NEWS & EVENTS
Events
- The Ethics and Empirics of Engineering Humanity Speaker Series, Spring 2025 This interdisciplinary speaker series will cover ethical, philosophical and empirical issues surrounding the engineering of artificial and human intelligence. Those include the dynamic interactions between AI and HI, how human-computer-interfaces affect humanity, how humans outsource thinking to computers and other related technologies, how digital technologies transform the production, dissemination and validation of knowledge and how ethical values translate into technological and social decisions that affect who we are and who we’re capable of being.
- Celebrating the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Keynote Lecture, 03/20 Villanova Law welcomes Madiba K. Dennie, author of The Originalism Trap, for its annual keynote lecture honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- "American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation – and Could Again," 03/24 The Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law Religion and Public Policy welcomes Yuval Levin, director of social, cultural and constitutional studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy, for a discussion about his most recent book, American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation – and Could Again (Basic Books, 2024). The founder and editor of National Affairs, Levin is also a senior editor at The New Atlantis, a contributing editor at National Review, and a contributing opinion writer at New York Times.
- Pennsylvania Superior Court Panel Sitting at Villanova Law, 03/25 On Tuesday, March 25, Villanova Law will host a select panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Attendees are welcome to listen to arguments addressing various issues of law, including civil, criminal, family court and dependency court. All are invited to observe this oral argument session of the Superior Court.
News
- Law School’s International Entrepreneurship Program Spotlighted in Villanova Magazine Villanova Law’s International Entrepreneurship Program, which launched last year, combines legal studies with an immersive semester abroad and externship experience in Cape Town, South Africa—one of the fastest-growing centers of international business and commerce.
- Villanova Law Launches New LLM for Foreign-Trained Attorneys Beginning in fall 2025, the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law will offer a new LLM in US Law for Foreign-Trained Attorneys, expanding the law school’s professional offerings.
- Classroom to Courtroom: Constitutional Law After completing their 1L year, Margo Chapin ’26 and Garett Oliver ‘26 held judicial externships with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. One case they both observed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit sparked their interest because it related to their Constitutional Law coursework.
- Reza Taleghani ’97 JD/MBA, P’27 Gives Largest Gift Ever to Villanova’s Graduate Center and Bolsters Law School’s Mission and Strategic Priorities Reza Taleghani ’97 JD/MBA, P’27 has long championed Villanova University’s commitment to fostering academic excellence and community among both graduate and law students. His recent $1 million gift to name two distinct campus spaces is a further testament to this dedication, enriching the experience for graduate students across the University and enhancing resources for the Villanova Law.