2011 Symposium

October 25th, 2011 No comments

Lessons from Tragedy: Legal, Professional, and Ethical Issues Raised by Bradley and Beyond

Agenda

8:00-8:30 am Registration/Check-in & Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:00 am Welcome to the Symposium

Introduction

M. Stewart Ryan, Editor-in-Chief

Widener Law Review

Dean’s Welcome

Linda Ammons,  Associate Provost & Dean

Widener University School of Law

Message From The Governor

Governor Jack Markell

9:00-9:30 am Investigation & Report

Speaker

Linda Ammons, Associate Provost & Dean

Widener University School of Law

9:30-10:45  am Panel I – Health Law and Professional Ethics and Liability

Moderator

Jean Eggen,  Distinguished Professor of Law

Widener University School of Law

Speakers

Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director

Delaware Division of Public Health

Dr. William McNett, Director

Nemours

John Culhane, Professor of Law

Widener University School of Law

Question & Answer

10:45-11:00 am Break


11:00 am -12:45 pm

Panel II – Criminal Law

Moderator

Jules Epstein, Associate Professor of Law

Widener University School of Law

Speakers

Stephen Henderson, Professor of Law

Oklahoma University

Risa Ferman, District Attorney

Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office
Chrysanthi Leon, Professor of Law

University of Delaware
The Honorable Albert Cepparulo

Bucks County Court of Common Pleas

12:45-1:45 pm Lunch (Barrister’s Club)
1:45 – 3:00 pm Panel III – Child Advocacy

Moderator

Janine Howard-O’Rangers, Professor of Law

Widener University School of Law

Speakers

Tanya Culley, Esq., Child Advocate

Office of the Child Advocate

Patricia Dailey Lewis, Esq., Deputy District Attorney

Director, Family Division

Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office
C. Malcolm Cochran, IV, Chair Child Protection Accountability, Richards Layton & Finger

3:00 – 3:15 pm Break
3:15 – 4:30 pm Roundtable Discussion on Legislation

Moderator

Thaddeus Pope,  Associate Professor of Law

Widener University School of Law

Speakers

James Collins, Director

Delaware State Licensing Division
Rep. Michael Barbieri

Delaware State Representative

Dr. Stephen Cook, Hospital Medical Director

Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children

4:30 – 4:45 pm Closing Remarks, Evaluations & Certificates
4:45 – 5:30 pm Wine & Cheese Reception

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Symposium: Lessons from Tragedy

October 25th, 2011 No comments

Lessons from Tragedy: Legal, Professional, and Ethical Issues Raised by Bradley and Beyond

November 4, 2011
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom

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New Member Registration

August 10th, 2011 No comments

Congratulations to new WLR members!

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Jeffrey S. Farmer
Patrick Furlong
Ronald P. Golden
Caitlin Gregory
Julie Harahush
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William Kassab
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Matthew Pierce
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Robert Schweiger
Erica L. Sharp
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Volume 17:2 SYMPOSIUM: Health Law and the Elderly: Managing Risk at the End of Life

July 6th, 2011 No comments

Volume 17 Issue 2

Unsolicited Manuscripts

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

An Introduction to the Symposium ……………………………………… Thaddeus Mason Pope

ARTICLES

1. Speech: A Perspective from the Bench …………………………………. Edward D. Reibman

2. Death by Voluntary Dehydration: Suicide or the Right to Refuse a Life-Prolonging Measure? …………………………………………………………………………. Judith K. Schwarz

3. Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: A Legal Treatment Option at the End of Life …………………………………………………….. Thaddeus Mason Pope, Lindsey E. Anderson

4. The Clinical Realities of Advance Directives ………….. Donna A. Casey, David M. Walker

5. Hospice and Health Care Reform: Improving Care at the End of Life …………………………………………………………………………………… Kathy L. Cerminara

6. Landmark Legislation in New York Affirms Benefits of a Two-Step Approach to Advance Care Planning Including MOLST: A Model of Shared, Informed Medical Decision-Making and Honoring Patient Preferences for Care at the End of Life ……………….. Patricia Bomba


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Widener Law Review 17:1 Unsolicited Manuscripts Edition Published!

March 29th, 2011 No comments

Volume 17 Issue 1
Unsolicited Manuscripts

1. The Limits of Lex Americana: The Holocaust Restitution Litigation as a Cul-De-Sac of International Human-Rights Law (pdf)…………….………..…………………..……………………Michael Thad Allen

2. Breach: The National Security Implications of Human Trafficking (pdf)……..Arthur Rizer and Sheri R. Glaser

3. Granholm v. Heald: Wine In, Wit Out (pdf)………………………………………………………..Noah J. Stanzione

4.Net-Widening In Delaware: The Overuse of Registration and Residential Treatment for Youth Who Commit Sex Offenses (pdf)…………………………………Chrysanthi Leon, David I. Burton and Dana Alvare

5.Litigation, Settlement, and the Public Welfare: Lessons from the Master Settlement Agreement (pdf)………………………………………………………………………………………………..Frank Sloan and Lindsey Chepke

STUDENT NOTES

6. The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act and it’s Commerce Clause Implications (pdf)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………Jennifer Iacono

7. Computer Hackers on the Cul-De-Sac: Myspace Suicide Indictment Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Sets Dangerous Precedent (pdf)………………………………………………………….Caroline Jones

8. Utilizing Nonlawyer Advocates to Bridge the Justice Gap in America (pdf)…………Daniel C.W. Lang

9. “Market” Regulation: Confronting Industrial Agriculture’s Food Safety Failures (pdf)……Nathan M. Trexler

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Congratulations to the 2011-2012 Editorial Board

February 21st, 2011 No comments

Editor in Chief: M. STEWART RYAN
External Managing Editor: LAUREN ROYER
Internal Managing EditorJENNA KRING
Articles Editors: MELANIE CRAWFORD, BRIAN FERRY, ERIC JURAY, MATT SMITH
Research Editors: JUSTIN SMIGELSKY, ADAM WASSERMAN
Business Editor: MARISSA RAMSAY
BlueBook Editors: ALEX KWASNY, IRINA LUZHATSKY, JENNIFER PRIOR
Manuscript Editor: NICHOLAS MADIOU
Associate Editors: ANDREW GOLDSTEIN, TANYA SELLERS
Senior Staff: DAN HELLER

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Widener Law Review 16:1 Unsolicited Manuscripts Edition Published!

February 11th, 2011 No comments

Volume 16 Issue 1
Unsolicited Manuscripts

ARTICLES

1.  The Greenpeace of Cultural Environmentalism (pdf)…………………………. Jyh-An Lee

2.  Evidence for Homeschooling: Constitutional Analysis in Light of Social Science Research (pdf)…………………….. Tanya K. Dumas, Sean Gates, Deborah R. Schwarzer

3. Cyberbullying and Other Student Technology Misuses in K-12 American Schools: The Legal Landmines (pdf)……………………………………. Kathleen Conn, Ph.D., J.D., LL.M.

4. Ensuring Enforceability and Fairness in the Arbitration of Employment Disputes (pdf)………………………………………………………………………………….. Stacy A. Hickox

STUDENT NOTES

5. Legal Rights of Young Adults with Autism: Transitioning into Mainstream Adulthood (pdf)………….. …………………………………………………………………Malynn Kuangparichat

6.  After Gonzales v. Raich: Can RICO Be Used to Prosecute Intrastate Noneconomic Street Gang Violence? (pdf)………………………………………………….. Kristina A. Miller

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