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Posted by Amber
White
02/05/2013 at 04:44 PM
The first thing I noticed about RWUSOL upon coming here was the warm reception I received. From day one, the school was very accommodating-- whether it was helping me register for classes or making sure that I had secured housing. It definitely made me feel like the school was happy to have me.
My first semester at RWUSOL I spent mostly immersed in my studies and getting used to my new school. My classes were pretty hard that semester, but the professors were happy to answer any questions I had. It was easy to just drop in for office hours. This semester, one of my...
Posted by David
Logan
02/04/2013 at 01:38 PM
For years now, RWU law has placed students in fantastic externships with the top lawyers, judges, and government and nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island. http://law.rwu.edu/academics/institutes-programs/feinstein-institute-legal-service/curricular-programs/externships/publ; http://law.rwu.edu/academics/institutes-programs/feinstein-institute-legal-service/curricular-programs/externships/judi
Now we add to this already rich array the chance to work with the top corporate lawyers in the region, in our recently launched In-House Counsel Externship Program. Through this program,...
Posted by Michael
Hartley
02/03/2013 at 02:04 AM
When I was applying to law schools, I saw these blogs written by students and wished that a student would write about their law school experience. Now I am a law student who has a blog and I thought it would be fitting to write my experience of law school so far. Before coming to law school, everyone tells you how busy you will be and how much reading and studying you will do. This is not a lie but, it is not completely true either. The workload is intense but, at least as I have experienced as a 1L, the workload is more than manageable. So far, I have been able to manage everything and have...
Posted by Elizabeth
Blank
01/31/2013 at 01:46 PM
With spring break 2013 on the horizon, I have been feeling nostalgic about my wonderful experiences from spring break 2012. Last year, I participated in an Alternative Spring Break Program, interning with United Mountain Defense (UMD) in Knoxville, Tennessee. This non-profit organization is dedicated to protecting Tennessee’s watersheds, air, mountains, and people. The trip proved to be an amazing life experience that was not only educational, but also fun.
This is not to say that I did not have some serious reservations going into this trip. For starters, a 30-hour round-trip drive was...
Posted by Library
Blog
01/30/2013 at 05:23 PM
Since its founding in 1996, the Feinstein Institute for Legal Service has provided hundreds of RWU School of Law students with varied and numerous opportunities for pro bono service that benefit people in the local communities and beyond. If you are interested in learning about others in the legal profession who are passionately committed to providing pro bono service, here is a list of recent publications in the Law Library along with other resources from the American Bar Association.
Careers in Animal Law: Welfare, Protection, and Advocacy (KF299.A55 E37 2011)
Building Your Practice...
Posted by David
Logan
01/30/2013 at 04:17 PM
Here are some pics from gatherings of enthusiastic alums in Rhode Island, New York, and Washington, D.C.
Rhode Island
LAA Holiday Reception
Jenna Wims Hashway ’11, David Oliveira (Adjunct Professor), Professor Jorge Elorza
Laura Frechette ’04, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Officer, Rob Humm ’08 (LAA President), Jillian Jagling '09 (LAA Secretary/Treasurer)
Stephen Maguire '96, Nancy Voccola, Michael Voccola ’97
Adjunct Professor Anthony Leone ’97, Mark Gemma ’97 (RWU Law Board of Directors), Michael Field ’97 (RWU Law Board of Directors)
Kate Kishfy ’12, John Stickney ’12, Stephen...
Posted by David
Logan
01/25/2013 at 09:51 AM
Over the semester break, one of the stars of the RWU Law junior faculty, Susan Heyman, had a rare treat: visiting the chambers of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as part of a delegation of law professors from across the nation. The occasion was the presentation of the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Association of American Law Schools Section on Women in Legal Education, reflecting Justice Ginsberg’s contribution to the evolution of the law in a career that has included law teaching, litigating on behalf of women’s rights, a decade as a judge on the...
Posted by Library
Blog
01/24/2013 at 05:09 PM
John Chandler and Brian Boone, both senior litigators at top law firms, recently debated the correct past tense of “plead” in a post for Legal Technology News. In “War of the Words: Pleaded vs. Pled,” Attorney Chandler states his reasons for using "pled" while Attorney Boone makes his case for the use of "pleaded."
Attorney Chandler says that while “pleaded” is fine on paper, lawyers use “pled” while in court. According to him, “pled” sounds more pleasing to the ear. Attorney Chandler notes the results of two polls conducted by AbovetheLaw in which a...
Posted by Library
Blog
01/22/2013 at 02:00 PM
The Law Library now offers even more access to recently published books via the Proquest ebrary. There are more than 70,000 e-books in 15 major subject areas. The law publications cover various topics in antitrust, business, environmental, immigration, international, history, litigation, and many more.
Searching ebrary is easy with just a few keywords or sophisticated with several ways to narrow your search such as by author, subject headings, or year. You can search within the book, copy text, print pages, and save citations to RefWorks or EndNote.
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Posted by David
Logan
01/22/2013 at 01:33 PM
RWU Law is lucky to have one of the country’s leading academic experts on Domestic Violence, Emily Sack. She had a distinguished academic career before entering teaching (J.D., New York University; M.A., Columbia University; M. Phil., Columbia University; B.A., Swarthmore College) and worked at the ACLU and the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, before joining the RWU Law faculty in 2001.
Professor Sack's work on the topic has appeared leading journals at Northwestern, Wisconsin and Washington universities, and even cited by the Supreme Court of the United States (Castle...