Faculty News

  • RWU Law Commencement 2012
    Celebrating Commencement 2012!
    RWU Law celebrates Commencement 2012 in style! Renowned jurist Judge Jack B. Weinstein and R.I. Supreme Court Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg honored.
  • Commencement
    Commencement 2012
    Renowned jurist Judge Jack B. Weinstein and R.I. Supreme Court Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg will be awarded honorary degrees on Friday, May 18.
  • Margulies on Weapons in Stuffed Toy
    Professor Peter Margulies discusses the issues facing airport security officials when they found a gun and ammunition hidden in stuffed animals at T.F. Green Airport.


The Honorable Francis X. Flaherty

The Honorable Francis X. Flaherty
Adjunct Professor of Law
Rhode Island Supreme Court

The Honorable Francis X. Flaherty is an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Rhode Island.  He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2003 by Governor Donald Carcieri.  Prior to his appointment to the bench, Justice Flaherty served as Mayor of Warwick from 1985 until 1990, as a member of the Warwick City Council from 1979 through 1985, and as an assistant city solicitor for Warwick from 1975 through 1978.