LEARNING, LEADING, LIVING THE LAW W I D E N E R L AW
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HIGHLIGHTS
A Tradition of Excellence. A Year of Achievement. In 2010-2011, we were gratified that many of our programs and practices were recognized for excellence, not just locally, but throughout the region and the country.
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idener Law was awarded “Magna Cum Laude” status in a national list of “Top Green Schools” compiled by National Jurist magazine and its sister publication, pre-Law. The honor was based on the strength of our environmental law curriculum and the school’s earth-friendly practices. On the 2010 Washington and Lee Law Review Rankings ranked The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law second in the category of Corporations & Associations, trailing only the Yale Journal on Regulation. Each of its three yearly issues features articles that influence the way professors, practitioners, and courts across the country understand current topics in corporate and business law. On the Harrisburg campus, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Thomas G. Saylor gave his second lecture in his role as the school’s distinguished jurist in residence. “Power and Prerogative: Reflections on Judicial Suspension of Laws” was delivered to law students, professors, and members of the Pennsylvania legal community on Tuesday, March 22. It stressed the importance of judicial restraint and economy when considering
Professor Wesley Oliver, Vice Dean Robyn Meadows, Dean Linda Ammons, Jurist in Residence Justice Thomas Saylor, and Professor Jill Family at the 2011 Jurist in Residence Lecture.
invalidating enactments of the political branch. Justice Saylor has been distinguished jurist in residence since 2009. With one of our campuses located in the corporate capital of the United States, we are uniquely qualified to host the only corporate law moot court competition in the country. Now in its 23rd year, the event drew students from 22 law schools nationwide in 2011. Participants relished the opportunity to avail themselves of the resources of our Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law, and to learn and compete in front of Delaware’s distinguished corporate legal community.
Among 431 specialized law reviews, the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law ranked second in the Corporations & Associations category, fourth in the Commercial Law category, and eleventh overall in Washington and Lee’s 2010 Law Review Rankings.