The Annual Widener Commonwealth Law Review Spring Symposium

Via Zoom and In Person at Widener University Commonwealth Law School
3737 Vartan Way, Administration Building A180
Harrisburg, PA 17110

Lunch will be provided for in person attendees.

5 PA CLE (Substantive) credits available.

Cost:

$25 Regular (CLE credits)

$20 Alumni, Government Lawyers, Academics, and Human Service Providers (CLE credits)

Free for Non-CLE Attendees, General Public

Email questions to [email protected].

Attorneys may email to request a scholarship for hardship reasons.

Agenda:

9:00 AM- Introductory Remarks, Jessica Poley, Pennsylvania Law & Symposium Editor, Widener Commonwealth Law Review.

9:15 AM- Panel 1: Sexual Violence Moderated by Michal Buchhandler-Raphael, Associate Professor of Law.

Widener University Commonwealth Law School Panelists: Ben McJunkin, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Deputy Director, Academy for Justice, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University;Lauren Marvel, Esq., Assistant Chief of Trials, Family Protection Unit, Montgomery County Office of the District Attorney.

10:45 AM- Panel 2: Domestic Violence Moderated by Randi Teplitz, Assistant Dean of Students and Adjunct Professor.

Widener University Commonwealth Law School Panelists: Michal Buchhandler-Raphael, Associate Professor of Law, Widener University Commonwealth Law School;Natalie Nanasi, Director of the Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women and Associate Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law;Rachel Haynes Pinsker, Esq., Managing Attorney, Domestic Violence Legal Clinic and Adjunct Professor, Widener University Commonwealth Law School.

12:30 PM- Featured Speaker Honorable Kevin R. Steele, District Attorney, Montgomery County Office of the District Attorney.

Moderated by Jessica Poley, Pennsylvania Law & Symposium Editor, Widener Commonwealth Law Review.

2:00 PM- Panel 3: Human Trafficking Moderated by Nicole Antos, Assistant Dean of Career Development.

Widener University Commonwealth Law School Panelists: Michelle Madden Dempsey, Professor of Law and Harold Reuschlein Scholar Chair, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law;Rachel J. Wechsler, Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law;Heather Castellino, Esq., Chief Deputy Attorney General, Human Trafficking Section, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.

3:15 PM- Closing Remarks, Miranda Thompson, Editor-in-Chief, Widener Commonwealth Law Review.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Via Zoom and at Widener University Commonwealth Law School, 3737 Vartan Way, Harrisburg, United States