Vice Dean and Professor of Law
B.A., Michigan State University
J.D., University of Louisville School of Law
LL.M., Temple University School of Law
E-mail:
rlmeadows@widener.edu Phone: 717.541.3902
Robyn L. Meadows is Vice Dean and Professor of Law at Widener's Harrisburg campus. Professor Meadows received a B.A. from Michigan State University in 1979, a J.D. from University of Louisville School of Law in 1983 and an LL.M. from Temple University School of Law in 1991.
Following graduation from law school, Vice Dean Meadows worked as an Associate Attorney in the firm of Mark Jay Kaufman in Gainesville, Florida, from 1983-86, and as Partner in the firm of Davis & Meadows in Gainesville, Florida, from 1986-89. Vice Dean Meadows was a Graduate Fellow at Temple Law School from 1989-91.
Vice Dean Meadows joined the faculty at Widener in 1991 and served as Assistant Professor of Law from 1991-94, Associate Professor of Law from 1994-2002, Professor of Law since July 2002, Associate Dean for Student Affairs from 1994-97 and Vice Dean from 2009 until the present. Vice Dean Meadows is admitted to practice in Florida, and she teaches and writes in the areas of Contracts, Secured Transactions, Sales and Leases and Payment Systems.
Vice Dean Meadows is a member of the Uniform Commercial Code Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association; Article 1 Sub-Committee and Business Law Education Committee. She is Co-Editor of the Annual Survey of the Uniform Commercial Law for the Business Lawyer, published by the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.
Vice Dean Meadows has been active in a number of professional and civic organizations, including the American Bar Association Business Law Section UCC Committee, Article 1 Subcommittee, Article 9 Subcommittee; Legal Education Committee. She serves as Co-Editor of the Annual UCC Survey in the Business Lawyer. She has served as Commissioner of IMPAACT-PA and a member of the Advisory Board for Cities-in-Schools/John Harris High Academy.Selected Recent Publications Articles
- With Jennifer S. Martin., Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Sales (Uniform Commercial Code Annual Survey), 63 BUS. LAW. 1285 (2008).
- et. al., Sales (Uniform Commercial Code Annual Survey), 62 BUS. LAW. 1559 (2007).
- et. al., Sales (Uniform Commercial Code Annual Survey), 61 BUS. LAW. 1545 (2006).
- Unconscionabilty as a Contract Policy Device for the Elder Client, 38 AKRON L. REV. 741 (2005).
- et. al., Sales (Uniform Commercial Code Annual Survey), 60 Bus. Law. 1639 (2005).
Other
- et. al., Uniform Commercial Code Annual Survey: Introduction, 63 Bus. Law. 1281 (2008).
- et al., Uniform Commercial Code Annual Survey: Introduction, 62 Bus. Law. 1555 (2007).
- et. al., Uniform Commercial Code Annual Survey: Introduction, 59 Bus. Law. 1553 (2004).
- et al., Uniform Commercial Code Annual Survey: Introduction, 58 Bus. Law. 1541 (2003).
- Chapter: When Foreclosure Sales Go Awry: Damages for Purchasers at Improper Foreclosure Sales, 10 Com. Damages (MB) 421 (Sept. 1995) (adapted from Robyn L. Meadows, A Potential Pitfall for the Unsuspecting Purchaser of Repossessed Collateral: The Overlooked Interaction Between Sections 9-504(4) and 2-312(2) of the Uniform Commercial Code, 44 Am. U. L. Rev. 167 (1994)).