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RWU Law Awards First Loan Forgiveness Grants to ’08 Alums
Posted by David Logan
07/30/2009 at 12:00 AM
RWU Law launched its Public Interest Loan Repayment Assistance Program this summer. Created through the generosity of RWU President Dr. Roy J. Nirschel, and Jack and Sara McConnell, the program provides financial assistance to alumni who represent indigent clients in civil and criminal proceedings. Our first recipients are a terrific group of recent grads who as students took full advantage of our exemplary clinical, externship and public service programs while at RWU Law.  Here are brief descriptions of the important work that the program supports and below that some pics from a summer...
Roger Williams continues to give back
Posted by David Logan
07/22/2009 at 12:00 AM
When the Liberian Ambassador to the United States, Nathaniel Barnes, visited RWU Law last semester he did more than just meet with our students, faculty and staff.  He told a moving story of the needs of the Liberian legal community which sparked an interest among our students to make a difference.  As a result, the School of Law and its students embarked on a book drive to benefit the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia.  With the support of the law library, members of the faculty, and many students, the school collected over 200 books on a range of...
Alums in the Legislature and Scholarship Winners Feted at Annual Meeting
Posted by David Logan
07/15/2009 at 12:00 AM
The Roger Williams Law Alumni Association (LAA) held its annual meeting in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the RI Bar Association. The event offered an opportunity to salute the RWU Law graduates who serve in the Rhode Island Legislature: Senators Daniel P. Connors ’02 and Christopher Maselli ’99, and Rhode Island House of Representatives Robert B. Jacquard ’98, Peter F. Kilmartin ’98, and J. Patrick O’Neill ’98. Daniel is the Senate Majority Leader, representing Cumberland and Lincoln since he was elected in 1996. Christopher was elected in 2006, and is currently the Chairman of the...
Grads in the Legal Arena
Posted by David Logan
07/08/2009 at 12:00 AM
Despite the slow down in legal hiring this past year, we are pleased to report that RWU 2008 graduates fared well. In fact 92.1 % of our graduates were employed or pursuing a graduate LLM degree, running slightly ahead of the national average as reported by the National Association for Law Placement, which collects data six months after graduation. Also noteworthy, 13% of our 2008 graduates were selected for judicial clerkships while nationwide only 9.6% secured those prestigious positions. And, finally, 8% of our graduates went into the public interest sector outpacing the national rate,...
Prof. Emily Sack - Reforming Domestic Violence Law
Posted by David Logan
07/02/2009 at 12:00 AM
One of the stars of the RWU Law faculty is Emily Sack, who has already earned a national reputation for her work on a broad array of domestic violence issues. Emily, a Magna Cum Laude graduate of New York University School of Law, has published articles in a number of important law reviews, including the Northwestern University Law Review, the Wisconsin Law Review, and the Washington University Law Review, and has participated in symposia at Brigham Young, Catholic University, and St. John’s law schools.  One of Emily’s articles was cited repeatedly in Justice Steven’s dissenting opinion...