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VOLUME 2013/2014 ISSUE 19 JANUARY 13, 2014

The Digest Welcome Back for the

Spring 2014 Semester!

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS January

8-14 Add/Drop Period 13 Ruby R. Vale Distinguished Speaker Series 14 CDO Workshop 14 Special Presentation by Marci Hamilton 20 MLK Day (no classes)

February 11 In-Service Day (no classes) 26 Jurist in Residence

March 3-7 Spring Break (no classes) 26 Dean’s Diversity Forum

Special Presentation by Marci Hamilton 2

CDO Info/Public Interest Information 3

Bookstore Briefs 4

From the Library 5

Closing, delayed opening, cancellations 6

International Program 7

Side Bar Menu 8

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

PERSONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FAILURES: THE EMERGING PRIORITIES OF CHILD PROTECTION

You are invited to a special program on Tuesday, January 14 at 6:00 pm in Room A-180 at Widener Law School's Harrisburg campus. Marci Hamil-ton will speak on Personal and Institutional Failures: The Emerging Priorities of Child Protection.

Marci is a graduate of Vanderbilt University with a master degree from Penn State University and she was editor in chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Re-view. She clerked for Judge Edward Becker of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the United States Supreme Court. She is the author of "Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children." Copies of the book will be available for sale after the presentation.

Marci is the Paul R. Verkuil Chair of Public Law at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law and a widely regarded scholar on constitutional law, particularly on issues involving separation of church and state. She has written extensively on the need for statute-of-limitations reform in child sex abuse cases and has emphasized the need for a Restatement of Child Sex Abuse.

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CAREER DEVELOPMENT OFFICE WORKSHOP!!! January 14, 2014/12:30 p.m./L206

Summer opportunities with the Commonwealth of PA. Come and learn how to apply for a job with the state.

Office of General Counsel: The Governor’s Office of General Counsel is ac-cepting applications from 1L, 2L and 3ED students. The interview date is February 10, 2014, here on campus. See Symplicity under the OCI tab to ap-ply. The deadline date to apply is January 31, 2014. If you have any ques-tions, please contact the CDO.

Look for an upcoming event soon: 1L Mentor Program!

Summer 2014 Externships and Internships Are Now Available The Dauphin County Public Defender’s Office is accepting resumes for summer positions.

Interviews will be conducted in late February.

Please forward a resume and cover letter to Steven A. Mimm, Es-quire, Assistant Public Defender of Dauphin County, 2 South 2nd Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101. You may contact Prof. Wil-liams (sjwilliams@widener.edu) for more details on the duties of interns/externs and the availability of clinical credits.

Career Development Office Open House January 21, 2014

12:15 p.m. in the CDO Light Lunch Served

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Happy New Year from your

Bookstore Staff!

New Promotion: Buy 2 $34.99 Hoodies for $50

Continuing Promo: Buy 2, get one free on all $13.99 tees

Reminders: We rent all textbooks and we price match on

rentals, purchases and buyback. See sales associate for details.

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FROM THE LIBRARY

As you begin to plan your semester, consider spending two Saturdays in February that will enhance your legal re-search skills and prepare you to practice. The librarians are putting on the Pennsylvania Practice-Oriented Legal Re-search Program on Saturday mornings, February 15th and 22nd between nine and one. Students who attend the entire program will receive a Certificate of Completion and their names listed on the program webpage. Click HERE to en-roll or see librarian Brent Johnson for more information. The line-up for this program is as follows:

Session 1 – Feb 15

9:30-10:00 Pennsylvania Court rules/forms 10:00-10:30 Pennsylvania administrative research 10:30-11:00 Pennsylvania legislative history research 11:00-11:15 Break 11:15-11:45 Pennsylvania free case/statute resources 11:45-12:15 Pennsylvania secondary sources/practice guides 12:15-1:00 Small-firm panel discussion on Pennsylvania legal research tips

Session 2 – Feb 22

9:00-9:30 Registration/Coffee 9:30-10:15 Lexis for Pennsylvania practice 10:15-11:00 Westlaw for Pennsylvania practice 11:00-11:15 Break 11:15-12:00 Bloomberg Law for Pennsylvania practice 12:00-12:30 Alternatives to Bloomberg/Lexis/Westlaw 12:30-1:00 Law Tech Talk

As always, if you have questions call the Information Desk at 717-541-3933 or click on the “Ask a Librarian” widget found on the Law Library’s homepage at:

http://law.widener.edu/LawLibrary.aspx

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OPEN 10:00 a.m.—2:30 p.m. 

Monday—Friday 

2014 SUMMER LAW INSTITUTE

Interested in earning credits abroad this summer? Want to study International Law topics next to the Grand Canal in Venice and arrive to class in a vaporetto? Or how about studying near the city known as the international center for peace and diplomacy? Check out Widener’s Summer Law Institutes. You can earn up to 6 credits while visiting excit-ing places. Widener has summer law institutes in Lau-sanne, Switzerland and Venice, Italy. Take a tour of our programs at law.widener.edu or call the Coordinator of In-ternational Programs at (302) 477-2248.

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REGISTRAR’S INFORMATION LINE

717-541-1941

STUDENT INFORMATION LINE

717-541-1939

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SIDEBAR CAFÉ January 13—17, 2014

The Sidebar Café is open

10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday

Monday Kettle Classic Pasta Fagioli Soup

Montaque’s Deli Cheese Steak Sandwich

Itza Pizza Pepperoni Pizza by the Slice

Tuesday Kettle Classic Cheddar Cheese & Broccoli Soup

Montaque’s Deli Ham & Swiss Cheese Sandwich

Itza Pizza Cheese Pizza by the Slice

Wednesday Kettle Classic Potato & Bacon Soup

Montaque’s Deli Turkey Club Wrap

Itza Pizza Primavera Pizza by the Slice

Thursday Kettle Classic Shrimp and Corn Bisque

Montaque’s Deli Grilled Chicken w/Pepper jack Cheese

Sandwich

Itza Pizza Ham & Feta Cheese Pizza by the Slice

Friday Kettle Classic Ham & Bean Soup

Montaque’s Deli Tuna Salad Wrap

Itza Pizza Four Cheese Pizza by the Slice