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		<title>Submissions for Publication Review to Resume May 15</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WJLER has suspended review of all submissions for publication until May 15, when the Widener School of Law final exam period has terminated. The Editorial Board has received an overwhelming number of submissions since the law school final exam period began and we will have suspended review of all submissions. Please be advised that means [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.law.widener.edu/wjler/2009/05/10/submissions-for-publication-review-to-resume-may-15/</link>
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		<title>FAQ: Spring 2009 Closed Write-On and Superior Authorship Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who is eligible to do the closed writing competition?  Any student that has completed 1 full year, approximately 31 credits, is eligible to participate in the closed writing competition.
What is the Superior Authorship competition?  With the Superior Authorship competition students are permitted to turn in a previously written paper, a seminar paper or another paper [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.law.widener.edu/wjler/2009/04/29/faq-spring-2009-closed-write-on-and-superior-authorship-competition/</link>
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		<title>Spring 2009 Write-on Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Widener Journal of Law, Economics &#38; Race is pleased to announce the Spring 2009 Closed Write-On and Superior Authorship competitions. WJLER seeks students with strong writing and research abilities to join the staff of Widener Law&#8217;s newest law journal and help us reach our objective of joining and encouraging scholarly discourse and contributing to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.law.widener.edu/wjler/2009/04/03/spring-write-on-competition/</link>
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		<title>The Business Case for Diversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Widener School of Law, Delaware, will host Dr. Jeff McKinney, president of the Chicago-based Angkor Group, for his talk, &#8220;The Business Case for Diversity: Why We Need It, How We Achieve It.&#8221; Dr. McKinney&#8217;s remarks will focus on the legal profession and why the legal profession should encourage diversity to enhance overall performance.
Specifically, Dr. McKinney will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.law.widener.edu/wjler/2009/04/03/the-business-case-for-diversity/</link>
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		<title>Dean&#8217;s Leadership Forum: &#8220;Diversity and Sports: The History, The Challenges, and The Future&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s theme brought scholars and experts from around the country to the Widener Law Harrisburg campus to address a myriad of issues related to minority participation in sports and the public eye. Symposium organizers chose the subject matter based on the recognized place of sports in culture and society.
To watch some of the presentations, follow the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.law.widener.edu/wjler/2009/04/01/deans-leadership-forum-diversity-and-sports-the-history-the-challenges-and-the-future/</link>
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		<title>Dean&#8217;s Leadership Forum on Diversity and Sports: Marie Hardin, &#8220;Sports, Minorities and the Media&#8221; panel</title>
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Marie Hardin, Ph.D., associate professor and associate director at the Penn State John Curley Center for Sports discusses the case of Oscar Pistorius, a South African sprinter and double-amputee, and the IAAF&#8217;s declaration that Mr. Pistorius&#8217; flex-step prosthetics gave him an unfair advantage in races. The IAAF announcement came shortly before the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
 Diversity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.law.widener.edu/wjler/2009/03/27/deans-leadership-forum-on-diversity-and-sports-marie-hardin-sports-minorities-and-the-media-panel/</link>
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		<title>Dean&#8217;s Leadership Forum on Diversity and Sports: Daniel Frankl, &#8220;Sports, Minorities and the Media&#8221; panel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read the text of Dr. Frankl&#8217;s remarks: diversitysymposium-sport-media-3-31-091.doc
Daniel Frankl, Ph.D., School of Kinesiology &#38; Nutritional Science, California State University Los Angeles, speaks to the audience about inequalities among minority groups within sports.
Diversity and Sports Home
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		<link>http://blogs.law.widener.edu/wjler/2009/03/27/deans-leadership-forum-on-diversity-and-sports-daniel-frankl-sports-minorities-and-the-media-panel/</link>
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		<title>Professor Starla Williams, &#8220;The Future of Affirmative Action&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 23, 2009, Professor Starla Williams, Legal Methods Professor of the Widener Law Harrisburg campus, appeared on Radio Smart Talk to discuss the future of affirmative action in the United States.
Read more and listen at witf.org.
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		<link>http://blogs.law.widener.edu/wjler/2009/03/13/professor-starla-williams-the-future-of-affirmative-action/</link>
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		<title>Symposium: &#8220;Diversity and Sports: The History, The Challenges, and The Future&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Harrisburg &#8212; The Widener School of Law Harrisburg Campus will be the site for the Dean&#8217;s Leadership Forum on Diversity on Monday, March 16, 2009 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Administration Building.
Read more
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		<link>http://blogs.law.widener.edu/wjler/2009/03/13/symposium-diversity-and-sports-the-history-the-challenges-and-the-future/</link>
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		<title>Reconstruction in Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Widener Journal of Law, Economics &#38; Race is presently undergoing changes. Please excuse the appearance of the website but check back soon for updates.
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		<link>http://blogs.law.widener.edu/wjler/2009/03/05/reconstruction-in-progress/</link>
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