes of 2004, 2005 and 2006. The event will also feature a silent auction to benefit the Widener Law Fund. <br /><br />Those attending should RSVP to 302-477-2172 or nmravertward@widener.edu.<br /><br /><em>About 6,000 Widener Law alumni are in Pennsylvania with nearly 1,400 in the Philadelphia area.</em></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(24, 'Law students to arrive in Wilmington from around the country, vying for honors at upcoming national competition', '2007-03-19', '<p>Delaware\'s only law school will open its doors Thursday, March 22 to students from 19 law schools for a national interscholastic moot court competition. <br /><br />The much-anticipated 19th annual&nbsp;Ruby R. Vale Interschool Corporate Moot Court Competition will involve 24 teams and run four days. Moot court competitions allow students to practice skills in a competitive setting that they may eventually use as attorneys making appellate arguments. Students also write briefs in advance of the competition on a topic supplied by the law school in the form of a legal problem. <br /><br />The Delaware competition introduces participants to the cutting edge of corporate law. As the state\'s only law school, Widener is in a unique position to draw on the resources and experience of the distinguished Delaware corporate legal community. The competition is hosted by Widener University School of Law\'s Moot Court Honor Society under the direction of the society\'s executive board and competition chairperson Susan Huntley. Competition advisors include Lawrence A. Hamermesh, the Ruby R. Vale professor of corporate and business law and director of the school\'s Institute of Delaware Corporate &amp; Business Law, and Widener Law Professor Paul Regan. Regan authored this year\'s competition problem. <br /><br />\"Widener\'s location in the corporate law capital uniquely positions the Law School to put on a first-class event. We have a sophisticated bench and bar who have a special closeness to the subject matter and have been generous in giving of their time and expertise to support this competition,\" Huntley said. \"I look forward to welcoming tomorrow\'s corporate legal minds to our school.\" <br /><br />The Distinguished Scholar Lecture is an integral part of the competition and the Society is honored to have Ira M. Millstein, Esq. as this year\'s speaker. He will deliver a speech titled \"The grand bargain: Law, shareholder rights, and accountability in the capital markets\" on Friday, March 23 at 4 p.m. in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom in the main law building. <br /><br />The final competition round will be judged by Delaware Supreme Court Justices Carolyn Berger, Jack B. Jacobs and Henry duPont Ridgely, and Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellors Stephen P. Lamb and John W. Noble. <br /><br />The competition is named for Ruby R. Vale, who lived in Milford, Del. and practiced law in Philadelphia. He was a well-respected corporate practitioner and a prolific writer who penned law review articles, books about legal philosophy, justice and the foundations of society. He is best remembered for his multi-volume work, \"Vale\'s Pennsylvania Digest.\" Vale died in 1961. The law school is grateful to the Vale family and for the opportunities their generosity has made possible, such as this national competition. <br /><br />This year\'s competition participants come from the following law schools:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>American University Washington College of Law</li>\r\n<li>Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School</li>\r\n<li>Brooklyn Law School</li>\r\n<li>Capital University Law School</li>\r\n<li>Chicago-Kent College of Law</li>\r\n<li>College of William and Mary - Marshall Wythe School of Law</li>\r\n<li>Florida State College of Law</li>\r\n<li>Georgia State University College of Law</li>\r\n<li>Marquette University Law School</li>\r\n<li>Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law</li>\r\n<li>Mississippi College of Law</li>\r\n<li>New York Law School</li>\r\n<li>Quinnipiac University School of Law</li>\r\n<li>Santa Clara University School of Law</li>\r\n<li>Southwestern Law School</li>\r\n<li>University of California Hastings College of Law</li>\r\n<li>University of Oregon School of Law</li>\r\n<li>University of Miami School of Law</li>\r\n<li>University of Wisconsin Law School</li>\r\n</ul>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(25, 'Widener Law Advertising Campaign Takes Best of Show at 2007 Philadelphia ADDY Awards', '2007-03-21', '<p>Prospective students are not the only ones taking notice of Widener University\'s marketing efforts. The University Relations department recently learned that its projects had earned six national and regional awards from two different organizations. The School of Law advertising campaign, School of Law admissions package and viewbook, the university website, and the Widener Magazine all garnered significant recognition. <br /><br />The Philadelphia Ad Club selected the Widener Law advertising campaign, created by the Brownstein Group of Philadelphia, for \"Best of Show\" at the 2006 Philadelphia ADDY Awards. \"This is the highest award given at the ADDY\'s,\" explained Lou Anne Bulik, assistant vice president of University Relations. The Widener Law ad campaign beat 7,000 entries in a stiff competition. \"What \'s important to note here is that our ad campaign was judged among the best of advertising campaigns in general, including corporate advertising campaigns.\" In addition to \"Best of Show,\" the Widener Law campaign also took a gold award in the best of mixed media category. <br /><br />The School of Law admissions package received a Silver Award at the 22nd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report. The Widener Law admissions package consisted of a pocket folder, viewbook, clinics brochure, and envelope. In addition, the School of Law viewbook won a Merit Award in the Student Viewbook, Graduate School category. <br /><br />The university\'s website, www.widener.edu, which launched in November 2006, received a silver award in the 22nd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards sponsored by the Admissions Marketing Report. The fall 2006 issue of Widener Magazine won a Merit Award in the External Publications category. \"These awards are the fruit of successful partnerships,\" Bulik noted. Barbara Ayars, assistant dean of admissions at the School of Law, and Lou Anne Bulik worked closely with the Brownstein Group on the Widener Law advertising campaign although Bulik said that the credit for the creative belongs squarely with the Brownstein Group. <br /><br />The School of Law publication package was created through the collaboration of Ayars, Bulik, and GCF, a marketing communications firm. Jeannine McKnight, senior editor, helped to settle editorial questions. Michele Fairley, art director, and Deborah Perreca, graphic designer; coordinated and supervised photo shoots with assistance from Paula Garrison, assistant to the dean of the law school. George Thompson, the university\'s web content manager, worked with Datatel for months to ensure the successful launch of the new website. Debra Goldberg, senior writer/editor, worked with GCF to produce the Widener Magazine. <br /><br />\"National and regional awards are another way that University Relations is helping to raise the profile of Widener University in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and among higher education leaders nationwide,\" Bulik noted. </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, '');
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(26, 'Dean Ammons hosts Breakfast for Firm Representatives and Class Agents', '2007-03-26', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0301breakfast.jpg\" alt=\"0301breakfast\" width=\"350\" height=\"404\" />Dean Linda Ammons recently held breakfasts in Philadelphia and Wilmington for Widener Law Firm Representatives and Class Agents to recognize their assistance garnering support for the Widener Law Fund and to update them on current and upcoming initiatives at the Law School. Representatives from 25 Philadelphia and Wilmington firms and 6 graduating classes gathered February 28 and March 1 for the events. Dean Ammons gave particular recognition to three firms with 100% alumni participation in the Law Fund: Dashevsky Horwitz, Disandro, Kuhn &amp; Novello P.C.; Ferry, Joseph &amp; Pearce, P.A.; and Young Conaway Stargatt &amp; Taylor, LLP.<br /><br /><strong><em>Caption:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo:</strong> Dean Linda L. Ammons presents Rick Miller of Ferry, Joseph &amp; Pearce, P.A. a plaque in gratitude for 100% Law Fund participation among the firm\'s alumni.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(27, 'Florida State University team wins Ruby R. Vale Interschool Corporate Moot Court Competition', '2007-03-26', '<p>The much-anticipated 19th-annual Ruby R. Vale Interschool Corporate Moot Court Competition was held March 22-25 with 24 teams representing 19 law schools. <br /><br />The corporate competition introduces participants to the cutting edge of corporate law. As Delaware\'s only law school, Widener is in a unique position to draw on the resources and experience of the distinguished Delaware corporate legal community. <br /><br />The team from Florida State University College of Law was declared the winner over a team from Mercer University School of Law after the final round of competition Sunday, March 25 in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom. The winning team was made up of students Kim Nguyen and Christina Taylor. <br /><br />The best oral advocate award went to Bradford Meacham of the College of William and Mary Marshall Wythe School of Law. The Donald E. Pease Best Corporate Brief Award went to the Florida State University College of Law team that won the full competition. <br /><br />The final round bench included Delaware Supreme Court Justices Carolyn Berger, Jack B. Jacobs and Henry duPont Ridgely, and Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellors Stephen P. Lamb and John W. Noble. <br /><br />The competition was hosted by Widener University School of Law\'s Moot Court Honor Society under the direction of the society\'s executive board and competition chairperson Susan Huntley, with Professors Lawrence Hamermesh and Paul Regan, competition advisers. Regan authored this year\'s legal problem. <br /><br />The Distinguished Scholar Lecture was an integral part of the competition and the Society was honored to have Ira M. Millstein, Esq. as this year\'s speaker. He is a senior partner at the international law firm Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges in New York. Retired Delaware Chief Justice E. Norman Veasey, a colleague of Millstein\'s, introduced him to the crowd of about 90 people who gathered to hear the lecture in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom on Friday, March 23. <br /><br />The Vale competition is named for Ruby R. Vale, who lived in Milford, Del. and practiced law in Philadelphia. He was a well-respected corporate practitioner and a prolific writer who penned law review articles, books about legal philosophy, justice and the foundations of society. He is best remembered for his multi-volume work, \"Vale\'s Pennsylvania Digest.\" Vale died in 1961. The law school is grateful to the Vale family and for the opportunities their generosity has made possible, such as this national competition. <br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(28, 'Community forum on Islam generates discussion with Delaware Valley Muslim leaders', '2007-03-26', '<p>More than 100 people gathered in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom on the Delaware campus during a recent Sunday afternoon to learn about Islam through the community forum, \"A conversation with Delaware Valley Muslim Leaders.\" <br /><br />Organized by Law Professor Alan E. Garfield, the H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law, the March 18 program featured a panel of four speakers and devoted significant time to audience questions. Topics covered everything from the fundamentals of Islam to the concept of jihad and the role and status of women in Islam. <br /><br />Most Muslims who have come to the United States from foreign lands are seeking education and a piece of the American dream, said panelist Dr. Mazhar Rishi, chief of pathology at St. Francis Hospital in Wilmington and director of interfaith programs for the Delaware Valley Council on American-Islamic Relations. \"My focus was to come here and get the best medical education I could,\" he said. <br /><br />Panelist Dr. James Stephenson, an occupational and travel medicine physician at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center, discussed the pillars of Islam, including daily prayer, fasting during RAMADAN, charitable giving requirements and a pilgrimage to Mecca. \"We believe in the oneness of God,\" Stephenson said. \"There is no need for us to force people to become Muslim. They want to be Muslim.\" <br /><br />Garfield said the program was an excellent example of the law school\'s dedication to be civically engaged with the wider community outside its campus. A goal, he said, is for the school to host other community forums and turn the effort into a series. <br /><br />Other panelists at the program included Sofia Ali-Khan, a staff attorney at Community Legal Services in Philadelphia and John Pavloff, an assistant district attorney in Chester County for 19 years and a Muslim convert.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(29, '2007 Philadelphia Alumni Reception', '2007-04-03', '<p>Widener University School of Law held its annual Philadelphia Alumni Reception on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at The Crystal Tea Room located in Philadelphia\'s Wanamaker Building. In keeping with tradition, the reception was attended by more than 250 alumni, judges, friends, students, faculty, and staff. This year\'s reception featured a silent auction and was able to raise more than $5,000 benefitting the Widener Law Fund. There were over 50 items to bid on but some of the more popular included a one week stay in an Ocean City, NJ beach house, autographed Philadelphia sports team memorabilia and tickets to games, jewelry, a Brighton pocketbook, and famed restaurant gift certificates. The Philadelphia Alumni Reception gives everyone the opportunity to network and socialize with fellow Widener Law alumni. Next year\'s event will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 and we look forward to seeing you there. Mark your calendar!</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(30, 'The 2007 H. Albert Young Lecture in Constitutional Law ', '2007-04-03', '<p><strong>Wednesday, April 25, 2007 <br />5:00 pm to 6:30 pm <br />Followed by reception</strong> <br /><br />Americans could sorely use an opportunity to celebrate the ties that bind them together, and the recently created national \"Constitution Day\" could be just such an occasion. But what, exactly, should Americans celebrate about the Constitution? After all, the Constitution\'s text is hardly perfect, and the jurisprudence interpreting the Constitution is equally problematic. <br /><br />In the 2007 H. Albert Young Lecture, Professor Alan E. Garfield explores how the Constitution is important not only for what it says but also for what it symbolizes. To uncover the Constitution\'s symbolic meaning, Professor Garfield dives into the current culture war over the role of religion in American society. Along the way, he addresses controversial topics such as the teaching of intelligent design and the display of Ten Commandments monuments, and refers to commentators from Ann Coulter to Al Franken. What he discovers is how our secular society honors the sanctity of human dignity. <br /><br /><strong>Professor Alan E. Garfield H. Albert Young Fellow 2005-2007</strong> <br />Alan E. Garfield received his Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Brandeis University and his Juris Doctorate from UCLA School of Law, where he was a member of the UCLA Law Review and the Order of the Coif (top 10% of class). Prior to joining the Widener faculty in 1986, he was an associate at the New York City law firm Weil, Gotshal and Manges. He is the author of numerous law review articles as well as Op-Eds in the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Wilmington News Journal. He was the recipient of the 2006 Douglas E. Ray Excellence in Faculty Scholarship Award and the 2004 Outstanding Faculty Award, and recently served as the chair of the Association of American Law School Section on Mass Communication Law. <br /><br /><strong>The H. Albert Young Fellowship</strong> <br />The H. Albert Young Fellowship in Constitutional Law was endowed in 1998 by the Young Foundation of Wilmington, Delaware, to honor the memory of the late H. Albert Young. Mr. Young was a highly respected lawyer and former Delaware attorney general known for his unwavering dedication to upholding justice even in unpopular causes. His most famous role came in the aftermath of the Brown v. Board of Education decision when, in opposition to many of his colleagues and in the face of militant segregationists, he insisted that the Brown ruling be immediately enforced in Delaware. <br /><br /><strong>PROGRAM DETAILS</strong> <br /><br /><strong>LOCATION:</strong> Widener University School of Law <br />Ruby R. Vale Courtroom <br />4601 Concord Pike (1/4 mile south of Concord Mall) <br />Wilmington, Delaware 19803 <br /><br /><strong>DATE AND TIME:</strong> <br />Wednesday, April 25th <br />Program runs from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm <br />Reception following program <br /><br /><strong>QUESTIONS:</strong> For more information or questions, please contact Constance Sweeney at Widener University School of Law (302-477-2177) <br /><br />This is event is open to the public at no charge. For planning purposes, reservations are encouraged, but they are not required. <br /><br />To make a reservation, contact Constance Sweeney at (302) 477-2177 or cmsweeney@widener.edu. </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(31, '&quot;Wild Law&quot; Is Conventional Environmental Law Dead? Building a Rights-Based Nature Jurisprudence', '2007-04-04', '<p>Widener University School of Law Environmental Law Society Presents: <br /><strong>\"Wild Law\" Is Conventional Environmental Law Dead? Building a Rights-Based Nature Jurisprudence </strong><br /><br />Wednesday, April 18th 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM <br /><br />Widener University School of Law (Wilmington) <br />Ruby Vale Courtroom <br /><br />All Welcome - Refreshments &amp; Roundtable Discussion Following <br /><br />PA &amp; DE&nbsp;<a href=\"{staticroot}Academics/Programs/ContinuingLegalEducation.aspx\">CLE</a> Credit Available, 1.5 hrs credit ($3 for PA CLE) <br /><br />Free for all other attendees<br /><img class=\"FloatLeft\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/wildlaw.jpg\" alt=\"wildlaw\" width=\"84\" height=\"114\" />Could \"wild laws\" change environmental law and protect the Earth\'s community, including animals, plants, rivers and ecosystems? \"If we are members of a community, Cullinan says, then our rights must be balanced against those of plants, animals, rivers and ecosystems . . . In a world governed by wild law, the destructive, human-centered exploitation of the natural world would be unlawful.\" (The Guardian, 08Nov06) How does it work? Come hear the experts speak about it including the new and local laws recognizing \'rights of nature\'!<br /><br /><strong><br /><br />Featured Speakers:<br /><img class=\"FloatLeft\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/linzey.jpg\" alt=\"linzey\" width=\"84\" height=\"114\" />Thomas Linzey</strong> is Executive Director and co-founder of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit law firm that provides free and affordable legal services to community groups and over 300 local governments. He is a cum laude graduate of Widener University School of Law and 3-time recipient of Widener\'s Public Interest Law Award, a 2003 recipient of the Law School\'s Young Alumni Award, a 2003 finalist for the Ford Foundation\'s Leadership for Changing World Award, and a 2004 recipient of the Pennsylvania Farmers Union\'s Golden Triangle Legislative Award. He has served as an independent candidate for Attorney General, receiving over 65,000 votes statewide. He is a co-founder of the Daniel Pennock Democracy School - now taught at 15 locations across the United States - which assists groups and communities to reframe seemingly \"single\" environmental issues into ones focused on eliminating the ability of corporate \"rights\" to trump the rights of communities. He co-drafted the 2006 Tamaqua Borough Sewage Sludge Ordinance recognizing ecosystems as \"legal persons.\"<br /><br /><strong><img class=\"FloatLeft\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/cullinan.jpg\" alt=\"cullinan\" width=\"84\" height=\"114\" />Cormac Cullinan</strong> is Public Interest Lawyer, former anti-apartheid activist, and author of Wild Law. He is a senior environmental lawyer at Winstanley &amp; Cullinan, Inc. in South Africa, and adviser on institutional, policy and regulatory reform in the fields of environment and natural resource management. He was admitted as an attorney in 1989 and has specialized in environmental law since 1992 when he completed a Masters degree in environmental law at University of London. Known for developing practical and innovative approaches, Cormac is an expert on international and South African environ- mental law and policy. Cormac also manages EnAct International and is a member of the IUCN Environmental Law Commission. He has worked on these issues in more than 20 countries, including 10 in sub-Saharan Africa. In the academic field, he has lectured and written widely on governance issues related to human interactions with the environment and several works commissioned and published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.<br /><br />To make a reservation, contact Constance Sweeney at (302) 477-2177 or cmsweeney@widener.edu. </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(32, 'Ribbon-cutting ceremony, landscaping gift from Bruce (96\') and Elizabeth Monroe', '2007-04-09', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0402Monroe.jpg\" alt=\"0402Monroe\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" />&nbsp;On April 5, faculty and staff of the Law School gathered in the newly planted space outside of the Financial Aid and Registrar\'s Offices for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate a new beautiful outdoor garden. Landscaping for the garden was the gift of Bruce \'96 and Elizabeth Monroe who were present and with Dean Linda Ammons participated in the ribbon-cutting. The patio was a gift of Andrew McK. \'93 and Heather \'95 Jefferson, through the Graham Foundation. Widener Law and all those students, faculty, and staff who will enjoy the garden area are grateful to these generous donors.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0402Monroe1.jpg\" alt=\"0402Monroe1\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0402Monroe2.jpg\" alt=\"0402Monroe2\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(33, 'Celebration of the awarding of the first Thomas S. Lodge Memorial Scholarship', '2007-04-09', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0403llodge.jpg\" alt=\"0403llodge\" width=\"350\" height=\"253\" />On March 20, 2007, members of the Lodge Family, the Lodge Scholarship Committee, and donors to the fund, gathered in the Law School\'s Special Collections Room to celebrate the awarding of the first Thomas S. Lodge Memorial Scholarship and to congratulate its first recipient, Harrisburg Campus student Lisa Kelly. The scholarship will be awarded annually to a student who has a demonstrated commitment to public interest legal work.<br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> (L to R) Gail Lodge, student recipient Lisa Kelly, Scott Lodge, Martha Lodge Holjecki are shown at the reception to celebrate the first award of the Thomas S. Lodge Memorial Scholarship.<br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> Lodge Scholarship Committee Members are shown congratulating student recipient Lisa Kelly (center). Pictured left to right are John Cellucci, Robert Bruce, Eugene McGurk \'78, and Dr. Kathleen McNicholas \'06. Attending the event, but not shown, was committee member Justice William T. Quillen.<br /><strong>Photo 3:</strong> Faculty, staff, donors, and members of the Lodge Family are shown celebrating the award of the first Thomas S. Lodge Memorial Scholarship.<br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0403llodge1.jpg\" alt=\"0403llodge1\" width=\"350\" height=\"214\" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0403lodge2.jpg\" alt=\"0403lodge2\" width=\"350\" height=\"129\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(34, 'Diversity pipeline competition planned; Event hoped to spark an interest in legal careers among students of diverse backgrounds', '2007-04-10', '<p>Law students at Widener University\'s law campus in Wilmington, Del. will spend this Saturday doing their part to boost diversity in the legal profession, by hosting a competition designed to spark an interest in the law among diverse undergraduate students. <br /><br />The \"Diversity Pipeline Mock Trial Competition\" will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 14 in room 126 of the main law building. Twenty minority undergraduate students from around the region have signed up to compete in the competition, where they will act as attorneys and play out a criminal trial involving fictitious allegations of sexual assault. Competitors come from a range of backgrounds, and many are of ethnicities which have been traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession. Other competitors include students who have immigrated to America from foreign countries and intend to go to law school following their current studies. <br /><br />The competitors will make opening statements, question witnesses and submit evidence and make closing arguments - all before a panel of law professors and area attorneys, who will judge their performances. Widener Law students will volunteer as bailiffs and as witnesses, to be questioned on the witness stand by competitors. <br /><br />The school\'s Student Bar Association has organized the competition, which is drawing competitors from the University of Delaware, Drexel University, the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Widener University. The program is the Widener students\' localized effort in support of the American Bar Association\'s 2007 national goal of promoting diversity in the legal profession. <br /><br />The competitors are not law students, but the competition allows them to \"play\" lawyer for a day, exposing them to the professional life of a trial attorney in the hopes it may inspire the undergraduates to consider careers in law. The top six competitors, who will be announced at an awards ceremony April 19, will win $1,300 scholarships from Kaplan for LSAT prep courses. <br /><br />\"In the end, the hope is that this will be a first step toward a more diverse bar,\" Widener Law student Joe McNamara, the lead coordinator of Saturday\'s competition, said. \"If Widener should benefit by boosting its student diversity all the better, but the main focus is on diversity in the profession at large, long term.\" </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(35, 'Widener University Statement on Student Loan Investigation', '2007-04-11', '<p>The New York Attorney General\'s Office is actively investigating potential conflicts of interest in the student loan industry. The results of this investigation have been reported in numerous stories in recent weeks in the national media. <br /><br />On Monday, university officials received a letter from the New York Attorney General requesting information regarding the university\'s process for selecting preferred lenders and Mr. Walter Cathie, assistant vice president for finance. <br /><br />The University is voluntarily assisting the New York Attorney General\'s office in its investigation and has placed Mr. Cathie on administrative leave pending the results of an independent, external review. Upon completion of this review, the university will submit its findings to the New York Attorney General. <br /><br />The university makes every effort to provide parents and students with financial aid options to help make a Widener education affordable. This year, Widener has provided $27.5 million in financial aid to its students, a 9.5 percent increase over last year. <br /><br />Widener University strives to follow the highest legal and ethical standards in its student loan practices. This matter will have no impact on the status of current student loans or students\' eligibility for financial aid.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(36, 'Widener University School of Law\'s Harrisburg Campus Holds Annual Alumni Reception', '2007-04-12', '<p>The bright blues and warm reds of the Susquehanna Art Museum\'s showcased Cuban art reflected the atmosphere well at this year\'s Annual Alumni Reception. Many bright new alumni faces filled the gallery along with the welcoming faces of our long-time alumni friends. <br /><br />The evening of networking took place from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. in downtown Harrisburg. Faculty and staff in attendance were delighted to mingle with their past students and hear about their successes at big and small firms, within government, and as part of corporations. Special guests from the community and student leaders from Widener\'s Harrisburg campus were also present on the evening of April 4, 2007, forming new friendships and business relationships. <br /><br />Dean Linda L. Ammons shared a Law School update with attendees as they enjoyed rib eye steak bites in gorgonzola butter, skewered balsamic chicken, grilled marinated seasonal vegetables, a smashed potato bar, whole poached salmon filet, and a very popular dessert fondue station. All of the museum\'s Carlos Luna artwork was on display for guests to enjoy. Alumni also received a sneak peak of Doshi Gallery featured-artist Jo Margolis\' exhibit, \"Notes from the Tangled Trail,\" which had not yet been opened to the public. <br /><br />Mark your calendars now for next year\'s alumni reception, tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Do you have a new venue suggestion for next year\'s Annual Harrisburg Alumni Reception? Contact Ashley Barton via e-mail at anbarton@widener.edu with your idea.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(37, 'Law Professor Plays Role in USSC Global Warming Case', '2007-04-16', '<p>The United States Supreme Court\'s landmark April 2 decision reflects the position taken by 18 climate scientists in a friend-of-the-court brief crafted by four American law professors, including Widener Law Professor&nbsp;John C. Dernbach of the school\'s Harrisburg campus. <br /><br />Dernbach and his colleagues represented a group of independent scientists who supported the state of Massachusetts and other petitioners in a challenge to EPA\'s decision not to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. In the first U.S. Supreme Court case to deal with climate change, the Court decided that EPA had the statutory authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. <br /><br />\"Our goal in preparing this brief,\" Dernbach said, \"was to give some of the nation\'s preeminent scientists an opportunity to speak directly to the Supreme Court--without filtering, interpretation or spin. The majority\'s decision reflects their view of the science, and even the dissenting opinions didn\'t try to contradict it.\" <br /><br />The group of scientists on whose behalf Dernbach and the other attorneys filed an amicus brief Aug. 31 includes James Hansen, head of the NASA Institute for Space Studies, nine members of the National Academy of Science or Engineering and two Nobel Laureates in chemistry who study the earth\'s atmosphere. Dernbach did the work pro bono. <br /><br />Dernbach joined the Widener Harrisburg campus faculty in 1993. He teaches environmental law, international environmental law, climate change, sustainability and the law, property, international law and administrative law. His research concentrates on environmental law, climate change and sustainable development. He returned last year from a 2-year stint as policy director for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under the direction of DEP Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty. <br /><br />The lawsuit began when the EPA was asked to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the federal Clean Air Act, the same way the agency regulates other pollutants, like lead. But the EPA refused, claiming as one of its reasons that the science of climate change was uncertain. The group of scientists that Dernbach represents took issue with the EPA\'s position. The scientists counter in their brief that recent observations of changes to the ecosystem are so compelling they have brought remarkable consensus within the scientific community. <br /><br />\"We feel an obligation to inform this Court that [EPA and the Appeals Court] misunderstood or mischaracterized the science\" contained in a report at issue in the case, the brief states. The scientists felt compelled to weigh in, they wrote, to \"offer our professional insight on using scientific evidence to judge whether a particular standard for regulatory action is met in the matter of climate change.\" The scientists maintain that the human impact on climate change is sufficient to enable the EPA to regulate emissions from cars and trucks, just as it did with lead, a timely action that the scientists say saved the United States billions of dollars and protected the health of tens of millions of people. <br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(38, 'CDO\'s \'Dress for Success Fashion Show\' a winner', '2007-04-18', '<p>The Career Development Office, in conjunction with the Student Bar Association (SBA), held a Dress for Success Fashion Show on March 21, 2007. Volunteer students modeled outfits representing both proper and improper interview and business casual dress. Professors Turezyn, Nichols and Associate Dean Goldberg added a fun element to the event by modeling wildly inappropriate attire for the office and the courtroom. <br /><br /><a href=\"#\" name=\"1\"></a>Representatives from Ann Taylor and Joseph A. Banks provided advice on how to put together a winning look and answered questions from the students attending the fashion show. <br /><br />We would like to thank Dean Ammons, our student and faculty models, and all in attendance for helping to make this event a success!</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(39, 'Widener Mourns Virginia Tech Victims', '2007-04-19', '<p>Widener University students, faculty and staff gathered Wednesday in the University Center atrium in a show of support for the Virginia Tech community following Monday\'s tragic shooting that took the lives of 33 people. <br /><br />Dr. Geraldine Bloemker, assistant provost for student services, encouraged students affected by the tragedy to communicate. <br /><br />\"When we hurt, we need to talk and connect to the life energy of others,\" Bloemker said. \"Isolation does not help. Our counseling center is one safe, confidential place to go to talk and share your feelings.\" <br /><br />Chris Heleniak, president of the Widener Student Government Association, said, \"the differences and distances between colleges and universities disappear when such tragic events take place.\" <br /><br />\"Today, we are Widener, but we are also Virginia Tech,\" Heleniak said. <br /><br />In support of the Virginia Tech community, Widener students, faculty and staff signed a giant poster which will be sent to Virginia Tech. <br /><br /><strong>The \"City of Brotherly Love\" (Philadelphia)</strong> will be extending its support be encouraging all colleges and universities to wear orange and maroon on Friday. The Widener University Student Government Association would like to continue to show its support for the Virginia Tech community by asking all Widener University members to wear orange or maroon on campus on tomorrow. <br /><br />We feel as though this tragedy has touched us all and we would like to show our support for those in need. The SGA would also like to thank all of you who attended today\'s Acknowledgement Ceremony in the University Center. <br /><br />Thank you for your continued support!</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(40, 'Moot Court congratulates competitors &amp; faculty coaches', '2007-04-23', '<p>The Moot Court Honor Society proudly congratulates Eric Lubin, Steven Jones and Michael Mattson for receiving a Second Place Brief Award and advancing to the Quarter-Final Round of the National Criminal Procedure Competition hosted by Seton Hall University School of Law on March 30th and 31st. The team, coached by Professor Leonard Sosnov, and led by Moot Court Vice President Michael Mattson, faced fierce competition in their preliminary round arguments but the team\'s combined brief and oral argument scores placed them in the top eight of the thirty-two competing teams. In the Quarter Final Round, Widener faced off against Boston College who went on to win the competition. In addition, congratulations go to Michael Mattson whose combined argument scores ranked him 7th out of 79 competitors. All in all, the Moot Court Honor Society has had another outstanding year of interscholastic competitions. Each team faced fierce competition and demonstrated to judges across the country the caliber of Widener students. Additionally, Moot Court would like to recognize and congratulate all the competitors and faculty coaches who participated in Interscholastic Competitions for the 2006-2007 academic year. The teams are as follows: <br /><br /><strong>Sports and Entertainment Law</strong> <br />New Orleans, LA <br />Members: Diana Abboud, Ericka Johnson (Captain) &amp; Evan Perel, <br />Coach: Professor Stephen Henderson <br /><br /><strong>Family Law</strong> <br />Albany, NY <br />Members: Ruhi Boga, Andrei Govorov, &amp; Kara Guzzetti (Captain) <br />Coach: Professor Alicia Kelly <br /><br /><strong>Securities Regulation</strong> <br />New York, NY <br />Members: Brian Abrams &amp; Drew Silow <br />Coach: Matthew D\'Emilio <br /><br /><strong>Juvenile Law</strong> <br />Costa Mesa, CA <br />Members: Kara Donoghue &amp; John Lego (Captain) <br />Coach: Professor Leslie Johnson <br /><br /><strong>Animal Law</strong> <br />Boston, Ma <br />Members: Nicole Hartman &amp; Kelley Huff (Captain) <br />Coach: Professor Verne Smith <br /><br /><strong>Criminal Procedure</strong> <br />Newark, NJ <br />Members: Steven Jones, Eric Lubin, &amp; Michael Mattson(Captain) <br />Coach: Professor Lenonard Sosnov <br /><br /><strong>Constitutional Law </strong><br />Williamsburg, VA <br />Members: Denise Georges, Jennie Philip, &amp; Derek Riker(Captain) <br />Coach: Professor Robert Hayman <br /><br /><strong>Tax Law </strong><br />Buffalo, NY <br />Members: Michael Cianci, Gina Daigeaun, &amp; Aron Gold(Captain) <br />Coach: Professor Roberta Mann <br /><br />Thanks for a job well done! <br />John R. Lego Moot Court V.P. Interscholastic Competitions</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(41, 'Harrisburg Campus Hosts First Dean\'s Leadership Forum on Diversity', '2007-04-27', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/diversity2.jpg\" alt=\"diversity2\" width=\"300\" height=\"330\" />The three Rs for diversity in higher education should be simple, says Frank W. Hale Jr., vice provost and professor emeritus from the Ohio State University. \"Recruit, retain and release with a degree.\" <br /><br />Hale was a featured speaker at the inaugural Dean\'s Leadership Forum on Diversity in Higher Education, held recently on the Harrisburg campus of Widener University School of Law. <br /><br />Hale, who was one of 13 speakers throughout the daylong public conference, said academia has miles to go before it can be considered a model of diversity. Schools and programs with the greatest success are those that have strong leadership, he said. Hale is a nationally recognized expert and scholar in the area of higher education diversity. <br /><br />\"There\'s no sense in a university calling itself a university unless it has a sense of universality,\" he said. <br /><br />Law Dean Linda L. Ammons established the Dean\'s Leadership Forum and plans to make the diversity topic an annual focus for the forum. \"I want Widener and this community to be an example to the nation, an example of how to do what needs to be done.\" <br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/diversity1.jpg\" alt=\"diversity1\" width=\"300\" height=\"255\" />Panelists for the day included Franklin A. Miles Jr. Esq., vice president, secretary and general counsel for Hershey Entertainment &amp; Resorts; Peter Speaks Esq., deputy secretary and special advisor to the governor for minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business development; and Deborah C. Davis of the Office of Diversity, Inclusion &amp; Employment Equity at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, College of Medicine. <br /><br />Among those in the audience who said they were inspired by the day\'s discussions was Pedro A. Cortes, secretary of the Commonwealth. \"Forums like this give you an opportunity, if you are open minded, to explore other views,\" he said. \"I am here to support and I am here to learn ways I can become more active.\" <br /><br />Ammons oversaw the event, which the Widener-Harrisburg campus Faculty Diversity Committee coordinated. The school is grateful to event sponsors Kirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP; Hershey Entertainment &amp; Resorts Company; Renardo L. Hicks, Esq., partner at Stevens &amp; Lee, Lawyers <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/diversity3.jpg\" alt=\"diversity3\" width=\"300\" height=\"143\" />and Consultants; McNees, Wallace &amp; Nurick, LLC; and the Association of Corporate Counsel Central Pennsylvania Chapter. <br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Frank W. Hale Jr., PhD, of The Ohio State University, gave the morning keynote address.<br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> Dorothy A. Brown, right, of Washington and Lee University School of Law gave the afternoon keynote address. Here she stands with Widener Law Dean Linda L. Ammons.<br /><strong>Photo 3:</strong> A panel on the pipeline from education to work included from left, Pamela Cross, assistant counsel for the Pennsylvania Department of General Services; Franklin A. Miles Jr., vice president and general counsel of Hershey Entertainment and Resorts; Samuel T. Cooper III of Eckert Seamans Cherin &amp; Mellott LLC; David E. Lehman of McNees, Wallace &amp; Nurick LLC; Renardo Hicks of Stevens &amp; Lee; Jacqueline E. Bedard of Kirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP; and Peter Speaks, deputy secretary and special advisor to the governor for minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business development.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(42, 'Widener Law Program Marks 150th Anniversary of Reviled Dred Scott Decision Upholding Slavery', '2007-04-27', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/dred1.jpg\" alt=\"dred1\" width=\"300\" height=\"337\" />Widener Law\'s campus in Harrisburg marked the 150th anniversary of the infamous Dred Scott court decision with an afternoon program featuring a list of impressive speakers, including the son of one of the most important civil rights attorneys in American history. <br /><br />\"Dred Scott after 150 Years: A grievous wound remembered\" was held the afternoon of April 2 and featured five speakers and a panel discussion. <br /><br />Dred Scott was a slave who sued, unsuccessfully, for his freedom in the mid 1850s. The case began in the St. Louis Circuit Court and rose all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled 7-2 against Scott in 1857, finding he owned no property and was not entitled to sue in federal court. The court did not view Scott as a legal citizen of the United States. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney delivered the majority opinion, which found slaves had no claim to freedom and were considered property. The ruling escalated tensions between northern and southern states before the Civil War. <br /><br />\"Dred Scott was in fact the worst decision the U.S. Supreme Court has ever reached,\" said Widener Law Associate Professor Wesley M. Oliver, one of the speakers. \"The type of wrong committed here is one we will never see again.\" <br /><br />The list of presenters also included Charles Hamilton Houston Jr., lecturer in history at Morgan State University in Baltimore and the son of the late Charles <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/dred2.jpg\" alt=\"dred2\" width=\"300\" height=\"353\" />Hamilton Houston, an attorney who went on to serve as vice dean of Howard University School of Law. Houston dedicated his life to ending racial discrimination. He led the law school\'s effort to obtain accreditation by the American Bar Association and under his leadership Howard trained nearly one-quarter of the nation\'s African-American law students, including Thurgood Marshall - who looked to Houston as a mentor. Houston Jr.\'s remarks explored his father\'s civil rights work. His father was the first, full-time salaried special counsel to the NAACP and was a pivotal figure in the organization\'s campaign to end segregation. <br /><br />The conference was organized by the school\'s Law &amp; Government Institute under the direction of Professor John L. Gedid. <br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Widener Law Professor John L. Gedid addresses the crowd.<br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> Charles Hamilton Houston Jr., son of the late Charles Hamilton Houston, a noted civil rights attorney, was one of the day\'s speakers.<br /><strong>Photo 3:</strong> All the speakers made up a panel discussion. From left, Widener Law Professor John L. Gedid, Charles Hamilton Houston Jr. of Morgan State University, Robert E. Mensel of Charleston School of Law, Widener Law Associate Professor Wesley M. Oliver, Widener Law Assistant Professor Michael R. Dimino Sr. and Earl M. Maltz of Rutgers School of Law - Camden, N.J.<br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/dred3.jpg\" alt=\"dred3\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(43, 'Widener Law Launches John Gedid Lecture Series - Inaugural Speaker Training Iraqi Judges Who Presided Over Saddam Hussein Trial', '2007-04-27', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/watersgedid1.jpg\" alt=\"watersgedid1\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" />A Washington and Lee University School of Law international law expert shared her thoughts recently on what can be learned from errors made during the war-crimes trial of former Iraq President Saddam Hussein. Assistant Professor Melissa Waters\' remarks on the Harrisburg campus on Thursday, April 19 marked the first John Gedid Lecture in what is to become an annual series. <br /><br />Waters has worked with Iraqi judges and attorneys over the last three years, training them in international human rights law and criminal defense law. Some of the judges participating in the training went on to preside over Hussein\'s war crimes trial. <br /><br />Waters said those in power should think twice in the future before trying to conduct such a trial in a country still experiencing such upheaval and conflict. She said the trial could have waited or been moved to a neutral country. The trial also needed more international support, and better public relations efforts could <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/watersgedid2.jpg\" alt=\"watersgedid2\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" />have been employed to explain to the Iraqi people that the trial was about justice for them. Finally, tribunal judges could have been even better trained before putting them in a position to direct one of the most important trials of the century. <br /><br />\"What went wrong with the Saddam trial? I think everything went wrong,\" she said. <br /><br />The event honored Professor John L. Gedid, who has been a leading figure on the Harrisburg campus since it opened in 1989. He served as the campus associate dean during its first six years of operation and is a beloved professor, treasured mentor and active public servant. Gedid currently directs the school\'s Law &amp; Government Institute, which is dedicated to improving law that defines the structure and operation of government and the rights and duties of citizens dealing with government. <br /><br />Widener Law is grateful to Aspen Publishing and the Harrisburg faculty for their generous support of the series. <br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/watersgedid3.jpg\" alt=\"watersgedid3\" width=\"300\" height=\"407\" /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> From left, Carol Gedid, her husband Widener Law Professor John L. Gedid, Washington and Lee Assistant Law Professor Melissa Waters and Widener Law Associate Professor Wesley M. Oliver listen to remarks at the start of the program.<br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> Harrisburg campus Vice Dean Loren D. Prescott Jr., right, presents Widener Law Professor John L. Gedid a framed poster from the inaugural John Gedid Lecture series. Carol Gedid, center, watches.<br /><strong>Photo 3:</strong>&nbsp;Washington and Lee Assistant Law Professor Melissa Waters talks about the trial of Saddam Hussein.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(44, 'School of Law lecture spotlights the U.S. Constitution', '2007-04-27', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/younglecture1.jpg\" alt=\"younglecture1\" width=\"300\" height=\"309\" />Professor Alan E. Garfield, the outgoing H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law at the Widener University School of Law, discussed \"The Constitution as a symbol\" when he delivered the Young Fellowship lecture on the Delaware campus Wednesday, April 25. <br /><br />Garfield, who teaches and writes in areas of constitutional law, the First Amendment, copyright and contracts, was named the H. Albert Young fellow in 2005. The term runs through this June. <br /><br />His remarks explored how the Constitution is important not only for what it says, but also for what it symbolizes. To uncover the Constitution\'s symbolic meaning, Garfield examined the current culture war over the role of religion in American society. He also addressed controversial topics such as the teaching of intelligent design and the display of the Ten Commandments monuments. The constitution, he concluded, is a source of shared values for a diverse nation. <br /><br />The H. Albert Young Fellowship in Constitutional Law was endowed in 1998 by the Young Foundation of Wilmington, Del. in honor of the late H. Albert Young, a highly respected attorney and former Delaware attorney general. The fellowship enables a Widener University School of Law professor to conduct and publish research in the area of Delaware or U.S. constitutional law. <br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/younglecture2.jpg\" alt=\"younglecture2\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" /><br />Members of the Young family attended the lecture and Garfield thanked them for their philanthropy. \"It has been an honor to use your father\'s name in my title for the past two years,\" he said. <br /><br />Law Dean Linda L. Ammons closed the program by announcing that Harrisburg Professor Robert C. Power will become the next H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law. His term will begin in July and run through 2009.<br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Professor Alan E. Garfield delivers the 2007 Young Fellowship lecture.<br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> From left, Sharon Bob Young, PhD, H. Alan Young, Esq., Toni Young, Professor Alan E. Garfield, Ronell Young Douglass, Stuart B. Young, Esq. and Dr. William Douglass.<br /><strong>Photo 3:</strong> Professor Alan E. Garfield, the H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law through June 2007, stands at left with Professor Robert C. Power, who will hold the fellowship beginning in July.<img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/younglecture3.jpg\" alt=\"younglecture3\" width=\"300\" height=\"360\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(45, 'Law school ponders cross-examination as machine for determining truth', '2007-04-27', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/exam3.jpg\" alt=\"exam3\" width=\"300\" height=\"319\" />More than 100 people attended the daylong symposium \"Cross Examination: The Great Engine?\" at the Widener Law Delaware campus on Friday, April 20. The event, sponsored by the law school and its student-run Widener Law Review, included six panel discussions featuring academics, practitioners and judges from around the country who examined the idea of cross-examination as an engine for determining truth. <br /><br />Associate Professor Jules Epstein, an expert on mistaken identification, co-chaired the conference with Widener Professor John F. Nivala, director of the school\'s Advocacy and Technology Institute. Epstein made welcome remarks at the start of the day. \"Courts nationally have said cross-examination is the fix-it,\" he said. \"It won\'t always fix everything, but it is a powerful tool.\" <br /><br />The day\'s topics of discussion included the history of adversary trials and development of cross-examination, cross-examination as art and the future of cross-examination. <br /><br />Presenter Kimberlianne Podlas, Esq., assistant professor at University of North Carolina in Greensboro, discussed the effects television and the media have had on juries and what jurors expect from cross-examination. \"Very few people have walked into a courtroom. Millions have seen one on TV,\" she said, adding that jurors bring their assumptions, gleaned from \"Law and Order\" and \"CSI,\" <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/exam7.jpg\" alt=\"exam7\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" />with them to jury duty. In the future legal climate, Podlas said, cross-examination can take on a greater role of storyteller to the jury, as opposed to truth-finder for the case. <br /><br />\"Empirical research shows jurors come up with their verdicts based on stories,\" she said.<br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Student Michael Wozny, editor-in-chief of the Widener Law Review, welcomed everyone.<br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> Panelists that discussed the development of cross-examination included, from left, Louis Raveson of Rutgers University School of Law, Angela Laughlin of Texas Tech University School of Law, Widener Law Associate Professor H. Geoffrey Moulton and Randolph N. Jonakait of New York Law School.<br /><strong>Photo 3:</strong> The symposium attracted more than 100 people.<br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/exam8.jpg\" alt=\"exam8\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(46, 'Moot Court Honor Society Members Advance to Quarter-Final Round of Criminal Procedure Competition', '2007-04-27', '<p>The Moot Court Honor Society proudly congratulates Eric Lubin, Steven Jones and Michael Mattson for receiving a Second Place Brief Award and advancing to the Quarter-Final Round of the National Criminal Procedure Competition hosted by Seton Hall University School of Law on March 30th and 31st. The team, coached by Professor Leonard Sosnov, and led by Moot Court Vice President Michael Mattson, faced fierce competition in their preliminary round arguments but the team\'s combined brief and oral argument scores placed them in the top eight of the thirty-two competing teams. In the Quarter Final Round, Widener faced off against Boston College who went on to win the competition. <br /><br />In addition, congratulations go to Michael Mattson whose combined argument scores ranked him 7th out of 79 competitors.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, '');
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(47, 'Law Site Offers Resource for Pennsylvania Voters', '2007-05-02', '<p>Widener Law is pleased to announce it has launched a section of its website devoted to informing the public about the upcoming May 15 primary election and the candidates seeking election to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. <br /><br />The information, located at www.law.widener.edu/election/2007 was coordinated by Associate Law Professor Jules Epstein and law school Webmaster Cassandra King. <br /><br />\"This information is presented in the spirit of public service. Too often, members of the public have very little knowledge of the candidates\' backgrounds and strengths as they enter the election booth on Primary Day. We hope voters will consult this site to learn more about the candidates before casting ballots in what is a critical election,\" Epstein said. <br /><br />The site includes information about the four Democrats and three Republicans vying for votes in the primary, the role and responsibilities of the Supreme Court and the ratings each candidate received from the Pennsylvania Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Commission. The Law School makes no recommendation or endorsement of any candidate. <br /><br />On May 15, the top-two vote getters in each party will win the right to move on to the November general election. In the fall, voters will choose two justices from among the four candidates. In a separate vote, they will decide whether to retain current Supreme Court Justice Thomas G. Saylor. <br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(48, 'Law Students in Harrisburg Honored for Achievements', '2007-05-02', '<p>The Harrisburg campus of Widener University School of Law honored its outstanding academic and service student leaders Thursday, April 26 at a ceremony in the administration building moot courtroom. The event is a prelude to the Law School commencement ceremonies scheduled for May 20. <br /><br />The audience included students and their families, donors and members of the law school community. Law Dean Linda L. Ammons told the students they are \"absolutely phenomenal.\" <br /><br />\"You students are the heart of this Law School,\" she said. \"You are all examples of the very best that society has to offer.\" <br /><br />Ammons also thanked the donors and supporters of the awards. \"Without you most of the work being done by our students would be absolutely impossible,\" she said. <br /><br />She went on to give the Valedictorian Award to student Ann L. Martin, as the top student in the class of 2007. Prior to law school, Martin spent time as a writer/editor for a liberal arts college, administering educational exchange programs with China and directing the East Asia relief and development programs of the nonprofit organization Mennonite Central Committee. Martin now works part-time for the Lancaster firm Gibbel, Kraybill and Hess, LLP with plans to join them full-time after the bar exam as an associate in general litigation. <br /><br />Ammons then presented the Dean\'s Award to student Elizabeth F. Murdock. The honor is given annually to the graduating student who, in the dean\'s opinion, has demonstrated outstanding legal aptitude, exemplary service, significant leadership skills and the potential to become an outstanding member of the legal community. <br /><br />Murdock\'s prior professional background as a physical therapist spans 21 years with a broad base of clinical skills and management experience. She hopes to combine her medical and legal knowledge toward a future goal of working in health care or disability law. She is in the top 10 percent of the evening division class and has earned multiple certificates of achievement. <br /><br />Murdock is the recipient of the 2004-2005 James W. Stoudt Memorial Scholarship and a Widener University School of Law Merit Scholarship. She currently works as a certified legal intern at the Widener Civil Law Clinic in addition to her job at Hershey Physical Therapy Services in Lititz. Murdock is a member of the Moot Court Honor Society and advanced to the quarter finals in the 2007 internal competition. <br /><br />Widener University Senior Vice President and Provost attended the ceremony and gave the President\'s Award to student Nicole E. Carter. The honor is given to the second-year student who has demonstrated scholastic achievement and possesses high potential for meaningful contribution to the law school, the community and the profession. <br /><br />Carter has worked with the Volunteer Tax Assistance Program, preparing income tax returns for mid to low-income Pennsylvanians. She also plans to volunteer with the Capital Area Therapeutic Riding Center over the summer. CATRA provides therapeutic horseback riding to children and young adults who have mental and physical disabilities, as well as terminal illnesses. Carter is a 20-year equestrian and competed for Clemson University while completing her undergraduate degree. <br /><br />At Widener, she will be the 2007-2008 Widener Law Journal Executive Managing Editor and the comment she wrote on the Agriculture, Communities and Rural Environment initiative in Pennsylvania will be published in the forthcoming volume of the Widener Law Journal. She also participates in the student mentor and academic support fellow programs. Additionally, she is the Harrisburg campus student blogger for the Admissions Office. <br /><br />She will work this summer as an associate in the Harrisburg office of Buchanan Ingersoll &amp; Rooney. <br /><br />A full list of the other honors: <br /><br />SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS <br /><br /></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>George C. Blissman Memorial Award - Jonathan D. Koltash</li>\r\n<li>Honorable James C. Crumlish Scholarship - Brandon J. Pierce</li>\r\n<li>Edmund Dobrowolski Memorial Scholarship - Cynthia Von Schlichten</li>\r\n<li>Pamela K. Karpouzis Memorial Scholarship - Angel M. Lineberry</li>\r\n<li>Fairfax Leary, Jr. Memorial Scholarship - Audrey L. Buglione</li>\r\n<li>Paul Isaac Leiter Memorial Scholarship - Rebecca R. Waldemar</li>\r\n<li>Thomas S. Lodge Memorial Scholarship - Lisa K. Kelly</li>\r\n<li>John Warrington Memorial Scholarship - Kirsten Gardner</li>\r\n<li>ALI-ABA Scholarship &amp; Leadership Award - John J. Herman</li>\r\n<li>American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Award - Audrey L. Buglione</li>\r\n<li>American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence - Tara J. Mondelli</li>\r\n<li>James S. Bowman American Inn of Court Award - John K. Geschwindt</li>\r\n<li>E. John Wherry, Jr. Award - Christopher F. Schellhorn</li>\r\n<li>International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award - Brian C. Jordan</li>\r\n<li>Legal Research and Writing Award - Jessica L. Wray, Ann L. Martin</li>\r\n<li>John A. Fillion Memorial Award - Kimberly K. Moraski</li>\r\n<li>Most Promising Civil Litigator Award - Sara M. Hockenberry</li>\r\n<li>Outstanding Clinical Advocacy Award - Richard W. McCoy</li>\r\n<li>Dean of Students Pro Bono Service Award - Brian C. Jordan</li>\r\n<li>Moot Court Honor Society Outstanding Executive Board Member - Audrey L. Buglione</li>\r\n<li>Trial Advocacy Honor Society Outstanding Executive Board Member - Sara M. Hockenberry</li>\r\n<li>Widener Law Journal Award for Distinguished Legal Scholarship - Tara J. Mondelli</li>\r\n<li>Dean Anthony J. Santoro Outstanding Service Award - Kimberly A. Allen</li>\r\n<li>Widener University School of Law Outstanding Service Awards:\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Arnold Bituin</li>\r\n<li>Jonathan D. Koltash</li>\r\n<li>Dean P. Fox</li>\r\n<li>Jeremy S. Montgomery</li>\r\n<li>John J. Herman</li>\r\n<li>Angela Sindaco</li>\r\n<li>Trisha D. Hoover</li>\r\n<li>Niti Zinzuwadia-Trikha</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n</li>\r\n<li>Outstanding Law &amp; Government Student Award - Lena Monje</li>\r\n<li>Distinguished Service Award - Alyssa H. Knisely</li>\r\n</ul>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(49, 'Law students honored in Wilmington for service, scholarship', '2007-05-02', '<p>Standout students in leadership and academics were honored April 17 at the Annual Student Awards Ceremony, a prelude to commencement ceremonies scheduled for May 19.<br /><br />Law Dean Linda L. Ammons welcomed students and their families, donors and members of the law school community to the event in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom. <br /><br />\"Each and every one of you has made your mark on this law school,\" Ammons said, calling the students the best society has to offer. \"Remember what you have learned here and continue to strive for excellence in all that you do.\" <br /><br />Ammons went on to give the Dean\'s Award to student Darlene Ghavimi-Alagha. The honor is given annually to the graduating student who, in the dean\'s opinion, has demonstrated outstanding legal aptitude, exemplary service, significant leadership skills and the potential to become an outstanding member of the legal community. <br /><br />Ghavimi-Alagha graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and prior to law school, she worked as a research technician at Children\'s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and the A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, performing biomedical research involving HIV and AIDS, Alzheimer\'s, and a genetic stroke disorder. She has six scientific publications in major medical journals. She studied in Widener\'s evening division while working at the A.I. duPont Hospital for Children. She served as a staff member and manuscript editor of the Widener Law Review. Her note, \"Cosmetic Surgery in the Doctor\'s Office: Is State Regulation Improving Patient Safety?\" was selected for publication in the Widener Law Review and also won second place in a national writing competition, the Eighth Annual Health Law Writing Competition sponsored by Epstein, Becker &amp; Green, a Washington DC, firm. <br /><br />Ghavimi-Alagha externed with The Hon. Thomas Ambro of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and held a prestigious Wolcott Fellowship, clerking for Delaware Supreme Court Justice Jack Jacobs. She was a summer intern at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in 2005 and a 2006 summer associate with Morris, Nichols, Arsht &amp; Tunnell in Wilmington. Darlene has been on the Dean\'s Honors List every semester of law school, stands second in her class, and graduated magna cum laude in December. She is now a full-time associate at Morris Nichols in their Intellectual Property Litigation Department. <br /><br />Widener University President James T. Harris III also attended the event and gave the President\'s Award to student Janine Hochberg. The honor is given to the second-year student who has demonstrated scholastic achievement and possesses high potential for meaningful contribution to the law school, the community and the profession. <br /><br />Hochberg graduated summa cum laude from Widener University in 2005 with a bachelor\'s degree in liberal studies. As an undergraduate, she was named student of the year by the Mid-Atlantic Region University Continuing Education Association. In law school, she has been active in a number of student organizations, including serving as the current president of the Gay/Straight Student Alliance. <br /><br />Hochberg was recently selected editor-in-chief of the Widener Law Review for 2007-2008. Her student note has been chosen for publication in the Widener Law Review. Hochberg works as a research assistant for Law Professor John G. Culhane and will be interning for Judge Peggy L. Ableman in the Delaware Superior Court this summer. <br /><br />The ceremony\'s awards were handed out by Susan L. Goldberg, associate dean for student affairs, Ned B. Luce and Serena M. Williams, both assistant deans for student affairs. A full list of the other honors: <br /><br /><strong>SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS</strong></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Howard M. Berg Scholarship - Lindsay A. Feltzin</li>\r\n<li>E. Wallace Chadwick Memorial Scholarship - Matthew A. DeNucci, David M. Iannucci, Leigh-Ann M. Raport, Richard M. Swartz</li>\r\n<li>Chadwick Constitutional Education Fellowship - Sonia Augusthy, Robert F. Manzi</li>\r\n<li>Harvey Alan Chernoff Memorial Scholarship - David M. Iannucci</li>\r\n<li>Esther F. Clark Memorial Scholarship - Thomas A. Uebler</li>\r\n<li>The Honorable Joseph W. deFuria Scholarship - Thomas A. Uebler</li>\r\n<li>Delaware Association of Lawyers\' Spouse\'s Scholarship - Rachel A. Ramsay</li>\r\n<li>The Honorable William Duffy Memorial Scholarship - Kara M. Guzzetti</li>\r\n<li>DuPont Public Interest Fellowships - Kate M. Richey, Jennifer A. Pesavento</li>\r\n<li>Nancy and Howard Finkelman Scholarship - Donna L. Skilton</li>\r\n<li>Honey F. Golby Memorial Scholarship - Peter S. Murphy</li>\r\n<li>The Honorable Ned L. Hirsh Memorial Scholarship - Uzma M. Siddiqui</li>\r\n<li>MBNA Memorial Scholarship - Patricia A. Winston</li>\r\n<li>Charles P. Mirarchi, Sr. Memorial Scholarship - Stacey L. Larson</li>\r\n<li>Bruce M. and Elizabeth M. Monroe Endowed Scholarship - Brennan K. Bradley, Mark D. Wessel, Dr. Hui-Ju Wu</li>\r\n<li>Pennsylvania Bar Foundation Scholarship in Memory of James W. Stoudt - Deanne M. Camara Ferreira</li>\r\n<li>Pennsylvania Bar Foundation Minority Scholarship in Memory of James W. Stoudt - Gabriela Arce de Smith</li>\r\n<li>Dean Anthony J. Santoro Scholarship - Meghan A. Adams</li>\r\n<li>Alexander V. Sarcione, Jr. Scholarship - Pamela A. Lee</li>\r\n<li>William I. Schaffer Memorial Scholarship - Kathryn L. Fettrow</li>\r\n<li>The Subaru Scholarship - Lindsay A. Feltzin</li>\r\n<li>Taishoff Family Endowed Scholarship - Shaleem S. Gill</li>\r\n<li>Bernard S. Wildstein Scholarship - Nancy Bourke</li>\r\n<li>Young Conaway Stargatt &amp; Taylor Public Interest Fellowship - Megan L. Kneisl</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><strong>ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS</strong></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The Honorable Helen S. Balick Award - Darcy A. White</li>\r\n<li>Howard M. Berg Award - Meghan A. Adams</li>\r\n<li>William J. Conner Memorial Award for Administrative Law - Brett E. Bendistis</li>\r\n<li>Nicole Cullison Memorial Award - Santino Ceccotti</li>\r\n<li>The Honorable Joseph W. deFuria Commencement Award - Thomas A. Uebler</li>\r\n<li>Judge J. Cullen Ganey Criminal Procedure Award - Amy C. Huffman</li>\r\n<li>Graham Foundation Award - John R. Lego</li>\r\n<li>Reed Hamilton Memorial Award - Neha U. Gogate</li>\r\n<li>Zelda K. Herrmann Memorial Cup Award - Nancy Bourke</li>\r\n<li>Patricia N. Holsten Memorial Award for Public Interest Pro Bono Service - Jacqueline T. Cleveland</li>\r\n<li>International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award - Tina Saghafi</li>\r\n<li>Lindsay Law Library Award - Tina Saghafi, Santino Ceccotti</li>\r\n<li>Thomas P. Lomax and Nicholas Theodore Memorial Award - Rachel A. Ramsay</li>\r\n<li>Most Promising Civil Litigator Award - Julie A. Serfess</li>\r\n<li>Lucinda Peipher Memorial Award - April L. Sherwood</li>\r\n<li>Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association James J. Manderino Award for Trial Advocacy - John D. Cirrinicione</li>\r\n<li>Alexander V. Sarcione, Jr. Memorial Award - Jennifer J. Krabill</li>\r\n<li>The Jerry Shields Environmental Award - Knut R. Hill</li>\r\n<li>Wapner, Newman, Wigrizer &amp; Brecher Award - Robin C. Pitt</li>\r\n<li>Dean Arthur A. Weeks Outstanding Service Award - John D. Cirrinicione</li>\r\n<li>E. John Wherry, Jr. Award - Rachel A. Ramsay</li>\r\n<li>William J. and Ella C. Wolf Award in Real Property Law - Michael J. Mattson</li>\r\n<li>Chuck Zency Memorial Award for Environmental Law - Ruhi F. Boga</li>\r\n<li>Outstanding Student Service Awards - Meghan A. Adams, Shae L. Chasanov, John D. Cirrinicione, Jennifer L. Iseman, Ericka F. Johnson, Megan L. Kneisl, Tina Saghafi, Neil J. Sampat, Julie A. Serfess, Thomas A. Uebler, Michael J. Wozny, Elisabeth R. Young</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><strong>The following students are graduating with pro bono distinction for performing at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services during law school:</strong></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Caroline J. Bacher</li>\r\n<li>Gina E. Daigeaun</li>\r\n<li>Maria Camila Bages-Mesa</li>\r\n<li>Lauren K. Dentone</li>\r\n<li>Brett E. Bendistis</li>\r\n<li>Kimberly S. Dinenberg</li>\r\n<li>Renee Bouchard-Kaiser</li>\r\n<li>Aaron Edelman</li>\r\n<li>Kathryn E. Brown</li>\r\n<li>Justin K. Edelson</li>\r\n<li>Catherine Campbell</li>\r\n<li>Sian M. Fernas</li>\r\n<li>Lauren C. Carella</li>\r\n<li>Christina M. Gafford</li>\r\n<li>Andrew Carmine</li>\r\n<li>David L. Giampietro</li>\r\n<li>Santino Ceccotti</li>\r\n<li>Angel R. Giles</li>\r\n<li>Shae L. Chasanov</li>\r\n<li>Neha U. Gogate</li>\r\n<li>John D. Cirrinicione</li>\r\n<li>Mark J. Grabarits</li>\r\n<li>Jacqueline T. Cleveland</li>\r\n<li>Danielle A. Graham</li>\r\n<li>Kara M. Guzzetti</li>\r\n<li>Rebecca C. Lafferty</li>\r\n<li>Meredith J. Hamson</li>\r\n<li>Bonnie Lane</li>\r\n<li>Knut R. Hill</li>\r\n<li>Matthew A. Lopes</li>\r\n<li>Chessa Huff</li>\r\n<li>Eric H. Lubin</li>\r\n<li>Kelley M. Huff</li>\r\n<li>Angela M. Macolley</li>\r\n<li>Amy C. Huffman</li>\r\n<li>John M. Malec</li>\r\n<li>Susan Huntley</li>\r\n<li>Robert F. Manzi, Jr.</li>\r\n<li>David M. Iannucci</li>\r\n<li>Jeffrey L. Oster</li>\r\n<li>Jennifer L. Iseman</li>\r\n<li>Clinton L. Page</li>\r\n<li>Laura E. Jennings</li>\r\n<li>Lisa A. Peruto</li>\r\n<li>Jean-Marie Joel</li>\r\n<li>Christine A. Pinto</li>\r\n<li>Nazim N. Karaca</li>\r\n<li>Robin C. Pitt</li>\r\n<li>Rachel A. Ramsey</li>\r\n<li>Richard P. Toland</li>\r\n<li>Derek Riker</li>\r\n<li>Jacqueline A. Triebl</li>\r\n<li>Andrew C. Rimol</li>\r\n<li>Elizabeth Turchi</li>\r\n<li>Kenisha L. Ringgold</li>\r\n<li>Thomas A. Uebler</li>\r\n<li>Marianne V. Rogers</li>\r\n<li>Pamela J. Unruh</li>\r\n<li>Morgan A. Sack</li>\r\n<li>Lisa M. Vetro</li>\r\n<li>Jessica Sanchez</li>\r\n<li>Charles B. Vincent</li>\r\n<li>Andrea L. Schoch</li>\r\n<li>Kathleen A. Waldy</li>\r\n<li>Jonathan C. Scruggs</li>\r\n<li>Kristina L. Watkowski</li>\r\n<li>Julie A. Serfess</li>\r\n<li>Andrea G. Weiss</li>\r\n<li>Nicole P. Showers</li>\r\n<li>Scott M. Wild</li>\r\n<li>Michael J. Skinner</li>\r\n<li>Elisabeth R. Young</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><strong>The following students have qualified to become members of the national honor society Phi Kappa Phi:</strong></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Meghan A. Adams</li>\r\n<li>Corinne E. Amato</li>\r\n<li>Travis W. Bliss</li>\r\n<li>Kristy M. Castagna</li>\r\n<li>Michael A. DeNote</li>\r\n<li>Justin K. Edelson</li>\r\n<li>Darlene Ghavimi-Alagha</li>\r\n<li>Amy C. Huffman</li>\r\n<li>Laura E. Jennings</li>\r\n<li>Ericka F. Johnson</li>\r\n<li>Katherine R. Mason</li>\r\n<li>Robert I. Masten, Jr.</li>\r\n<li>Michael J. Mattson</li>\r\n<li>Peter S. Murphy</li>\r\n<li>Eifion D. Phillips</li>\r\n<li>Toni-Ann Platia</li>\r\n<li>Thomas A. Uebler</li>\r\n<li>Charles B. Vincent</li>\r\n<li>Adam D. Wolper</li>\r\n<li>Michael J. Wozny</li>\r\n<li>Elisabeth R. Young</li>\r\n</ul>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(50, 'Conference explores issues of long-term care', '2007-05-03', '<p>Academics, attorneys and government officials gathered at Widener Law\'s Delaware campus on Thursday, May 3 to explore a topic of vital interest to the aging American population: long-term care. <br /><br />The program \"Current legal issues in long-term care,\" was co-sponsored by the law school\'s Health Law Institute, the Health Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association and White and Williams LLP. <br /><br />The conference featured panel topics including perspectives on litigation and long-term-care facility regulation. <br /><br />\"Nursing homes are one of the most heavily regulated industries in this country, second only to the nuclear power industry,\" said panelist Jennifer Grimler Brady, Esq., a partner with Potter Anderson &amp; Corroon LLP in Wilmington <br /><br />Grimler provided a defense perspective and said health care provider documentation was a key factor in all areas of litigation. \"It will hang you or save you every time,\" she said. <br /><br />Other speakers included Alan C. Horowitz, Esq., of the Office of General Counsel with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Eileen M. Coggins, Esq., general counsel for Genesis HealthCare; John G. Culhane, acting director of Widener Law\'s Health Law Institute and lecturer at Yale University School of Public Health; Delaware Deputy Attorney General Daniel L. Miller, Esq., of the state\'s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; and William T. Lawson III, Esq. of the Law Offices of William T. Lawson III in Philadelphia. <br /><br />A second conference on related topics is scheduled for Sept. 28. </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(51, 'Dedication of the Alfred Avins Special Collections Library', '2007-05-15', '<p>On Sunday, May 6, 2007 more than forty alumni gathered to celebrate the dedication of the Alfred Avins Special Collections Library at the Law School. The event honored Dean Avins, the founder of Widener Law and was the culmination of a fundraising campaign in his honor to benefit the special collections library and a scholarship in Dean Avins\' name. After the unveiling of the plaque to honor Dean Avins, the group traveled to the Church in downtown Wilmington where many of the first students of the Delaware Law School attended classes.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(52, '1st Annual Harrisburg Alumni &amp; Friends Golf Outing Held', '2007-05-15', '<p>Sunshine kissed the course on May 9, 2007, at the inaugural Harrisburg Alumni &amp; Friends Golf Outing at Blue Ridge Country Club. After enjoying a barbeque on the patio, a shotgun start sent golfers to various points on the course to begin their games.<br /><br /></p>\r\n<p>All players received special coupons designed to spice up the play and enhance their games. They could be used at their discretion during the 18 holes of golf. The \"throw\" coupon gave golfers an opportunity to throw the ball instead of swing, which led to many discussions as to whether and overhand throw or underhand throw would work better. Use of the \"powerball\" coupon entitled men to hit from the ladies tee spot and entitled women to throw the ball from the tee area, not counting it as a stroke, and proceed to hit from the landing spot. Two opportunities to take a mulligan were also included in the coupon book. The Cadillac CTS hole-in-one prize donated Brenner Cadillac sat on Hole 16 of the course and while a few of the golfer\'s drives came close to the cup, no one was able to drive home in a new car. Carl Pierce won the raffle to swing for $1,000,000 but fell short of sinking the shot.</p>\r\n<p>During dinner following the round of golf, every golfer received a Widener Law golf umbrella, golf item discounts to Dick\'s Sporting Goods, and a ticket entitling him/her to a free Upswing golf club. With a final score of 62, the winning foursome of Joe Baker, Rocco Imperatrice \'80, Carl Pierce, and Pat Sullivan received a complimentary round of golf at Blue Ridge Country Club. The team capturing the second place prize and pro shop gift certificates with a score of 71 was George Bibikos \'03, Jennifer Zimmerman \'02, Jan Budman \'06, and Scott Blissman \'97. Ending the round with a total score of 73, third place honors went to the Weber Gallagher foursome of Zachary Rubinich \'99, Chris Davis \'92, and their guests. Dean Ammons drew names to determine who would take home a plethora of other prizes.</p>\r\n<p>The 2nd Annual Harrisburg Alumni &amp; Friends Golf Outing will be held Spring 2008.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(53, 'Class of 1981 Reunion - Celebrating 25 Years!', '2007-05-15', '<p>Delaware Law School grads from the Class of 1981 recently gathered together to celebrate their twenty-five year class reunion. For those who were not able to attend...we missed you! The reunion was held April 27, 2007 at McKenzie\'s Brew House in Glen Mills, PA. It was a night filled with good friends having a good time. More than 35 alumni and guests attended. \"Although it was somewhat ironic that our taking a look at our own mortality triggered the reunion effort it was a terrific time to rekindle old friendships and relive three memorable years at Delaware. The night was filled with the recounting of war stories from classes and moot court arguments, outrageous pranks and personalities, and of course the great sports rivalry between section A and section B. Mary Vinciguerra Brown\'s pictures made us all realize how young we all looked 25 and a half years ago and even though we have all moved on to responsible positions in the law the unique camaraderie that the class of \'81 enjoyed was on full display that evening\". Mark Pinnie <br /><br />Congratulations on your success Class of 1981!</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(54, 'Widener Law hosts Delaware State Bar Association\'s first diversity retreat', '2007-05-15', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/debarretreat1.jpg\" alt=\"debarretreat1\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" />Widener University School of Law proudly hosted the first Delaware Diversity Retreat presented by the Multicultural Judges &amp; Lawyers Section of the Delaware State Bar Association on Friday, May 11. <br /><br />Several area law firms sponsored the event, which was a daylong program dedicated to reaffirming a commitment to diversity in Delaware\'s legal profession. Widener Law Dean Linda L. Ammons made welcoming remarks and participated in an afternoon panel discussion. <br /><br />Ammons told the more than 100 attorneys and judges assembled in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom that she is acutely aware of the need to prepare the \"best and the brightest\" for the legal profession. \"This is a partnership that is necessary and on time,\" she said of the Delaware bar and the law school - and the partnership reflected in the retreat location. <br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/debarretreat2.jpg\" alt=\"debarretreat2\" width=\"300\" height=\"116\" />A diverse bench and bar comes from a diverse pool of lawyers, she said. \"They must first come to law school,\" Ammons added, \"and we are this state\'s law school.\" <br /><br />Participants also heard remarks from Douglas Reynolds, senior consultant with Verna Myers Consulting Group LLC. He gave the keynote address during the Judge Haile L. Alford Memorial Luncheon held at the law school\'s Barristers\' Club. <br /><br />The day featured three panel discussions. Ammons participated in a panel on the topic of expanding diversity of the Delaware bar. Fellow panelists included Delaware Chief Justice Myron T. Steele, Delaware Attorney General Joseph R. \"Beau\" Biden III, University of Delaware Provost Daniel Rich and Delaware State University President Allen L. Sessoms. Joshua W. Martin III, partner in Potter Anderson &amp; Corroon LLP, moderated. <br /><br />Martin and Gregory B. Williams, partner in Fox Rothschild LLP, co-chaired the event. Major sponsors included Fox Rothschild LLP; Potter Anderson Corroon LLP; Morris, Nichols, Arsht &amp; Tunnell LLP; Young Conaway Stargatt &amp; Taylor, LLP; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom LLP; Richards, Layton &amp; Finger, P.A.; and Morris James LLP. <br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br />Photo 1: Panelists, from left, Laura J. Davis of AstraZeneca, Israel J. Floyd of Hercules Inc., moderator Gregory B. Williams of Fox Rothschild LLP, Stacey J. Mobley of DuPont and Deneen Stewart of ING Direct.<br />Photo 2: Panelists, from left, Widener Law Dean Linda L. Ammons, Delaware Attorney General Joseph R. \"Beau\" Biden III, Delaware Chief Justice Myron T. Steele, Delaware State University President Allen L.Sessoms and University of Delaware Provost Daniel Rich.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(55, 'Seven-day legal ', '2007-05-17', '<p>While most law students around the country take a break after final exams this month, Widener University School of Law students have entered a seven-day legal \"boot camp\" of sorts to hone the skills they\'ll need to try cases in a courtroom. The&nbsp;Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP) brings in judges, attorneys and legal academics from around the country to the Delaware and Harrisburg campuses where they serve without pay as program faculty members. They do it because they want to impart their enthusiasm, knowledge and experience to tomorrow\'s generation of American trial lawyers. Students will learn from them - and practice in front of them - skills like opening statements, how to use trial exhibits persuasively and how to state objections correctly. <br /><br />Known as ITAP, the program\'s days are filled with rigorous study, simulations and breakout sessions that divide the large attendance into small student groups. <br /><br />The program runs on both campuses from May 17 through May 24.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(56, 'Widener Law and Jefferson announce partnership for dual degrees', '2007-05-21', '<p>Widener University School of Law in Wilmington and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have launched two new joint-degree programs in law and public health. <br /><br />Beginning this fall, students can work toward either a Juris Doctor and Master of Public Health (JD-MPH), or a Master of Jurisprudence in health law and Master of Public Health (MJ-MPH). These two new dual degrees are designed to prepare students who are pursuing careers in fields such as public health administration, health insurance organization leadership, health consulting and the pharmaceutical industry. <br /><br />The typical MJ-MPH candidate is a nurse seeking a career in health administration who would benefit from expertise in legal topics such as confidentiality, bioethics, risk management and disability law. The typical JD-MPH candidate is one who becomes legal counsel to a medical institution or chooses private law practice. <br /><br />The programs were formally announced at an event on the Thomas Jefferson University campus Wednesday, May 23. Speakers included Widener Law Dean Linda L. Ammons and representatives from Thomas Jefferson University including David B. Nash, MD, MBA, Chairman, Department of Health Policy, Co-Director, Master of Public Health Program. Widener Health Law Institute Acting Director John G. Culhane also spoke. <br /><br />Ammons said the joint-degree programs were a terrific combination in terms of what tomorrow\'s students need. \"We are looking forward to a very long and prosperous relationship with you here at Jefferson,\" Ammons said. \"I am so pleased to be a part of making history with you.\"<br /><br />The dual degrees can be completed in three to seven years, depending on which one the student chooses and whether enrollment is part-or full-time. For more information, contact Professor John G. Culhane, acting director of Widener\'s Health Law Institute at 302-477-2107 or Jennifer Ravelli, MPH, at Thomas Jefferson University, 215-503-0174 or Jennifer.Ravelli@Jefferson.edu.<br /><br /><strong>Thomas Jefferson University faculty involved in joint-degree program:</strong> <br /><br /><strong>David B. Nash, MD, MBA</strong> - Dr. Nash is the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy at Thomas Jefferson University and is nationally recognized for his work in health policy, quality improvement and health services research. <br /><br /><strong>Richard Wender, MD</strong> - Dr. Wender is the Alumni Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University and is the National President of the American Cancer Society. <br /><br /><strong>Rickie Brawer, MPH, PhD</strong> - Dr. Brawer is the Associate Director of the Office to Advance Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Her expertise is in the area of program planning and evaluation and health services research. <br /><br /><strong>James Plumb, MD, MPH</strong> - Dr. Plumb is the Director of the Office to Advance Population Health and a Clinical Associate Professor at Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital. His expertise is in family and community health and community development both locally and internationally. <br /><br /><strong>Mona Sarfaty, MD</strong> - Dr. Sarfaty is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy at Thomas Jefferson University. She has expertise in health promotion and health services research.<br /><br /><strong>Widener Law faculty involved in joint-degree program:<br /></strong><br /><strong>John G. Culhane</strong> -&nbsp;Health Law Institute Acting Director and&nbsp;Professor John G. Culhane also holds the title of Lecturer at the Yale University School of Public Health. He writes in the area of public health law, focusing on HIV/AIDS domestic and international policy, and on compensating victims of mass tragedies.<br /><br /><strong>Ann H. Britton</strong> -&nbsp;Professor Ann H. Britton teaches and writes in the areas of torts, family law, law and the elderly and law and psychology.<br /><br /><strong>Jean Eggen</strong> -&nbsp;Professor Jean Eggen writes in the areas of toxic torts and law and medicine, publishing articles on topics such as toxic reproductive and genetic hazards, scientific evidence, mass torts, and medical device and tobacco litigation.<br /><br /><strong>Andrew Ficther</strong> -&nbsp;Associate Professor Andrew J. Fichter principally teaches and researches legal issues involving health care.<br /><br /><strong>Susan L. Goldberg</strong> -&nbsp;Associate Professor Susan L. Goldberg teaches and researches in the areas of bioethics and the physician-patient relationship.<br /><br /><strong>Nicholas Mirkay</strong> -&nbsp;Professor Nicholas Mirkay teaches and writes in the area of non-profit, tax-exempt organizations, focusing on institutions that provide health care and services.<br /><br /><strong>Thomas Reed</strong> -&nbsp;Professor Thomas Reed directs the Veterans Law Clinic, through which students represent disabled veterans and/or their dependents in judicial and administrative proceedings.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(57, 'Widener Law professor invited to speak before Congressional committee', '2007-05-24', '<p>Widener Law&nbsp;Professor Thomas J. Reed joined a roundtable discussion in Washington on Wednesday, May 23 at the invitation of Rep. Bob Filner, D-California, chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Veterans\' Affairs. <br /><br />The discussion was between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, claims stakeholders and members of the House Committee on Veterans\' Affairs. Filner asked Reed to speak during a discussion of ideas to reduce the claims backlog and improve the current process for veterans.<br /><br />Reed directs the&nbsp;Veterans Law Clinic on the Widener Law campus in Delaware, where students represent disabled veterans and/or their dependents with benefits claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs and federal courts that handle veteran matters. <br /><br />The Washington meeting was held in the Cannon House Office Building.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(58, 'Graduates Hear From Supreme Court Justice', '2007-05-25', '<p>The 16th graduating class of Widener University School of Law Harrisburg campus received diplomas Sunday, May 20 in an 11 a.m. ceremony at The Forum, located in the Capitol Complex. <br /><br />The 123 graduates heard remarks from Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Cynthia A. Baldwin. She is a graduate of Duquesne University School of Law. <br /><br />Baldwin asked the graduates \"Do you really want to be a lawyer?\" then made a series of conclusions about what it takes to be a successful member of the bar, including a love of the law, standing up for what is right and working toward compromise when it is possible. \"When people run into life\'s hard spots, they look for a lawyer to help them,\" she said. \"Remember, it is the knowledge of the law that prevents chaos and corruption.\" <br /><br />Other ceremony highlights included Student Bar Association President Kimberly A. Allen presenting Professor James W. Diehm the outstanding faculty award, and Law Dean Linda L. Ammons presenting Professor Juliet M. Moringiello the Douglas E. Ray excellence in faculty scholarship award. <br /><br />Lancaster resident Ann L. Martin was the class valedictorian. She spoke about the stories her classmates will tell as attorneys, on their clients\' behalves. \"In becoming lawyers we are seeking so much responsibility for people and their lives,\" she said. <br /><br />Ammons and Widener University President James T. Harris III both encouraged the graduates to use their degrees to help others. \"Lawyers have the awesome capability and power to change lives,\" Ammons said. \"May you have just enough challenges to stretch you and keep you humble.\" <br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(59, 'Federal judge addresses graduates', '2007-05-25', '<p>The 33rd graduating class of Widener University School of Law received diplomas in a 4 p.m. ceremony on the Wilmington, Del. campus green Saturday, May 19. <br /><br />The 321 graduates heard remarks from from the Hon. Thomas L. Ambro, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The university presented him with an honorary degree.&nbsp; <br /><br />Ambro gave the graduates a list of suggestions for leading successful personal and professional lives. His ideas ranged from finding a mentor to treating others with civility and dignity to acquiring a sense of history. \"Park your ego at the door,\" he added. \"The legal profession is one of service. It is not about you and it is not about me. It is about serving others well.\" <br /><br /><a href=\"#\" name=\"1\"></a>Eugene D. McGurk, Esq., Widener Law alumnus, member of the Widener University Board of Trustees and chairman of the Law School Board of Overseers, presented Ambro with an honorary degree. <br /><br />Other ceremony highlights included Student Bar Association President John D. Cirrinicione presenting the outstanding faculty award to Associate Professor Leslie A. Johnson. Seven graduates also received their diplomas with a relative - who was a Widener Law alumni - congratulating them on stage. <br /><br />Newark, Del. resident Thomas Uebler was the regular-division valedictorian. Boothwyn, Pa. resident Eifion Phillips was the extended-division valedictorian. <br /><br />Law Dean Linda L. Ammons and Widener University President James T. Harris III both encouraged the graduates to use their degrees to help others. \"There is always more need than there is help. As law graduates it is your duty to seek out those you can help and serve,\" Harris said. </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(60, 'New Jersey Alumni attend reception at the Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ', '2007-05-30', '<p>On Thursday, May 17, 2007 the Widener University School of Law New Jersey Alumni Chapter hosted an alumni reception at the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa in Atlantic City, NJ. The reception, attended by more than 20 alumni, is held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the New Jersey Bar Association.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(61, 'Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Student-Alumni Reception Held', '2007-06-06', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0601scranton1.jpg\" alt=\"0601scranton1\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" />A train station is not a venue in which one might expect to attend an alumni event. However, if it is the historic Lackawanna Station in Scranton, it is not an ordinary train station. Converted from rail stop to sophisticated hotel, the old train station served as a beautiful location for Widener Law\'s recent Scranton/Wilkes-Barre alumni event. <br /><br />Young students and young careers were nurtured on the evening of June 4, 2007, during the student-alumni reception held at Scranton\'s remarkable Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel. Current and incoming students gathered from throughout the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area for the intimate social, an opportunity which provided them with the chance to network with Widener Law alumni who live and work close to their hometowns. The twenty-five guests who represented both the Harrisburg and Wilmington campuses posed questions and shared conversations between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m over drinks and hors d\'oeuvres at the grand hotel. <br /><br />As the evening progressed, Dean Ammons spoke candidly with each<br />guest and shared gifts with her students as she warmly welcomed them to the Widener Law community and introduced them to their future colleagues. Alumni taking home door prizes from the student-alumni reception were William Boak \'06, Matt Domines \'01, Melissa Foley \'99, Christopher Osborne \'97, Joan Samuel \'01, and Adelle Zavada \'05. <br /><br />A similar event will be held again in April.<br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0601scranton2.jpg\" alt=\"0601scranton2\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0601scranton3.jpg\" alt=\"0601scranton3\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(62, 'Widener Law Professor to Receive Pennsylvania Bar Association Achievement Award', '2007-06-19', '<p>Widener Law Dean Linda L. Ammons today congratulated Professor Juliet M. Moringiello on being named a recipient of the Pennsylvania Bar Association Special Achievement Award. The honor will be given in Philadelphia during the association\'s annual meeting June 21 and it recognizes Professor Moringiello for her efforts on behalf of the association\'s business law section toward making Pennsylvania a more business-friendly state. <br /><br />The award recognizes Professor Moringiello\'s role in the Uniform Commercial Code enactment process. Professor Moringiello currently chairs the Uniform Commercial Code Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association\'s Business Law Section. In this capacity, she has a leading role in promoting the enactment in Pennsylvania of two revised Uniform Commercial Code articles: Article 1, setting forth the general provisions of the code, and Article 7, providing the rules governing the use of documents of title in commercial transactions. Professor Moringiello has been involved in the Uniform Commercial Code enactment process since the late 1990s, when Pennsylvania was considering the enactment of Article 9, governing secured transactions. <br /><br />Professor Moringiello is admitted to practice law in New York and Pennsylvania and she joined the faculty at Widener in 1993. She teaches and writes primarily in the areas of commercial law, bankruptcy, property and electronic commerce. <br /><br />\"The faculty and administration at Widener Law applaud Juliet for her contributions to the state of Pennsylvania and celebrate this well-deserved honor with her,\" Ammons said.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(63, 'Widener Law professor to chair ABA committee', '2007-06-19', '<p>Widener Law Professor&nbsp;Lawrence A. Hamermesh has been appointed chairman of the Committee on Corporate Practice of the American Bar Association section of business law. The appointment will become effective in mid-August at the close of the ABA\'s annual meeting. The committee has a membership of more than 320 people. <br /><br />Professor Hamermesh is the Ruby R. Vale Professor of Corporate and Business Law at Widener\'s Delaware campus and he directs the Widener Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law. He joined the faculty of the law school in 1994 after serving as partner at Morris, Nichols, Arsht &amp; Tunnell in Wilmington for 10 years. <br /><br />He teaches and writes in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, business organizations, corporate takeovers and professional responsibility. Professor Hamermesh is a frequently quoted source on matters of corporate and securities business news and has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Financial Times.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(64, 'Widener Women\'s Network Welcomes The Honorable Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro', '2007-06-21', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0602nitza1.jpg\" alt=\"0602nitza1\" width=\"350\" height=\"348\" />On Thursday, June 14, 2007 the Philadelphia Chapter of the Widener Women\'s Network welcomed The Honorable Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro, a Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas since 1991, as the guest speaker at their annual networking luncheon. Judge Alejandro addressed the topic of Judicial Insight and Guidance for Effective Advocacy. <br /><br />The event was sponsored by Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman &amp; Smalley and held at their Philadelphia office. <br /><br /><strong><em>Captions:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> (L to R) - The Honorable Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro and Miriam Barish \'92.<br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> (L to R) - Maureen Farrell \'06, Christian Harding \'02, and Crystal Woodley \'02.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0602nitza2.jpg\" alt=\"0602nitza2\" width=\"350\" height=\"320\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(65, 'Delaware County Alumni Chapter Happy Hour Held', '2007-07-25', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0725decounty2.jpg\" alt=\"0725decounty2\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" />The Delaware County Alumni Chapter hosted a happy hour on Thursday, July 19 at Barnaby\'s in Aston, PA with 20 alumni attending. The happy hour gave alumni the opportunity to relax after a long day at work, to network, and to socialize with fellow Delaware County Widener Law alumni.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0725decounty3.jpg\" alt=\"0725decounty3\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0725decounty4.jpg\" alt=\"0725decounty4\" width=\"350\" height=\"326\" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/0725decounty1.jpg\" alt=\"0725decounty1\" width=\"350\" height=\"485\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(67, 'Minority Alumni and Student Networking Social', '2007-08-24', '<p>The home of Dean Linda Ammons was the site of a Minority Alumni and Student Networking Social&nbsp; on the evening of August 22, 2007. More than 80 students and alumni attended, including several members of the judiciary, and they were joined by a number of faculty and staff. The highlight of the evening was the raffle of two door prizes, beautiful oil paintings by a Kenyan artist, donated by Professor Nathaniel Nichols. Winners of the paintings were Arris Murphy \'00 and Rakesh Mehta \'04.<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, '');
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(68, 'Harvard\'s Roe to Deliver Pileggi Distinguished Lecture at Widener Law', '2007-09-05', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/roe.gif\" alt=\"roe\" width=\"90\" height=\"124\" />Wilmington, Del. - Does Delaware Compete? That is the question that Mark J. Roe, the David Berg professor of corporate law at Harvard Law School will address when he delivers the 2007 Francis G. Pileggi Distinguished Lecture in Law at Widener University on Sept. 28. <br /><br />The media is invited to cover Roe\'s lecture Friday, Sept. 28 at 8 a.m. in the du Barry Room of the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington. He will also speak to student on the Widener campus at 11 a.m. in Polishook Hall, Room 403. Reporters interested in attending the lecture at the Hotel du Pont are asked to contact the public relations office at Widener in advance so that we may anticipate your attendance for breakfast. <br /><br />Roe\'s presentation \"Does Delaware Compete?\" will examine the first state\'s monopoly in the interstate charter market. It will also explore how a once-and-for-all exit of corporate America to another state would be catastrophic for Delaware\'s budget, and how federalization of core elements of corporate law could partially displace Delaware as the nation\'s corporate capital. <br /><br />Roe joined the faculty at Harvard Law School in 1999 as the Olin visiting professor of corporate law, and in 2001, became the David Berg professor of corporate law. He has taught courses in antitrust, bankruptcy and corporate reorganization, corporate finance, corporate governance, corporations and financial institutions. He is a fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute in Brussels, Belgium. <br /><br />Before joining Harvard, he was the Milton Handler professor of business regulation at Columbia University School of Law, and previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, and Rutgers University School of Law. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1975, he worked with the Federal Reserve System and practiced with Cahill Cordon &amp; Reindel in New York, N.Y. <br /><br />Roe\'s lecture is presented by the Widener University School of Law and the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, the law school\'s prestigious law review. The lecture series has attracted many renowned speakers in the area of corporate law since the first Pileggi lecture in 1986. <br /><br />This year\'s program has been approved in Delaware for one continuing legal education credit (no ethics) and in Pennsylvania for one substantive continuing legal education credit (no ethics). There is no cost to attend the breakfast or lecture. The event is made possible by the generosity of Francis G. Pileggi, a founding attorney of Pileggi &amp; Pileggi and father of Widener Law alumnus Francis G. X. Pileggi, who conceived of the idea through a desire to create a corporate law forum for practitioners, judges and academics. <br /><br /><strong>Those interested in attending should call 302-477-2145 or email </strong><a href=\"mailto:djcl@widener.edu\"><strong>djcl@widener.edu</strong></a><strong> by Sept. 21. Seating is limited.</strong> </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(69, '2007 Alumni Award Recipients', '2007-09-07', '<p>Wilmington, Del. - The Widener University School of Law has announced winners of its 2007 alumni awards, given annually to recognize outstanding leadership, service, and achievement of its graduates. Widener University School of Law has honored and awarded its distinguished alumni since 1976. This year\'s event was held Sept. 24 in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom on the Delaware campus.</p>\r\n<p>\"Tonight\'s recipients have set the example for what it means to be a member of this noble profession,\" Law Dean Linda L. Ammons said. \"It must be particularly rewarding to be selected by your peers for an award of distinction.\"</p>\r\n<p><strong>Award recipients were:</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Outstanding Alumnus/Alumna of the Year Award</strong> was given to Catherine N. Harrington, \'88, founding member, president and managing attorney of Harrington &amp; Associates, P.C. in Philadelphia. Harrington\'s practice concentrates on insurance defense, personal injury, medical malpractice, and general civil litigation. She also serves as arbitrator for the Philadelphia Court of Common Please and ADR cases. Harrington &amp; Associates is an all female law firm employing other Widener alumnae and students as well.</p>\r\n<p>The purpose of the award is to commend an alumnus or alumna who, through service to his or her community or profession, and by honors received, service rendered or other accomplishments, has brought honor, recognition and distinction to the Widener University School of Law.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Outstanding Service Awards</strong> were presented to Lucy S. L. Amerman \'76, The Hon. Richard M. Cappelli \'81, and Leslie A. Johnson \'92.</p>\r\n<p>The service awards are granted for outstanding alumni service to the law school as a whole, to a particular concentration within the school or to the legal profession.</p>\r\n<p>Amerman, the rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Buckingham, Pa., is responsible for all aspects of parish ministry. Reverend Amerman has also led multi-generational mission trips to rural central Pennsylvania and coastal Alabama to conduct storm-relief work.</p>\r\n<p>Judge Cappelli currently serves as magisterial district judge for the townships of Bethel, Chadds Ford, Concord and Thornbury in Pennsylvania.</p>\r\n<p>Johnson, an associate professor of law at Widener Law, has held teaching appointments ranging from adjunct faculty member to visiting associate professor.</p>\r\n<p><strong>Outstanding Recent Alumni Awards</strong> were presented to George A. Bibikos \'03, and Jennifer Stonerod \'05.</p>\r\n<p>Bibikos is an associate at the law firm of Kirkpatrick &amp; Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, LLP in Harrisburg, Pa. He concentrates in federal and state appellate, constitutional and governmental litigation.</p>\r\n<p>Stonerod is an associate at the law firm of Parker McCay in Marlton, N.J. She practices in the area of medical malpractice defense, which includes the representation of area doctors, nurses, and hospitals in civil litigation. Stonerod also earned a bachelor\'s degree from Widener in 2000.</p>\r\n<p>Widener University is a metropolitan university that connects curricula to social issues through civic engagement. The School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association and holds membership in the Association of American Law Schools. Widener provides an all-around comprehensive legal education program with special certificates available from its Health Law Institute, which is consistently ranked among the top 10 in the nation, the Law and Government Institute, Trial Advocacy Institute, and Institute of Delaware Corporate Law. Widener Law has two locations: the Wilmington, Del. campus, which opened in 1971, and the Harrisburg, Pa. campus, which opened in 1989. Visit www.law.widener.edu for more information.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(70, 'Harrisburg Happy Hour Held', '2007-09-07', '<p>More than 20 alumni gathered at Ceolta\'s Irish Pub [ see a Slideshow of the Highlights! ] in downtown Harrisburg on Thursday, September 6, 2007, to attend Widener Law\'s first Harrisburg Alumni Happy Hour. Law School alumni enjoyed the chance to relax after work, socialize with their legal community peers, exchange business cards, and catch up with fellow graduates. Similar networking socials will be scheduled in the future. <br /><br />Present at the event (seen in photos): <br />Susan Bucknum, Esq. \'98; Melissa Swauger, Esq. \'98; Asya Staevska, Esq. \'94; Richard Alloway, Esq. \'02 <br /><br />Mark McNaughton, Esq. \'03 and Rick Russell, Esq. \'95 <br /><br />Jaime McClintock, Esq. \'02; Darryl Liguori, Esq. \'03 (Class Agent); George Bibikos, Esq. \'03 (Class Agent); LaToya Winfield, Esq. \'05; Professor Ann Fruth, Esq. \'92; Vice Dean John Gedid <br /><br />William Grubb, Esq. \'94 and James McNulty, Esq. \'94</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(71, 'Justice Holland Book-Signing Event Held', '2007-09-07', '<p>Justice Randy Holland, of the Delaware Supreme Court, spoke to Widener\'s faculty about his new book , Middle Temple Lawyers and the American Revolution (Thompson West 2007). Justice Holland is an adjunct professor at Widener Law, teaching classes in Appellate Practice and State Constitutional Law.<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(72, 'CampusAlert Emergency Notification Sign Up - TEXT ALERT service', '2007-09-07', '<p>Widener University - Campus Safety Department Announcement <br /><br />Widener is implementing a notification system that enables the university to send urgent news - including information on emergencies and/or class cancellations - directly to your cell phone or e-mail account. All you have to do is complete the free, online sign-up. <br /><br />The service is available to all current Widener University students, faculty and staff on the Chester, Exton, Harrisburg and Wilmington campuses. There is no charge from the university to use the service. However, depending on your personal cell phone plan, there may be a nominal fee from your carrier to receive text messages. <br /><br />Powered by e2Campus, the notification system will be used to communicate important information during any potential emergency, such as a snow delay or closing, homeland security advisory, weather warning, gas leak, fire, crime watch, power failure or other significant event. <br /><br />To register for the service, complete the ONLINE SIGN UP according to the instructions below. <br /><br /><strong>To sign up for e2Campus alerts:</strong> <br />1. Fill in the required data</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Use your user name from your Campus Cruiser account</li>\r\n<li>Enter your First and Last names</li>\r\n<li>Enter/create and verify your password</li>\r\n<li>Select the group or groups that you belong to: Chester, Exton, Harrisburg, or Wilmington Campus based on your status</li>\r\n<li>Enter your cell phone number (no spaces or dashes) and your phone company name</li>\r\n<li>Click \"Create Account\"</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>2. You will receive a text message with a four digit validation code. Enter this code in the field provided and click \"Validate\". <br /><br />3. To add additional contact information to your account, follow the directions below. <br /><br /><strong>To add an additional cell phone number and/or e-mail address(es): </strong><br />You are able to add a second phone number and/or enter up to two e-mail addresses in e2campus. Note you will need to log in to add each additional contact and select the \"Services\" tab each time. <br /><br />1. Log in to e2campus using the user name and password you created earlier and click on the \"Services\" tab. <br /><br />2. To add a phone number, enter the phone number and select a mobile carrier, then click \"Add\". A 4-digit validation code will be sent to your mobile phone. Enter this code on the next page and click \"Validate\" to validate your addition. <br /><br />3. To add an email address, enter the email address and click \"Add\". <br /><br /></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>You will receive an e-mail shortly. Open the e-mail and click on the link listed in the body. This verifies that your address was entered properly and that you received the e-mail.</li>\r\n<li>If you desire to add a second e-mail address, repeat the above steps.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Congratulations! You are now registered to receive Campus Safety Alerts and other important alerts.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(73, 'Widener University School of Law Earns Diversity Award', '2007-09-14', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/ramsey1.jpg\" alt=\"ramsey1\" width=\"364\" height=\"238\" />Wilmington, Del. - The American Bar Association Law Student Division honored the Widener University School of Law recently with the 2007 Henry Ramsey Jr. Diversity Award for the school\'s Diversity Pipeline Program. <br /><br />The award is presented annually in recognition of excellence and activities which have contributed toward the advancement of women, minorities and persons with disabilities in the profession. The Widener chapter of the ABA Law Student Division accepted the award at the annual meeting of the American Bar Association in San Francisco, Calif., held Aug. 9-14. <br /><br />According to Joseph McNamara, Widener\'s ABA Law Student Division representative, the&nbsp;Diversity Pipeline Program is an effort by the chapter to increase diversity in the legal profession by creating interest among college students of diverse backgrounds in careers in law. <br /><br />The chapter developed the Diversity Pipeline Mock Trial Competition, open to minority undergraduate college students. The top three competitors in the competition received $1,300 scholarships for LSAT preparation courses offered by Kaplan. The Mock Trial Competition was co-sponsored by the Multicultural Judges &amp; Lawyers Section of the Delaware State Bar Association. <br /><br />\"We worked very hard on the Diversity Pipeline Program, and we are happy to see our efforts recognized by the American Bar Association,\" McNamara said. <br /><br />Henry Ramsey Jr., for whom the award is named, is a former judge on the Superior Court of California and former dean of Howard University School of Law. <br /><br />The Widener University School of Law offers an academically rich legal education experience through campuses in Harrisburg, Pa. and Wilmington, Del. The school\'s prime location, diverse clinics and institutes, and unique study abroad programs offer students unparalleled opportunities as they prepare for careers in the legal profession. Widener University is a private, metropolitan university that connects curricula to social issues through civic engagement.<br /><br /><strong><em>Caption:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo:</strong> from left to right: Joseph McNamara, Sean McCray, Joel Coreirro (Widener Law\'s ABA Rep), ABA/Law Student Division chair Mike DePetrillo.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(74, 'School of Law Welcomes Visiting Scholar Harvard Professor to Arrive in Delaware on Oct. 4', '2007-09-19', '<p>Wilmington, Del. - Widener University School of Law is pleased to welcome Harvard University Law School Professor Robert H. Sitkoff to its Wilmington campus as a visiting scholar on Oct. 4 and 5. <br /><br />Sitkoff\'s visit is made possible by a generous gift from The Delaware Counsel Group LLP, a Wilmington-based law firm that advises nationally and internationally on Delaware corporate and alternative-entity law. This marks the third year the law school and The Delaware Counsel Group LLP have hosted a visiting scholar. <br /><br />Sitkoff, the John L. Gray professor of law at Harvard Law School and a trusts and estates expert, will spend Oct. 4 and 5 mixing with law school students and faculty, legal community and business leaders, as well as speaking at two formal events. <br /><br /><strong>He will deliver remarks to members of the Widener Law community, the bench, bar and Delaware state officials on Friday, Oct. 5. The 2 p.m. talk is open to the public and the press is welcome to attend. It will be held at E.I. du Pont de Nemours &amp; Co., the Brandywine Building, 1000 West St., Conference Room 1400, First Floor, Wilmington, Del. Sitkoff will speak on the topic of \"The Rise of the Statutory Trust.\" </strong><br /><br />Vice Chancellor Leo E. Strine of the Delaware Court of Chancery will join Sitkoff and contribute his comments to the presentation. <br /><br />\"I have had the pleasure to work with Robert on the Uniform Law Commission statutory trust project. His knowledge on the subject of Delaware statutory trusts and his diligent and up-to-date work in the area made him a natural for this year\'s scholar selection. Robert\'s presentation, along with Vice Chancellor Strine\'s comments, on Delaware statutory trusts will be of interest to those who routinely advise on such entities and Delaware law,\" said Ellisa Opstbaum Habbart, Esq., a partner in The Delaware Counsel Group LLP. <br /><br />Widener Law Professor Lawrence A. Hamermesh, the Ruby R. Vale professor of corporate and business law and director of Widener\'s Institute of Delaware Corporate &amp; Business Law, is coordinating Sitkoff\'s visit for the law school. <br /><br />He said the visiting scholar program allows the law school and Delaware to benefit from Sitkoff\'s expertise, while Sitkoff is able to get reactions from lawyers and judges at the forefront of practice in Sitkoff\'s fields. In addition to his speech E. I. du Pont de Nemours &amp; Company, Sitkoff will make a similar presentation to Widener\'s Delaware faculty and to Widener students, including the members of the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, on October 4, entitled \"Agency Costs, Charitable Trusts, and Corporate Control: Evidence from Hershey\'s Kiss-Off..\" <br /><br />Sitkoff\'s scholarship has been published in leading journals such as the Yale Law Journal, the University of Chicago Law Review, and the Journal of Law and Economics. In 2005 Sitkoff published Wills, Trusts, and Estates, which is the leading American casebook on trusts and estates, with co-authors Jesse Dukeminier, Stanley M. Johanson and James Lindgren. <br /><br />Sitkoff was appointed in 2003 as the reporter, or principal drafter, for the Uniform Law Commission\'s effort to create a uniform statutory business trust entity act. Sitkoff is editor of the Wills, Trusts, and Estates abstracting journal in the Social Science Research Network, and is a member of the American Law Institute. <br /><br />Prior to joining the Harvard Law School faculty, Sitkoff taught at New York University School of Law, Northwestern University School of Law and was a law clerk to Chief Judge Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. In law school at the University of Chicago, from which he graduated with high honors, Sitkoff was the managing editor of the Law Review, was selected for the Order of the Coif and was chosen by the faculty for the Olin Prize as the outstanding graduate of 1999 in law and economics. <br /><br />\"We hope Robert\'s visit will be professionally rewarding and will expand our ability to continue bringing other rising corporate law scholars to Wilmington,\" Hamermesh said. \"We look forward to exposing academic professionals of his distinguished caliber to Delaware\'s corporate legal system and encouraging academics like him to focus on that system in their studies and publications.\" </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(75, 'Law School Staff Help Launch Healthy Heart Campaign', '2007-09-20', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/heartwalk.jpg\" alt=\"heartwalk\" width=\"400\" height=\"294\" />On Tuesday September 18th, Widener\'s Wellness Advisory Committee opened a campaign to promote heart health among faculty, staff, and their families with a Healthy Heart Walk led by President Harris on the Chester Campus. Twelve health-conscious ladies from the Law School staff traveled up to the Chester campus to lend their support and walk the mile and a half circuit around campus. Widener physical therapy students worked in conjunction with the Wellness Center, checking the heart rate and blood pressure of participants before and after the walk as well as providing water and fruit to those who walked. The Healthy Heart walk served as a fitting launch event for a yearlong campaign that will include healthy heart seminars and activities. <br /><br /><strong><em>Caption:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo:</strong> Front from left: Linda Flaharty, Romaine Whitaker-Smoak, Karen Ruby (half kneeling) Middle: Donna Hoffecker, Karla Harris, Enza Klotzbucher (head in between), Pat Gallen, Berma Scott Very Back: Carol Perrupato, Patti Burns, Jane Ragan, Peggy Wyant (formerly Coordinator for Business/Admin. on Del.), Debbie Dantinne.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(76, 'Inn of Court Meeting Sept. 19, 2007, Harrisburg Campus', '2007-09-24', '<p>The Bowman Inn of Court held a meeting on September 19, 2007 at Widener\'s Harrisburg Campus. The Inns of Court are dedicated to training young lawyers in the English fashion, through tutoring and working with attorneys, rather than exclusively in classes. The Bowman Inn of Court in Harrisburg is one of only two in the United States that focuses on administrative and government law. <br /><br />Professor John Gedid is Master of the Bowman Inn and the sponsor of these student members. <br /><br /><strong><em>Caption:</em></strong><br /><strong>Photo:</strong> Left to right: Chad Rumsey, Eyad Mizian, Professor John Gedid (Master of the Bowman Inn), Christopher Jones and Matthew Krupp.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(77, 'Widener Veterans Law Clinic Expands to Serve Pennsylvania Vets - Offices Open in Chester and Harrisburg', '2007-09-25', '<p>&gt;&gt;&nbsp;VISIT The Veterans Law Clinic Site <br /><br />Chester, Pa. - Widener Law announced today that it is expanding the services of its&nbsp;Veterans Law Clinic - which has collected more than $1 million in benefits for disabled veterans and their dependents - to assist veterans across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. <br /><br />The clinic recently hired two attorneys who will staff new offices on the Main Campus of Widener University in Chester, Pa., and on the university\'s Harrisburg Campus of the School of Law. According to Widener School of Law Professor Tom Reed, director of the Veterans Law Clinic, the expansion of the clinic is made possible by a $250,000 grant approved by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and distributed by the state\'s Department of Education. <br /><br />\"All of our clients are unable to afford to hire a lawyer on a fee-paying basis,\" Reed said. \"Many of them have no income other than their Veterans Administration benefits, and several are homeless. For most of the veterans we serve, the Veterans Law Clinic is their only legal recourse to obtaining the benefits that they deserve, but have been denied.\" <br /><br />Formerly known as the Veterans Assistance Program [law school program page], the Veterans Law Clinic has provided free legal services to disabled veterans and their dependents since 1997. It is the only veterans law clinic in Pennsylvania and one of only a few in the United States, Reed said. <br /><br />\"Pennsylvania has one of the highest populations of veterans in the United States,\" Reed said. \"It is the birthplace of freedom and democracy in our nation, and our goal is to help provide the veterans in the commonwealth with the benefits they have literally fought for and earned.\" <br /><br />The clinic provides assistant for veterans in cases involving Veterans Administration compensation, discharge review, and special matters including social security appeals and employment discrimination. <br /><br />The Chester office of the Veterans Law Clinic is staffed by Susan Saidel, a 1995 graduate of Widener University School of Law. She is responsible for all claimants from Bucks, Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties. Saidel is an experienced disability law attorney, employed by New Jersey Protection and Advocacy, Inc., a Trenton-based public interest law firm. Prior to joining her present firm, she was a staff attorney for Camden Regional Legal Services, Inc. The office is located in University Technology Park I, 1450 Edgmont Ave. in Chester. To contact the Chester office of the Veterans Law Clinic, call 610-874-1351. <br /><br />The Harrisburg office of the Veterans Law Clinic is staffed by Jeremiah Underhill, a 2006 graduate of Widener University School of Law. He is responsible for all veterans cases in central and western Pennsylvania. He maintains his own practice in downtown Harrisburg. The office is located at 3800 Vartan Way in Harrisburg. To contact the Harrisburg office of the Veterans Law Clinic, call 717-541-3983. <br /><br />[CAPTION: Clinic Director Professor Thomas Reed]</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(78, 'Faculty Discuss the Trials of Legal Scholarship and Writing', '2007-09-28', '<p>On September 27th, Professors John G. Culhane and Andrew L. Strauss led a moderated discussion among members of the faculty about the challenges inherent in modern legal scholarship. Much of the lively dialogue focused on the increasing role of social science research in legal writing and how that has changed the landscape. The faculty discussed a variety of other topics including the perceived value difference between articles aimed at a national audience versus those aimed at a local audience, the divide between academics and practicing lawyers, the role of advocacy in legal writing, and how to generate ideas and inspiration for articles. <br /><br />Several faculty members touched on the idea that the legal writing being produced by top scholars shows a trend towards empirical research rooted in social science disciplines such as economics. After they debated the value of such cross-discipline scholarship, faculty members considered whether the nature of legal scholarship was being narrowed and subverted by other disciplines. Professor Alicia Kelly suggested that perhaps the answer to this dilemma would be collaboration with scholars from other fields, noting, \"It doesn\'t make sense to shy away from data heavy analysis if the subject will be better served by it.\" Other faculty members expressed concern that some scholars were using statistics without having a firm grasp on what that data meant. <br /><br />Faculty members also discussed whether or not legal training leads to a pessimistic outlook and creates a desire to always look for problems. Professor Erin Daly noted, \"Students say that all we ever do is complain about recent court decisions.\" This conversation, however, brought up the idea that critical examination of court decisions could be used to illustrate positive aspects of the law that are in contrast to the judgments being criticized. <br /><br />The event raised a number of important considerations regarding legal scholarship and writing, and provided a forum for faculty members to share ideas and techniques that will prove useful to future writing efforts. <br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(79, 'Supreme Court Litigator to Speak at Widener--Talk Marks Opening of 2007-2008 Supreme Court Term', '2007-09-28', '<p>Harrisburg, Pa. - The Widener University School of Law - Harrisburg will host a talk by Patricia Millett, who has argued more cases before the U.S. Supreme Court than any women in practice today, on Oct. 3 at 1:30 p.m. in Room A180 of the Administration Building at Widener\'s Campus at 3800 Vartan Way, Harrisburg. <br /><br />Millett, a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &amp; Feld, is co-chair of the firm\'s Supreme Court practice group. Prior to joining the firm, Millett served as an assistant to the solicitor general at the U.S. Department of Justice from 1996 to Sept. 2007. During that time, she argued 25 cases before the Supreme Court and she briefed more than 40 cases. <br /><br />In 2004, Millett was awarded the Attorney General\'s Distinguished Service Award for representing the interests of the Unites States before the Supreme Court. Her areas of emphasis include federalism and congressional power, religion, civil rights, Americans with Disabilities Act and access to information. <br /><br />Millett received her juris doctorate degree from Harvard Law School in 1988, and earned her bachelor\'s degree in political science from the University of Illinois in 1985. <br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(80, 'Faculty and Students Launch Law &amp; Inequality Project [video]', '2007-10-01', '<p>On Monday, October 1st, students and faculty attended a launch event for the Law &amp; Inequality Project to discuss what the Widener Law School community can do to address economic and societal inequities. Dean Linda Ammons opened the program with a short address before turning the proceedings over to Professor Erin Daly, who introduced the rest of the faculty members behind the Law &amp; Inequality Project; Susan Goldberg, Robert Hayman, Mary Ellen Maatman, Nathaniel Nichols, Judy Ritter, Arlene Rivera-Finkelstein, Serena Williams, and Daniel Atkins. <br /><br />Professors Hayman and Atkins led a revealing did you know session that illustrated economic, educational, and healthcare disparities in the United States. Illuminating statistics demonstrated that minority families are more likely to be living in poverty, that minorities and women earn significantly less on average, and that the United States has disturbingly large income inequality. A short movie criticizing the Supreme Court\'s rulings in the Lilly Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber Co. case and on the issue of voluntary desegregation in three school districts followed. <br /><br />The faculty panel followed the conclusion of the video with an open discussion with the student audience about what issue should be the primary focus of the Inaugural Law &amp; Inequality Project, and students were given a ballot to indicate their preference. Many students expressed a desire for further educational opportunities about inequality issues, including guest speakers and symposia, as well as a desire for well-delineated activities that would allow them to give aid at predetermined times. If you are interested in participating in the Law &amp; Inequality Project but did not have time to attend the launch, please stop by the Law &amp; Inequality Wiki to share your ideas or pick up one of the student ballots at the Public Interest Resource Center or visit the survey online.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(81, 'Supreme Court Litigator Addresses Widener Law', '2007-10-03', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/supreme07hbg3.jpg\" alt=\"supreme07hbg3\" width=\"468\" height=\"433\" />On Wednesday, October 3, United States Supreme Court litigator and former Assistant to the Solicitor General Patricia Millett spoke to Widener faculty and students on the Harrisburg campus as part of faculty development and in observation of the start of the Supreme Court\'s 2007 Term. Ms. Millett discussed the upcoming term, the significant cases currently before the Court, and those cases\' broader implications. She gave audience members a clear sense of what it is like to litigate before the Supreme Court and to style one\'s arguments, both written and oral, to appeal to the justices. Being more accustomed to being interrupted by the justices than to speaking for long periods of time uninterrupted, Ms. Millett took faculty and student questions throughout her talk, sprinkling her answers with anecdotes from her numerous appearances before the Court. <br /><br />Patricia Millet was an Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States from 1996 until September 2007. She has argued twenty-five cases before the Supreme Court, which is more than any other woman in history except one and more than any other woman currently in practice. In 2004, she was awarded the Attorney General\'s Distinguished Service Award for representing the interests of the United States before the Supreme Court. Ms. Millett received her Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Illinois and her law degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. She recently joined the Washington, DC law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &amp; Feld as a partner in its Appellate Litigation practice and as co-chair of the Supreme Court practice group.<br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/supreme07hbg.jpg\" alt=\"supreme07hbg\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\" /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(82, 'An Exchange at the Exchange: Washington, D.C. Happy Hour Held', '2007-10-03', '<img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"233\" alt=\"1003dchappyhour\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/1003dchappyhour.jpg\" width=\"350\">A group of Widener Law alumni and guests recently networked at a happy hour in the Nation\'s Capitol. The attorneys met at the Exchange Saloon in North West DC to enjoy drinks and exchange business cards. <br><br>Alumni at the September 27 networking social represented classes from the 70\'s, 80\'s, 90\'s, and 00\'s. There were graduates from both campuses and both the regular and extended division programs. The two hour gathering provided a prime opportunity to mingle with fellow alumni employed in a variety of practice areas: government agencies, firms, and corporation. <br><br>The Washington, D.C. alumni chapter hopes to make these networking socials a quarterly occurrence and is planning the next happy hour for early December. To find out how you can help with the next D.C. happy hour or become a more active D.C. area alumnus/a contact Ashley N. Barton, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations/Development at 717-541-3974 or <a href=\"mailto:anbarton@widener.edu\">anbarton@widener.edu</a>.<br><br><strong><em>Caption:</em></strong><br><span class=\"Caption\"><strong>Photo:</strong> Pictured above are a some of the alumni who attended the happy hour in Washington, D.C. (L-R: Martin Sendek \'85, Thomas Louthan \'75, Melanie Forshey \'98, John Pasquantino \'95, and future alumnus John Daroff \'08).</span>', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(83, 'Law of Delaware Business Entities Subject of International Symposium at Widener University School of Law', '2007-10-03', '<p>Wilmington, Del. -Widener University School of Law will host the Fourth Annual Symposium on the Law of Delaware Business Entities on Oct. 11 and 12 at the Widener University School of Law Delaware Campus, 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington. <br /><br />The two-day symposium, subtitled An International Dialogue on Current Trends Affecting the Governance of Delaware Entities in the Public and Private Capital Markets, will focus primarily on the legal and ethical impact of new governmental regulation of business organizations in the public capital markets, trends in corporate governance in the public capital markets, private capital and the law, and the Delaware series in alternative entities as a paradigm for statutory evolution. <br /><br />As part of the program, practitioners and scholars from the United Kingdom and the United States, members of the Delaware bench and bar, and members of the business community will engage in interactive presentations what will provide a much-needed international perspective on the issues. It will provide insight on Delaware law as perceived by British lawyers and provide Delaware attorneys and business leaders with an opportunity to understand any common misperceptions, including a discussion of common mistakes and missed opportunities in these changing financial markets. <br /><br />According to Ann E. Conaway, professor of law at Widener and symposium director, the symposium provides a first step towards a working relationship among members of the English legal system, the Widener School of Law, the Delaware bench and bar, and the Delaware business and financial community. <br /><br />\"The English participants are quite excited to share their practices, victories and mistakes in reforming their business laws,\" Conaway said. \"This participation by our international visitors is a unique opportunity for the law school and our legal and business communities to become connected, internationally, with members of the English and American Inns of Court in London, a vital center for the changing global economy.\" <br /><br />The symposium is approved for a total of 12 continuing legal education credits, including two ethics credits, in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Registration for the complete, two-day symposium is $300, and registration for one day is $200. The symposium is free for Widener University School of Law students. For more information, or to register for the symposium, contact Constance Sweeney, coordinator for special programs, at 302-477-2177 or e-mail cmsweeney@widener.edu. <br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(84, 'Widener Law Symposium Tackles Public Health Perspectives on Charged Legal Issues', '2007-10-03', '<p>Wilmington, Del. - The Widener University School of Law will tackle some of the nation\'s most polarizing legal issues with a unique twist--how they relate to public health--during a day-long symposium on Friday, Oct. 19 sponsored by the Widener Health Law Institute at the law school\'s Delaware Campus, 4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington. <br /><br />Abortion, gun control, gay marriage, tort reform--the symposium invites the audience to suspend whatever strongly held beliefs they might have on these hot-button issues and consider the basic question: What policies and laws best serve the public\'s health and welfare? Individual session titles include, Preventing Illegal Gun Trafficking, Public Health and Marriage (Equality), Beyond Privacy: A population-Based Perspective on Reproductive Rights, Is Dying a Public Health Issue? and Punitive Damages and the Public Health Agenda, among others. <br /><br />The symposium will include a battery of impressive national experts drawn from many subject areas of law and public health who are united in their belief that a public health approach can inform these debates and suggest new approaches and answers to move important issues beyond their familiar locations. <br /><br />The symposium is approved for a total of five continuing legal education credits in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Registration is $199 for those seeking CLE credits, and $149 for non-CLE registration. Students are admitted free. For more information, or to register for the symposium, contact Karla Harris at 302-477-2704 or e-mail kmharris@widener.edu. <br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(85, 'Author of Book on Body Parts Black Market to Speak at Union League, Widener Law', '2007-10-03', '<p>&nbsp;Wilmington, Del. - Michele Goodwin, who explores the dark side of organ donation in her book<em> Black Markets: The Supply and Demand of Body Parts</em>, will speak about her book as the Widener University School of Law Raynes McCarty Distinguished Lecturer in Health Law on Tuesday, Oct. 9. (CLE credit available) <br /><br />Goodwin will lecture at 12 p.m. at the Union League, 140 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, and again at 4 p.m. in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom in the Main Law Building at the Widener University School of Law, 4601 Concord Pike., Wilmington, Del. Seats for both lectures are limited. Please RSVP to Karla Harris at kmharris@widener.edu or call 302-477-2704. <br /><br />Goodwin, is a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, and the Everett Fraser Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School. Goodwin is a bioethicist who researches tort and property theories in the body and biotechnology. She regularly lectures internationally on bioethics and biotechnology topics such as assisted reproductive technologies, mental health, stem cell manipulation, and organ transplantation.<br /><br /><em>Black Markets</em>, published by Cambridge University Press, builds upon Goodwin\'s career of scholarship exploring causes for organ shortages and methods to remedy the crisis. Offering a contemporary view of organ and tissue supply and demand, Black Markets explores the legal, racial and social nuances of current altruistic institutionalized procurement schemes. Goodwin suggests that the best alternative model for organ procurement is a market approach or one based on presumed consent and provides an alternative way of studying how to increase the supply of organs and other body parts as well. <br /><br />The lecture is sponsored by the Widener University School of Law Health Law Institute, and funded by the Philadelphia-based law firm of Raynes McCarty, which represents the catastrophically injured and their families. <br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(86, 'Harvard Professor Sitkoff Speaks to Faculty', '2007-10-04', '<p>On Thursday, October 4th, Harvard University Law School Professor Robert H. Sitkoff spoke at the Barrister\'s Club as part of ongoing faculty development efforts. On campus as part of the visiting scholar program, Sitkoff presented \"Agency Costs, Charitable Trusts, and Corporate Control: Evidence from Hershey\'s Kiss-Off\", which focused on the legal implications of the Hershey Trust\'s efforts to sell its controlling interest in the Hershey Foods Corporation in 2002. At the conclusion of the presentation, Professor Sitkoff took questions from the faculty on the implications of his findings. <br /><br />A graduate of the University of Chicago School of Law, Professor Sitkoff taught at New York University School of Law and Northwestern University School of Law before joining the Harvard Law School faculty. He has published scholarship in the Yale Law Journal, the University of Chicago Law Review, and the Journal of Law and Economics.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(87, 'Annual Francis G. Pileggi Distinguished Lecture in Law', '2007-10-05', '<p>The Pileggi Lecture series is an annual event held at the Widener University School of Law and funded through the generosity of Frank G. Pileggi, Esquire. Mr. Pileggi has been a friend and benefactor of the law school for many years, and the annual lecture has taken on a special significance not only to the school, but also for the Delaware bench and bar. The lecture is organized and administered by The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Normally the lectures are given in the month of October. Our past speakers are listed below. <br /><br />Each year the Pileggi speaker presents two lectures. The first presentation is for the benefit of the Delaware bench and bar. It has traditionally been held at a breakfast gathering in downtown Wilmington. Focusing on corporate law topics, the speech attracts many members of the Delaware corporate bar and normally generates discussion before and after the lecture itself. Later that morning, the lecture is again presented for the students of Widener University School of Law. Because of its diversified corporate program, the Widener student body looks forward to this presentation with eagerness each year.&nbsp;<br /><br />The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law <br /><br />Friday, September 28, 2007, 8:00 a.m. Hotel du Pont, Wilmington, Delaware <br /><br /><strong>SPEAKER: </strong><br /><br />MARK J. ROE, David Berg Professor of Corporate Law, Harvard Law School <br /><br /><strong>TOPIC:</strong> <br /><br />Does Delaware Compete? <br /><br /><strong>ABOUT THE SPEAKER</strong> <br /><br />Professor Roe joined the faculty at Harvard Law School in 1999 as the Olin Visiting Professor of Law and in 2001 became the David Berg Professor of Corporate Law. <br /><br />Before joining Harvard, he was the Milton Handler Professor of Business Regulation at Columbia University School of Law, which he joined in 1988. He had previously taught at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law (1986-1988) and Rutgers University School of Law (1980-1986). After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1975, he worked with the Federal Reserve System and practiced with Cahill Gordon &amp; Reindel, in New York, New York. <br /><br />Professor Roe has taught courses in Antitrust, Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Corporations, and Financial Institutions. He is a Fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), Brussels, Belgium. <br /><br /><strong>ABSTRACT </strong><br /><br />After a century of academic thinking that states compete for corporate chartering revenues, a revisionist perspective has emerged in which states do not compete for chartering revenues, leaving Delaware alone in the interstate charter market. Firms either stay incorporated in their home state or reincorporate to Delaware, but rarely go elsewhere. Delaware has a monopoly, one that goes unchallenged. <br /><br />I here use industrial organization concepts to better illuminate this competitive setting. Even if no other state challenges Delaware for the reincorporation business, it still must operate in three key competitive arenas. First, it must attract firms to reincorporate away from their home state. The dynamism of American business interacts with the corporate chartering structure to create a broad avenue of chartering competition, even if no state actively seeks to take chartering revenue away from Delaware. Second, a once-and-for-all exit of corporate America to another state or an awakening of a dormant competitor are not impossible. It\'s a slim risk, but it would be catastrophic for Delaware\'s budget and I outline how what might motivate one or the other. The one instance we have of serious state-to-state competition--New Jersey\'s demise as the corporate capital at the beginning of the twentieth century--was just that: the rise of a new competitor, rapid exit from the old winner, the fast emergence of a new winner, not long-term hand-to-hand combat. Similarly, and third, Delaware has reason to fear federalization of core elements of its corporate law even if no other state actively competes for charters. A reputation for bad decision making (or bad decision makers) could impel Congress to displace Delaware, in whole or in part, perhaps as an excuse during an economic downturn. While the odds of full displacement are quite low, Sarbanes-Oxley shows us that the odds of substantial partial displacement are not. <br /><br />These ideas have parallels in the industrial organization, antitrust literature on contestable markets: a single producer can dominate a market, but, depending on the nature of its technology and its market, it could lose its market share overnight or suddenly face a new entrant if the incumbent missteps badly. Hence, it has incentives to act like a competitor on some issues, or knows it must provide a package that overall is attractive to its primary customers. Delaware could face this kind of catastrophic loss in two dimensions: the traditional horizontal one of a competing state, and the vertical one of federal displacement. <br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(88, 'Second Annual Dean\'s Leadership Forum', '2007-10-08', '<p>For more than 20 years, Kyle Bowser, Class of 1991, has worked as an entertainment industry executive in the areas of film, television, music, theater, radio and news media. Kyle earned a B.S. degree from Ohio University in Television and Film Communications and began his career working for Philadelphia International Records and NFL Films. Later, he promoted concerts, boxing, and special events at venues in Philadelphia and Atlantic City. After graduating from Widener-Delaware in 1991, Kyle relocated to the West Coast to join Fox, Inc., where he developed TV programming, eventually becoming Director of Creative Affairs for HBO Independent Productions. He went on to found Res Ipsa Media, Inc., a multi-media production company that develops and produces film, television, music, and theater projects. Recently, he produced the film, For One Night, which premiered in February on the Lifetime TV Network. <br /><br />For One Night; The Bible Experience - Kyle Bowser projects <br />What has garnered Kyle international attention is his production of Inspired by...The Bible Experience, a dramatized audio recording of the entire Bible, filled with compelling music and state-of-the-art sound effects, read by an all-star cast of more than 200 African-American actors, musicians, and others, dramatizing all 368 characters in the 66 books of the Bible. <br /><br />Kyle is an active member of the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyer Association, the HolyRod Foundation, and the National Association of Minorities in Communications, and has been a feature speaker on diversity in television and multi-ethnic programming.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, '');
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(89, 'Widener law professor helping to develop the legal process for 1.3 billion people', '2007-10-09', '<p>Beijing, China - Prof. John Capowski of the law school was recently an invited speaker at an evidence symposium in Beijing, China. Entitled \"The International Symposium on Evidence Law and Forensic Science: International Perspectives and the Chinese Experience,\" the multi-day meeting focused on China\'s effort to both reform and codify its evidence law. The conference was sponsored by the China University of Political Science and Law and was hosted by their Institute of Evidence Law and Forensic Science. China University, located in Beijing and focused on law and political science, has approximately 20,000 students and awards bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees in law. <br /><br />The conference brought together for the first time China\'s evidence law scholars. Also included in the conference were representatives of China\'s National People\'s Congress, the People\'s Supreme Court, and the Ministry of Justice as well as other government representatives and judges. Foreign evidence scholars, in addition to Professor Capowski, included Prof. Ronald Allen, the John H. Wigmore Professor at Northwestern, and evidence professors from the United Kingdom and Australia.<br /><br />Professor Capowski\'s presentation, entitled \"Evidence Codification and Transubstantive and Bifurcated Evidence Codes,\" discussed the most contentious issue the Chinese are grappling with in codifying their evidence law--whether to have one evidence code or separate codes for civil and criminal law. The presentation will be published in the peer reviewed journal, Evidence Science and Forensic Science. <br /><br />Following the symposium, Professors Capowski and Allen met for four hours with the committee that is drafting China\'s proposed evidence code. They discussed with the committee the first English translation of the draft code and will be involved in discussions with members of the committee as the process continues.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/capowski%20china4.jpg\" alt=\"capowski china4\" width=\"350\" height=\"466\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(90, 'Professor Michele Goodwin Addresses Widener Law School Community', '2007-10-11', '<p>&raquo;&raquo;Listen to the WHYY Interview on NPR.org - Listen to this show via Real Audio<br /><br />On Tuesday, October 9th, Professor Michele Goodwin, Everett Fraser Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School and a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, delivered an address to the law school community about the black market trade in human body parts as the Widener University School of Law Raynes McCarty Distinguished Lecturer in Health Law. After brief introductions from Dean Linda L. Ammons and Professor John G. Culhane, Interim Director of the Widener School of Law Health Law Institute, Professor Goodwin gave a passionate and engaging lecture on the difficulties faced by the altruistic model of organ donation and offered disturbing details about the illegal trade in human body parts. <br /><br />A bioethicist and author of Black Markets: The Supply and Demand of Body Parts, Professor Goodwin has given lectures internationally on topics such as organ transplantation and stem cell manipulation. The Widener University School of Law Health Law Institute sponsored Professor Goodwin\'s appearance with funding from Raynes McCarty, a Philadelphia law firm that represents the catastrophically injured and their families.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(91, 'NRA President Speaks About Philadelphia Gun Violence During Visit to Widener Law in Delaware', '2007-10-30', '<p>&nbsp;Widener Law alumnus and current National Rifle Association President John C. Sigler visited the Wilmington campus recently and spoke to about 100 students and faculty about the Second Amendment and the growing gun violence in Philadelphia. <br /><br />&ldquo;This is certainly a homecoming I never could have imagined. Being here brings back memories,&rdquo; said Sigler, who recounted days of moot court competitions and memories of Professors Thomas J. Reed and John D. Wladis. <br /><br />Sigler&rsquo;s visit was sponsored by the Widener University School of Law Student Bar Association and the Federalist Society. <br /><br />Sigler, a resident of Delaware and a 1987 graduate of Widener Law, became the 59th president of the NRA in April 2007. He has been an NRA life member for 29 years. He argued in the Oct. 17 speech that Philadelphia authorities need to enforce the laws currently on the books, as opposed to enacting new gun-control legislation, to make the streets safer. <br /><br />While the crowd seemed evenly split in its applause for his ideas, versus counterpoints made during the audience discussion, Sigler said he was &ldquo;absolutely flattered&rdquo; that the students invited him to speak. He ended his remarks with words of advice for them: <br /><br />&ldquo;Have the courage to think for yourselves, fight for your core beliefs and challenge conventional wisdom,&rdquo; he said. </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(92, 'Widener Law Immigration Program Puts Focus on Pennsylvania Policy and Practice', '2007-10-30', '<p>The changing landscape of immigration law and policy in a Pennsylvania context was the focus of a recent program on Widener Law&rsquo;s Harrisburg campus. <br /><br />Presented by the school&rsquo;s Law &amp; Government Institute, the Oct. 29 program, &ldquo;Immigration Law in Pennsylvania: Policy and Practice,&rdquo; featured two panel discussions made up of some of the keystone state&rsquo;s most respected immigration law experts. <br /><br />Attorney participants shared insights into the practice of immigration law during a time of legislative change. Participants largely included Pennsylvania lawyers and academics. <br /><br />Benjamin D. Yerger, Esq., of the Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center in York, Pa., talked about the York County Prison, which is contracted to provide 800 beds for immigration-related cases and is one of the largest facilities of its kind on the East Coast. The prison is home to two immigration courts, where detainees have no right to a free attorney, Yerger said. Between language barriers, lack of access to evidence and, for many, no nearby family, court appearances can be a sea of confusion. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had clients who&rsquo;ve had no idea what&rsquo;s going on in court,&rdquo; he said. <br /><br />Attorney Craig R. Shagin, Esq., of The Shagin Law Group LLC in Harrisburg, said through his clients, he has seen an atmosphere of fear <br />and hate that greets immigrants in the United States, including clients that are stopped for no apparent reason and those whose presence here is met with suspicion despite any legitimate cause for it. &ldquo;I see that up close and personal,&rdquo; Shagin said. &ldquo;It is very, very disconcerting.&rdquo; <br /><br />Among the other program participants were Steven P. Barsamian, Esq., a member of the Widener Law Board of Overseers and president of the school&rsquo;s alumni board; Larry Frankel, Esq. ,the legislative director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania; and Helen Harnett, Esq., an attorney with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network in Washington, D.C. </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(93, 'Health Law Institute Organizes Daylong Symposium on Hot-Button Legal Issues', '2007-10-30', '<p>Legal experts and academics recently spent a day on the Delaware campus examining some of the nation&rsquo;s thorniest legal issues from a public health perspective.<br /><br />The symposium, presented by the law school and its Health Law Institute, drew a crowd of about 80 to the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom. Audience members were invited to suspend their beliefs on hot-button issues such as abortion, illegal gun trafficking and tort reform, to consider what policies would best serve the public&rsquo;s health and welfare. <br /><br />A battery of respected speakers attended the conference from all over the United States, including Evan Stark, an associate professor at the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University in Newark, who spoke about domestic violence and how victims are deprived of their rights to equality, personhood and citizenship. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a liberty crime,&rdquo; Stark said of domestic violence. <br /><br />Widener Health Law Institute Director John Culhane, a Widener law professor, coordinated the conference and presented on the theme of equality in marriage. Culhane, a noted expert on the rights of same-sex couples, was on a panel with Vernellia R. Randall, a University of Dayton School of Law professor. Randall presented on the public health approach and decision making for communities of color.<br />&nbsp;<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(94, 'Widener Law Welcomes International Judges', '2007-10-30', '<p>Widener University School of Law will host 12 international jurists at its Delaware campus Wednesday, Nov. 7 in an effort to promote a better understanding of the American legal education system. <br /><br />The judges and justices &ndash; all women &ndash; hail from Korea, Nepal, Taiwan and Ukraine. Their visit to Widener comes in conjunction with their attendance at the National Association of Women Judges annual conference, a four-day event happening Nov. 8-11 in Philadelphia. They are one of several groups of international judges that will be visiting area law schools on the eve of the conference&rsquo;s opening day. <br /><br />The group&rsquo;s visit to Widener will begin with an hour-long presentation at 10:30 a.m. in the school&rsquo;s Aquipt War Room at Polishook Hall. Wilmington attorney Richard K. Herrmann, visiting law professor and chair of Widener&rsquo;s Technology Law Practice Technology Center, will demonstrate what can be done with modern courtroom technology. The Aquipt War Room is a high-tech courtroom laboratory for Widener students, where they learn the skills for lawyering in a modern age, using cutting-edge electronics. <br /><br />The group will then take a brief tour of the campus and have a noon lunch with faculty and students in the law school&rsquo;s Barristers&rsquo; Club. Two student ambassadors will also take part in the visit and serve as translators if needed, although all the visiting judges and justices speak English. <br /><br />The media is invited to attend and photograph the visit. Joining the international contingent will be Delaware Superior Court President Judge James T. Vaughn Jr. and Superior Court Judges Jan R. Jurden and M. Jane Brady. Brady is the former Delaware attorney general and serves as a member of the law school&rsquo;s Board of Overseers. Judge Sue Pai Yank of the New Jersey Workers Compensation Court will also attend. <br /><br />The visit highlights Widener&rsquo;s connection to judges across the nation and the world. The Delaware campus serves an East Coast center for the National Judicial College, the continuing-education organization for judges. National Judicial College programs held on Widener&rsquo;s campus attract judges from all over the country seeking to improve their skills and continue their educations in a way that will make them better jurists. <br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(95, 'Delaware Campus Helps “Bridge the Gap”', '2007-10-30', '<img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"224\" alt=\"de bridgegap 1\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/de%20bridgegap%201.jpg\" width=\"300\">The Delaware campus recently played host to a two-day program designed to prepare the First State’s newest attorneys for the rigors of practice in Delaware. <br><br>“Bridge the Gap” was presented by the Supreme Court of Delaware and sponsored by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education. It received support from the Delaware State Bar Association and Widener Law. The program was required for all new lawyers about to take their oaths and become official members of the Delaware bar. It serves to educate them on what will be expected of them as First State attorneys. <br><br>Nearly 150 new lawyers attended the program Oct. 25 and 26 and learned from about 85 presenters, made up largely of Delaware judges, justices and prominent attorneys. Topics were heavy on ethics training and ranged from “What are the Supreme Court’s expectations for members of the Delaware bar?” to “Meeting the expectations of the client.” <br><br>Joshua W. Martin III, Esq. of Potter Anderson &amp; Corroon LLP gave the luncheon talk on day one, speaking about efforts to increase diversity in Delaware bar membership. The second-day luncheon featured Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden speaking about challenges at the Delaware Department of Justice. <br><br>Delaware Chief Justice Myron T. Steele made closing remarks at the program’s conclusion. The event was co-chaired by Richard K. Herrmann, Esq., a Wilmington attorney who chairs the Commission on Continuing Legal Education and also teaches at Widener Law, and Andrea L. Rocanelli, Esq., chief disciplinary counsel for the Delaware Office of Disciplinary Counsel. <br><br><strong><em>Caption:</em></strong><br><span class=\"Caption\"><strong>Photo:</strong> Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden makes a point during a luncheon talk he gave to new Delaware attorneys during the \"Bridge the Gap\" program held recently at Widener Law.</span>', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(96, 'Annual Delaware Alumni &amp; Friends Golf Outing Held', '2007-10-30', '<a href=\"~/media/Images/AlumniNews/golf1.ashx\">\r\n				<img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"232\" alt=\"golf1 thumb\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/golf1%20thumb.jpg\" width=\"300\"></a>Widener University School of Law alumni office (Delaware Campus) held its Annual Alumni and Friends Golf Outing on Monday, October 22, 2007 at the du Pont Country Club located in Wilmington, Delaware. The sun was shining and the temperature was a very warm 80°. In addition to 18 holes of golf, this year, a special short-game clinic was offered and taken advantage of by some ladies who wanted to improve their game. Following the day on the course participants enjoyed a post-tournament reception with a delicious buffet of food and if they were lucky enough they went home with a wonderful door prize. The event raised more than $2,800 benefiting the Law School\'s Loan Repayment Assistance Program, which provides grants to graduates who have chosen careers in public interest law. <a href=\"~/media/Images/AlumniNews/golf2.ashx\"><img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"232\" alt=\"golf2 thumb\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/golf2%20thumb.jpg\" width=\"300\"></a><br><br>The winning foursome was Ken Federman ‘93, Jon Madnick, Robert Zibelman, and Neil Kushner. The foursome that assumed 2nd place was David Rohde ‘80, Paul Hirtz, David Roe, and Harry Erhinger. John Brown ‘84 won the longest drive contest, and Lee Schwartz ‘81 won the closest to the pin contest. <br><br>Widener Law would like to thank the following sponsors for their support: Scott Blissman ’97, Richard Budney ’94, Blue Hen Promotions, CBIZ, Inc. &amp; Mayer Hoffman McCann, PC, Chaddsford Winery, Clayman Foundation, Coley Pontiac Buick GMC, Inc., Colliers Lanard &amp; Axilbund, CT Corporation, DeFino Law Associates, Delaware Paralegal Association, Robert DeLong ’99, D’Ignazio’s Towne House, Exclusively Legal, Inc., Golfdom, Harrington &amp; Associates, Harry’s Savoy Ballroom, Tanya M. Kraynak Reporting, <a href=\"~/media/Images/AlumniNews/golf3.ashx\"><img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"232\" alt=\"golf3 thumb\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/golf3%20thumb.jpg\" width=\"300\"></a>Lerch &amp; Associates, Love Court Reporting, Inc., Miller &amp; Gallagher, Mulvey &amp; Flanagan, PC, Tactix Real Estate Advisors, Walsh &amp; Nicholson Financial Group, Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &amp; Newby LLP, Winterthur Museum, and Wolf Block.  <a href=\"~/media/Images/AlumniNews/golf4.ashx\"><img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"154\" alt=\"golf4 thumb\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/golf4%20thumb.jpg\" width=\"300\"></a>', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(97, 'Open House: Paralegal &amp; Legal Nurse Consultant Programs', '2007-11-06', '<p>&nbsp; <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/LEIHawleyandStudent.jpg\" alt=\"LEIHawleyandStudent\" width=\"365\" height=\"265\" /><em>OPEN HOUSE for PARALEGALS AND LEGAL NURSE CONSULTANT PROGRAMS</em><br />Widener Law Center<br />Room 203, Polishook Hall<br />4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington DE<br /><br />Prepare yourself for a rewarding career as a paralegal or a legal nurse consultant. Please join us at any one of the following Open Houses to learn more about these ABA-approved programs and talk with an advisor. Our Spring semester begins Janaury 7, 2008, with new courses and new concentrations for paralegals and legal nurse consultants. <br /><br /><strong>Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 4-7 pm<br />Saturday, November 17, 2007, 9 am to noon<br />Saturday, December 1, 2007, 9 am to noon</strong></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(98, 'Law School Supports Pennsylvania Diversity Program', '2007-11-06', '<p>Widener Law recently was the only law school to lend its financial support to the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network&rsquo;s Martin Luther King Jr. Summer Internship &amp; Fellowship Program. The school this fall promised a two-year gift to the effort, which encourages and supports minority attorneys working in Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network programs across the commonwealth.<br /><br />The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network is a client-centered organization that provides leadership, funding and support to improve the availability and quality of civil legal aid for low-income people and victims of domestic violence in the commonwealth.<br /><br />Law Dean Linda L. Ammons met with PLAN Chief Administrative Officer Cynthia G. Newcomer about the gift. In return, one summer internship slot for a Widener Law student will be guaranteed.<br /><br />&ldquo;Widener is deeply committed to civic engagement, pro bono activities, public service and diversity. These things are at the heart of our law school&rsquo;s mission,&rdquo; Ammons said. <br />&ldquo;It is my pleasure to lend Widener&rsquo;s support to an organization that assists those with nowhere else to turn. We are gratified for the opportunity to be part of such a worthwhile program.\"</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(99, 'Widener Law plays host to international judges', '2007-11-12', '<p><a href=\"{adminroot}news/edit/99/~/media/Images/News2007/internationalJudges.ashx\"> <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/internationalJudgesSmall.jpg\" alt=\"internationalJudgesSmall\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" /></a>Widener Law spent part of a day hosting 18 international jurists who visited the Delaware campus to learn more about legal technology and legal education at Widener.<br /><br />The judges and justices &ndash; all women &ndash; hailed from Korea, Nepal, Taiwan, Ukraine and Nigeria. Their visit Nov. 7 was made in conjunction with their attendance at the National Association of Women Judges annual conference, a four-day event happening Nov. 8-11 in Philadelphia.<br /><br />Delaware Superior Court Judge Jan R. Jurden and New Jersey Workers Compensation Judge Sue Pai Yang coordinated the group&rsquo;s visit. Both attended the visit to Widener. Delaware Superior Court President Judge James T. Vaughn Jr. also visited the campus to have lunch with the group.<br /><br />&ldquo;We&rsquo;re here to meet people and learn and go home and make a positive impact,&rdquo; Tolani Ladipo, a Nigerian chief magistrate said. <br /><br />The women were treated to an hour-long presentation in the school&rsquo;s Aquipt War Room at Polishook Hall. Wilmington attorney Richard K. Herrmann, visiting law professor and chair of Widener&rsquo;s Technology Law Practice Technology Center, demonstrated what can be done with modern courtroom technology, using the cutting-edge tools available to Widener students.<br /><br />The group lunched with Widener Law Dean Linda L. Ammons and members of the faculty and staff. Widener students YooNieh Ahn, Wendy Wu, Elvira Berry and Ada Chiejina were among those that also took part in the event. Several of the women law students dressed in clothing unique to their heritage and were on hand to provide translation services, when necessary.<br /><br />&ldquo;We want you to take back to your respective courts and respective countries the message that in this region, Widener Law is a place that welcomes diversity and welcomes the opportunity to be a part of global humanity and the legal community around the world,&rdquo; Ammons told the visitors. <br /><br /><strong><em>Caption:<br /></em></strong>Photo 1: The international judges and standing, front row, at left, Delaware Superior Court Judge Jan R. Jurden, and standing bottom row, center, Widener Law Dean Linda L. Ammons<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(100, 'Law student wins scholarship', '2007-11-12', '<p>The third district of the National Association of Women Judges recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Widener Law student Kelly McGriff of Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The scholarship goes to a female student chosen for her honesty, humanity, leadership, professionalism and teamwork.<br /><br />Delaware Superior Court Judge Jan R. Jurden, a member of the national association, presented the award to McGriff during a visit to Widener&rsquo;s Delaware campus on Wednesday, Nov. 7.<br /><br />McGriff has been active in the law student division of the American Bar Association and is currently president of the Black Law Students Association. She has been Professor Nathaniel C. Nichols&rsquo; research assistant in the bankruptcy clinic and has worked in the Office of Development &amp; Alumni Relations. She served as an instructor and student coordinator of the Bank of America Financial Literacy Program through the law school&rsquo;s Public Interest Resource Center.<br /><br />McGriff holds a bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and will receive her law degree in May 2008.<br /><br /><em><strong>Caption:</strong></em><br />Photo 1: Widener Law Dean Linda L. Ammons, student Kelly McGriff and Delaware Superior Court Judge Jan. R. Jurden, who is a member of the National Association of Women Judgges, district three.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(101, 'Delaware campus hosts Delaware Tax Institute', '2007-11-19', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/tax1.jpg\" alt=\"tax1\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" />The Delaware campus of Widener Law was pleased to host the 40th-annual, 2007 Delaware Tax Institute daylong continuing education program for tax and legal professionals. The program, sponsored by the University of Delaware, Delaware chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals and the law school, happened Friday, Nov. 9 in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom.<br /><br />The program included talks on developments in income tax and estate planning and breakout sessions on a variety of topics including changes affecting tax-exempt organizations. More than 130 tax professionals attended.<br /><br />Certified public accountant Sheldon S. Cohen, Esq., former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and now a tax attorney at Farr, Miller &amp; Washington,&nbsp; LLC, gave the keynote address, &ldquo;Tax Law: Where We&rsquo;ve Been, Where We Are and Where We Might Go.&rdquo;<img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/tax3.jpg\" alt=\"tax3\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />&nbsp;<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Captions <br /><span class=\"Caption\">Photo 1: Panelists, from left, F. Peter Conaty Jr., Esq., Charles J. Durante, Esq. and Kimberly M. Gill, Esq. <br />Photo 2 &amp; 3: Keynote speaker and certified public accountant Sheldon S. Cohen, Esq.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/tax2.jpg\" alt=\"tax2\" width=\"300\" height=\"346\" /></span></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(102, 'Harrisburg Mentor Reception', '2007-11-19', '<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">&nbsp; The Alumni Mentoring program in recently kicked off the 2007-2008 mentoring year with a reception hosted by the Career Development Office. The most alumni to date, 52 men and women, have volunteered to advise first year students as they encounter the challenges of how to study for exams, be there to celebrate the joy of receiving the first A in their law school career, advise the mentee on which electives are beneficial to take, and give career advice when needed. <a href=\"http://www.law.widener.edu/special-news/2007HbgMentors/\"><br /></a></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><input id=\"EF41AC2B88AB42AFBCAF4C7CDAE316EA_inner\" style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; display: none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 1px; position: absolute; height: 1px;\" contenteditable=\"false\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"AAEAAAD/////AQAAAAAAAAAGAQAAAALCoAsAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><input id=\"4A68C96752FE45AAB8CA31493238BED6_inner\" style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; display: none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 1px; position: absolute; height: 1px;\" contenteditable=\"false\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"AAEAAAD/////AQAAAAAAAAAGAQAAAN0BPGltZyB3aWR0aD0iNDEiIGhlaWdodD0iMzQiIGFsdD0ic2xpZGVzaG93IiBzcmM9IiU3RS9tZWRpYS9JbWFnZXMvaWNvbnMvc2xpZGVzaG93LmFzaHgiIGNsYXNzPSJGbG9hdExlZnQiPjxhIGhyZWY9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cubGF3LndpZGVuZXIuZWR1L3NwZWNpYWwtbmV3cy8yMDA3SGJnTWVudG9ycy8iIHRpdGxlPSJWaWV3IHRoZSBzbGlkZXNob3ciPlZpZXcgdGhlIHNsaWRlc2hvdzwvYT4LAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><input id=\"F0D581CE539D41179903F3CC0169245B_inner\" style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; display: none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 1px; position: absolute; height: 1px;\" contenteditable=\"false\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"AAEAAAD/////AQAAAAAAAAAGAQAAAAQ8YnI+CwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Alumni and students convened on campus to meet their matches, the evening of October 18, 2007. The student-alumni match is a careful process orchestrated by the Career Development Office. 1L&rsquo;s are paired with an alumna/us based on professional interest, regular or extended division enrollment, and/or geography.</p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><input id=\"4F3500BDACAC4DF3BF5FE63A8FEAD440_inner\" style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; display: none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 1px; position: absolute; height: 1px;\" contenteditable=\"false\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"AAEAAAD/////AQAAAAAAAAAGAQAAAALCoAsAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==\" /></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Students enjoyed getting to know their alumni mentors better that evening and were able to see first-hand what truly diverse paths Widener Law alumni take upon graduation. 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(103, 'Harrisburg Minority Reception', '2007-11-19', '<p>The Reception Room of the served as the site of a Widener-Harrisburg Minority Alumni, Student, and Faculty Social on the evening of November 1, 2007. The event gave minority members of the Widener-Harrisburg community a chance to gather for a time of networking and sharing the ways in which Widener Law has affected their lives.<br /><input id=\"103538F38EAE4F63804AF125BD7D8EBC_inner\" style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; display: none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 1px; position: absolute; height: 1px;\" contenteditable=\"false\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"AAEAAAD/////AQAAAAAAAAAGAQAAAGk8c3QxOnBsYWNlbmFtZSB3OnN0PSJvbiI+QWRtaW5pc3RyYXRpb248L3N0MTpwbGFjZW5hbWU+IDxzdDE6cGxhY2V0eXBlIHc6c3Q9Im9uIj5CdWlsZGluZzwvc3QxOnBsYWNldHlwZT4LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(104, 'Student-Alumni Meet &amp; Greet held in Harrisburg', '2007-11-19', ' 		“So…what’s it like out there?” Students were given a chance to ask that commonly pondered question and get truthful answers at the recent Student-Alumni Meet &amp; Greet. <br><iframe class=\"iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/slideshow07Hbgmeetgreet/slideshow.swf\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 450px;\"></iframe><br><br>Alumni were eager to answer that question and others regarding life after . The Meet &amp; Greet, hosted by the Student Bar Association and <i>Widener Law Journal</i> on November 7, 2007, was a casual event which provided an opportunity for 75 students and alumni to meet each other in a “no pressure” environment. The occasion proved to be a great success for students who were able to network with alumni employed in a variety of law fields throughout the Harrisburg area, and the chance to meet future colleagues was well-received by our Widener Law alumni in attendance.<br><a title=\"View the slideshow\" href=\"http://www.law.widener.edu/special-news/2007HbgMeetGreet/\"></a><br><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"0919A4CD5EDD4D5FAF8841154B20D178_inner\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"border: medium none ; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; display: none; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; width: 1px; position: absolute; height: 1px;\" value=\"AAEAAAD/////AQAAAAAAAAAGAQAAAFw8c3QxOnBsYWNlbmFtZSB3OnN0PSJvbiI+TGF3PC9zdDE6cGxhY2VuYW1lPiA8c3QxOnBsYWNldHlwZSB3OnN0PSJvbiI+U2Nob29sPC9zdDE6cGxhY2V0eXBlPgsAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==\">', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(106, 'Widener Law presents conference on veterans law', '2007-11-20', '<p><em>School is national leader in veterans law; home to Veterans Law Clinic</em> <br /><br />Widener Law will showcase its position as one of the country&rsquo;s leading law schools offering services to veterans when the school presents a continuing legal education program Nov. 30 aimed at enhancing the skills of attorneys who represent veterans.<br /><br />The Veterans Law continuing legal education conference will be held on the Delaware campus from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom. Registration and continental breakfast run from 8 to 8:30 a.m.<br /><br />The day includes a battery of speakers from legal practitioners to academics on topics ranging from an overview of the VA claim process to ethical concerns that come from working in the VA system. Those presenting include Douglas J. Rosinski, of counsel to Ogletree Deakins in Columbia, S.C. and an adjunct professor and director of the Veterans Clinic at the University of South Carolina School of Law; and Richard R. James, Esq., of Richmond, Va., a nationally known authority on veterans law.<br /><br />Widener University was the first law school in the United States to start a clinical program for disabled veterans. First known as the Veterans Assistance Program, the school began its work in 1997 by co-sponsoring a program with the pro bono arm of the Delaware State Bar Association, to assist disabled veterans and their dependants with VA compensation claim appeals to the Board of Veterans Appeals. The program became known as the&nbsp;Veterans Law Clinic in January 2006 although student interns &ndash; working as attorneys on behalf of indigent veteran clients &ndash; have been a part of the program since its start. The law school recently expanded the clinic services with the help of grants from the Pennsylvania Legislature and the Delaware State Veterans Commission. <br /><br />&ldquo;There is no more fulfilling or patriotic civic service I can think of as an attorney than representing the interests of veterans who simply want the benefits to which they are entitled,&rdquo; said Widener Law Professor Thomas J. Reed, director of the law school clinic and a key organizer of the conference. &ldquo;This program will allow Widener to share its knowledge of veterans law and wealth of contacts on the subject with people who want to learn more about the veterans claim process.&rdquo;<br /><br />For practicing attorneys in Delaware and Pennsylvania, attendance at the program offers 6.5 continuing legal education credits, including one ethics credit. The registration cost for attorneys attending for credit is $250 and includes lunch, or $200 for Widener Law alumni attorneys. The event is free for students and members of the general public, but does not include lunch. The school cafeteria will be open. For more information or to register, contact Constance Sweeney, coordinator for special programs, at 302-477-2177 or e-mail cmsweeney@widener.edu.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(107, 'Widener Law students organize talk on hate crimes', '2007-11-20', '<span>\r\n				<img class=\"FloatLeft\" height=\"112\" alt=\"david love\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/david%20love.jpg\" width=\"111\">The Native American Student Law Association is sponsoring an event Nov. 29 featuring Philadelphia lawyer and journalist David A. Love. Love will deliver the speech “Hate crimes, prisons and the criminal justice system” at 5 p.m. in the Barristers’ Club on the Delaware campus.<br><br>Love is a staff attorney with the Pennsylvania Institutional Law Project, where he represents prisoners in civil rights actions. He is an editorial board member of BlackCommentator.com, where his “Color of Law” column appears weekly. He also is a contributor to the Progressive Media Project, McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Philadelphia Independent Media Center and In These Times, and board president of Media Tank, a nonprofit media reform and education organization. Love contributed to the book, States of Confinement: Policing, Detention and Prisons (St. Martin\'s Press, 2000), and is a former producer of the radio news magazine “Democracy Now!”<br><br>Love is also a former spokesperson for the Amnesty International UK National Speakers Tour, and organized the first national police brutality conference as a staff member with the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights. He served as a law clerk to Judge James T. Giles of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and Judge Ronald L. Ellis of the Southern District of New York. Love received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College, his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and a Certificate in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford. <br><br>Co-sponsors of the event include the Student Bar Association, Gay-Straight Student Alliance, ACLU, Public Interest Law Alliance, Association of Latin American and Hispanic Students, Asian-Pacific American Law Students Association, National Lawyer’s Guild Student Chapter, Democratic Law Caucus, the Black Law Students Association and Widener\'s Alliance on Mental Health and Wellness.<br><br>The event is free and open to the public.<br><br><br><br></span>\r\n		<br>', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(108, 'Pennsylvania Bar Passers Ceremony', '2007-11-21', '<p>Widener University School of Law is pleased to announce its graduates recently took the oath and became members of the Pennsylvania Bar.<br /><br />On Wednesday, November 14, 2007 forty-three Widener Law graduates were admitted to the practice of law at a ceremony that was held in Philadelphia City Hall, Courtroom 653. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin presided with The Honorable Joel S. Johnson &lsquo;91, Judge, Philadelphia County, Court of Common Pleas, Family Division, The Honorable C. Darnell Jones II, President Judge, Philadelphia County, Court of Common Pleas, The Honorable Charles P. Mirarchi, Jr., Administrative Judge Emeritus, Philadelphia County, Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division, and The Honorable Margaret T. Murphy &lsquo;77, Supervising Judge, Philadelphia County, Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations.<br /><br />This Widener-unique event allows the Law School graduates to be admitted to the bar alongside their friends and classmates. A reception that welcomed family and friends to celebrate with the graduates followed the ceremony.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(109, 'Delaware Bar Passers Ceremony', '2007-11-21', '<p>On Monday, November 19, 2007 Widener University School of Law faculty and staff helped celebrate with alumni who recently passed the July 2007 Delaware State Bar exam. Dean Linda Ammons and Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland addressed the group and commended each graduate on their distinguished achievement of being admitted to the Delaware Bar.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(110, 'Widener Law recognized at Delaware Volunteer Legal Services 25th anniversary celebration', '2007-11-21', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/dvls3.jpg\" alt=\"dvls3\" width=\"330\" height=\"379\" />Widener University School of Law, home of Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, was recognized as a partner in the delivery of free legal services to the indigent during a recent celebration marking the 25th anniversary of DVLS. <br /><br />The event was held Thursday, Nov. 8 in the Gold Ballroom of the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington. Widener received the first recognition of the night &ndash; a plaque in honor of its long-standing partnership with DVLS.<br /><br />DVLS is the pro bono arm of the Delaware State Bar Association. Widener University School of Law has provided the organization in-kind office space and administrative support since the mid 1980s when high rental costs of downtown Wilmington office space prompted a charitable offer by then-Law Dean Anthony Santoro to move the organization to the law school campus.<br /><br />DVLS has a staff of six, including two full-time staff attorneys. They receive considerable assistance from Widener students, through the Widener-run Delaware Civil Clinic and Legal Help Link, the toll-free phone line staffed by students. Students responded last year to approximately 20,000 calls made by people seeking legal representation through the phone line. In addition, law students acting on behalf of clinic clients are covered under DVLS malpractice insurance.<br /><br />In the last 25 years, DVLS staff attorneys and more than 1,100 volunteer attorneys have represented or given advice to more than 25,000 clients. They have included victims of domestic violence seeking protection-from-abuse orders, elderly clients needing wills and terminally ill people needing advanced health care directives.<br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/dvls2.jpg\" alt=\"dvls2\" width=\"350\" height=\"293\" /><br />&ldquo;We celebrate with DVLS on reaching this milestone anniversary. Widener is proud of its long-standing relationship with DVLS and is grateful for the opportunities it has presented our law students to live out the school&rsquo;s mission of civic engagement and public service,&rdquo; Law Dean Linda L. Ammons said.<br /><br />In addition to recognizing Widener, DVLS presented Founders&rsquo; Awards to John C. Andrade, Esq., who graduated from Widener Law in 1978 when it was known as Delaware Law School of Widener College, and who now serves as an adjunct law professor; David B. Brown, Esq. and Joseph A. Rosenthal, Esq. The program also included the awarding of the Christine M. McDermott Legacy Award to Jody Huber, Esq., a 2004 Widener Law graduate, and an award to Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons Jr. for dedication to providing legal services to the poor. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/dvls1.jpg\" alt=\"dvls1\" width=\"340\" height=\"211\" /><br />Captions:<br /><strong>Photo 1:</strong> Karen Jacobs Louden, president of the DVLS board of directors, Janine Howard-O\'Rangers, DVLS executive director, and award winners John C. Andrade, Joseph A. Rosenthal and David B. Brown.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photo 2:</strong> shows, from left, Janine Howard-O\'Rangers, DVLS executive director; Widener Law alumna Jody Huber, Esq., recipient of the Christine M. McDermott Legacy Award in honor of the late McDermott, who taught at Widener Law; and Karen Jacobs Louden, president of the DVLS board of directors.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Photo 3: </strong>from left, Karen Jacobs Louden, president of the DVLS board of directors, presenting Widener Law Dean Linda L. Ammons with a plaque recognizing the law school as a partner in the delivery of free legal services to the indigent.<br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Photo 4:</strong> shows, Widener Law students who attended the celebration included, from left, Elvira Berry, Laura Handel, Isha Mehta, Kara Donoghue, Mona Prakash, Kelly Hadley and Lori Jaross.<br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/dvls4.jpg\" alt=\"dvls4\" width=\"345\" height=\"197\" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(111, 'Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland Honored for Leadership', '2007-11-27', '<p>On October 20, 2007, Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland, an adjunct professor at Widener Law since 1991 as well as a member of the school&rsquo;s Board of Overseers, received the 2007 A. Sherman Christensen Award at the American Inns of Court&rsquo;s Celebration of Excellence. The A. Sherman Christensen Award, named for the founder of the first American Inn of Court, is awarded to an individual who has provided dedicated leadership to the American Inns of Court.<br /><br />Inns of Court consist of judges and lawyers who meet monthly to discuss and develop legal skills and ethics in an effort to improve professionalism. Justice Holland served as President of the Board of Trustees of the Inns of Court Foundation from 2000-04, was a founding member of the Terry-Carey Inn of Court, and helped build lasting relationships with the English and Irish Inns of Court.<br /><br />Justice Holland graduated from Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has also earned a Master of Laws from the University of Virginia and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Widener Law. Justice Holland, the youngest person to serve on the Delaware Supreme Court, is now in his second term. A recipient of the 2002 Alumni Award of Merit from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and the 2004 Widener Law School Adjunct Professor Distinguished Service Award, Justice Holland has co-edited several books including <em>Delaware Supreme Court: Golden Anniversary and The Delaware Constitution of 1897 - The First One Hundred Years</em>. His newest book is <em>Middle Temple Lawyers and the American Revolution</em> (Thompson West 2007).<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(112, 'Law school marks first Professionalism Day', '2007-11-28', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/professionalism1.jpg\" alt=\"professionalism1\" width=\"350\" height=\"168\" />Law began a new tradition this fall when it instituted Professionalism Day. Held Wednesday, Nov. 14, on both campuses, the event was designed to give Widener students an edge on presenting themselves to the business world as polished professionals.<br /><br />In Delaware, students across all levels in both divisions attended programs on topics ranging from &ldquo;Success in finding and keeping legal employment&rdquo; to &ldquo;Success on the bar exam.&rdquo; In Harrisburg, first-year law students <br />in both divisions attended a three-hour evening program broken up into a number of discussion topics that ranged from &ldquo;Reality check: Law school debt&rdquo; to &ldquo;What not to wear.&rdquo;<br /><br />Both campuses drew on the strengths of Widener Law alumni as presenters, along <br />with important figures in the <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/professionalism2.jpg\" alt=\"professionalism2\" width=\"365\" height=\"242\" />legal community unique to each campus region and<br />&nbsp;members of the Widener faculty and staff. Discussions covered everything from the professional way to write an email, to the dangers of posting personal information on social networking internet sites like facebook, to treating legal office support staff with courtesy.<br /><br />&ldquo;What makes a good attorney,&rdquo; said Delaware-campus speaker Krista Reale Samis, &ldquo;is knowing you have a lot more to learn.&rdquo;<br /><br /><strong><em>Captions<br /></em></strong><strong>1:</strong>&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;A panel that discussed success in finding and keeping legal employment included, from left, David Breen of the IRS chief counsel\'s office in Philadelphia; Jennifer Noel of Young Conaway Stargatt &amp; Taylor ,LLP&nbsp;in Wilmington; Vicki Goodman of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman &amp; Goggin&nbsp;in Wilmington and Stacy Xarhoulakos of the Delaware Attorney General\'s Office.<br /><strong>2: </strong><br />Panelists, seated from left, Kevin Carroll of the Delaware Attorney General\'s Office; Christopher Cabbott of Zane Management, Inc.&nbsp;in Philadelphia; Megan Harper of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman &amp; Dicker LLP in Philadelphia and Allyson Britton James of Morris James LLP in Wilmington. Standing at the left is Widener Legal Writing Professor Jean K. Sbarge.<br /><strong>3:&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;<br />Panelists, seated from left, Krista Reale Samis of Elzufon&nbsp;Austin&nbsp;Reardon Tarlov &amp; Mondell, P.A.&nbsp;in Wilmington; Michael Migliore of Stradley Ronon Stevens &amp; Young, LLP&nbsp;; and solo practitioner Jay Ginsburg.<img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/professionalism3.jpg\" alt=\"professionalism3\" width=\"365\" height=\"234\" /></p>\r\n<p><br /><br />&nbsp;</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, '');
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(113, 'Daylong conference focuses on  sports and entertainment law', '2007-11-29', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/sela1.jpg\" alt=\"sela1\" width=\"365\" height=\"442\" />Leading attorneys in sports and entertainment law gathered on the Delaware campus Friday, Nov. 16 for a daylong conference on hot topics in film, sports, music and ethics.<br /><br />The program brought together a battery of practicing lawyers, business officials and academics for a day of stimulating discussion on key legal issues in film, sports, music and ethics.<br /><br />The conference, now in its third year, was presented by the law school and its Sports and Entertainment Law Association. Ivan Lee, president of the association, said the student group wanted to create a buzz with the program.<br /><br />&ldquo;These areas of the law are changing constantly, and in the case of music publishing, almost on a daily basis. Sports and entertainment law touches every person&rsquo;s life in some way, from the films we enjoy in theatres and on demand at home, to the players we root for during Monday Night Football,&rdquo; Lee said. &ldquo;The Sports and Entertainment Law Association is pleased to be able to host this dynamic event annually on Widener&rsquo;s Delaware campus.&rdquo;<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>\r\n<div><strong>Captions:<br /></strong>1. Sports and Entertainment Law Association President Ivan Lee welcomed the crowd to the symposium.\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>2. &nbsp;Members of the Sports and Entertainment Law Association leadership, from left, Chris Egoville, Isha Mehta, Ivan Lee, Dan Burton and association advisor and adjunct Professor Alex Murphy.</div>\r\n<div>&nbsp;</div>\r\n<div>3. &nbsp;Widener Law alumnus Christopher Cabbott, Esq., center, speaks about ethics. At left is panel&nbsp;moderator and Widener Law Professor John F. Nivala. Ethics panelist Mark I. Simon, Esq. is at right.</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<p><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/sela2.jpg\" alt=\"sela2\" width=\"365\" height=\"220\" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/sela3.jpg\" alt=\"sela3\" width=\"365\" height=\"322\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(114, 'Law students visit U.S. Supreme Court Hear arguments; meet Justice Anthony M. Kennedy', '2007-11-30', '<p><a href=\"{adminroot}news/edit/114/~/media/Images/News2007/usscenvirolaw1.ashx\"> <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/usscenvirolaw1sm.jpg\" alt=\"usscenvirolaw1sm\" width=\"400\" height=\"344\" /></a>Eleven students in Widener&rsquo;s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic on the Delaware campus visited the U.S. Supreme Court recently to hear arguments in a case they have followed closely. They enjoyed a personal visit with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy after the hearing.<br /><br />&ldquo;It was one of the highlights of our law school careers,&rdquo; said student Umber Kamdar, reflecting on the experience.<br /><br />Associate Professor Kenneth T. Kristl, who directs the law clinic, accompanied the students to hear the case, New Jersey v. Delaware. The case involves a Delaware River boundary dispute rooted in the question of whether New Jersey can develop a liquefied natural gas delivery pier in the river. Clinic students worked with David H. Frederick, the attorney representing Delaware, prior to the Nov. 27 arguments and helped him to prepare for his day in court. That work gave them an intimate understanding of the case and made it an even more meaningful experience, student Ruhi Boga said.<br /><br />After the arguments, the students retired to a lawyers&rsquo; lounge and met with Clerk of the Supreme Court William K. Suter, who talked with them about how the court functions. Kennedy dropped in on them, too. Boga and fellow student Sandra Snyder said the whole experience was rewarding and inspiring &ndash; particularly the collective intellect represented by the high court.<br /><br />&ldquo;We were in awe of the plethora of knowledge before us,&rdquo; Snyder said. <br /><br />It was a big day for Widener Law at the court. Students from the Appeallate Practice and Procedure seminar taught by adjunct professor and Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland traveled separately to Washington and also heard arguments in New Jersey v. Delaware. <br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/usscenvirolaw2.jpg\" alt=\"usscenvirolaw2\" width=\"400\" height=\"252\" /><br /><em><strong>Captions <br /></strong>Photo 1: <br />Members of Widener\'s Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic gathered outside the U.S. Supreme Court with Associate Professor Kenneth T. Kristl, clinic director, on the day of their visit. <br />Photo 2: <br />Seated from left, Trevor Mohr, Sarah Sodrick, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Matthew Yeung, Sandra Snyder. Standing from left, Widener Law Associate Professor Kenneth T. Kristl, Greg Benson, Renee Cassar, Ruhi Boga, Dana Denny, Umber Kamdar, Deanne Camara-Ferreira, Martin Misiura.</em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><br /><br /></span></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(115, 'Widener Law Center and Clinic Adopt a Family Program Brings Hope', '2007-12-03', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/adoptfamily06.jpg\" alt=\"adoptfamily06\" width=\"400\" height=\"190\" />Since 1997, the Widener Law Center and Clinic Adopt a Family Program has embraced the spirit of Christmas and brought hope to a family in need. The program began with the idea of a simple food drive called the Cookie Walk; employees were to bring non-perishable food items in exchange for admission to the event, and those food items would be donated to a disadvantaged family adopted by the Law Center. Assistant Dean and Registrar Dottie Hemphill and Professor Nathaniel C. Nichols, then Dean of Students, wanted to help a family that had been devastated by horrific domestic violence. The Widener Law community stepped up and provided the single mother and her three young daughters with a Christmas tree adorned with lights and decorations as well as enough food to fully stock the shelves and the refrigerator, including two frozen turkeys. When Professor Nichols and Assistant Dean Hemphill delivered the food to the family, the State Police were on hand to ensure the family&rsquo;s safety from an abusive husband and father who had shot the family dog in front of his children. Touched by the grateful family, Professor Nichols and Assistant Dean Hemphill vowed to continue the program with a new family every Christmas.<br /><br />Beginning in 2000, the Adopt a Family Program took on two families, and thanks to the dedication of the Widener Law community, the number of families has increased steadily since then. Now, in 2007, the Adopt a Family Program hopes to provide five families in need with food, clothing, and toys. The families adopted this year were selected from disadvantaged families who received legal assistance from students in the Delaware Civil Law Clinic and the Pennsylvania Civil Law Clinic. Throughout the years, children who have been helped by the program have taken the time to thank benefactors who they never met. As Dottie Hemphill noted, &ldquo;One girl continued to express her gratitude by sending letters every year for several years after.&rdquo; The Adopt a Family Program offers members of the Widener Law community a wonderful opportunity to give a child hope by demonstrating that you care. You can make a difference while doing your shopping this Holiday season by picking up some clothing or a toy for one of our adopted families while you buy presents for your loved ones.<br /><br />Students, faculty, staff, family, and friends of the Law Center are encouraged to bring new clothing and toys or very gently used items to the Registrar&rsquo;s office by <strong>December 19th.</strong> Non-perishable food items will be collected at the Dean&rsquo;s Holiday Party on <strong>December 13th</strong>, but can also be dropped off at the Registrar&rsquo;s Office for those who cannot attend. Faculty and staff are also encouraged to participate <strong>in a &ldquo;wrapping&rdquo; party on December 20th </strong>where pizza, soda, and holiday music will be in abundance.<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(116, 'Law professor bound for China; Juliet Moringiello to present paper in Beijing', '2007-12-04', '<p><a href=\"{adminroot}news/edit/116/%7E/media/Images/News2007/chinaJuliet.ashx\"> <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/chinaJulietsm.jpg\" alt=\"chinaJulietsm\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" /></a><strong>NOTE:</strong> Professor Moringiello is <strong>blogging from Beijing</strong>: Read her latest posts here.<br /><br />Widener University School of Law Professor Juliet Moringiello will visit Beijing, China to present a paper Dec. 7 at the Second Annual Conference on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in IT.<br /><br />Her paper, &ldquo;Towards a System of Estates in Virtual Property,&rdquo; is on the topic of property rights in virtual worlds. In it, Moringiello urges that lawmaking bodies use property law, not intellectual property law, as a starting point in sorting out the rights of various parties to virtual assets. This topic is particularly current because of the popularity of virtual worlds, such as Second Life, and massive multiplayer online role-playing games like World of Warcraft.<br /><br />The conference will be held at the Communications University of China, which is a sponsor. Other event sponsors include the International Association of IT Lawyers and the Tsinghua Law School.<br /><br />Moringiello is admitted to practice law in New York and Pennsylvania and she joined the faculty at Widener in 1993. She teaches and writes primarily in the areas of commercial law, bankruptcy, property and electronic commerce. She received the Pennsylvania Bar Association Special Achievement Award in June for her work in commercial law.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(117, 'Attorneys learn valuable lessons on representing veterans', '2007-12-05', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/vetlawcle2.jpg\" alt=\"vetlawcle2\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" />Nearly 50 people who gathered on Widener Law&rsquo;s Delaware campus Nov. 30 were treated to a daylong program that dispensed helpful lessons and advice for attorneys who are new at representing veterans.<br /><br />The Veterans Law continuing legal education conference allowed Widener to showcase its position as one of the country&rsquo;s leading law schools offering services to veterans. Organized by Professor Thomas J. Reed, who directs Widener&rsquo;s Veterans Law Clinic, the conference had a conversational tone with heavy audience interaction throughout. Reed&rsquo;s approach allowed the expertise of the day&rsquo;s speakers to shine through and enhance the skills of the attorneys who attended.<br /><br />&ldquo;This is wonderful training for young lawyers who want to move into personal injury law,&rdquo; said speaker Richard R. James, Esq., of Richmond, Va., a nationally known authority on veterans law. <br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/vetlawcle1.jpg\" alt=\"vetlawcle1\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" />Other speakers included Reed, Douglas J. Rosinski, of counsel to Ogletree Deakins in Columbia, S.C. and an adjunct professor and director of the Veterans Clinic at the University of South Carolina School of Law; R. Craig Martin, an associate with Edwards Angell Palmer &amp; Dodge LLP; and Widener Law Professor John F. Nivala. Nivala led an hour-long discussion on ethical concerns of working in the VA system.<br /><br />Widener University was the first law school in the United States to start a clinical program for disabled veterans. First known as the Veterans Assistance Program, the school began its work in 1997 by co-sponsoring a program with the pro bono arm of the Delaware State Bar Association, to assist disabled veterans and their dependants with VA compensation claim appeals to the Board of Veterans Appeals. The program became known as the Veterans Law Clinic in January 2006 although student interns &ndash; working as attorneys on behalf of indigent veteran clients &ndash; have been a part of the program since its start. The law school recently expanded the clinic services with the help of grants from the Pennsylvania Legislature and the Delaware State Veterans Commission. <br /><br /><strong>Photo Captions:</strong><br />1: Widener Law Professor Thomas J. Reed, director of the school\'s Veterans Law Clinic, second from right, speaks during the conference. Other presenters included, from left, R. Craig Martin, Douglas J. Rosinski and Richard R. James.<br /><br />2: Widener Law Professor John F. Nivala speaks about ethics while panelists, seated from left, Douglas J. Rosinski and Thomas J. Reed, listen.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(118, 'Widener Law Center and Clinic Adopt a Family Program Gift Wrapping Party Demonstrates Community’s Generous Spirit', '2007-12-20', '<p>&nbsp; <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/giftwrapping.jpg\" alt=\"giftwrapping\" width=\"365\" height=\"338\" />On Thursday, December 20th, members of the Widener Law School community gathered to wrap presents that had been collected for the families adopted as part of the Widener Law Center and Clinic Adopt a Family Program. Cookies, cupcakes, and chocolates provided ample incentive for volunteer wrappers while the festive sounds of Christmas music provided the proper atmosphere.<br /><br />Under the guidance of the Adopt a Family Program organizer Dottie Hemphill, Assistant Dean and Registrar at Widener Law, members of the law school community carted piles of presents for each of the adopted families from the Registrar&rsquo;s office over to classroom 123, where the wrapping commenced. While there were a great many presents to be wrapped, the dedicated and cheerful members of the law school community who turned out got the job done efficiently.<br /><br />Support for the program this year was overwhelming, with numerous toys, clothes, gift cards, and donations provided for each family. The generous spirit of the Widener Law community shone through in the piles of brightly wrapped presents that graced the long tables of the classroom and in the warm smiles on the faces of the volunteer wrappers.<br /><br />A hearty thank you goes out to everyone who generously contributed their time, effort, and resources to help these families in need during this holiday season. Congratulations also go out to Dottie Hemphill, Professor Nichols, and everyone involved with the Widener Law Center and Clinic Adopt a Family Program for another successful year.<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(119, 'Widener Law professor speaks at U.N. climate control talks in Bali, Indonesia', '2007-12-21', '<p><a href=\"{adminroot}news/edit/119/~/media/Images/News2007/dernbachBali.ashx\"> <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/dernbachBalism.jpg\" alt=\"dernbachBalism\" width=\"365\" height=\"276\" /></a>Widener Law Professor&nbsp;John C. Dernbach recently participated in the United Nations Climate Change Conference at the Bali International Convention Center in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.<br /><br />The conference was held to negotiate an agreement on what countries should do to address climate change after 2012, when obligations under the Kyoto Protocol expire. It attracted about 10,000 environmentalists, scientists, academics and government officials from around the world.<br /><br />Dernbach, a professor on Widener Law&rsquo;s Harrisburg campus since 1993, presented his paper &ldquo;Energy Efficiency and Conservation as Ethical Responsibilities,&rdquo; on Friday, Dec. 14. The paper involved suggestions for the future work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change working group on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.<br /><br />Dernbach argued that the U.N. Climate Convention contains ethical principles which create a strong preference for energy efficiency and conservation. He suggested the work group issue a special report soon assessing the potential of energy efficiency and conservation to contribute to the stabilization of greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade.<br /><br />His presentation was part of a panel on the ethical dimensions of the IPCC&rsquo;s work on climate change, organized by Penn State University. Oglunlade Davison, co-chair of the IPCC working group on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, participated in the panel after flying to Bali from Oslo, Norway, where the Nobel Prize ceremony was held. The IPCC, an international body of climate scientists and other specialists, shared this year&rsquo;s Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore.<br /><br />Dernbach&rsquo;s teaching specialties include environmental and property law as well as international environmental law. His research concentrates on environmental law, climate change and sustainable development. Dernbach spent 2 &frac12; years on leave from the law school serving as director of the policy office at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and resumed teaching in 2006. He has written widely on environmental law and sustainable development and is the editor of Stumbling Toward Sustainability (Environmental Law Institute, July 2002), a 32-chapter book assessing U.S. efforts on sustainable development in the 10-year period since the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in Rio De Janeiro (or Earth Summit) in 1992. Dernbach was part of the legal team that represented 18 prominent scientists in a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. EPA, the climate change case that was decided this spring. <br /><br />He is available for interviews. Reach him at 717.541.1933 or jcdernbach@widener.edu.<br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(120, '2007 Harrisburg Bar Passers Ceremony &amp; Reception Held', '2008-01-07', '<p>Thursday, October 4, 2007, is a date that will be remembered by some Widener Law alumni for the rest of their lives. &ldquo;What&rsquo;s so special about Thursday, October 4, 2007?&rdquo; you may be asking yourself. The answer: It is the day the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners announced the July 2007 Bar Examination results. Widener-Harrisburg celebrated the good news of passing scores with 84 of its graduates that day. <br /><br />A little over a month after the announcement, Widener University School of Law&rsquo;s Harrisburg campus held its annual private Pennsylvania Bar Induction Ceremony. On Thursday, November 15, 2007, twenty-eight graduates swore to support, obey and defend the Constitutions of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the Widener-only ceremony. The Honorable Thomas G. Saylor, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, presided over the ceremony, officially swearing-in the recent alumni to the Pennsylvania Bar. The ceremony was held in courtroom one of the Dauphin County Courthouse in downtown Harrisburg. Over 120 Bar passers, sponsors, family members, guests, faculty and staff attended the ceremony and enjoyed a congratulatory post-ceremony reception in the Assembly Room of the Courthouse.<br /><br />Widener Law&rsquo;s Harrisburg campus celebrated a pass rate of 89.53% for first-time takers of the July 2007 Pennsylvania Bar Examination. Many of the graduates have already begun their law careers in firms, private practice, corporations, and government. Widener-Harrisburg boasts over 2,300 alumni worldwide.<br /><br />Alumni in Attendance:<br />1. Audrey Buglione, Esq.<br />2. Rebecca Cantor, Esq.<br />3. Thomas Corcoran, Esq.<br />4. Daniel Davis, Esq.<br />5. Jeremy Donham, Esq.<br />6. Matthew Esslinger, Esq.<br />7. Patrick Gallagher, Esq.<br />8. John Herman, Esq.<br />9. Trisha Hoover, Esq.<br />10. Christina Huffman, Esq.<br />11. Alyssa Knisely, Esq.<br />12. Delene Lantz-Johnson, Esq.<br />13. Brian Jordan, Esq.<br />14. Joseph Lupackino, Esq.<br />15. Kelly McSurdy, Esq.<br />16. Clint Mendinsky, Esq.<br />17. Jessica Mercy, Esq.<br />18. Jeremy Montgomery, Esq.<br />19. Elizabeth Murdock, Esq.<br />20. Keli Neary, Esq.<br />21. Christopher Price, Esq.<br />22. Christopher Reibsome, Esq.<br />23. Steven Ryan, Esq.<br />24. Kristen Sarnocinski, Esq.<br />25. Jennifer Schultz, Esq.<br />26. Ryan Stark, Esq.<br />27. Angela Stine, Esq.<br />28. David Sunday, Esq.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(121, 'Widener Law celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy', '2008-01-08', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS.jpg\" alt=\"Martin_Luther_King_Jr_NYWTS\" width=\"350\" height=\"368\" />The Delaware campus of Widener University School of Law will celebrate the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with a program Thursday, Jan. 10 from noon to 2 p.m.<br /><br />The public is invited to join the students, staff and faculty for a panel discussion that explores the question of what Dr. King would say and do about the Jena Six incident in Jena, La. The program will take place in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom.<br /><br />Panelists will include:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Wadud Ahmad, former Philadelphia assistant district attorney, now practicing with Cauley, Ahmad, &amp; Zaffarese LLC</li>\r\n<li>Robert Listenbee, chief of the Defender Association of Philadelphia, juvenile unit</li>\r\n<li>J. Whyatt Mondesire, president of the NAACP Philadelphia Branch and a member of the NAACP national board of directors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>The Jena Six refers to a group of six African-American teens who were arrested in connection with the beating of a white classmate in December 2006 at Jena High School in Jena, La. The incident came on the heels of a number of racially-charged incidents, including a situation where white students hung nooses from a tree known to be a white-student hangout, after an African-American student asked about sitting under it. The white students were not criminally prosecuted. The Jena six case caused a firestorm of controversy in the way the African American teens were charged &ndash; with counts of attempted murder &ndash; and it sparked protests by those who viewed the arrests and charges as excessive and discriminatory. In response, tens of thousands of protestors marched on Jena and in demonstrations around the nation on Sept. 20.<br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(122, 'Harrisburg campus hosts leading ethics professor for annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration', '2008-01-14', '<p>The Widener Law campus in Harrisburg, Pa. will welcome a nationally respected speaker both on legal matters and the use of storytelling for its annual program celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.<br /><br />Law Professor Steven Hobbs will deliver the lecture &ldquo;Martin and me: Lessons for the social activist attorney,&rdquo; on <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Thursday, Jan. 24 from noon until 2 p.m. in room A-180</span> of the school administration building. Hobbs holds the Tom Bevill legal ethics chair at the University of Alabama School of Law and was instrumental in the drafting of the Virginia Human Rights Act. He will discuss King&rsquo;s influence on his life and his experiences over nearly 30 years of work as a lawyer dedicated to the fair distribution of social and legal benefits to individuals.<br /><br />The talk will be followed by a panel discussion, reacting to Hobbs&rsquo; remarks. Panelists will include Peter Speaks, deputy secretary and special advisor to the governor for minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business development, and Susan Schwab, deputy state treasurer for administration and a member of Widener Law&rsquo;s Board of Overseers. There will also be time for audience discussion.<br /><br />The program is free and open to the public. Space is limited and those attending are asked to <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">call 717-541-3965 to reserve a seat.</span> The program has been approved for two continuing legal education ethics credits for Pennsylvania and Delaware attorneys.<br /><br />Hobbs is a former chair of the Association of American Law Schools section on professional responsibility. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Hobbs practiced in New Jersey&rsquo;s Department of the Public Advocate. He also taught at Washington and Lee Law School before accepting the Bevill chair at the University of Alabama. Hobbs is a nationally respected speaker both on legal matters and also on the use of storytelling in professional contexts</p>', '', '', '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(123, 'Delaware campus celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy', '2008-01-15', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/MLKdel.jpg\" alt=\"MLKdel\" width=\"365\" height=\"273\" />Widener&rsquo;s Delaware campus marked its annual celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday, Jan. 10 with a panel discussion that explored how King might have responded to the 2006 Jena Six incident in Louisiana. Panelists also used the forum to encourage law students in the audience of more than 100 to use their careers to further King&rsquo;s dream.</p>\r\n<p>&ldquo;Dr. King dedicated his life to moving our great nation closer to the idea of racial justice,&rdquo;&nbsp;Associate Provost and Law Dean Linda L. Ammons said in her welcome. &ldquo;His inspiring legacy continues to stand as a testimony to the conviction that no one can be free and enjoy the fruits of freedom until we all are free.&rdquo;<br /><br />The panelists included:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Wadud Ahmad</strong>, former Philadelphia assistant district attorney, now practicing with Cauley, Ahmad, &amp; Zaffarese LLC. He is a 2003 Delaware campus law alumnus.</li>\r\n<li><strong>Robert Listenbee</strong>, chief of the Defender Association of Philadelphia, juvenile unit.</li>\r\n<li><strong>J. Whyatt Mondesire</strong>, president of the NAACP Philadelphia Branch and a member of the NAACP national board of directors.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Mondesire said Jena Six was the &ldquo;puss sore on a national disgrace&rdquo; that reflected inequalities in our justice system, but that it presented an opportunity to talk with young attorneys about the future. &ldquo;Do some kind of work to bring some justice, fairness and equity to our system,&rdquo; he said.<br /><br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/MLKdel2.jpg\" alt=\"MLKdel2\" width=\"365\" height=\"273\" />The program was organized by the campus Diversity and Accommodations Committee, chaired by Professor Robert Justin Lipkin. Lipkin said he hoped the event would help make King and his work more real to a generation of law students who grew up in the years since the civil rights leader&rsquo;s assassination. Lipkin credited committee member and law student Charles Gibbs with championing the Jena Six topic and working tirelessly to assemble the panel.<br /><br />The Jena Six refers to a group of six African-American teens who were arrested in connection with the beating of a white classmate in December 2006 at Jena High School in Jena, La. The incident came on the heels of a number of racially-charged incidents, including a situation where white students hung nooses from a tree known to be a white-student hangout, after an African-American student asked about sitting under it. The white students were not criminally prosecuted. The Jena six case caused a firestorm of controversy in the way the African-American teens were charged &ndash; with counts of attempted murder &ndash; and it sparked protests by those who viewed the arrests and charges as excessive and discriminatory. In response, tens of thousands of protestors marched on Jena and in demonstrations around the nation on Sept. 20.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Photo captions:</strong><br />photo 1: Panelist Wadud Ahmad, standing, speaks to the crowd while panelists, seated from left, Robert Listenbee, J. Whyatt Mondesire and law Professor Robert Justin Lipkin, listen.<br /><br />photo 2: The event featured remarks by, from left, Associate Provost and Law Dean Linda L. Ammons, law Professor Robert Justin Lipkin, Robert Listenbee, J. Whyatt Mondesire, law student Charles Gibbs and Wadud Ahmad, \'03.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(124, 'Widener Women\'s Network Welcomes Catherine N. Harrington \'88', '2008-01-16', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/womensNetwork1.jpg\" alt=\"womensNetwork1\" width=\"350\" height=\"213\" />On Wednesday, January 9, 2008 the Philadelphia Chapter of the Widener Women\'s Network welcomed Catherine N. Harrington &lsquo;88, as the guest speaker at their networking luncheon. Cathy addressed the topic of \"legal life in an all women&rsquo;s law firm.\"<br /><br />The event was sponsored by Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman &amp; Smalley and held at their Philadelphia office at 1710 Spruce Street.<br /><br /><br />PHOTO 1 - pictured L to R - Annette Ferrara &lsquo;94, Cathy Harrington &lsquo;88, Vivienne Crawford &lsquo;77, Barbara Moleah &lsquo;77, and Sylvia McCullough &lsquo;02<br /><br />PHOTO 2 - pictured L to R - Erin Lavelle &lsquo;01, Carmella Jacquinto &lsquo;01, Jennifer Walker &lsquo;05, and Maureen Farrell &lsquo;06<br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/womensNetwork2.jpg\" alt=\"womensNetwork2\" width=\"350\" height=\"199\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(125, 'Professor David Hodas Offers Sobering Look at Climate Change', '2008-01-18', '<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://law.widener.edu/scripts/audio-player.js\">\n		</script><object width=\"290\" height=\"24\" id=\"audioplayer1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\"><param value=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\" name=\"movie\">\n<param value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/audio/hodas011808.mp3\" name=\"FlashVars\">\n<param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\">\n<param value=\"false\" name=\"menu\">\n<param value=\"transparent\" name=\"wmode\"></object>\n		<img width=\"200\" height=\"225\" alt=\"hodas facultydev\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/hodas%20facultydev.jpg\" class=\"FloatRight\"><br><br><br><br>On Wednesday January 16th, as part of on-going faculty development, <a href=\"/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/HodasDavidR.aspx\">Professor David Hodas</a> gave an insightful presentation on the impact of climate change on the planet’s ecosystems. Members of the faculty and administrative staff attended the address based on his recent article, <em>Ecosystem Subsidy of Fossil Fuels</em>. Professor Hodas noted that Widener Law’s faculty are among the most active in the area of climate change law, citing in particular <a href=\"/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/StraussAndrewL.aspx\">Andrew Strauss</a>, <a href=\"/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/MannRobertaF.aspx\">Roberta Mann</a>, <a href=\"/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesHbg/DernbachJohnC.aspx\">John Dernbach</a>, and <a href=\"/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/MayJamesR.aspx\">Jim May</a>. <br><br>The presentation touched on alarming global trends and statistics. Among the items of note; ten of the warmest years on record have occurred since 1997, world temperatures have risen by 1.7 degrees Celsius, the presence of greenhouses gases has increased continually since 1750, and there is a greater than 90% likelihood that global temperature increases cannot be explained by natural forces. Professor Stephen Henderson asked about the ultimate consequences, noting, “Humans have always changed the environment,” which led to a discussion of how rapidly changes were occurring, and how devastating the economic impact could be. The presentation also touched on society’s over-reliance on the fossil fuels that people view as inexhaustible resources to be exploited. Professor Hodas asked how the law can give a value to the services an ecosystem provides, noting that it is difficult to measure the economic value of air quality, flood protection, soil renewal, or other services provided by the planet’s varied ecosystems.<br>', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(126, 'Professor Ken Kristl Speaks About the Benefits of Podcasting', '2008-01-23', '<p>Professor Ken Kristl offers students in his Property I course the opportunity to download podcasts that offer a summary of important legal principals covered in class. On Tuesday January 22nd, as part of ongoing Faculty Development efforts, he gave a presentation to several faculty members on the benefits of podcasting.<br /><br />Professor Kristl covered several different methods of structuring the podcasts, including; a recording of an entire class, class-by-class summaries, weekly summaries, or topic summaries. After starting with weekly summaries, Professor Kristl eventually decided to do his podcasts as topic-specific because it allowed students to find what they wanted to listen to more easily. The presentation described the four specific benefits of podcasts as the &lsquo;Power of Immediacy&rsquo;, the &lsquo;Power of Repetition&rsquo;, the &lsquo;Power of Scripting What You Want to Say&rsquo;, and the &lsquo;Power of Saying It How You Want to Say It&rsquo;. Podcast summaries of key concepts allow students to refresh the material in their minds while the repetition of difficult topics can make those topics easier to grasp. Finally, by planning and scripting a podcast, a professor can ensure that the message is delivered as clearly and concisely as possible.<br /><br />According to surveys that Professor Kristl collected from willing students in classes where he offered the podcasts, 77% of the respondents listened to one or more of the podcasts, and 100% of those who responded that they had listened to at least one podcast indicated that they intended to continue doing it. Professor Kristl emphasized multiple times that podcasts should be viewed as supplemental to classroom work and not a replacement for it. He also covered some of the basic technical issues about recording and posting podcasts for download, including both self-generation methods and the Classcaster service available from CALI. Professor Kristl encouraged other professors to try podcasting out, noting, &ldquo;Students will appreciate it!&rdquo;<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(127, 'Faculty Development Presentation Examines Student Misuse of Technology in Schools', '2008-01-24', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/iStock_laptopDanger.jpg\" alt=\"iStock_laptopDanger\" width=\"412\" height=\"291\" />Neumann College Professor and Widener Law Adjunct Professor Kathleen Conn gave a faculty development presentation on Thursday, January 24th entitled &ldquo;Cyberbullying and Other Student Misuses of Technology in K-12 Schools&rdquo;. Members of the faculty and administrative staff packed the Special Collections Room in the library to hear Professor Conn.<br /><br />Professor Conn&rsquo;s talk began with an examination of the country&rsquo;s rising consciousness of the effects of bullying in the wake of events like the April 1999 Columbine Massacre as well as a consideration of what exactly constitutes bullying. A statistical analysis of bullying followed, demonstrating that the problems it creates are a real issue in schools today. Professor Conn then moved on to talk about how bullying interacts with technology. The ubiquity of e-mail, text messaging, message boards, and blogs makes it possible to carry bullying outside of the traditional school environment. The professor&rsquo;s presentation then moved on to a consideration of the case law that has impacted the use of electronic devices and mediums in cases of bullying and threats, but it is clear that this is an area of the law where substantial work remains to be done.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(128, 'Alumni Network in New York', '2008-01-24', '<span>\r\n				<img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"200\" alt=\"NYC_Jan3 08_1\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/NYC_Jan3%2008_1.jpg\" width=\"300\"></span>\r\n		<span>\r\n				<img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"230\" alt=\"NYC_Jan3 08_2\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/NYC_Jan3%2008_2.jpg\" width=\"300\"></span>\r\n		<span>A crowd of 50 gathered at the New York City Hilton for an alumni reception held in conjunction with The Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference. Widener Law attorneys from throughout the greater New York City area, alumni judges, guests of the Dean, current students, and faculty, joined together on January 3, 2008, to network with one another throughout the evening. </span>\r\n		<span>\r\n				<img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"212\" alt=\"NYC_Jan3 08_3\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/NYC_Jan3%2008_3.jpg\" width=\"300\"></span>\r\n		<br><span>\r\n				<br>There will be an alumni networking reception held in New York City again this summer. <br><br>For more information contact Ashley N. Barton, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations/Development at 717-541-3974 or <a href=\"mailto:anbarton@widener.edu\">anbarton@widener.edu</a>.</span>\r\n		<span>\r\n				<img class=\"FloatRight\" height=\"210\" alt=\"NYC_Jan3 08_4\" src=\"/site/files/oldnewsfiles/NYC_Jan3%2008_4.jpg\" width=\"300\"></span>\r\n		<br><br><span>\r\n				<br></span>\r\n		<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><span>\r\n				<br><br></span>', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(129, 'Leading ethics professor delivers Harrisburg campus’ annual Martin Luther King Jr. address', '2008-01-25', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/mlkhbg1.jpg\" alt=\"mlkhbg1\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" />In the days after Martin Luther King Jr.&rsquo;s assassination, when cities around the country were burning in race riots, law Professor Steven Hobbs helped lead his predominantly white high school&rsquo;s program of remembrance for the slain civil rights leader. <br /><br />Hobbs, then a boy scout and today the Tom Bevill legal ethics chair at the University of Alabama School of Law, went on to raise money for a youth center in Dr. King&rsquo;s name. Along the way, he learned that in the face of sorrow, adversity and oppression, you can still build rather than destroy. <br /><br />&ldquo;The idea of being a change agent is something all of us can participate in,&rdquo; Hobbs told a crowd of 100 gathered for his talk on the Harrisburg campus Thursday, Jan. 24. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s important to have a vision of a future of the world you want to live in. Be able to see that type of vision Dr. King was seeing.&rdquo; <br /><br />Hobbs&rsquo; speech marked the campus&rsquo; annual celebration of King&rsquo;s life and legacy, and he entertained the crowd with anecdotes of his own life growing up in New Jersey. After the talk, reflections on Hobbs&rsquo; remarks were shared by Peter Speaks, deputy secretary and special advisor to the governor for <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/mlkhbg2.jpg\" alt=\"mlkhbg2\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" />minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business development. <br /><br />The program was organized by the faculty Diversity Committee and is sponsored by the law school.<br /><br /><strong>Photo captions:</strong> <br />photo 1: University of Alabama School of Law Professor Steven Hobbs<br /><br />photo 2: Fateen Bullock, president of the Black Law Students Association, presents speaker Steven Hobbs, with a thank-you gift for serving as the school\'s speaker for the 2008 celebration of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Looking on is Law Dean Linda L. Ammons. <br /><br />photo 3: From left, Peter Speaks, deputy secretary and special advisor to the governor for minority, women-owned and disadvantaged business development; Law Dean Linda L. Ammons; Fateen Bullock, president of the Black Law Student Association.<img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/mlkhbg3.jpg\" alt=\"mlkhbg3\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(130, 'Minority Students From Area High Schools Visit Widener Law', '2008-01-28', '<p><br /><em>Thirty-five minority students briefed about law school.</em><br /><br />What do rappers Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel have in common with presidential candidates and a prison chaplain? If you asked some of the students who attended the Law Related Career Day at Widener Law&rsquo;s Delaware campus on Thursday January 24th, they could probably explain to you how a legal education can have such a broad impact.<br /><br />As part of National Minority Law Student Recruitment Month, thirty-five students from four local high schools learned about how a legal education could benefit them. The program kicked off with a &ldquo;Welcome to Widener Law&rdquo; from 3rd-year law student Troy Riddle (Photo 1). Troy promised, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to have a great day! It&rsquo;s going to be fun and interactive,&rdquo; and that assurance proved prescient. To engage his audience, Troy asked a number of questions to see how much the students knew about law schools and the process necessary to get in. He encouraged them to start preparing themselves now by reading, writing, and getting involved, and he ended by saying, &ldquo;Go to college, do well, and become a productive member of society. We hope that you&rsquo;ll chose to go to law school.&rdquo;<br /><br /><strong><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/AdmissionsHStroy.jpg\" alt=\"AdmissionsHStroy\" width=\"250\" height=\"387\" />From Presidents to Prison Chaplains</strong><br /><br />Professor Kathleen Turezyn followed Troy&rsquo;s introduction with a lively mock law school class in which she asked the students to examine a case she uses with her first year students, Vaughan v. Menlove from the Court of Common Pleas in England. Professor Turezyn slowly coaxed information out of the students as they explored the concepts of negligence and the standard of ordinary prudence. She concluded by asking, &ldquo;Who is that ordinary reasonable person against whom you are all judged?&rdquo; After challenging the students by asking if Troy or Dean Ammons could be considered such a person, she finally got the answer she was looking for when several students concluded that there is in fact no such person, only an artificial construct to serve as a standard to be measured against.<br /><br />Assistant Dean Eileen Grena of the Legal Education Institute offered the students a helpful look at the steps they needed to take if they wanted to pursue a legal education. She stressed the importance of college, noting that the college experience helped students &ldquo;Explore new interests, become independent, develop leadership skills, and increase income potential.&rdquo; Dean Grena also touched on the Legal Education Institute&rsquo;s Paralegal program, demonstrating that law school was not the only way to pursue a legal career.<br /><br />The students heard from Assistant Dean Serena Williams next. She led a spirited and engaging discourse, pointing out that twenty-five American presidents have been lawyers, and that many of the current presidential candidates possess a J.D. She also emphasized that earning a J.D. can help a person achieve success in other fields as well, pointing out that she knew a prison chaplain and a museum director, among others, who had law degrees but had chosen to pursue another career path. She asked the students, &ldquo;What does a law degree do for a prison chaplain?&rdquo; Eventually, the students came to understand that the law degree allowed the chaplain to understand the legal issues facing inmates she was counseling.<br /><br /><strong>Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, and the Law Clinic Experience</strong><br /><br /><img class=\"FloatLeft\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/AdmissionsHSnick.jpg\" alt=\"AdmissionsHSnick\" width=\"250\" height=\"237\" />As the event neared its conclusion, the students ate a lunch of pizza and subs while Professor Nathaniel Nichols (Photo 2)&nbsp;gave a presentation on the value of the hands-on legal learning provided by Widener&rsquo;s law clinics. He used an example from his son&rsquo;s personal experience in a legal clinic, taking the students through an exercise in which they examined the facts surrounding a legal case that took place in Philadelphia in the summer of 2003 involving rappers Beanie Sigel and Jay-Z. After explaining that his son had participated as an intern in the case through a law clinic, Professor Nichols finished his presentation by noting that his clinical course allows students to be hands-on and act as a lawyer under the supervision of actual lawyers.<br /><br />The event concluded with the students, who represented Concord High School, Penncrest High School, Ursuline Academy, and the Charter School of Wilmington, enjoying lunch and conversing with the presenters as well as other Widener faculty and staff. Colleen McKeone, Assistant Director of the Admissions Office put the event together with help from Admissions Office staff including Assistant Dean for Admissions Barbara Ayars and Admissions Counselor Allison Rickards. Hopefully some of the bright high school students who attended the event enjoyed what they saw and heard enough to return to Widener as students in the future.<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(131, 'Widener-Harrisburg Professor John Dernbach participates in national teach-in', '2008-01-29', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/focusthenationlogo.jpg\" alt=\"focusthenationlogo\" width=\"236\" height=\"175\" />Widener Law Professor John C. Dernbach will give an informal talk <strong>Thursday, Jan. 31</strong> to the law school community and interested members of the public, about his role in, and the events of, the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia.<br /><br />Dernbach will speak from noon to 1 p.m. in room 204 of the main law building on the Harrisburg campus. The event is timed to coincide with the <a title=\"national teach-in, &ldquo;Focus the Nation\" href=\"http://www.focusthenation.org/nationalteachin.php\">national teach-in, &ldquo;Focus the Nation</a>,&rdquo; being held on Jan. 31. The event is attracting participation from millions of people at institutions nationwide and will focus on global climate change and solutions. <br /><br />Dernbach presented the paper &ldquo;Energy Efficiency and Conservation as Ethical Responsibilities,&rdquo; at the<a href=\"{staticroot}NewsandEvents/Articles/2007/hb122007dernbachbali.aspx\"> Bali conference on Dec. 14</a>. The conference was held to negotiate an agreement on what countries should do to address climate change after 2012, when obligations under the Kyoto Protocol expire. It attracted about 10,000 environmentalists, scientists, academics and government officials from around the world.<br /><br />Dernbach&rsquo;s teaching specialties include environmental and property law as well as international environmental law. His research concentrates on environmental law, climate change and sustainable development. Dernbach spent 2 &frac12; years on leave from the law school serving as director of the policy office at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and resumed teaching in 2006. He has written widely on environmental law and sustainable development and is the editor of Stumbling Toward Sustainability (Environmental Law Institute, July 2002), a 32-chapter book assessing U.S. efforts on sustainable development in the 10-year period since the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in Rio De Janeiro (or Earth Summit) in 1992. <br /><br /><strong>The event is free and open to the public.</strong><br /><br />As a lead-in to the national effort, the school&rsquo;s Environmental Law and Policy Society will sponsor a web-cast of &ldquo;<em>The 2% Solution</em>,&rdquo; in <strong>A-180 on Wednesday, Jan. 30 from 7:45 to 9 p.m</strong>. The web-cast will revolve around the question: Can we as a nation get on the path to cutting global warming pollution two percent a year for the next decade? If so, what would it take?<br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, '');
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(132, 'Public invited to Harrisburg campus for political talk on Super Tuesday', '2008-02-01', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/WesOliversuperTuesdayVote.jpg\" alt=\"WesOliversuperTuesdayVote\" width=\"385\" height=\"340\" /> Pennsylvanians won&rsquo;t be voting or caucusing with more than 20 other states on Super Tuesday, but they are welcome to attend a lively discussion of politics that day at Widener Law.<br /><br />Master storyteller and Associate Law Professor Wesley Oliver, now a veteran Iowa caucus volunteer, will speak on what makes Super Tuesday so super and share other reflections on the 2008 presidential primary race.<br /><br />The event happens <strong>Feb. 5 at 2:30 p.m. in room L202</strong> of the main law building on the Harrisburg campus. It is free and open to the public.<br /><br />Oliver, who teaches constitutional law and criminal law, spent a month in Iowa during the 2007 holiday season volunteering for then Democratic-presidential-nominee hopeful Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. Oliver crisscrossed the Hawkeye state meeting Iowans, working to spread Biden&rsquo;s message in the hopes of persuading voters to support him in the nation&rsquo;s first caucus, held Jan. 3. While Biden has since dropped out of the race, the Iowa experience invigorated the Virginia-born Oliver, whose lively stories of the Iowans he met, their quirky political system and the wider battle of Super Tuesday are certain to educate and entertain.<br /><br />Oliver received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Virginia and a master of laws degree from Yale Law School. He has previously served on the faculties of the Tulane Law School, the University of Maine School of Law, the McGill University Faculty of Law in Montreal, Canada and the Harvard Law School where he taught criminal law with Professor Alan Dershowitz.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(133, 'IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM DEAN AMMONS', '2008-02-04', '<p><br />It is with regret I announce that we <strong>will be suspending our Nairobi program</strong> this coming summer. As many of you are aware, Kenya is suffering an ongoing crisis that has compromised public safety. There were serious flaws in the recent election of December 27, 2007, and many Kenyan citizens are unwilling to accept the results announced by the government. Doubts about the legitimacy of the election have released long-simmering ethnic tensions that have fueled the disorder. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Kenyan people. We hope that the crisis will be resolved soon with a quick end to the violence. We have had a partnership with the University of Nairobi since 1988 and look forward to renewing the partnership as soon as possible. <br /><br />For those of you interested in our other study abroad programs in Geneva, Sydney and Venice, we will make room for you. <strong>Contact Arlene Trapuzzano at 302-477-2248</strong>.<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(134, 'Harrisburg professor shares personal thoughts on UN climate change conference', '2008-02-05', '<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-right: 0px;\"><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/dernbachbalitalk2.jpg\" alt=\"dernbachbalitalk2\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" />Amid all the debate, analysis, and lecturing that went on at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia last month, one thing worried Widener Law Professor John C. Dernbach the most: the gap between the depth of knowledge on climate change displayed by &ldquo;side event&rdquo; presenters, with academic and science backgrounds, and that displayed by many front-and-center politicians.<br /><br />Dernbach presented the paper &ldquo;Energy Efficiency and Conservation as Ethical Responsibilities,&rdquo; at a side event to the Bali conference on Dec. 14. The conference was held to negotiate an agreement on what countries should do to address climate change after 2012, when obligations under the Kyoto Protocol expire. It attracted about 10,000 environmentalists, scientists, academics and government officials from around the world.<br /><br />He spoke to members of the Widener Law community about his experience on Thursday, Jan. 31. Showing slides of maps, the sights and pertinent environmental statistics and policies, Dernbach talked about America&rsquo;s role in the discussions &ndash; and the lack of progress made on emissions under the Bush administration. It was impossible for the conference delegates to ignore.<br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/dernbachbalitalk1.jpg\" alt=\"dernbachbalitalk1\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" /><br />He recalled the comments from a Papua New Guinea conference delegate who said, &ldquo;I would ask the U.S., we ask for your leadership. We seek your leadership. But, if for some reason you not willing to lead, leave it to the rest of us, please get out of the way.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;It was a huge, dramatic moment,&rdquo; Dernbach said.<br /><br />He was encouraged by the conference working group&rsquo;s ability to create an action plan for change that gives the United States an opportunity to play a more constructive and substantial role at a later date, after a new president takes office. <br /><br />His college-age daughter Becky was also in Bali. Like her father, she spent a great deal of time talking with people about the environment and our future as one global community. Dernbach closed his talk with a blog entry his daughter made at the conclusion of the trip:<br /><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" /><em>I remember hundreds of Indonesians in the streets of Denpasar demanding<br style=\"font-style: italic;\" />that my government (and Canada\'s and Japan\'s) cut emissions so that they don\'t<br style=\"font-style: italic;\" />have to suffer, asking for debt relief so they can afford to adjust to climate<br style=\"font-style: italic;\" />change; the waiter in Jimbaran who asked my country to please protect him; the<br style=\"font-style: italic;\" />fisherman at the temple in Ubud who can no longer fish because he can\'t<br style=\"font-style: italic;\" />predict the weather. It\'s up to no one else but us. We are the ones we\'ve<br style=\"font-style: italic;\" />been waiting for.<br /></em><br />-- Becky Dernbach<br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(135, 'Professor Patrick Kelly Examines Inherent Difficulties in International Law', '2008-02-07', '<script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http://law.widener.edu/scripts/audio-player.js\">\n		</script><object width=\"290\" height=\"24\" id=\"audioplayer1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\"><param value=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\" name=\"movie\">\n<param value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/audio/kelly020708.mp3\" name=\"FlashVars\">\n<param value=\"high\" name=\"quality\">\n<param value=\"false\" name=\"menu\">\n<param value=\"transparent\" name=\"wmode\"></object>\n				\n\n<p><br>\nOn Monday, February 4th, Professor Patrick Kelly addressed faculty and administrative staff on trends in International Law in preparation for his presentation at a symposium on International Adjudication at Duke Law School. Part of continuing faculty development efforts, Professor Kelly’s talk offered interesting insights into some of the problems facing efforts to codify international legal principles.<br><br>Professor Kelly emphasized that two philosophically opposed groups are driving the debate about International Law; Progressive Internationalists see the potential to make International Law a check against state power while State Rationalists believe that there is no binding International Law because treaties made between sovereign states are “at-will” agreements. International Law has relied on naturalism to determine standards because no central authority exists. As a result of the uncertain legal climate, Progressive Internationalists have embraced a premature international legalism, while State Power Rationalists continue to deny that standards can or should be created.<br><br>Professor Kelly finished up his engaging talk with a consideration of how countries look at torture, noting that the vast majority of nations accept international conventions against torture. While he noted that some states comply by subtly shifting what they define as torture, he also stressed that International Law “is not normative because different states have different cultural backgrounds.” Following up, he asked the rhetorical question, “Does this mean that some countries have to change their policies on Human Rights because of International Law?” Professor Kelly finished the talk by noting that he believes that International Law will move away from the creative interpretations of existing statues and move towards trade regimes that can develop standards.<br><br></p>', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(136, 'Professor Wes Oliver Speaks About the Iowa Caucus Experience', '2008-02-08', '<div style=\"float: right;\">\n<object width=\"437\" height=\"370\" id=\"viddler_widenerlaw_15\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param value=\"http://www.viddler.com/player/74699ae2/\" name=\"movie\">\n<param value=\"always\" name=\"allowScriptAccess\">\n<param value=\"true\" name=\"allowFullScreen\">\n<embed width=\"437\" height=\"370\" name=\"viddler_widenerlaw_15\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http://www.viddler.com/player/74699ae2/\"></embed></object>\n		</div>\n<p>“So I did what you always do when you meet new people,” offered <a href=\"/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesHbg/OliverWesleyM.aspx\">Professor Wes Oliver</a> as he spoke at Widener Law’s Harrisburg campus on February 5th to an audience unprepared for his next words. “I went out drinking with them all,” he deadpanned, drawing a chorus of laughter from the crowd of students, faculty, and staff on hand to hear him speak about his experiences working on Senator Joseph Biden’s 2008 presidential campaign.<br><br><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Tales from the Campaign Trail</span><br><br>Professor Oliver offered several amusing anecdotes about his time in Iowa, including talking about a nice couple he stayed with whose lifestyle became slightly misrepresented in a Wall Street Journal article about him. The paper contacted Professor Oliver about the article after “finding out about a Pennsylvania law professor living out of a farmhouse and telling stories about hogs.” Unfortunately, the article described an “elderly couple in a drafty farmhouse” and a “professor huddled under a pile of handmade quilts.” Professor Oliver quickly called his generous benefactors and said, “I did not tell them that you were elderly for dramatic effect, and as far as I know, those blankets are machine made!”<br><br>The night of the actual caucuses, Professor Oliver was sent to Creston, the county seat of Union County, Iowa. Noting that, “The caucuses are funny things because it’s public voting.” Supporters of a candidate who has less than fifteen percent of the vote after the first round must join a different candidate’s supporters, but Precinct Captains can go around and try to gobble up other small groups who lack enough to get their candidate over the threshold, or try to poach a couple of extra people from a candidate who has already surpassed the necessary threshold.<br><br>Professor Oliver noted that the rules about a candidate’s observers participating in these negotiations were somewhat fuzzy, and he shared amusing stories about what he did that night, including his theory that if you, “Find the prettiest girl you can and convince her to come over, she is worth at least five more votes.” Later, he was kicked out of the building after he responded, “Yes, and I’d do it again,” when an organizer asked him if he had negotiated with the Richardson people. Unfortunately, while Senator Biden picked up three delegates at the Creston caucuses, his overall performance offered less encouraging results. “I got in the car and called my mom to ask how we did since I knew she was watching CNN,” he said. His mother replied, “Did you guys even show up? They haven’t even put up any numbers for Joe Biden!”<br><br><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Political Lessons</span><br><br>When describing why he chose to actively campaign for Senator Biden, Professor Oliver said, “If you look at this man’s career, he quite clearly seems to have his finger on the pulse of national security.” Attempting to convince two women to vote for Senator Biden, he shared this memory; “On September 10, 2001, I was watching Joe Biden on CSPAN, and he said that America was not prepared for the risks we faced in the modern world. He said that America was prepared to face thermonuclear war at the hands of superpowers, but that was not the real threat. Terrorism was the real threat.” He added that only a day later, he was struck by just how prescient Biden’s comments felt. “No one has told us a story that compelling about why we should vote for their candidate,” responded the two women. His elation disappeared when they added that it would take more than that to convince them to vote for his candidate.<br><br>“Talking to people one on one really matters. You would think that with all the national coverage, people would have an idea about the candidates, but they really don’t,” said Professor Oliver. He also opined on debates, which he felt tended to delve too often into nothing more than rhetoric about who would be the better agent for change. “There are too many debates in the primaries, so no one watches them, and as a result, the spin about the debate becomes more important than the actual debate,” offered Professor Oliver, noting Senator Biden was a strong debater, even being declared the winner of the Iowa debate by the Des Moines Register.<br><br>When asked about what he thought the positive and negatives of the caucus system were, he replied, “People who vote in the caucus system tend to be better informed because the process takes longer and they have to answer why they’re supporting a particular candidate. In a primary, it only takes two minutes to vote. People are less committed.” He added, however, that the caucus system excludes people such as deployed soldiers, police officers, and firefighters.<br><br>Professor Oliver noted that the campaign staff went into Iowa with hope because the common perception that the pool of democratic candidates was strong meant that the polls were not necessarily accurate. “We were all kind of delusional. We were hoping for some sort of miracle in Iowa,” he said with a hint of sadness. Calling the people he worked with extraordinary, he added, “We believed in this guy, even though we knew we had little hope.” Summing up his thoughts on campaigning for Joe Biden, he said, “The thing that I think Joe Biden did was that he forced people to talk substance in those debates.”<br><br></p>', NULL, NULL, '', NULL, 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(137, 'Professor Discusses Her Trip to Beijing for the International Conference on Legal Security and Privacy Issues in IT', '2008-02-09', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/chinaMoringiello1.jpg\" alt=\"chinaMoringiello1\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" />On February 7th, Professor Juliet Moringiello spoke to the Harrisburg faculty about her trip to Beijing, China to present at the Second International Conference on Legal Security and Privacy Issues in IT. The conference, held from December 5th-7th, 2007, featured presenters from all over the world offering their analysis of topics ranging from data protection to social networking. Professor Moringiello presented her paper, &ldquo;Towards a System of Estates in Virtual Property&rdquo;, as part of a panel on virtual worlds.<br /><br />The panel on virtual worlds examined privacy rights in virtual worlds. Professor Moringiello&rsquo;s paper focused on what legal rights people might develop as part of the virtual worlds created by products like Second Life or MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games) like World of Warcraft. According to Professor Moringiello, &ldquo;There is a lot of confusion as to whether or not the rights are simply contractual.&rdquo; While games like World of Warcraft have contracts that grant the rights to everything in the game world to the company, a program like Second Life is a complicated case because no such contract exists, and users are creating items in the virtual world. Professor Moringiello plans on expanding her research into a larger work entitled &ldquo;What Virtual Property Can Do for Property.&rdquo; The conference also featured a roundtable examining social networking and associated websites like MySpace and Facebook.<br /><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/chinaMoringiello3.jpg\" alt=\"chinaMoringiello3\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" /><br />As far as China itself is concerned, Professor Moringiello said, &ldquo;The first thing that hit me is that this is a country I need to learn more about.&rdquo; She found it difficult to communicate and noted that very few people seemed to speak English, but said, &ldquo;It was a terrific experience. It was really interesting to spend the week with all of these academics from other countries. It is a good way to make connections and enhance our international programs.&rdquo; While in China, Professor Moringiello kept a blog to share her thoughts with students and faculty.<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(138, 'Professor John Capowski Discusses China’s Efforts to Reform Evidence Law', '2008-02-10', '<p>\r\n<script src=\"http://law.widener.edu/scripts/audio-player.js\">// <![CDATA[\r\n		\r\n// ]]></script>\r\n</p>\r\n<p><object width=\"290\" height=\"24\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\" />\r\n<param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/audio/capowski021008.mp3\" />\r\n<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />\r\n<param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" />\r\n<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /></object> On Thursday, February 7th, Professor John Capowski traveled down from Harrisburg to address faculty and staff at the Delaware campus about his experience at \"The International Symposium on Evidence Law and Forensic Science: International Perspectives and the Chinese Experience\" in Beijing, China. Sponsored by the China University of Political Science and Law, the conference brought Chinese evidence law scholars together&nbsp;with evidence experts from the United Kingdom and Australia as well as Professor Capowski and Northwestern Professor Ronald Allen.<br /><br />Professor Capowski discussed trends that he noted from the conference as well as the four-hour consultation meeting that he and Professor Allen had with the committee responsible for drafting China\'s first evidence code. He described China as a civil law country that relies mostly on affidavits and other documents to try cases, noting, &ldquo;Only one&nbsp;percent to five percent of&nbsp;trials in China involve witnesses.&rdquo; Several faculty members were curious why China would be interested in United States evidentiary law given that the U.S. legal system is common law based. Professor Capowski noted that &ldquo;A number of Chinese lawyers have studied in the United States, and U.S. evidentiary rules have had a big impact on them.&rdquo;<br /><br />&ldquo;Practices are not uniform yet, but they are to be uniform,&rdquo; said Professor Capowski in relation to Chinese codification efforts. During their meeting with the committee, Professors Capowski and Allen discussed first English translation of the draft code. The presentation concluded with some of the Professor&rsquo;s observations about China as well as a slide show of photos from his trip, and Professor Capowski said, &ldquo;China bears a lot of resemblance to the United States in the early 1900s.&rdquo;</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(139, 'Faculty Development Talk Focuses on Judicial Activism', '2008-02-11', '<p>\r\n<script src=\"http://law.widener.edu/scripts/audio-player.js\">// <![CDATA[\r\n\r\n// ]]></script>\r\n</p>\r\n<p><object width=\"290\" height=\"24\">\r\n				<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\" />\r\n<param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/audio/lipkin021108.mp3\" />\r\n<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />\r\n<param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" />\r\n<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /></object> <br />Professor Robert Lipkin addressed members of the faculty and staff on the subject of judicial activism on Monday February 11th. The engaging talk sparked a number of questions from the audience that lead to interesting debates.<br /><br />The talk opened with an examination of the two major kinds of judicial activism, interpretive activism and institutional activism. Interpretive activism would include; infidelity to relevant texts, history, or already in place structures, failure to defer to previous precedent, or a maximalist interpretation in which the court broadens the scope of the question with personal or political theories rather than maintaining a narrow focus. Institutional activism on the other hand focuses on the activism that can arise out of the decisions of state legislatures, Congress, and other such institutions. Both interpretive activism and institutional activism can lead to the partisan activism that leads to judicial decisions being made along political lines.<br /><br />According to Professor Lipkin, &ldquo;The worst entities to decide essentially contested issues are the court. The only people who can solve it are the people themselves, or their elected representatives.&rdquo; The professor&rsquo;s strong position prompted a number of questions an counterpoints, including Professor Patrick Kelly&rsquo;s contention that Professor Lipkin was putting &ldquo; a lot of faith in Congress. My concern about all of this is that Congress is not a particularly democratic institution.&rdquo; While Professor Lipkin noted that he did not in fact have great confidence in Congress, he did assert that because individual members of Congress have to answer to the people who elected them, they make a better check than Supreme Court justices who do not have to answer to anyone. Other topics debated included normal adjudication and revolutionary adjudication as well what constitutes activism.<br /><br />Visit Professor Lipkin&rsquo;s blog, Essentially Contested America, to read about his thoughts on a variety of cultural, political, and legal issues<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(140, 'Widener Law presents first  national conference on Crimtorts', '2008-02-12', '<p>Widener University School of Law will present the first national conference to focus on &ldquo;Crimtorts,&rdquo; the expanding middle ground between criminal and tort law.<br /><br />The event, on Monday, Feb. 25 in room A-180 of the administration building on the law school&rsquo;s Harrisburg campus, will explore the novel idea of crimtorts, a word coined by Professors Thomas H. Koenig and Michael L. Rustad. It represents the blurring line between tort law and the criminal law principles of punishment and deterrence.<br /><br />Those championing a crimtorts approach frequently view it as a means of social control against powerful entities, such as large corporations. For example, the favored crimtorts remedy is punitive damages, based on punishment and deterrence, yet used against defendants in civil cases. Crimtort penalties are something giant companies have come to fear, Koenig and Rustad have written, as the size of a financial penalty can be directly tied to a wrongdoer&rsquo;s wealth. Crimtorts are distinct, they have said, because through them private people contribute to society&rsquo;s goal of protecting the public interest &ndash; all while receiving compensation for their own personal injury or loss.<br /><br />A host of eminent legal academics will make presentations during the day. The conference will begin with a panel discussion at 8:45 a.m. that introduces the crimtorts concept, featuring:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Koenig, Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Sociology &amp; Anthropology at Northeastern University.</li>\r\n<li>Rustad, the Thomas F. Lambert Jr. Professor of Law and Co-Director of Intellectual Property Concentration at Suffolk University School of Law in Boston.</li>\r\n<li>Kenneth W. Simons, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />The next discussion, beginning at 10:15 a.m., focuses on ways the crimtorts concept can be applied to areas of law, including civil rights, products liability, tort reform and class actions. This group features:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Martha Chamallas, the Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law at The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law.</li>\r\n<li>Jeffery O&rsquo;Connell, the Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law.</li>\r\n<li>Byron G. Stier, Associate Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School.</li>\r\n<li>Frank J. Vandall, Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />A third panel, starting at 12:45 p.m., will consider punitive damages. That group features:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Mark Geistfeld, the Crystal Eastman Professor of Law at New York University School of Law.</li>\r\n<li>Keith N. Hylton, Professor of Law and the Paul J. Liacos Scholar in Law at Boston University School of Law.</li>\r\n<li>Sheila B. Scheuerman, Associate Professor of Law at the Charleston School of Law.</li>\r\n<li>Anthony J. Sebok, Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University.</li>\r\n<li>Catherine M. Sharkey, Professor of Law at New York University School of Law.</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p><br />The event is sponsored by the law school&rsquo;s student-run Widener Law Journal. <br /><br />Registration begins at 8 a.m. the day of the program. The conference is approved for 4 &frac12; continuing legal education credits in Delaware and Pennsylvania (no ethics). Those who attend for credits will be charged $50. The cost is $25 for all others who attend, except for students, who are free. To register, contact Sandra Graeff at 717.541.3965 or slgraeff@widener.edu. </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(141, 'Faculty Development Talk Looks at Supreme Court Justice Stevens', '2008-02-14', '<p>On Wednesday, February 13th, Professor Laura Ray spoke to faculty and staff about how Justice John Paul Stevens might have been influenced by the Supreme Court Justice he clerked for, Justice Wiley Rutledge. She noted that much had been written about how some Justices might be influenced by their law clerks, including former Chief Justice William Rehnquist&rsquo;s 1957 <em>U.S. News and World Report</em> article &ldquo;Who Writes Decisions of the Supreme Court?&rdquo; Instead of taking that angle, however, Professor Ray sought instead to examine if clerking for Justice Rutledge had influenced Justice Stevens. <br /><br />Professor Ray opened with brief biographical sketches of both Justice Rutledge and Justice Stevens, emphasizing the differences in their upbringing. She then spoke about how Rutledge used his clerks, noting that he wanted &ldquo;Someone who would share the ideas of a different generation.&rdquo; Stevens too seems prefer a more personal relationship with his law clerks, taking on fewer than he is entitled too. Professor Ray offered a number of other similarities between the two Justices as well, observing that both men are distinguished as authors of dissenting opinions, known for writing their own first drafts, and having an interest in individual rights. <br /><br />Professor Ray offered a fascinating look into the relationship between a Justice and his law clerks. The presentation prompted a variety of engaging questions that led to further discussion and debate.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(142, 'Professor Friedman Explores How to Protect Consumers in Cyberspace', '2008-02-15', '<p>\r\n<script src=\"http://law.widener.edu/scripts/audio-player.js\">// <![CDATA[\r\n		\r\n// ]]></script>\r\n</p>\r\n<p><object width=\"290\" height=\"24\">\r\n				<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\" />\r\n<param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/audio/friedman021508.mp3\" />\r\n<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />\r\n<param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" />\r\n<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /></object> <br />As part of ongoing faculty development efforts, Professor Stephen Friedman presented a talk entitled Protecting Consumers from Arbitration Clauses in Cyberspace on Thursday February 14th. Professor Friedman argued that the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 should not govern online transactions as it does other interstate commerce transactions, but rather that state laws should govern online transactions.<br /><br />Professor Friedman opened with a look at how the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (ESIGN) of 2000 are currently viewed as the precedents that govern online consumer agreements. He also examined some of the court cases used to expand the Federal Arbitration Act&rsquo;s scope. This expansion of scope pulled more and more cases under federal jurisdiction, and if electronic signatures or contracts are found to meet the Federal Arbitration Act&rsquo;s written requirement, all online consumer transactions occurring across state lines would also fall under federal jurisdiction. Professor Friedman eloquently argued that state governments having the authority to decide upon their own regulations would ultimately better serve consumers.<br /><br />Indicating that he would urge Congress to clearly carve the Federal Arbitration Act out of ESIGN&rsquo;s coverage, Professor Friedman noted, &ldquo;Online consumer contracts are to 2008 as oral contracts are to 1925.&rdquo; Pressed to offer a solution rather than a condemnation of the current methodology, he responded, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not here to provide solutions, but to argue that states should have the right to make the decisions,&rdquo; before adding that he felt that by allowing different states to experiment with different statutes, a proper solution could be found.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(143, 'Students to Be Honored for Pro Bono Service by Pennsylvania and Dauphin County Bar Associations', '2008-02-19', '<p>Three students from Widener Law&rsquo;s Harrisburg Campus will be among those honored at a special reception hosted by Judge Richard A. Lewis on Wednesday, February 20th. Chelsea Carter, Clarissa Freeman, and Matthew Krupp, will have their names inscribed on the Pro Bono Honor Roll along with other participants in the 2007 Pro Bono Program.<br /><br />The Dauphin County Bar Association Pro Bono Program provides legal assistance to segments of the population that cannot afford legal counsel. Attorneys, paralegals, and law students volunteer their own time and money to the program. Of her involvement, 3rd year student Clarissa Freeman says, &ldquo;I give out legal information to indigent or underprivileged people and answer any legal questions that they may have. It really is a good service because these people wouldn&rsquo;t know where to go for information.&rdquo; <br /><br />In addition to providing legal assistance to disadvantaged people in Dauphin County, the Pro Bono Program also oversees the Guardianship Monitoring Program that assists the Orphan&rsquo;s Court and offers financial support to MidPenn Legal Services, a non-profit, public-interest law firm that covers most of Central Pennsylvania. Says Clarissa, &ldquo;I just get a joy out of helping people, and its something that I&rsquo;m going to keep doing even after I&rsquo;m an attorney.&rdquo;</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(144, 'Second-annual John L. Gedid lecture brings talk of race and the law to Harrisburg', '2008-02-21', '<p>An audience of roughly 300 people gathered for a lecture on the history of race and the law in Harrisburg recently when city native and Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack delivered the second-annual John L. Gedid lecture.<br /><br />Mack spent an hour discussing W. Justin Carter, the first attorney of color to practice in Harrisburg and how he transcended race when it came to life in the courtroom. The Feb. 14 speech was something of a homecoming for Mack, who grew up in the Allison Hill area of Harrisburg and attended Harrisburg High School before graduating from Central Dauphin East.<br /><br />Mack, one of the country&rsquo;s leading scholars on the history of the civil rights movement and the history of African-American lawyering, explained that when Carter began practicing law in Harrisburg in the late 1800s he had an opportunity to show white people something they would otherwise not see outside court: a black attorney being treated as an equal to white attorneys. &ldquo;In an era of segregation what was quite jarring about a black lawyer was he was allowed to go into court and do what black people were not allowed to do &ndash; question white witnesses,&rdquo; Mack said. Carter was very good at his work and many white clients sought his services. <br /><br />&ldquo;His role as a lawyer allowed him to cross racial barriers,&rdquo; Mack said. Still, Carter suffered a stinging rejection in 1904 when the Dauphin County Bar denied his application for membership. Carter was a founding member of the Niagara Movement, which was a predecessor to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.<br /><br />Widener Law began the John L. Gedid lecture series in April 2007. The event honors Gedid, who has been a leading figure on the Harrisburg campus since it opened in 1989, and who currently serves as the campus vice dean. The lecture series is designed to shine a spotlight on the work of up-and-coming legal scholars. This year&rsquo;s speech was presented by the Law School with sponsorship from Aspen Publishing and the Historic Harrisburg Association.<br /><br />Widener Associate Professor Wesley Oliver, who coordinated the lecture, presented Gedid with a historical binder on the lecture series, which includes photographs, brochures and signatures of all the speech makers and will be updated yearly.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(145, 'Faculty Development Presentation Addresses Political Question Doctrine and Global Climate Change', '2008-02-23', '<p>\r\n<script src=\"http://law.widener.edu/scripts/audio-player.js\">// <![CDATA[\r\n		\r\n// ]]></script>\r\n</p>\r\n<p><object width=\"290\" height=\"24\">\r\n				<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\" />\r\n<param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/audio/may02308.mp3\" />\r\n<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />\r\n<param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" />\r\n<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /></object> <br />Professor Jim May addressed faculty and staff on February 21st about some of the constitutional issues raised by attempts to litigate global climate change in federal courts. He noted that no federal global climate change legislation that limits greenhouse gas emissions have been passed, and the Environmental Protection Agency has made no effort to regulate such emissions either. This lack of action by elected officials has led to several federal court cases where the courts have refused to set environmental standards in the absence of government standards.<br /><br />Professor May explained the political question doctrine and examined the history behind it. The doctrine asserts the federal judiciary\'s desire to avoid ruling on unresolved legislative issues better solved by other branches of the federal government. Some judges believe that such &lsquo;political questions&rsquo; should be resolved through the political process where decision makers can be held politically accountable.<br /><br />Moving on to how the political question doctrine had influenced climate change cases before the federal court, Professor May discussed four cases. In two suits brought by states, California v. General Motors Corp __ F. Supp. 2d __, 2007 WL 2726871 (N.D. Cal. 2007), appeal docketed, 9th Cir., 2007, and Connecticut v. American Electric Power (2d Cir. 2006), the federal courts dismissed the cases because there needed to be an initial formation of policy by the legislative or executive branches of the government and because of the absence of judicially manageable standards, two of the key criteria for the assertion of the political question doctrine. Professor May also discussed two other cases brought by individuals in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In the first case, the plaintiff argued that companies with fuel lines and other environmentally hazardous materials in the area exacerbated the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The court ruled that this case did not fall under the political doctrine jurisdiction, but the second case, in which the plaintiff argued that global warming in the Gulf of Mexico made the effects of Hurricane Katrina worse, did fall under it.<br /><br />Elected officials should set policies so that unelected judges are not forced to decide matters of policy, but in the absence of such action, courts may have responsibility. Professor May argued that the problem with the federal decisions he described is that they turn federalism on its head because &ldquo;States lose the ability to even make their case&rdquo; as a result of the political question doctrine. He further noted that because the political question doctrine is not textually grounded in the constitution, it should be abandoned, particularly in the important area of climate change where no other government entity has assumed responsibility.<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(146, 'Widener Law students visit U.S. Senator – and Professor – Joseph Biden on the job in Washington', '2008-02-24', '<p>A group of Widener Law students got an up-close look at government in action recently when they traveled to Washington, D.C. to a visit their professor, U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden, D.-Del, on the job. <br /><br />Biden co-teaches a Saturday morning seminar on constitutional law with Widener Law Professor Robert L. Hayman Jr. Biden, Hayman and 13 students were in Washington Feb. 13, where the group attended the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing &ndash; chaired by Biden &ndash; in which Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified about the final State Department budget proposal under the Bush Administration. They also toured the Senate and House of Representatives buildings and the U.S. Supreme Court.<br /><br />Before convening the committee hearing, Biden met with the Widener group in his office and told an emotional story about the large conference table at which they sat. He inherited the table when he assumed the Russell Senate Office Building space from the late Sen. John C. Stennis, a Mississippi Democrat who was retiring after nearly 42 years in the Senate. <br /><br />Biden explained that his arrival in the second-floor office space broke up what had been known as &ldquo;Confederate Row&rdquo; at the Russell building. The c onference table was the place on which the Southern Manifesto, a document written by legislators opposed to integration of public places, had been signed and around which lawmakers had spent countless hours attempting to plot the demise of the civil rights movement. He said he talked with Stennis about taking over the office space, and Stennis recalled that the first time the men had met 18 years earlier, Biden told him he was running for office out of a desire to support civil rights. <br /><br />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s time,&rdquo; Biden recalled Stennis telling him, &ldquo;that this table moved from possession of a man against civil rights to the possession of a man for civil rights.&rdquo;<br /><br />That meeting, Biden said, stands out in his mind for the message that there is always hope for change. <br /><br />&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t be here a long time and be engaged, and not learn. You can&rsquo;t be here and be engaged, and not grow,&rdquo; he said.<br /><br />Students Robert Cervone and Joanne Spruill said they felt honored to be enrolled in Biden&rsquo;s class, to have the opportunity to learn the law from such a dynamic man and to be invited to Washington to see him at work.<br /><br />&ldquo;He&rsquo;s actually a part of what we&rsquo;re learning in school,&rdquo; Cervone said. <br /><br />Biden has been a member of the Widener Law adjunct faculty for 16 years and has never missed a semester of teaching, even during his recent attempt to win the Democratic nomination for president. <br /><br />&ldquo;Sen. Biden plays an important role on our adjunct faculty and we deeply value his longstanding commitment to Widener Law and its students. Opportunities like this field trip demonstrate the depth our adjunct faculty adds to a Widener education,&rdquo; Law Dean Linda L. Ammons said. &ldquo;I thank Sen. Biden for opening up the doors of government to our students and sharing this special day with them.&rdquo; </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(147, 'Alumni and Students Network in Lancaster', '2008-02-25', '<p>Alumni and current students had the opportunity to network in Lancaster on February 21, 2008. Alumni enjoyed connecting with local colleagues and meeting current Widener Law students. The students had an ample opportunity to ask their predecessors questions about the Bar exam, inquire about the Lancaster legal community, and discuss beneficial classes and Law School experiences. Both campuses were represented at this event where students learned there truly are countless paths to success upon graduation.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(148, 'Members of Senator Biden’s Staff Discuss Drug Penalties', '2008-02-25', '<p>\r\n<script src=\"http://law.widener.edu/scripts/audio-player.js\">// <![CDATA[\r\n\r\n// ]]></script>\r\n</p>\r\n<p><object width=\"290\" height=\"24\">\r\n				<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\" />\r\n<param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/audio/rosen022508.mp3\" />\r\n<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />\r\n<param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" />\r\n<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /></object>The penalties for crack cocaine possession have long been a contentious issue in part because of the perception that they unfairly target minorities. The penalties were created in 1986 under the assumption that crack cocaine was more addictive than the powdered form, and that it led to more violence. On February 20th, Paul Rosen, counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee for Senator Joseph R. Biden, spoke to Widener Law faculty and staff about Senator Biden&rsquo;s proposal to reduce the mandatory federal sentences for possession of crack cocaine.<br /><br />Under current federal sentencing guidelines, possession of 5 grams of crack cocaine results in a minimum 5-year sentence, which is equivalent to the penalty for trafficking 500 grams of powdered cocaine. Mr. Rosen pointed out, however, that recent research suggests that crack cocaine and powdered cocaine are identical from a pharmacological standpoint, and any disparities in the level of addictiveness come from the method of intake rather than any inherent chemical property of the drug. Crack is smoked rather than inhaled, and as a result has more immediate and directly addictive effects on the user than the powdered form of cocaine.<br /><br />Mr. Rosen explained how legislation is referred to specific committees and then described specifically how legislation referred to the Judiciary Committee is handled. He discussed two other bills before the Judiciary Committee on drug sentencing reform; one sponsored by Senator Hatch that would reduce the sentencing disparity between crack and powdered cocaine to a twenty to one difference, and another by Senator Sessions that would reduce the penalty for crack while raising the penalty for powdered cocaine to arrive at the same twenty to one ratio. The United States Sentencing Commission has indicated that they believe the penalty for powder cocaine is severe enough, and they have even imposed an amendment to sentencing guidelines that sets the old minimum as a maximum, allowing judges to use some discretion to set penalties below.<br /><br /><br />&nbsp;The engaging talk led to several questions from faculty members in attendance including a question about how political pressures might be influencing the process. The discussion that ensued focused on the feared perception of being soft on crime and the fact that Senators have to worry about upsetting their constituents. Mr. Rosen finished up his fascinating talk by looking at the Justice Department&rsquo;s position, which maintains that, the sentencing guidelines are justified, that the method of intake of crack cocaine makes it more addictive, and that the crack cocaine trade leads to more violence. The Justice Department has indicated a willingness to discuss the one hundred to one sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powdered cocaine, however, if concessions are made on the retroactive portions of the Sentencing Commission&rsquo;s amendment to the sentencing guidelines.<br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(149, 'A Message from Dean Ammons', '2008-02-25', '<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/kainPatrick.png\" alt=\"kainPatrick\" width=\"187\" height=\"234\" />Dear Widener Law Community: <br /><br />It is with regret that I have to announce that Patrick Kain, an evening division student, passed away unexpectedly this past Thursday night at the Lancaster Regional Medical Center. Patrick was 35. His obituary can be found at: http://obits.lancasteronline.com/index.php?p=2067673. <br /><br />Tonight from 6-8 p.m. the family will be receiving friends at the Fred Groff Funeral Home at 234 W. Orange Street in Lancaster. A funeral mass will take place tomorrow at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lancaster. The Torts II, Property I and Intensive Legal Analysis classes that were scheduled for this evening have been canceled. <br /><br />I spoke to Stacy R. Nale Kain, Patrick&rsquo;s wife, earlier today to extend to her and Patrick&rsquo;s family, our deepest sympathy on behalf of Widener Law. She told me that Patrick really enjoyed being a part of the Widener family. He will be greatly missed. <br /><br />Dean Linda L. Ammons</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(150, 'Former military prosecutor to speak about  ethics and integrity', '2008-02-26', '<p>The Widener Law campus in Delaware will welcome U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Stuart Couch to the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom on Thursday, Feb. 28 to speak about the idea of waging war without losing integrity.<br /><br />The talk, presented by the Christian Law Society, will be from 5 to 6:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.<br /><br />Couch, a former Marine Corps pilot and prosecutor, made the difficult decision in 2004 not to prosecute Guantanamo Bay prisoner Mohamedou Ould Slahi for terrorist activity linked to the Sept. 11 attacks. After his own lengthy investigation, Couch had concerns that incriminating statements made by Slahi &ndash; which would be central to the prosecution &ndash; had been obtained through torture. Couch was lead counsel on the case and has called it the toughest decision of his military career. One of his Marine friends had been the co-pilot aboard the second plane that struck the World Trade Center.<br /><br />Couch also served as the liaison to the Department of Justice and Solicitor General in support of the U.S. Supreme Court litigation of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, a landmark case regarding separation of powers and presidential authority during wartime.<br /><br />He elected not to renew his three-year assignment to the prosecutor&rsquo;s office when it expired and in August 2006 Couch assumed his current duties as a judge on the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals. His military decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal with two gold stars, and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal. He is the recipient of the American Bar Association&rsquo;s 2007 Norm Maleng &ldquo;Minister of Justice&rdquo; Award. He is an Eagle Scout. <br /><br />Couch&rsquo;s work on the Slahi case was the subject of a lengthy Wall Street Journal article in March 2007.<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, '');
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(151, 'Final Round of the 18th Annual Delaware/Harrisburg Moot Court Competition Approaches', '2008-02-27', '<p>On February 28th at 6:00pm, the Harrisburg Campus will host the final round of the 18th Annual Delaware/Harrisburg Moot Court Competition, pitting the best team from the Delaware campus against the best team from the Harrisburg campus. The Harrisburg finalists, Rebecca Knisley and Christina Fisher, will play the role Petitioners on behalf of the state, while the Delaware finalists, William M. Brennan and Lawrence Wind, will serve as the Respondents. This final round will take place at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania John G. Knorr, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania Carol L. Weitzel, and United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Martin Carlson will judge the competition.<br /><br />In order to reach the final round, the winning team from each campus submitted a brief and triumphed in several preliminary rounds of oral competition. At the beginning of the competition, the participants on each campus were divided into teams of two and given a packet that contained the problem they would be addressing for the entire competition as well as research materials. The problem involved a case in which a police officer who stopped the suspect for swerving and failing to signal a lane change detained the suspect for a significant period of time on the suspicion that he might be involved in a more serious crime. After the officer arrested the suspect for driving with a suspended license, which was not an arrestable offense in the state, a K-9 unit arrived and found two kilograms of heroin in the car. The State Supreme Court found that the heroin was inadmissible as evidence, however, and so the object of the competition was to argue the issue before the Supreme Court of the United States.<br /><br />In the final round of the Delaware Competition, William M. Brennan and Lawrence Wind, argued on behalf of the state that under the 4th amendment of the United States Constitution that the heroin should be admissible regardless of the state law, while Daniel S. Makoski and J.R. Pruden argued on behalf of the respondent, Chris Partlow. Brennan and Wind presented a compelling argument to the sitting justices, Professors Jules Epstein, Leslie Johnson, and Leonard Sosnov, that federal standards under the fourth amendment governed the situation, not state standards. In Harrisburg, the judges for the final round were Judge Bradford Charles of the Court of Common Pleas for Lebanon County, Vice Dean John Gedid, Professor Susan Chesler, and Professor Michael Dimino.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(152, 'Video: Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack delivers Second-annual John L. Gedid lecture', '2008-02-28', '<p>An audience of roughly 300 people gathered for a lecture on the history of race and the law in Harrisburg&nbsp; recently when city native and Harvard Law Professor Kenneth Mack delivered the second-annual John L. Gedid lecture. </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(153, 'Widener Law presents first national conference on Crimtorts', '2008-02-29', '<p>\r\n<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;services=reddit%2Cdigg%2Cfacebook%2Cmyspace%2Cdelicious%2Cstumbleupon%2Ctechnorati%2Cpropeller%2Cnewsvine%2Cblinklist%2Cmixx%2Cgoogle_bmarks%2Cyahoo_myweb&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=a4274665-474d-4c7c-9c69-e72d2ce66c83\"></script>\r\n</p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<div style=\"margin: 4px; float: right; width: 350px;\"><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/crimtort1.jpg\" alt=\"crimtort1\" width=\"350\" height=\"181\" />&nbsp;<span class=\"Caption\">From left, Widener Law Associate Professor Christopher J. Robinette; Kenneth W. Simons, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law; Michael L. Rustad, the Thomas F. Lambert Jr. Professor of Law and Co-Director of Intellectual Property Concentration at Suffolk University School of Law in Boston; and Thomas Koenig, Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Sociology &amp; Anthropology at Northeastern University.</span>\r\n<p><img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/crimtort2.jpg\" alt=\"crimtort2\" width=\"350\" height=\"125\" /></p>\r\n<p><span class=\"Caption\">From left, Martha Chamallas, the Robert J. Lynn Chair in Law at The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law; Byron G. Stier, Associate Professor of Law at Southwestern Law School; Jeffery O&rsquo;Connell, the Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law; Widener Law Associate Professor Michael R. Dimino Sr.; and Frank J. Vandall, Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law.</span></p>\r\n<img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/crimtort3.jpg\" alt=\"crimtort3\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" />\r\n<p><span class=\"Caption\">During the luncheon, symposium speaker Anthony J. Sebok, Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, third from left, spoke with students and other event attendees. </span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n<p>About 75 people gathered on Widener&rsquo;s Harrisburg campus Monday, Feb. 25 for the first national conference on &ldquo;Crimtorts,&rdquo; the expanding middle ground between criminal and tort law.<br /><br />A host of distinguished academics and legal experts explored the novel concept, including Professors Thomas H. Koenig and Michael L. Rustad, the men who coined the Crimtorts term. Crimtorts represents the blurring line between tort law and the criminal law principles of punishment and deterrence.<br /><br />&ldquo;There has been a defacto crimtort regime enacted in the states,&rdquo; said Rustad, the Thomas F. Lambert Jr. Professor of Law and Co-Director of Intellectual Property Concentration at Suffolk University School of Law in Boston.<br /><br />Associate Professor Christopher J. Robinette, who organized the symposium, said, &ldquo;It has been exciting to bring this extraordinary talent together, and the law journal and Sandy Graeff have done a superb job in planning and executing the event.&rdquo;<br /><br />Jeffery O&rsquo;Connell, the Samuel H. McCoy II Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, proposed marrying criminal and tort law in the medical malpractice arena. When a personal injury claim is made, he said, health care providers could be given 180 days to offer to pay the patients&rsquo; net economic losses. If the offer is declined, the claimant would have to prove gross negligence, with a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. This gives the claimant strong incentive to accept the settlement.<br /><br />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a crimtort solution,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Connell said, noting the idea keeps tort law, without all of its &ldquo;endless frustrations.&rdquo;</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(154, 'Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery Speaks to Students', '2008-02-29', '<p>Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery spoke to Widener Law students on Tuesday February 26th, offering personal stories and anecdotes about his life and how he became a judge. In 1998, Judge McCaffery gained notoriety after he worked with members of the Philadelphia City Council to develop &ldquo;Eagles Court&rdquo;, a courtroom convened in the bowels of Veterans Stadium that handed out penalties to unruly fans arrested during games. At the conclusion of his talk, Justice McCaffery graciously took questions from students in the audience.<br /><br />Justice McCaffery spoke extensively about his background, emphasizing to the students how far hard work can take you. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1950, Justice McCaffery&rsquo;s family immigrated to the United States when he was still young. After graduating from Cardinal Dougherty High School in Philadelphia, he joined the United States Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War. When he left active duty, Justice McCaffery joined the Philadelphia Police Department. He served as a police officer for twenty years while putting himself through night school to earn a bachelor&rsquo;s degree from LaSalle University and later a juris doctor from Temple University School of Law. He spent five years practicing law with Lavin, Coleman, Finarelli &amp; Gray, before he was elected to the bench in 1993. In 2001, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court appointed McCaffery as the Administrative Judge of the Municipal Court, and in 2003, he was elected to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Finally, in 2007, he successfully ran for election to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.<br /><br />Justice McCaffery also spoke about his service in the Reserve. After leaving active military duty, he remained in the Marine Corps Reserve, rising to the rank of Captain before transferring to the United States Air Force Reserve. Called into active duty for Operation Noble Eagle after the September 11th attacks, he was later called up by the Department of Homeland Security in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Justice McCaffery rose to the rank of Colonel before leaving the military. He finished up the engaging talk by taking questions from the audience about his thoughts on gun control and whether judges should be appointed or elected.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(155, 'Professor Kelly Speaks About the Turmoil in Kenya', '2008-03-01', '<p>\r\n<script src=\"http://law.widener.edu/scripts/audio-player.js\">// <![CDATA[\r\n		\r\n// ]]></script>\r\n</p>\r\n<p><object width=\"290\" height=\"24\">\r\n				<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\" />\r\n<param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/audio/kelly022508.mp3\" />\r\n<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />\r\n<param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" />\r\n<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /></object>Widener Law school has sponsored a summer program in Nairobi, Kenya since 1988 with only one interruption when the program was suspended in the summer of 2003. With Kenya in turmoil in the wake of the recent election controversy, however, the program was again suspended for the summer of 2008. On February 25th, Professor Patrick Kelly, the founder of the Nairobi program, spoke to faculty and staff about the volatile political situation in Kenya.<br /><br />Professor Kelly framed the current tribal struggles and allegations of election fraud in their historical context, describing the enmity that has arisen between the two largest tribes, the Kikuyu, who account for roughly 22% of Kenya&rsquo;s population, and the Luo, who account for roughly 13%. When Kenya became independent and the British left in 1963, much of the land and wealth was passed to members of the Kikuyu tribe, planting the seeds of resentment. President Jomo Kenyatta, a member of the Kiambu Clan of the Kikuyu people, further entrenched Kikuyu dominance by giving land and power to his friends and relatives, nicknamed the &ldquo;Kiambu Mafia&rdquo;.<br /><br />Further tension between the Luo and the Kikuyu arose as a result of the political treatment of Luo leaders. Oginga Odinga, the first vice-president under President Kenyatta, was arrested and imprisoned three years after he resigned the post because of his political opposition to Kenyatta&rsquo;s government, and prominent Luo political leader such as Tom Mboya was assassinated in 1969. In 1978, when Jomo Kenyatta died, his vice-president at the time, Daniel arap Moi, a member of a minority tribe known as the Kalenjin, took office as the President. After a failed coup attempt in 1982, Moi consolidated power and served as President until 2002, when he stepped aside after he was constitutionally barred from running. In 2002, Mwai Kibaki, at one-time the vice-president under Moi, defeated Moi&rsquo;s handpicked successor and the son of Jomo Kenyatta, Uhuru Kenyatta, in the presidential elections.<br /><br />During the 2002 elections, Raila Odinga, the son of Oginga Odinga, formed a political alliance with Kibaki and even campaigned for him when he was confined to a wheelchair after an accident. Kibaki, however, reneged on a promise to share power with Raila Odinga, setting up the 2007 election in which Odinga ran against Kibaki. Widespread allegations of election fraud followed Kibaki&rsquo;s controversial win. Odinga&rsquo;s party managed to capture more seats in parliament than Kibaki&rsquo;s, and European Union observers indicated that Ralia Odinga should have won the election. Widespread violence followed, resulting in the deaths of more than 1,000 people and forcing nearly 600,000 more from their homes.<br /><br />In the wake of the violence, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has tried to act as a mediator to achieve a power-sharing agreement, but there has been no resolution. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called upon the two sides to cooperate, indicating that future political relationships between the United States and Kenya hinge on a peaceful solution. Professor Kelly indicated that he believes the Kenyan people will ultimately find a solution to the current problem, but added that the process will not be an easy one.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(156, 'Delaware Senator Tom Carper Addresses Students', '2008-03-04', '<p>Senator Tom Carper, D-De.,&nbsp;visited Widener Law&rsquo;s Delaware campus on Friday, February 29th and spoke to Professor Lawrence Hamermesh&rsquo;s Business Organizations class. Currently in his second term in the Senate, Carper has won twelve consecutive statewide elections to public office, beginning with his election as State Treasurer in 1976.<br /><br />After a brief introduction from Professor Hamermesh, Senator Carper spoke briefly about his background, mentioning his military service in Vietnam, where Senator Carper served as a Naval flight officer on P-3 Orions. He also talked about moving to Delaware and attending the University of Delaware, where he earned an M.B.A. Moving on to his political career, the Senator described the dire financial straits that the state of Delaware faced when he took first took office as the State Treasurer.<br /><br />Regarding the divisive atmosphere in the American political climate, Senator Carper joked, &ldquo;We criticize the Iraqi Parliament for not being able to work together. They&rsquo;ve only been a democracy for three years.&rdquo; He emphasized his reputation for consensus building, stressing, &ldquo;My job in the Senate is to try to get people to work together.&rdquo; To drive his point about working together home, he cited the example of Return Day in Delaware and the ceremony where the Sussex County Chairmen of each political party symbolically bury a hatchet together.<br /><br />Senator Carper also talked at length about his own ongoing efforts to work on a housing recovery bill and the bipartisan effort to pass the Economic Stimulus Act. He covered many of the ongoing issues affecting the mortgage crisis and offered some possible solutions. Finally, he took questions from the students on a number of diverse issues including credit card debt, the potential safety issues of aging nuclear power plants, and his position on President Bush&rsquo;s tax cuts.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(157, 'Law school names new public interest director', '2008-03-04', '<p>Widener University School of Law Dean Linda L. Ammons announced today that Sydney <br />Howe-Barksdale has been named director of the school&rsquo;s Public Interest Resource Center, located on the Delaware campus.<br /><br />Howe-Barksdale comes to Widener from the Toll Public Interest Center at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she had been serving as the interim executive director. Prior to that, she was at William Paterson University in northeast New Jersey, where she was associate vice president for diversity and minority affairs, and then director of corporate and foundation relations.<br /><br />She will receive her doctor of philosophy, education leadership, management and policy from Seton Hall University in May 2008. She also holds a law degree from Boston University <br />School of Law and a bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Bryn Mawr College.<br /><br />Howe-Barksdale and her husband, Greg Barksdale, live in West Chester, Pa. with their son.<br /><br />&ldquo;I am delighted to announce Sydney&rsquo;s arrival at Widener Law. She brings a wealth of experience, energy and enthusiasm for public interest to the job,&rdquo; Law Dean Linda L. Ammons said. &ldquo;Civic engagement and service learning are vital components to Widener&rsquo;s mission and the Public Interest Resource Center plays a major role in developing these opportunities for our students. I look forward to watching the center grow and succeed under her leadership.&rdquo;<br /><br />The Public Interest Resource Center was founded on the Delaware campus in February 2005. It is dedicated to the promotion of public-interest work by Widener law students and, as its director, Howe-Barksdale will coordinate with community organizations to build partnerships that create service learning opportunities for the students. She will also work with students to place them into pro bono openings that allow them to apply what they have learned in law school to serve the indigent in the pursuit of justice.<br /><br />Howe-Barksdale replaces founding PIRC Director Arlene Rivera Finkelstein, who left the law school in January.<br /> </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(158, 'Faculty Development Talk Focuses on the Challenges of Teaching', '2008-03-04', '<p>Donna Ziegenfuss, Director of the Office of Faculty Development on Widener&rsquo;s Chester campus, presented a talk entitled &ldquo;Challenges of Teaching and Learning Dichotomies&rdquo; to members of the Widener Law faculty and staff on Thursday February 28th. The talk focused on the complex relationship between teaching methods and learning styles, offering a number of theories and suggestions to improve the teaching experience.<br /><br />Acknowledging the complexity of legal education, Ziegenfuss noted that in addition to imparting knowledge and teaching students how to think, law professors need to impart the professional skills and ethical responsibilities necessary to practice the law as well. She sited learning approaches, teaching strategies, content vs. context, and assessment as four key factors in a successful educational experience. Stressing that student perception of the learning experience may not be what the teacher expects, she noted that students change their approach based on how a course is taught. As a result, professors should either explicitly tell students what they are trying to accomplish, or ask students for their perception.<br /><br />Faculty members raised several interesting questions and points. Large classes can make direct engagement lessons impossible and lecturing is generally more time efficient. The challenge of teaching students comes from the complex interaction between what a student needs to learn, how a student learns best, and the methods employed by the professor. While achieving a perfect teaching environment remains forever out of reach, continued assessment of teaching methodology can offer potential improvements.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(159, 'Widener Law visits U.S. Supreme Court', '2008-03-05', '<div style=\"float: right; margin: 4px; width: 500px;\"><a href=\"{adminroot}news/edit/159/%7E/media/Images/News2008/usscvisit1.ashx\"> <img src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/usscvisit1sm.jpg\" alt=\"usscvisit1sm\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" /></a>\r\n<p><span class=\"Caption\">The Widener Law group included, from left, Stephen P. DeNittis, Nicole E. Ballenger, Margaret O&rsquo;Neill, Gerald E. Fusella, Maria C. McLaughlin, Eileen A. Grena, Law Dean Linda L. Ammons, Nancy L. Stanford, Richard D. Huxford, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Angela Halse, Stephen J. Wenger, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., William R. Snell, Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland, Edwin M. Matzkin, James R. Demmel, Michele J. Mintz, Kao H. Lu, Darryl J. Liguori, Raj Srivatsan.</span></p>\r\n<img src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/usscvisit4.jpg\" alt=\"usscvisit4\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" />\r\n<p><span class=\"Caption\">Dean Linda L. Ammons speaks with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.</span></p>\r\n<img src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/usscvisit2.jpg\" alt=\"usscvisit2\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" />\r\n<p><span class=\"Caption\">Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. signs a portrait of the court for Widener Law alumnus Raj Srivatsan.</span></p>\r\n<img src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/usscvisit3.jpg\" alt=\"usscvisit3\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" />\r\n<p><span class=\"Caption\">Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. speaks to the group. At right are Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland, a Widener Law adjunct, and Law Dean Linda L. Ammons.</span></p>\r\n</div>\r\n<p>A group of Widener Law alumni and administrators had a private audience with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court on a recent trip to Washington, D.C.<br /><br />The group visited the Supreme Court March 3 for a hearing where 17 alumni were admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland, who is a member of the Widener Law adjunct faculty, went with the group and presented the lawyers to the high court for admittance.<br /><br />Roberts and Ginsburg attended the Widener reception that followed the swearing-in. The reception was held in the court&rsquo;s West Conference Room, a stately space lined with portraits of all the country&rsquo;s former chief justices.<br /><br />&ldquo;I congratulate you,&rdquo; Roberts told them. Both he and Ginsburg visited with Law Dean Linda L. Ammons, Holland and the alumni. The group also met with court Clerk William K. Suter, who spoke briefly about some of the court&rsquo;s history and his love of its traditions.<br /><br />The Widener contingent then moved on to a luncheon at The University Club of Washington, D.C., where Ammons was the featured speaker. She focused on all the events happening on both law campuses and invited the alumni to keep in close contact. <br /><br />&ldquo;We are extremely proud of each and every one of you,&rdquo; Ammons said. &ldquo;I hope you are proud of your law school.&rdquo;<br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Alumni admitted to the Supreme Court bar included:</span></p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Stephen P. DeNittis, Esq., &lsquo;97</li>\r\n<li>Nicole E. Ballenger, Esq., &lsquo;01</li>\r\n<li>Margaret O&rsquo;Neill, Esq., &lsquo;04</li>\r\n<li>Gerald E. Fusella, Esq., &lsquo;76</li>\r\n<li>Maria C. McLaughlin, Esq., &lsquo;92</li>\r\n<li>Eileen A. Grena, Esq., &lsquo;92</li>\r\n<li>Nancy L. Stanford, Esq., &lsquo;03</li>\r\n<li>Richard D. Huxford, Esq., &lsquo;01</li>\r\n<li>Angela Halse, Esq., &lsquo;03</li>\r\n<li>Stephen J. Wenger, Esq., &lsquo;03</li>\r\n<li>William R. Snell, Esq., &lsquo;00</li>\r\n<li>Edwin M. Matzkin, Esq., &lsquo;86</li>\r\n<li>James R. Demmel, Esq., &lsquo;03</li>\r\n<li>Michele J. Mintz, Esq., &lsquo;98</li>\r\n<li>Kao H. Lu, Esq., &lsquo;99</li>\r\n<li>Darryl J. Liguori, Esq., &lsquo;03</li>\r\n<li>Raj Srivatsan., Esq., &rsquo;01 and &lsquo;05</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Widener Law National Advisory Council members Ken Lopez and Michael Brown also attended the luncheon and congratulated the group.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(160, 'Widener moot court competition draws law students from Georgetown, Emory, Ohio State, 20 other schools', '2008-03-10', '<p>Delaware&rsquo;s only law school will open its doors Thursday, March 27 to students from 23 law schools around the country for a national interscholastic moot court competition.<br /><br />The much-anticipated 20th annual Ruby R. Vale Interschool Corporate Moot Court Competition will run four days and introduce participants to the cutting edge of corporate law. The competition is hosted by Widener University School of Law&rsquo;s Moot Court Honor Society under the direction of the Society&rsquo;s executive board and competition chairperson Kara Donoghue.<br /><br />The Distinguished Scholar Lecture is an integral part of the competition and the Society is honored to have Brian G. Cartwright, Esq., general counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission as this year&rsquo;s speaker. He will deliver a speech titled &ldquo;The role of the states &ndash; foreign and domestic,&rdquo; on Friday, March 28 at 4 p.m. in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom in the main law building.<br /><br />The competition advisors include Lawrence A. Hamermesh, the Ruby R. Vale professor of corporate and business law and director of the school&rsquo;s Institute of Delaware Corporate &amp; Business Law, and Widener Law Professor Paul Regan. Hamermesh authored this year&rsquo;s competition problem. It involves an application by the S.E.C. to use a relatively new amendment to the Delaware Constitution, which permits the Delaware Supreme Court to answer questions of Delaware law certified to it by the S.E.C. The problem raises important corporate governance issues relating to the power of stockholders to limit a board\'s ability to adopt anti-takeover devices.<br /><br />&ldquo;The law school&rsquo;s location in the corporate law capital uniquely positions Widener to host a first-class event. We have a sophisticated bench and bar who have a special closeness to the subject matter and have been generous in giving of their time and expertise to support this <br />competition,&rdquo; Donoghue said. &ldquo;I look forward to welcoming tomorrow&rsquo;s corporate legal minds to our school.&rdquo;<br /><br />The final competition round will be judged by Mr. Cartwright, Delaware Supreme Court Justices Jack B. Jacobs and Henry duPont Ridgely, Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor Donald F. Parsons, Jr. and former Delaware Supreme Court Justice Joseph T. Walsh. <br /><br />The competition is named for Ruby R. Vale, who lived in Milford, Del. and practiced law in Philadelphia. The law school is grateful to the Vale family and for the opportunities their generosity has made possible, such as this national competition. This year&rsquo;s competition participants come from the following law schools:</p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>American University Washington College of Law</li>\r\n<li>Brooklyn Law School</li>\r\n<li>College of William and Mary &ndash; Marshall Wythe School of Law</li>\r\n<li>DePaul University College of Law</li>\r\n<li>Emory University School of Law</li>\r\n<li>Franklin Pierce Law Center</li>\r\n<li>Georgetown University Law Center</li>\r\n<li>Marquette University Law School</li>\r\n<li>Mercer University &ndash; Walter F. George School of Law</li>\r\n<li>Mississippi College School of Law</li>\r\n<li>Ohio State University &ndash; Michael E. Moritz College of Law</li>\r\n<li>Quinnipiac University School of Law</li>\r\n<li>Southwestern University School of Law</li>\r\n<li>Tulane University School of Law</li>\r\n<li>University of Detriot Mercy School of Law</li>\r\n<li>University of Maine School of Law</li>\r\n<li>University of Miami School of Law</li>\r\n<li>University of Oregon School of Law</li>\r\n<li>University of Virginia School of Law</li>\r\n<li>University of Wisconsin Law School</li>\r\n<li>Valparaiso University School of Law</li>\r\n<li>Western State University College of Law</li>\r\n<li>William Mitchell College of Law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(161, 'Widener Law and the ABA hosted the Delaware Business Law Forum', '2008-03-12', '<p>On March 8, 2008, the Law School hosted a novel program sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Business Law, entitled the Delaware Business Law Forum. The Forum provided an opportunity for transactional business lawyers to meet with members of Delaware\'s bench and bar to discuss, in depth, an issue -- often described as \"empty voting\" -- of growing concern in corporate governance. Featured speakers included Professor Henry Hu of the University of Texas Law School, former Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice E. Norman Veasey, Delaware Secretary of State Harriet Smith Windsor, and Delaware Treasurer Jack Markell. In a panel moderated by James Cheek, Professor Hu and Delaware practitioner A. Gilchrist Sparks III reviewed the empirical and legal background of \"empty voting.\" The program also included a panel on current developments in Delaware business law, with presentations by Widener Professor Ann Conaway, and Delaware practitioners Edward Welch, James Holzman and Matthew O\'Toole </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(162, 'Wharton Professor Discusses Upcoming Book', '2008-03-13', '<p>\r\n<script src=\"http://law.widener.edu/scripts/audio-player.js\">// <![CDATA[\r\n\r\n// ]]></script>\r\n</p>\r\n<p><object width=\"290\" height=\"24\">\r\n				<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\" />\r\n<param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/audio/orts031208.mp3\" />\r\n<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />\r\n<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /></object>On Wednesday, March 12th, 2008, Eric W. Orts, Guardsmark Professor in the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department at Wharton School of Business, spoke with Widener Law faculty and staff about some of the ideas in his forthcoming book, <em>Theories of the Business Enterprise: An interdisciplinary Interpretation of the Firm</em>, to be published by Oxford University Press. Professor Orts received his J.D. from the University of Michigan and has a J.S.D from Columbia University, an M.A. from the New School for Social Research, and a B.A. from Oberlin College.<br /><br />Professor Orts spoke about the need to examine business enterprises or firms through a variety of academic lenses because the traditional economic models of the firm in both business and law schools are, &ldquo;valuable, but not enough.&rdquo; He emphasized that his work only applies to &ldquo;entities operating in the commercial market under legal constraints&rdquo; and does not cover non-profits. After giving a run down of the chapters in the book, Professor Orts moved on to the theoretical foundations for his work, particularly the idea of business enterprises as social institutions existing &ldquo;through legal construction and everyday practice.&rdquo;<br /><br />Touching on other disciplines that can be useful for an examination of the business enterprise, Professor Orts touched on business history, discussing early examples ranging from Roman collegia to medieval guilds. He also discussed the legal definition of the business enterprise, the impact of politics, and moving &ldquo;toward an integrated business theory.&rdquo; After taking questions from the audience, Professor Orts ended with a summation of his argument, suggesting that &ldquo;a solid theoretical foundation and perspective&rdquo; is necessary &ldquo;to recommend appropriate regulation of business enterprise,&rdquo; and that only through an interdisciplinary approach can the problem be solved.<br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(163, 'Faculty Development Presentation Looks at Access to Medicine in Albania', '2008-03-17', '<p>\r\n<script src=\"http://law.widener.edu/scripts/audio-player.js\">// <![CDATA[\r\n\r\n// ]]></script>\r\n</p>\r\n<p><object width=\"290\" height=\"24\">\r\n				<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\" />\r\n<param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/audio/forzley031308.mp3\" />\r\n<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /></object> Visiting Distinguished Professor Michelle Forzley presented a talk entitled &ldquo;Governance and the Combat of Corruption in the Pharmaceutical Sector&rdquo; to members of the faculty on Thursday March 14th, 2008. She holds an appointment as Associate Professor at the Howard University Medical School Department of Family and Community Medicine and has been serving as the Project Director for the International Public Health Legal Information Project, a joint effort of the U.S. National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health and Widener Law&rsquo;s Health Law Institute. Professor Forzley received her M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and her J.D. from the New England School of Law.<br /><br />Professor Forzley opened by saying, &ldquo;Corruption is the single greatest obstacle to social and economic development,&rdquo; in developing countries. She noted that in many such countries, corrupt government practices can keep medicine out of the hands of people that need them. She also emphasized that corruption can take many forms including bribery, fraud, favoritism, collusion, embezzlement, or even simple failures in the procedures of the pharmaceutical system. The World Health Organization developed an assessment tool called ACT, short for assess, consult, and train, to help its consultants evaluate problems in developing countries.<br /><br />After providing an overview of the problems and potential solutions, Professor Forzley talked about her own experiences in Albania, where she did an analysis for the country&rsquo;s Ministry of Health. She enumerated Albania&rsquo;s problems with regard to providing medicine, including the lack of a national formulary, and then discussed some of the solutions that she had recommended in her report. At the conclusion of the presentation, Professor Forzley cited the need for education, awareness, and criminal prosecution of corrupt officials as necessary steps before offering up her theory that countries in transition with incomplete or unsuccessfully communicated social contracts must advanced the rule of law as it applies to the health sector.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(164, 'Law school explores diversity in state government at second-annual Dean’s Leadership Forum', '2008-03-17', '<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <br /></span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <img class=\"FloatRight\" src=\"{staticroot}site/files/oldnewsfiles/DiversitCLEPromo.jpg\" alt=\"DiversitCLEPromo\" width=\"300\" height=\"371\" />March 17, 2008 - </span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Dean&rsquo;s Leadership Forum On Diversity</span> <br />Noon - 5:30 pm<br /> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Space is limited. This symposium hasbeen approved for 4 CLE credits inPennsylvania and Delaware.</span> <br style=\"font-style: italic;\" />Registration fee for CLE credits is $25 and $20 for alumni.<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><br /><br /><br /> A host of high-ranking political officials will help Widener Law explore the issue of diversity in state government at its second-annual Dean&rsquo;s Leadership Forum on Diversity.<br /><br />The afternoon forum, on Monday, March 17, will include appearances by Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell; Pennsylvania Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland, chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus; former Philadelphia Mayor John Street and former Washington, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams.<br /><br />The school will also welcome business leaders and educators to the forum, now in its second year. Widener Law Dean Linda L. Ammons founded the event with a 2007 program that focused on diversity in higher education. This year, the school elected to shine the spotlight on state government. Calling the program &ldquo;Of the People, By the People, For the People: Pennsylvania Government Embracing Diversity,&rdquo; the day will include discussions on issues ranging from affirmative action to the future of our cities.<br /><br />&ldquo;This year&rsquo;s forum will produce stimulating discussion on a topic of great importance,&rdquo; Ammons said. &ldquo;State government affects our lives in so many ways. Widener Law is proud to host an event that focuses on ways to make it a true democracy.&rdquo;<br /><br />The event is free and open to general public. Attorneys from Pennsylvania or Delaware who attend will be eligible for four continuing legal education credits. Those who attend for credits will be charged a $25 registration fee; the fee is $20 for Widener Law alumni. For more information, or to register to attend, contact Sandra Graeff at 717.541.3965 or slgraeff@widener.edu. <br /> </span></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, ''),
(165, 'Professor’s Blog Looks at Politics, Philosophy, and Constitutional Law', '2008-03-18', '<p>&ldquo;I love it,&rdquo; says Professor Robert Lipkin when asked about his blog, Essentially Contested America. Only a few years ago, he would never even have considered the possibility that he might be writing his own blog, but in September of 2006, he wrote a response to a post about judicial activism on a constitutional law listserv. His response led the poster of the original comment to ask Professor Lipkin to post on Ratio Juris, a blog edited by Dean of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville Jim Chen, and before long, people were asking Professor Lipkin why he had not started his own blog.<br /><br />Interested in the possibility of starting his own blog but unsure of the technical requirements, Professor Lipkin approached Widener Law&rsquo;s webmaster, Cassandra King, and asked for her help. Now armed with the skills to create his own blog, he launched Essentially Contested America, a blog focused on &ldquo;The Burdens of Judgment in Law, Politics, and Culture&rdquo; with an inaugural post on October 20th, 2006. &ldquo;It forces me to write everyday,&rdquo; he says, adding, &ldquo;What\'s great about blogging is that it is self-publication without the negative connotation of a \'vanity press\'.&rdquo;<br /><br />Professor Lipkin hopes to some day collect some of the better entries on Essentially Contested America into a book of essays, noting, &ldquo;Essay writing is a lost art.&rdquo; He encourages others to try blogging as well, declaring, &ldquo;If I can do it, anyone else can do it, but you have to want to do it.&rdquo; &ldquo;Overall, it&rsquo;s been a great experience. I have Jim and Cass to thank,&rdquo; says Professor Lipkin with a smile.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(166, 'Professor Tshaka Randall Looks at the Future of the Abortion Debate', '2008-03-20', '<p><object width=\"290\" height=\"24\">\r\n				<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/swf/mp3player/player.swf\" />\r\n<param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;soundFile=http://law.widener.edu/App_Media/audio/randall032008.mp3\" />\r\n<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" />\r\n<param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" />\r\n<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" /></object></p>\r\n<p>On March 20th, Visiting&nbsp;Professor Tshaka Randall and his mother, University of Dayton School of Law Professor Vernellia R. Randall, presented their paper entitled \"Built-In Obsolescence: The Coming End of the Abortion Debate&rdquo; to faculty and staff. Professor Vernellia R. Randall is the Director of the University of Dayton Academic Excellence Program, a recipient of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health&rsquo;s Chairman&rsquo;s Award and was named one of the &ldquo;Top 10 Most Influential African-Americans&rdquo; on the 2001 Black Equal Opportunity Employment Journal List.<br /><br />The talk focused on how the abortion debate will be reframed in the future. In the past, the laws regarding abortion have treated it as one decision, protected under Roe v. Wade as part of a woman&rsquo;s right to privacy. The central thesis of \"Built-In Obsolescence: The Coming End of the Abortion Debate&rdquo;, however, is that a woman&rsquo;s abortion decision is really a two step process; first she must choose to terminate the pregnancy, and second, she must then choose to abort the fetus. In the past, making the decision to terminate the pregnancy also meant necessarily aborting the fetus, but if science makes it possible to terminate a pregnancy without aborting the fetus - either by placing it in an artificial womb or surrogate - then the conversation on abortion will have to change.<br /><br />If the previous prevailing legal, political, and ethical arguments about abortion can no longer be applied because scientific understanding has shifted, then a new framework for the debate needs to be created. With the current debate already built on a foundation destined to crumble, it is crucial to begin the debate anew.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(167, 'Voices of Hope, Agents of Change tour  stops at Widener Law', '2008-03-22', '<p>A man exonerated while on death row for triple murder and the father of a murder victim who displayed extraordinary forgiveness for his son&rsquo;s killer will speak Monday, March 24 at Widener Law in Harrisburg.<br /><br />The program sponsored by the student ACLU chapter begins at 4 p.m. in room A180 of the school administration building. It is free and open to the public.<br /><br />The speakers include Harold Wilson, who spent roughly 17 years on Pennsylvania&rsquo;s death row before DNA evidence helped lead to his exoneration, and the Rev. Walter Everett, a Pennsylvania preacher whose 24-year-old son Scott was murdered during a Connecticut shooting in 1987.<br /><br />The talk is part of the American Civil Liberties Union&rsquo;s Voices of Hope, Agents of Change Tour, in which death row exonerees and murder victims&rsquo; family members are touring Pennsylvania, making a call for change in the Keystone State&rsquo;s public policy.<br /><br />Wilson was convicted of triple murder and sentenced to death but won a new trial in 1999 after an appeals court determined he had been served by ineffective counsel. A second jury also convicted him, but he again won a new trial in 2003 when an appeals court found a prosecutor had used racially discriminatory practices during the second jury selection. A third jury acquitted Wilson after newly introduced DNA evidence revealed there was blood at the crime scene that did not come from Wilson or any of the victims. In November 2005 he became the nation&rsquo;s 122nd person freed from death row.<br /><br />Everett began corresponding with his son&rsquo;s incarcerated killer, Mike Carlucci, around the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting. Their relationship grew with visits between the two and Everett eventually testified on Carlucci&rsquo;s behalf, helping him win an early release from prison. Everett later presided over Carlucci&rsquo;s wedding. The two remain friends and Everett frequently speaks about the power of forgiveness.<br /><br /> </p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(168, 'Public Interest Resource Center Prepares for Annual PILA Auction', '2008-03-24', '<p><br /> In advance of this year&rsquo;s auction, a rare, limited edition Sandra Day O&rsquo;Connor bobblehead doll will be auctioned on EBay. The doll depicts the former Supreme Court Justice standing beside a Hereford cow, that represents the ranch which she grew up on in Arizona, and has a number of other interesting details, including the Justice&rsquo;s trademark ruffled jabot and the tan pumps she wore at her swearing in ceremony.</p>\r\n<p><br />Each year, The Public Interest Resource Center runs the Public Interest Law Alliance Auction. PIRC Director Sydney Howe-Barksdale explains, &ldquo;All proceeds from the auction support the good work of the student organization Public Interest Law Alliance which encourages students to perform valuable public service.&rdquo; In addition to providing valuable aid to agencies and people in need of their help, students gain valuable hands-on legal experience. Members of the Public Interest Law Alliance gather donations for the auction, including contributions from faculty, staff, and fellow students.<br /><br /><br />The PILA auction will take place on Tuesday, March 25th beginning at 10am, and will conclude that evening with the Third Annual Public Interest Reception beginning at 5:30pm in the Barristers&rsquo; Club.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(169, 'Widener Law Faculty To Participate in PBA Law Policy Forum', '2008-03-25', '<p>On April 3rd, The Pennsylvania Bar Association invites faculty and students to attend The Rule of Law Today, a Law Policy Forum focusing on the War on Terror and Immigration Reform. Keynote speaker Colonel Morris D. Davis, former Chief Prosecutor for the Office of Military Commissions in the Department of Defense, will speak about his experiences in Guantanamo. The event will also feature two panel discussions and a town hall meeting: The War on Terror: The Role of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches, Immigration Reform: The Role of National, State and Local Government, and Town Hall Meeting: The Rule of Law in the War on Terror and Immigration Reform.<br /><br />Widener Law Professor Stephen Henderson will participate in the War on Terror panel discussion, addressing electronic surveillance issues, and Professors Jill E. Family and Nathaniel C. Nichols will contribute to the Immigration Reform panel discussion. Professor Family said that she will &ldquo;be discussing an overlooked aspect of immigration reform:&nbsp; how the federal courts are implicated in immigration reform,&rdquo; including proposed legislation that would &ldquo;narrow the jurisdiction of the federal courts,&rdquo; and how an increase in enforcement could &ldquo;mean more cases on federal court dockets.&rdquo;<br /><br />The program will be held at the CLE Conference Center on the 10th floor of the Wanamaker Building from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm with a reception after the program. To register for the program, visit the website.</p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'off', NULL, ''),
(170, 'Delaware Supreme Court to hear arguments on the Wilmington campus', '2008-03-26', '<p>Widener University School of Law is pleased to announce the Delaware Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the Wilmington campus Tuesday, April 8. The Court will convene in the Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom to hear two cases beginning at 10 a.m.<br /><br />Because the Court is sitting in panels, each side will get 20 minutes to make its argument. The cases are:<br /><br style=\"font-weight: bold;\" />10 a.m. John Chavous v. State of Delaware. This appeal of a New Castle County Superior Court case focuses on a question of whether a trial judge abused discretion in denying Chavous&rsquo; request to withdraw a guilty plea to first-degree robbery.<br /><br />Two Widener Law alumni are opposing counsel on the case. Assistant Public Defender Robert M. Goff Jr., &rsquo;88, will argue for Chavous. Deputy Attorney General Kevin M. Carroll, &rsquo;06, will argue for the state.<br /><br /><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">11 a.m. Peter Feldman v. Rory J. Cutaia, et al. </span>This appeal of a New Castle County Court of Chancery case focuses on breach-of-fiduciary-duty allegations arising out of a merger approval. <br /><br />&ldquo;We are thrilled to welcome the Delaware Supreme Court back to campus, as their presence here enriches the legal education experience for our students. Widener is especially proud of the alumni who will appear before the Court, and we look forward to hearing their opposing views on the criminal case,&rdquo; Law Dean Linda L. Ammons said. &ldquo;We are grateful to the Supreme Court for giving us this valuable access to their oral arguments.&rdquo;<br /><br />The oral arguments are open to the public and will follow the same protocol the Court uses when it sits in its own courtroom in Dover, including requiring everyone who attends to submit to a security check before entering the Vale Courtroom. Capitol Police will be on campus the day of oral arguments to provide security for the Court. No one may enter or exit the courtroom after an oral argument has started and anyone who creates a disturbance must leave the courtroom and may not return. The Court prohibits outward <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">displays</span> of emotion by people in the gallery.<br /><br />Food, drink, BlackBerry devices and all other electronic devices including cellular phones and pagers will not be allowed in the courtroom.<br /><br /><br /></p>', '', NULL, '', '', 0, 'on', NULL, '');
