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05/16/2013
RWU Law Alums Gather in NYC, Miami, and Boston
One of the pleasures of being the dean at RWU is that I get to go on the road and spend time with our successful alums across the country: in recent weeks it was NYC, Miami (actually Coral Gables)...
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  • December 21, 2011
    Coombs Defends Accused 'Wikileaker'
    From the PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: "Local ties for WikiLeaks defense: Adjunct Roger Williams School of Law professor is part of defense team for accused soldier" by Katie Mulvaney BRISTOL, Dec. 21, 2011 –– A defense lawyer in the case of an Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking a trove of classified military information to Wiki-Leaks website has ties to Rhode Island’s first and only law school. David E. Coombs, a lawyer who specializes in court-martial defense, taught trial advocacy and...
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  • December 19, 2011
    Coombs Defends Accused 'WikiLeaker'
    From National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday: "Soldier's Hearing Weighs Harm From Wikileaks" by Carrie Johnson Military prosecutors say Army Pvt. Bradley Manning downloaded troves of secret documents from a computer station in Baghdad and passed them to Wikileaks. If investigators recommend that Manning face court martial, it could land him in prison for the rest of his life. NPR's Carrie Johnson reports. December 17, 2011: SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Army Private Bradley Manning turns 24 years...
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