Last summer Gavin Black ’10 earned a coveted research fellowship with the International Maritime Organization in London, studying the dramatic...
Upcoming Events
- Pro Bono Collaborative Cocktail Reception
- MAY
30 - 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
- Citizens Plaza Rotunda
- Philadelphia Area Law Alumni Reception
- JUN
06 - 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Open House for Admitted Students
- JUN
10 - 9:15 am - 1:30 pm
- RWU Law, Ten Metacom Avenue, Bristol, RI 02809
- Law Alumni Association Breakfast/School of Law 20th Anniversary Celebration Kick-off
- JUN
13 - 7:45 am - 9:15 am
- Rhode Island Convention Center, First Floor West Lobby, Providence
- Bridging The Gap: Restart and Recharge Your Legal Career
- JUN
20 - 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
- RWU School of Law
Research & Publications
Research conducted by the Marine Affairs Institute focuses on timely legal and policy issues raised by the development and use of the oceans and coastal zones.
The Institute presents research results through a variety of programs and symposia including a lecture series, an international symposium, faculty exchanges, and scholarly publications.
The Institute also works closely with the Maritime Law Society and Environmental Law Society, student organizations comprised of students with interests in admiralty, maritime, and environmental law.
STUDENT RESEARCH
Law student research is available at the Sea Grant Law Fellows Selected Projects webpage.
PUBLICATIONS
Forty Years of the Coastal Zone Management Act
Julia Wyman
ABA SEER Marine Resources Committee Newsletter
Spring 2013, Vol 16, No. 1
Climate Change Adaptation Efforts on the Ground
What Will the Future Bring?
Julia Wyman
Narragansett Bay Journal
Spring 2013, Issue #26
Julia Wyman, Staff Attorney with the Institute, recently wrote an essay for the Vermont Law Review, In States we Trust: The Importance of the Preservation of the Public Trust Doctrine in the Wake of Climate Change. She was asked as an amicus curiae writer on the Supreme Court case, Stop the Beach Renourishment, to author an essay reflecting on the Court’s decision. The essay, along with several other interesting essays on the topic, is available here: http://lawreview.vermontlaw.edu/.