Dean’s Blog

Delaware Today magazine has included me among its “14 People of Influence: Delawareans who shape the way we live.” The article is the cover story of its September issue that just arrived on newsstands. I am flattered the editors at Delaware Today chose to include me on this esteemed list. Widener Law has limitless potential. To be recognized for cultivating all its possibilities is gratifying.

“There’s a new generation of movers and shakers emerging who are shaping policies and making things happen,” the article by Assistant Editor Matt Amis begins. The story explains what drew me to Widener Law, including the school’s quality institutes. It also mentions new initiatives happening here at the Law School since my arrival in 2006, including the founding of the Jurist Academy and the launch of the Environmental Law Center.

Others selected for the magazine’s list included ’80 alumnus Alan B. Levin, former chief executive officer of Happy Harry’s and now director of economic development for the state of Delaware, Paul Herdman, president and CEO of the Rodel Foundation and Bernard Muir, the new athletic director at the University of Delaware.

Read the full coverage, including the entire list.

Last week I attended the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association in Chicago, Illinois. Widener Law Associate Professor Christopher J. Robinette also attended as Widener Law Journal’s representative and faculty advisor. The Widener Law Journal, the student-run journal based on its Harrisburg campus, has published a collection of articles written in observance of the 50th anniversary of the National Conference of State Trial Judges (full story here) “These are articles that are highly useful to trial judges,” Robinette said.