Professor Michele Pistone awarded the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Medal

Professor Michele Pistone was awarded the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Medal from St. John’s University on September 21. The Medal is given to an outstanding Catholic laywoman who embodies in her life the values and vision of Mother Seton. Read more

The 12th Annual John F. Scarpa Conference on Law, Politics, and Culture, 10/27

What is humanhood? Speakers from the disciplines of biology, psychology, linguistics, literary theory, law and more will gather to discuss and clarify a holistic conception of a developing human life. Read more
 

Villanova Law Welcomes Four Visiting Assistant Professors for 2017-18

Villanova Law brings practitioners and scholars to campus each year through its ongoing Visiting Assistant Professor program, providing guidance and mentorship as these individuals prepare for careers in academia. The Law School welcomes four visiting faculty members—Orli Oren-Kolbinger, Marissa Mole Bostick, Kerin Bischoff Clapp and Jillian Schroeder-Fenlon—for the 2017-2018 Academic Year. These individuals bring impressive credentials in both scholarship and practice to the Villanova Law classroom. Read more
 

The Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law Annual Speaker Series, Fall 2017

The Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law continues its annual speaker series with two events in fall 2017. This semester, Center Director Andrew Brandt will lead revealing conversations on the business of sports, featuring: Chris Soriano and Adam Berger, attorneys from Duane Morris and Howie Roseman, General Manager of the Philadelphia Eagles. Read more

Andrew Brandt: His article, "Professional Sports Leagues' Big Bet: 'Evolving' Attitudes on Gambling," was published in the Stanford Law and Policy Review's Volume 28, Issue 2.

Michelle Dempsey: Quoted in The New York Times article "Why Couldn't the Cosby Jury Reach a Verdict? Legal Expert Assess" on June 17.

Josephine Sandler Nelson: Her paper, "'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Corporate Crime," won both the Holmes-Cardozo Award and Distinguished Proceeding Prize at the 2017 Academy of Legal Studies in Business.