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Alum Appointed Administrative Law Judge
Passion and hard work led Travis Nembhard ’13 to become the youngest judge in the District of Columbia. more...
Supporting the Entrepreneurial Spirit
As students in the Clinic for Law and Entrepreneurship, Eliese Herzl-Betz ’17 and Liam Leyden ’17 developed their legal skills through work with startup company IAmElemental. more...
Scholarly Publications
Vice Dean Todd Aagaard and Professor Patrick McKinley Brennan collaborated with colleagues on newly-published legal textbooks and teaching guides in environmental law and Christian Legal Thought. more...
Renowned IP scholar joins Villanova
In his new role, Prof. Frischmann will promote cross-campus research; foster high-visibility academic pursuits; and position Villanova as a thought leader and innovator at the intersection of law, business and economics. more...
Advocating for Veterans
As an Equal Justice Works Fellow, Richard Prebil ’17 will work with the Military Assistance Project to advocate for and assist low-income veterans in applying for service-connected pension benefits and discharge upgrades more...
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Hailing from 20 states and the District of Columbia and from undergraduate institutions such as New York University, Loyola University, Virginia Tech and Fairfield University, the Charles Widger School of Law’s Class of 2020 was welcomed this week into the Villanova community. Many students in the Class come to law school with significant work experience, including prior positions as financial analysts, mechanical engineers, landscapers and more. Read more
Prof. Nelson’s award-winning paper tackles the issue of corporate crime
A recent article by Prof. Josephine Sandler Nelson has been recognized with two top awards—the Holmes-Cardozo Award for best submitted conference paper and the Distinguished Proceedings Award—by the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. Read more
Dean Alexander Joins MSNBC to discuss law and Presidential pardons
Mark C. Alexander, Arthur J. Kania Dean of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, appeared on MSNBC's AM Joy on July 23, 2017, to discuss constitutional law and the repurcussions of Presidential pardons. Read more
Villanova University Provost Patrick G. Maggitti, PhD, today announced the appointment of Michael P. Moreland, JD, PhD, as University Professor of Law and Religion. Among Villanova’s highest academic honors, the University Professor recognizes distinguished faculty whose extraordinary scholarly achievement and accomplishment spans disciplines and crosses traditional college boundaries. Read more
Preparing law students to become courtroom-ready advocates is the cornerstone of Villanova Law’s Trial Advocacy program. Through comprehensive coursework and competition experience, you will learn the essential elements of trial practice: fact analysis, pretrial case preparation, persuasive speech, witness examination and evidence. Read more
Diane E. Ambler '78 named Chair of Villanova Law's Board of Consultors
Diane E. Ambler ’78 was named Chair of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law’s Board of Consultors, effective June 1, 2017. A longtime member of the Board of Consultors, she previously served as Vice Chair, Secretary and Chair of the Planning for the Future and Curricular Innovation Committees. Read more
Alumni Spotlight
Bhaveen R. Jani ’09
Associate
Pellettieri Rabstein & Altman
Bhaveen R. Jani '09 is an associate in the Personal Injury department at Pellettieri Rabstein & Altman in Princeton, New Jersey. He concentrates his practice in the areas of motor vehicle personal injury, construction accidents, product defect cases and premises liability claims. Prior to joining the firm, he was an Associate at Blank Rome LLP in the Consumer Finance Litigation group. Jani is also a very active member of the bar and currently serves as the President-Elect of the South Asian Bar Association of New Jersey (SABA-NJ) and will serve as the association's President next year. SABA-NJ is a specialty bar organization whose membership includes approximately 150 South Asian New Jersey attorneys, judges and law students throughout New Jersey.
Frannie Reilly '04
Law Office of Frannie Reilly, LLC
Frannie Reilly ’04 has extensive experience counseling clients on corporate policies, best practices and corporate governance and started her own firm in June 2014, focusing her practice on individuals, businesses and nonprofit organizations. Reilly also founded and runs a nonprofit education foundation—the Foundation for Wallingford-Swarthmore Schools—which works to ensure that teachers and students continue to promote innovation, creativity and excellence, especially in difficult economic times.
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