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Pro Bono Collaborative Cocktail Reception
MAY
30
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Citizens Plaza Rotunda
Denver Area Law Alumni Reception
JUN
04
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Denver, Colorado
Philadelphia Area Law Alumni Reception
JUN
06
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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
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Dean’s Blog

05/20/2013
Many RWU Law grads take the Connecticut bar exam and the state bar provides much helpful data that facilitates comparisons between and among regional law schools. The results for the February exam...

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  • December 21, 2011
    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...
  • October 20, 2011
    Bristol, R.I., Oct. 20, 2011: Business lawyers have resources. Low-income communities have legal needs. The Pro Bono Collaborative (PBC) at Roger Williams University School of Law brings them together to serve poor and underserved communities throughout the region. Tapping into the expertise of transactional lawyers to serve the greater community is a national model and part of the successes being celebrated Oct. 23 – 29 as part of the National Pro Bono Celebration sponsored by the ABA Standing...