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Widener University- Wilmington

4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803

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Widener University School of Law offers students a vibrant and dynamic environment from which to enter the legal profession. We encourage students to be lifelong learners who are actively engaged in the development of the law. Widener Law gives students a strong foundation in the fundamental theories and principles of law, and then provides opportunities for students to concentrate in specialty areas and to hone their legal and writing skills through individualized, hands-on experience in the classroom, in clinics, in externships, and through public service. Widener Law fosters and encourages creative and innovative faculty scholarship that contributes to the improvement of the law. We promote service to the legal community and the public by our faculty, students and staff for the betterment of the communities we serve.

The best way to reinforce classroom learning is to get hands on. Widener Law operates clinics, arranges externships and public interest legal placements, runs trial simulations and intensive advocacy training, and much more to help you build the skills you need for a successful legal career. While you study in one of our top-notch programs, your classroom experience will come to life as you represent clients in landlord-tenant matters, domestic violence hearings, federal court cases, and many other matters.

We instill in our students a respect for the law as an instrument of positive change, as well as a means to build a rewarding career, and we encourage them to take advantage of our many clinical and externship experiences that provide pro bono legal assistance to low-income clients or involve serving the public interest through legal work in a government branch or agency.

Both Widener Law campuses in Delaware and Harrisburg, offer students a number of rich cultural and social opportunities as well as proximity to a number of great cities, historical sites, and other places of interest.

Widener Law’s Delaware campus is located less than five miles from Wilmington. Home to a large number of corporations, the city provides numerous externship and employment opportunities. Wilmington and its surrounding areas also offer students a number of engaging social and cultural opportunities.

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Widener University- Wilmington

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Widener University School of Law is the ABA accredited law school of Widener University. The school, founded in 1971 as the Delaware Law School, operates on two of Widener's campuses, one in Wilmington, Delaware, and the other in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

History

Originally founded in 1971 as the Delaware Law School, the institution became affiliated with Widener University in 1975 and graduated its first class of 267 that year. The school's name was officially changed to Widener University School of Law in 1989 when the Harrisburg campus was added.

Campuses

Delaware

The Delaware campus is located north of Wilmington and has a student body of 1,100. It is situated on a campus. The campus is an East Coast Center for the National Judicial College, hosting continuing legal education opportunities for the nation's judges.

Harrisburg

The Harrisburg campus is located minutes from the Capitol building and what is known as the Capitol Complex. The school is home to the Widener Law & Government Institute, which specializes in the study and improvement of government law. It has a student body of 500 full time and part time students.

Academics

Widener provides a comprehensive legal education program by providing its students the opportunity to work on court cases through legal clinics. The clinics specialize in environmental law, criminal defense, and civil law; which includes bankruptcy, family law, and legal assistance on veteran benefits cases. Another opportunity offered to its students is the Trial Advocacy Institute which offers an eight-day training program that teaches students how to conduct themselves properly in a courtroom trial.

In addition to legal clinics and the Trial Advocacy Institute Widener offers certification in specialized fields of study. At the Delaware campus it offers special certification from the Health Law Institute, the Institute of Delaware Corporate Law, and Trial Advocacy Institute. At the Harrisburg campus special certification is available through the Law and Government Institute.

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Mid-Atlantic
Setting:
Large Town Setting
Type:
Private
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
233
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
76%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 11,620
Students Receiving Aid:
15%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 30
Selectivity:
Open Admissions
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Degree Programs at Widener University- Wilmington

Associate's Level Programs

  • Arts & Humanities

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      • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
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      • Business Administration and Management
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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      • Information Science/Studies
        A program that focuses on the theory, organization, and process of information collection, transmission, and utilization in traditional and electronic forms. Includes instruction in information classification and organization; information storage and processing; transmission, transfer, and signaling; communications and networking; systems planning and design; human interfacing and use analysis; database development; information policy analysis; and related aspects of hardware, software, economics, social factors, and capacity.
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      • Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist
        A program that prepares individuals to administer prescribed courses of radiation treatment, manage patients undergoing radiation therapy, and maintain pertinent records. Includes instruction in applied anatomy and physiology, oncologic pathology, radiation biology, radiation oncology procedures and techniques, radiation dosimetry, tumor localization, treatment planning, patient communication and management, data collection, record-keeping, and applicable standards and regulations.
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  • Legal Professions

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    • Legal Assistant/Paralegal
      A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents, appraising, pleading, courthouse procedures, and legal specializations.
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Bachelor's Level Programs

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      • Accounting
        An accounting program provides the tools to practice accounting and to perform related business functions. This program includes instruction in accounting principles and theory, financial accounting, managerial accounting, cost accounting, budget control, tax accounting, legal aspects of accounting, auditing, reporting procedures, statement analysis, planning and consulting, business information systems, accounting research methods, professional standards and ethics, and applications to specific for-profit, public, and non-profit organizations.
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      • Business Administration and Management
        Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.
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    • Information Systems See more schools with programs in Information Systems
      • Information Science/Studies
        A program that focuses on the theory, organization, and process of information collection, transmission, and utilization in traditional and electronic forms. Includes instruction in information classification and organization; information storage and processing; transmission, transfer, and signaling; communications and networking; systems planning and design; human interfacing and use analysis; database development; information policy analysis; and related aspects of hardware, software, economics, social factors, and capacity.
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    • Management See more schools with programs in Management
      • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
        This major includes program in business, management, marketing and related support services. Check with the school to find out the specifics of a particular program.
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      • Operations Management and Supervision
        A program that prepares individuals to manage and direct the physical and/or technical functions of a firm or organization, particularly those relating to development, production, and manufacturing. Includes instruction in principles of general management, manufacturing and production systems, plant management, equipment maintenance management, production control, industrial labor relations and skilled trades supervision, strategic manufacturing policy, systems analysis, productivity analysis and cost control, and materials planning.
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  • Health & Medical Services

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  • Legal Professions

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Master's Level Programs

Students

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 76%
Part-Time 24%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 66%
Other 22%
African-American 7%
Asian 4%
Hispanic 1%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 65%
Out-of-State 35%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Delaware 65%
Pennsylvania 25%
New Jersey 10%
Percent of Students International: 0%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 19%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: No
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
 $ 11,620    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 11,520    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 150    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
 $ 2,100 4%  
Institutional Grants:
 $ 13,235 8%  
Student Loans:
 $ 4,126 8%  
Any Aid:
   15%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 100% (Open Admissions)

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 30.00

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Widener University- Wilmington
Wilmington, DE 19803
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