75% of RWU Law students come from outside of Rhode Island. There are 30 states represented in the Class of 2012 alone.
- 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.

Melanie Shapiro ’12, co-founder and co-director of Citizens Against Trafficking, played a key role in the 2009 passage of a law closing a loophole that allowed indoor prostitution in Rhode Island. To convince legislators, she spent hours staking out illicit “spa-brothels,” creating a meticulous database that demonstrated the immense human cost of the earlier status quo. “When you legalize something, you legitimize it,” Melanie says. “And I could never stand behind legitimizing something so inherently dangerous to women and children. Rhode Island was part of an international legislative debate about prostitution. The whole world was watching, and this change will have policy implications throughout the world.”