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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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05/16/2013
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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  • September 03, 2012
    As the 2012-13 academic year begins, Roger Williams University School of Law is pleased to announce a few important personnel developments. Professor John Chung has been awarded tenure. Keenly interested in the relationship between consumer debt and bankruptcy, Professor Chung testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on proposed bankruptcy legislation regarding abusive credit card practices. A prolific author, his articles cover many legal topics from bankruptcy to international...
  • May 03, 2011
    RWU Law Celebrates Commencement 2011! BRISTOL, R.I., May 3, 2011 – The Honorable Paul A. Suttell, chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, will be presented with an honorary degree and deliver the keynote address at the Roger Williams University School of Law Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 20, at 1 p.m. The Honorable Robert G. Flanders, Jr., and Betty Anne Waters ’98 will also receive honorary degrees during the ceremony, at which more than 150 juris doctor degrees will be awarded...
  • March 10, 2010
    "If we were talking about McCarthyism, I would be happily filing a brief on their side," said Peter Margulies of the Roger Williams University School of Law, who assisted in an amicus brief supporting the government on behalf of a group of scholars and former public officials with terrorism-related experience. "We're not talking about speech here, but conduct. When the petitioners say they want to help the Tamil Tigers get tsunami assistance, that's not different from giving them cash." Read...