Interested in corporate law? As a Widener Law student, you have the opportunity to work on
The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, a prominent legal publication focusing on corporate, business, and banking law. Your participation helps you develop crucial legal research, writing, and editing skills, and provides a prominent credential valued by employers. It also gives you the satisfaction of seeing your own comments and notes published alongside articles written by professional legal scholars.
Student Involvement and Opportunities Imagine debating and editing leading legal scholarship with fellow students who share your passion for corporate law. As a member of the journal’s staff or editorial board, you will assist in editing and selecting articles for publication. Involvement in the journal immerses you in superlative scholarship about the constantly developing world of corporate law. With fifty percent of all publicly traded companies in the U.S. calling Delaware home, you will find yourself in the perfect setting to think and write about corporate law.
National Recognition As a member of the editorial board, you’ll be part of a nationally recognized publication with over thirty years of history. Journal articles have been cited in publications such as the
Harvard Law Review,
Yale Law Journal, the
Michigan Law Review, and the
Stanford Law Review. The Delaware Supreme Court and Delaware Court of Chancery have also cited Journal articles. The editorial board sponsors the Francis G. Pileggi Distinguished Lecture in Law, an annual lecture featuring a noted authority on corporate law. Published three times per year, the Journal also prints unreported corporate opinions from the Delaware Court of Chancery.