05/24/2013
I often use this blog to talk about the amazing array of experiential learning opportunities that RWU Law is able to offer as the only law school in Rhode Island.
But as we approach our 20th...
Fast Facts
Each year, the Marine Affairs Institute takes RWU Law students on an educational cruise on Narragansett Bay. This trip helps first year students better understand many of the marine and maritime issues affecting Rhode Island and New England.
Course Descriptions - %1
| Course Number |
Description |
Credits |
|---|---|---|
| LAW.725 |
Gender & the LawThis seminar explores the construction of gender in law by examining the conceptual patterns and underlying assumptions about gender that shape legal principles. Understandings of gender differences and gender roles will be examined through a variety of legal contexts, including employment discrimination, affirmative action, reproductive choice, sexuality, work and family, and women in the legal system. |
2 Credit(s) |
| LSM.856.A3 |
Genocide and Atrocity CrimesGenocide in the 20th Century: In this course, which meets on Friday and Saturday on two separate weeks, Professor Noone explores the phenomenon of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and the legal instruments available to identify and punish atrocity crimes.
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1 Credit(s) |
| LAW.720 |
Health Law and PolicyThis course will provide an overview of the complex laws, regulations and underlying policies that govern health care delivery. Issues to be examined include access to medical care; Medicare and Medicaid; health insurance and payment systems; informed consent; confidentiality; and end¬of¬life decision making. |
3 Credit(s) |
| LAW.811 |
Housing Law & PolicyThis course considers the law and policy of fair housing and of housing and urban development in the United States. There will be a focus on anti¬discrimination laws in housing and on legal mechanisms and government programs designed to improve the access of lower¬income people to housing opportunities. |
3 Credit(s) |
| LAW.728 |
Human RightsThis course introduces students to the global human rights regime. It employs a variety of perspectives--including historical, political, theoretical, and legal--in order to cultivate a broad understanding of human rights. Core human rights treaties will be examined, as will mechanisms for monitoring and enforcement. General issues recurring in the course are: the enduring divide between human rights theory and practice; the changing dimensions of state sovereignty; the potential for international law to bring about a “good society” and its substantive vision for the same; and the ability of the human rights regime to influence the course of both international relations and domestic politics. |
3 Credit(s) |
| LAW.870 |
Immigration ClinicThe Immigration Clinic is a one semester program in which students represent noncitizens in removal proceedings in immigration court and applications for immigration benefits. Students represent clients in their applications for asylum, visas for victims of violent crime, benefits for noncitizen victims of domestic violence, waivers for long-term permanent residents and visas for juvenile victims of abuse, abandonment or neglect. Students also conduct “Know Your Rights” presentations for immigration detainees and similar presentations for immigrant communities in Rhode Island. |
8 Credit(s) |
| LAW.772 |
Immigration LawThis seminar will focus on legal responses to immigration over history, as well as present and suggested legislation, enforcement and informal policies. The federal¬state division of jurisdiction will be examined, as well as suggestions for future action. |
3 Credit(s) |
| LAW.788 |
Insurance LawThis course will focus on the types of insurance most likely to be encountered in private practice -- property and casualty (liability) insurance. Topics covered will include the theory and basic concepts of insurance; the insurance contract and principles of interpretation; application, underwriting, and risk analysis concepts; insurance contract formation and carrier issues/responses; types and structure of typical property and casualty policies to include policy declarations, definitions of insureds, insuring clauses, coverages, exclusions, and limitations; duties imposed on insurance carriers and insureds; typical policy conditions and application; statutory requirements and policies; first and third party claim handling processes; duty to defend and duty to indemnify; fair claim handling practice requirements and extra-contractual liability; insurance fraud issues, and; insurance regulation. |
2 Credit(s) |
| LAW.740 |
Intellectual PropertyThe rights and obligations of those who possess and use property in the form of patents, copyrights, trademarks and other areas of ideas and invention are the subject matter of this course. International as well as federal and state controls and policies will be studied. |
3 Credit(s) |
| LAW.792 |
International Business TransactionsThis course is designed to introduce students to the issues involved in private trading in international markets. Consideration of transnational economic activity will cover the role of lawyers, the legal and financial framework, and national and international policies that limit and control such trading. |
3 Credit(s) |