Widener Law Commonwealth's Podcast

Host Julie Sheldon talks with Widener Law Commonwealth Director of Admissions Tom Foley and discusses how prospective law students can prepare to take the law school admissions test (LSAT) and general tips for law school preparation.

Mentioned in this Episode:

LSAC

LSAT

Free Mock LSAT at Widener Law Commonwealth

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Host Julie Sheldon discusses the law library resources available to students with Susan Giusti, Brent Johnson, and Ed Sonnenberg.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Law Library Webpage

Contact Us Page

Law Library Hours

Law Library Student Services

Large Collaboration Room Reservation

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Commonwealth Professor of Law and Government and Director of the Law and Government Institute Jill Family sat down with host Julie Sheldon. Professor Family discussed a letter she co-authored and sent to Attorney General Jeff Sessions expressing concern about new quotas for immigration judges.

The letter was signed by more than 120 immigration and administrative law professors.

Mentioned in this Episode:

The Letterhttps://commonwealthlaw.widener.edu/ag-sessions

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Host Julie Sheldon sits down with Widener Law Commonwealth's Associate Professor of Legal Methods David Raeker-Jordan to discuss the process of and strategies for bar exam preparation. Their conversation covers everything from where to start, knowing your learning style, what costs are involved, and more. Hear from an experienced professor about how you can set yourself up to pass the bar exam.

For more information about Widener Law Commonwealth's podcast, visit commonwealthlaw.widener.edu/podcast.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners Comprehensive Guide to Bar Exam Requirements Greg Kihn Band - Jeopardy Weird Al Yankovic - I lost on Jeopardy

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Our first Wayback Wednesday episode in celebration of Earth Day on April 22 is a recording from a 2016 lecture by Jerry Taylor.

This event was co-sponsored by the Environmental Law and Sustainability Center and the Law and Government Institute.

Jerry Taylor is president of the Niskanen Center, during which he provides the case of why conservatives do themselves a disservice by ignoring the risks of climate change. A little about the speaker: Prior to founding the Center in 2014, Mr.Taylor spent 23 years at the Cato Institute, where he served as director of natural resource studies, assistant editor of Regulation magazine, senior fellow, and then vice president. Before that, Mr. Taylor was the staff director for the energy and environment task force at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Over the past two decades, Mr. Taylor has been one of the prominent and influential libertarian voices in energy policy in Washington. He is the author of numerous policy studies, has testified often before Congress, and his commentary has appeared in The Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other prominent print and electronic outlets.

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The lecture this year, Immigration, Race and Rights in the Trump Era: Lessons From the Muslim Ban and DACA Termination, was presented by Muneer I. Ahmad, Clinical Professor of Law and Deputy Dean for Experiential Education at Yale Law School.

Professor Ahmad is Deputy Dean for Experiential Education, a Clinical Professor of Law, and the Director of the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization at Yale Law School. He co-directs the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic (WIRAC) and teaches courses related to immigration, human rights, and development.

In WIRAC, he and his students represent individuals, groups and organizations in both litigation and non-litigation matters related to immigration, immigrants' rights, and labor, and intersections among them. The clinic's recent work has included Darweesh v. Trump, the first lawsuit to challenge the first Muslim Ban executive order, which resulted in the issuance of a nationwide stay within 24 hours of the ban; and Batalla Vidal v. Nielsen, which challenges the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). Professor Ahmad has represented immigrants in a range of labor, immigration, and trafficking cases, and for three years represented a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay; he has written on these and related topics.

His scholarship examines the intersections of immigration, race, and citizenship in both legal theory and legal practice. Recent scholarship includes Beyond Earned Citizenship, 52 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 257 (2017), which critiques the dominant approach to comprehensive immigration reform.

Previously, he was Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. Prior to joining the faculty at American in 2001, he was a Skadden Fellow and staff attorney at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center in Los Angeles. He clerked for the Hon. William K. Sessions III in the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont.

For more information about Widener Law Commonwealth's podcast, visit commonwealthlaw.widener.edu/podcast.

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Host Julie Massing interviews Widener Law Commonwealth's Director of Student Organizations Mary Catherine Scott and Student Bar Association President Genna Moscato. Their conversation includes information about the types of student organizations available at Widener Law Commonwealth and the benefits that come from participating in them.

For more information about Widener Law Commonwealth's podcast, visit commonwealthlaw.widener.edu/podcast.

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Professor Randy Lee details Harry Potter`s lessons on rules, justice, forgiveness, honor, and the magic in practicing law. This is a recording of a 2017 CLE from homecoming weekend.

For more information about Widener Law Commonwealth's podcast, visit commonwealthlaw.widener.edu/podcast.

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Host Julie Massing interviews Widener Law Commonwealth's Director of Career Development Karen Durkin. This interview covers several topics including the services offered by the Career Development Office for current students and alumni and tips for job seekers.

For more information about Widener Law Commonwealth's podcast, visit commonwealthlaw.widener.edu/podcast.

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Host Julie Massing sits down with Professor of Legal Methods and Director of Academic Success Amanda Smith and Associate Professor of Legal Methods and Director of Student Affairs David Raeker-Jordan to discuss advice and tips for new law students.

Mentioned in this Episode

One L of a Year

Mastering the Law School Exam

Writing Essay Exams to Succeed in Law School

Making it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching

For more information about the podcast, visit commonwealthlaw.widener.edu/podcast.

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