CHARLES WIDGER
SCHOOL OF LAW
WHY VILLANOVA LAW?

At Villanova Law, our broad-based legal education is grounded in academic rigor; practical, hands-on training; and a foundation in business that primes graduates for diverse and rewarding legal careers. Wherever your interests may lie—international law, corporate law, intellectual property law or public interest law—you will find programs that will prepare you for the future.
Guided by our Where Law Meets Business philosophy, our programming infuses vital business principles, professional skills, ethical training and practical experiences into each student’s education. Through innovative coursework, numerous clinics and hundreds of externship placements, Villanova students learn by doing—and graduate with the knowledge and skills needed for success in today’s competitive job market.
PROGRAMS
JURIS DOCTOR (JD)
JOINT DEGREES
GRADUATE TAX
CLINICS & EXTERNSHIPS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC INTEREST
THE VILLANOVA LAW DIFFERENCE
NEWS & EVENTS

Symposium on Continuing Legal Education & the Professional Education of Lawyers, 10/06
The symposium will take a broad and deep look at the continuing legal education (CLE) landscape. The themes of the symposium are the purposes of continuing legal education and how effectively those purposes are achieved, including the measurement of teaching and learning.

Summer Externships Provide Hands-On Legal Training
Every summer, Villanova Law students participate in law-based externship positions. Externships offer law students the crucial opportunity to further their legal education with hands-on experiences in professional settings throughout the United States and even abroad. Four Villanova Law students discussed their summer externship experiences.

This past summer, students Andrea Solis Canto ’25, Carlos Juarez ’25 and Jorge Navarro ’25 traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico for a week-long legal aid trip. Once there, the students attended comparative law classes at the Jesuit University of Guadalajara and dedicated a week to providing Central American migrants with pro bono legal aid through the FM4 Paso Libre shelter. Their time abroad concluded with the students presenting on workers’ rights in the US to the State Commission on Human Rights of Jalisco, Mexico.

Villanova Law Launches Intellectual Property Law Clinic
This fall, Villanova Law established a new clinic specializing in intellectual property (IP) law, led by Clinic Director and Assistant Professor of Law Waseem Moorad. Now the eighth in-house clinic at the school, the Intellectual Property Law Clinic will allow students to gain critical hands-on experience helping clients through the patent and trademark prosecution process.
AT A GLANCE
12
MILES OUTSIDE
PHILADELPHIA
330+
EXTERNSHIPS IN NONPROFIT,
CORPORATE & GOVERNMENT
7
in-house
legal clinics
181
STUDENTS ENTERING
THE CLASS OF 2025
40+
SBA-SUPPORTED
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
12,000
ALUMNI
WORLDWIDE