In Session
Sundays at 6PM
The Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) and Widener University School of Law are pleased to announce a special relationship. PCN will air monthly “In Session” judicial roundtable discussions produced by Widener’s Law & Government Institute. The panel discussion will air the third Sunday of each month as part of the “In Session” series which is devoted to featuring different aspects of the state’s judicial system. All “In Session” programs air Sundays at 6:00 p.m.
The purpose of the monthly roundtable discussion is to highlight the current topics and issues facing the state’s legal system. Students at Widener’s Law & Government Institute will help produce the monthly panel with Wesley Oliver, Associate Professor of Law at Widener’s Harrisburg campus, as the host. Professor Oliver teaches courses on criminal law and criminal procedure as well as constitutional law. He is also an associate director of Widener’s Law & Government Institute.
Specific case rulings from the state’s Superior Court are featured the first Sunday of each month as part of the network’s “In Session” program. The second Sunday of each month focuses on a specific case ruling from the state’s Commonwealth Court.
For Superior and Commonwealth Court rulings, please visit www.pacourts.us
Recent Articles
“In Session”: Same-Sex Marriage
Country music star Chely Wright and Republican New York state Senator Jim Alesi discusses same-sex marriage in a special New York City edition of “In Session.” To view the program, go to “Full Story”
Sunday on “In Session”: Legislative Redistricting
This week host Wesley Oliver takes a look at the legal issues surrounding the new state legislative district maps. The panel is joined by Amanda Holt, the piano teacher who designed a district map that was referenced by Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald Castille when ruling on the maps proposed by the PA Legislative Reapportionment Commission. Sunday at 6pm.
