Dean of Faculty and Professor of Law
A.B., Brown University
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law
E-mail:
rcpower@widener.edu Phone: 717.541.1935
Robert C. Power is Dean of Faculty Research and Development and Professor of Law at Widener's Harrisburg campus. Professor Power received an A.B. from Brown University in 1972, and a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1975, where he served as a member of the Northwestern Law Review.
Following graduation from law school, Professor Power served as Trial Attorney for the Department of Justice, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Honors Program in Washington, DC, from 1975-79, as an Associate Attorney in the firm of James M. Shannahan, Providence, Rhode Island from 1979-80, as a Trial Attorney for the Department of Energy in Washington, DC, from 1980-83. Power was an Associate Professor at the University of Bridgeport (now Quinnipiac University) from 1983-89 and Professor from 1989-93.
Professor Power joined the faculty at Widener as Professor of Law and has served in that capacity since 1990, serving as Vice Dean for the campus from 2001 through 2004. In Spring 1993, Professor Power was Visiting Professor of Law at Pace University, and in 1999-2000, he was Visiting Professor of Law at Michigan State University. Professor Power is admitted to practice in New York, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. He teaches and writes in the areas of Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, and Professional Responsibility.
Professor Power has been active in a number of professional and civic organizations, including the American Bar Association, Section on Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice and the Rhode Island Bar Association. He has regularly spoken before community and academic groups on constitutional law, the law of higher education, organized crime, criminal law, and ethics. He is also a professional musician, playing clarinet and saxophone in several central Pennsylvania music groups.
Professor Power is working on articles concerning fictional portrayals of the criminal justice system, national security and criminal procedure, and the ethical duties of government attorneys .Selected Recent Publications Articles
- Lawyers and the War, 34 JOURNAL OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION ___ (2009) (forthcoming).
- Pinochet and the Uncertain Globalization of Criminal Law, 39 GEO. WASH. INT’L L. REV. 89 (2007).
- Changing Expectations of Privacy and the Fourth Amendment, 16 WIDENER L. J. 43 (2006).
- Federalism, Fig Leaves, and the Games Lawyers Play, 12 WIDENER L.J. 551 (2003).