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Professor Michael Yelnosky’s extensive background in Employment Law serves as an invaluable resource for both students and scholars alike. ...

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A rigorous academic culture.

A welcoming community.

A Roger Williams legal education is not a passive experience. It’s an ongoing discussion, an energetic debate, a journey of continuous interaction with a dynamic student body, an engaged and dedicated faculty and staff, and a supportive array of practicing judges and lawyers from across the region – all engaged in a vital journey of discovery in the law. You will receive a rigorous education, but in a supportive environment.

Our students bring a remarkable breadth and depth of experience to the classroom. They’ve included doctors, archeologists, teachers, engineers, Wall Street bankers, Capitol Hill staffers, journalists, lobbyists, police officers, documentary filmmakers, environmental activists, Fulbright Fellows, Peace Corps volunteers, marine researchers and military officers, among many other career backgrounds.

Faculty News

  • Commencement
    Commencement 2012
    Renowned jurist Judge Jack B. Weinstein and R.I. Supreme Court Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg will be awarded honorary degrees on Friday, May 18.
  • Margulies on Weapons in Stuffed Toy
    Professor Peter Margulies discusses the issues facing airport security officials when they found a gun and ammunition hidden in stuffed animals at T.F. Green Airport.
  • Woonsocket monument
    Goldstein on Church & State
    Professor Jared Goldstein was a guest on WPRO's Buddy Cianci Show, discussing constitutional challenges to a 90-year-old World War I memorial in Woonsocket.

Writing Specialist's Blog

01/24/2011
Sometimes, even good words go bad with incorrect usage.  For example, take the word "prevaricate," which means "to fib" as in lie through your teeth.  But it has been misused in at least...

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