Alison Foley '04 - barely into her second year at RWU Law when the 9/11 attacks occurred - was dismayed as she watched the U.S. succumb to the panic, anger and fingerpointing that dominated public debate in the immediate aftermath of the assault.
At noon on a sunny winter day, Stanley's Famous Hamburgers was packed with a diverse, noisy crowd of diners. They had nothing obvious in common - except that they all seemed to know Alberto Cardona '04.
Notwithstanding the wide spectrum of political views within the RWU Law community, there was an unmistakable buzz of excitement on January 20, as students, faculty and staff watched as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President.
Roger Williams University School of law alumnus Kenneth K. McKay IV '96 has been selected as the new executive director of the Republican National Committee, RNC Chairman Michael Steele announced this March.
With an outstanding 93 percent pass rate among its graduates taking Massachusetts bar examination, Roger Williams University School of Law has joined that state's best-performing law schools
It started at breakfast. After being glowingly introduced to assembled members of the Rhode Island bench and bar, Justice Antonin Scalia paused, surveyed the assembled luminaries and deadpanned, "I'm tired already."
The Supreme Semester ended on a high note at Commencement 2008, with a keynote address by Linda Greenhouse, Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times for three decades and one of the best known reporters covering the Court.
Professor Louise Ellen Teitz writes and teaches primarily in the area of transnational and international litigation, which she defines as "litigation that touches on parties or facts that cross borders."
How did Professor Jared Goldstein – a former associate at Shearman & Sterling in Washington, D.C., who now teaches constitutional and environmental law – end up becoming one of the first civilian lawyers allowed into Guantanamo?
Prof. Robert Webster's ready smile and gregarious personality have been fixtures at Roger Williams School of Law since its founding, when he was invited to help establish the school's international curriculum.
“The best thing is that this is a very symbiotic relationship. Roger Williams has been a great recruiting ground.” - Christopher D'Ovidio, Conservation Law Foundation
