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Commencement 2012

Commencement 2012

C.L.E. - Introduction to Veterans Affairs Benefits
MAY
22
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm
RWU Metro Center, 150 Washington Street, Providence, R.I.
Pro Bono Collaborative Cocktail Reception
MAY
31
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
One Citizens Plaza Rotunda
Law Alumni Association Annual Breakfast Meeting
JUN
14
7:45 am - 9:15 am
Rhode Island Convention Center - First Floor West Lobby, Providence
Philadelphia Area Alumni Reception
JUN
27
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Maggiano's Little Italy, 1201 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
14th Annual Rhode Island Attorney General Open Government Summit
JUL
27
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
School of Law, Bristol, R.I.
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05/17/2012
Harvard Law Dean Martha Minow Delivers Thurgood Marshall Memorial Lecture
The Roger Williams Law community was honored and, frankly, dazzled by the Thurgood Marshall Lecture recently delivered by Martha Minow, the 12th Dean of Harvard Law School, who not only served as a...
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  • January 30, 2012
    Prayer Banner: What Would Roger Do?
    From the PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: "What would Roger Williams have done?" by Ed Fitzpatrick January 29, 2012: What  would  Roger  Williams  have  thought about the prayer banner at  Cranston High School West? Many are raising that question amid bitter debate about the banner, which a federal judge has ordered removed. But few are in a better position to provide an answer than John M. Barry, author of a new book titled "Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul...
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  • December 01, 2011
    Eberle on Comparative Law of Church & State
    "Church and State in Western Society: Established Church, Cooperation and Separation" by Edward J. Eberle, Roger Williams University School of Law The role of religion as a contentious and motivating force in society is examined here through the lens of the church-state dynamic in countries with three very different approaches to this crucial relationship. Focusing on the United Kingdom, where there is official recognition of one religion by the state, the United States, where law imposes a...
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