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.


Janet Gilligan

Janet Gilligan
Adjunct Professor of Law
Attorney at Law

Janet Gilligan is the deputy director of Rhode Island Legal Services, a position she has held for twenty years.  She represents clients in domestic abuse cases, custody disputes, child abuse and neglect cases, and termination of parental rights cases in Rhode Island Family Court.