Lynne Fleming of Savannah, Ga. admitted to Supreme Court Bar

2012 Jul 2

Twenty-nine distinguished Widener Law alumni stood before the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, June 18 and took the oath to become members of the Supreme Court Bar.

Widener Law Associate Professor H. Geoffrey Moulton read the names of the alumni and offered them as fit to become members of the court's bar. Moulton clerked for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist early in his career. Alumni admitted to the bar included:

Lynne Fleming of Savannah, Ga., 31406. Fleming is a graduate of Widener's campus in Wilmington, Del..

She works as a trial attorney at the Law Office of Lynne M. Fleming.

She is married to Andrew M. Low and is the mother of Michael J. Fleming of Bowling Green, Ky., Anna M. Fleming of Pittsburgh, Pa. and Christopher T. Fleming of Dayton, Ohio.

Law Dean Linda L. Ammons and members of her staff, including representatives of the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, accompanied the group. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor also happened to be in the courtroom gallery. The court announced decisions in four cases during the 30-minute proceeding.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made separate personal visits to the Widener contingent's reception room following court, where they congratulated the alumni and spoke to the group.

The alumni then traveled to a luncheon at The Madison Hotel in Washington, where alumnus Kenneth Lopez was the featured speaker. Lopez graduated from the Delaware campus in 1995 and is a member of the school's National Advisory Council. He is president and chief executive officer of A2L Consulting, a Washington-based firm that specializes in jury consulting, litigation graphics and trial technology.

Widener University is a metropolitan university that connects curricula to social issues through civic engagement. The School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association and holds membership in the Association of American Law Schools. Widener provides an all-around comprehensive legal education program with special certificates available from its Health Law Institute, the Law & Government Institute, the Taishoff Advocacy, Technology and Public Service Institute, and the Institute of Delaware Corporate and Business Law. Widener Law has two locations: the Wilmington, Del. campus, which opened in 1971, and the Harrisburg, Pa. campus, which opened in 1989. Visit law.widener.edu for more information.