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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
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JUN
20
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
RWU School of Law
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  • June 20, 2012
    Lawyers Weekly on PBC Reception
    From R.I. LAWYERS WEEKLY: "Legal luminaries gather to support pro bono project" by R.I. Lawyers Weekly Staff June 18, 2012: The Pro Bono Collaborative at Roger Williams University School of Law held its third annual cocktail reception, “Only in Rhode Island,” at One Citizens Plaza in Providence. More than 100 members of the bench, bar, faculty, staff, alumni and students came together to celebrate and raise funds for the PBC, which provides legal services to low-income Ocean State citizens....
    law firms, lawyers, low-income, PBC, Pro Bono, pro bono collaborative, rhode island, Roger Williams
  • November 28, 2011
    PBN Highlights Pro Bono Collaborative
    From the PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS: "RWU, lawyers expand pro bono aid" by Denise Perreault, PBN Staff Writer Nov. 28, 2011: Few people will work for free, especially if a person spent thousands of dollars and an unknown amount of hard work to obtain a professional degree such as that required to practice law. But lawyers, more than many other professionals, do offer services free of charge in the form of work commonly called “pro bono,” aimed at helping indigent members of society deal with...
    feinstein, PBC, Pro Bono, pro bono collaborative, Roger Williams, RWU
  • October 12, 2011
    National Pro Bono Celebration Week
    Building on the extraordinary success of the annual National Pro Bono Celebrations in 2009 and 2010 , the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service is sponsoring the Celebration again this year October 23 through 29, 2011. See what's happening at RWU School of Law and around the country, visit the ABA's website: http://www.probono.net/celebrateprobono/
    national celebration, PBC, Pro Bono, pro bono collaborative
  • October 01, 2011
    Grand Divas Wills Project with Edwards Wildman LLP
    Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP (formerly Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP) has signed on to assist the Grand Divas kinship caregivers in understanding their options with respect to wills and related instruments.  Grand Divas is an organization of kinship caregivers who have taken on the daunting job of raising their children’s children.  Many of their members are elderly and concerned about how the children they’re caring for will be provided for in the event of their death.  An...
    grand divas, PBC, Pro Bono, pro bono collaborative
  • September 23, 2011
    Fuerza Laboral and RILS - Protecting the Rights of Low Wage Workers
    On Tuesday evenings at Fuerza Laborale in Central Falls, attorney Amy Retsinas, Esq,. a Skadden Fellow at Rhode Island Legal Services Inc., and two law students, John Reyes and Alexandra Hudd, are providing advice and counsel to low-income workers who are the victims of wage theft.  Project launch meeting in September 2011 at Fuerza Laboral's office.Pictured left to right: Josie Shagwert, Executive Director of Fuerza Laboral,Amy Retsinas Romero, Esq. RILS Staff Attorney, John Reyes RWU...
    fuerza laboral, PBC, Pro Bono, pro bono collaborative, rils
  • September 10, 2011
    Burns & Levinson LLP Joins the PBC and Takes On Two Pro Bono Projects
    The Pro Bono Collaborative is thrilled to welcome the law firm of Burns & Levinson LLP. The law firm will be working on two new projects: The OpenDoors Non-Profit Project and the Year Up Criminal Law and Employment Project. Burns & Levinson LLP will be providing OpenDoors with advice and counsel relating to a newly purchased building that will act as the organization's main office and provide 19 units of permanent supportive housing. The law firm will also provide presentations to Year...
    PBC, Pro Bono, pro bono collaborative
  • August 15, 2011
    Singing Out Against Hunger Teams Up with Taylor Duane Barton & Gilman LLP
    Taylor Duane Barton & Gilman LLP will be helping Singing Out Against Hunger (SOAH), a Tiverton-based organization that raises money for local anti-hunger initiatives, primarily through an annual concert series.  The law firm and third year law student, Nels Schnobrich, will assist the organization in establishing their 501(c)(3) status. Project launch meeting in August 2011. Pictured left to right: Michelle Angell, Ceileidh Siegel,Jane Bitto, Heather Kilmartin, Esq. and Tim Groves,...
    PBC, Pro Bono, pro bono collaborative, singing out against hunger