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May 18, 2012
RWU Law Celebrates Commencement 2012!
See photos here! (More to come soon!)
Bristol, R.I. May 18, 2012: Roger Williams University School of Law’s 17th Commencement took place Friday under clear blue skies, as 183 new law school graduates were awarded juris doctor degrees before a crowd of nearly 2,000.
Some highlights of the day:
• Renowned jurist and judicial reformer, the Honorable Jack B. Weinstein, delivered the keynote and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws...
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May 16, 2012
PIONEERING JURIST WILL DELIVER 2012 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Madeleine Albright to deliver University address
BRISTOL, R.I., May 3, 2012 – The Hon. Jack B. Weinstein – a United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York, who is a pioneer in criminal sentencing law and one of the most renowned and respected judges in America – will be awarded an honorary degree and deliver the Commencement address during the Roger Williams University School...
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March 14, 2012
From THE BROWN DAILY HERALD: "Panel targets law’s involvement in health care" by Jasmine Fuller
Wednesday, March 14, 2012: Panelists advocated improving medical-legal relations in the health care system Tuesday afternoon during the second part of a three-part seminar series entitled “Social Determinants of Health.” Doctors, lawyers, health care workers, community members and students gathered in Hunter Laboratory for the second seminar, “Law and Social Determinants: Legal Interventions to...
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December 19, 2011
From National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday: "Soldier's Hearing Weighs Harm From Wikileaks" by Carrie Johnson
Military prosecutors say Army Pvt. Bradley Manning downloaded troves of secret documents from a computer station in Baghdad and passed them to Wikileaks. If investigators recommend that Manning face court martial, it could land him in prison for the rest of his life. NPR's Carrie Johnson reports.
December 17, 2011: SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Army Private Bradley Manning turns 24 years...
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October 20, 2011
Bristol, R.I., Oct. 20, 2011: Business lawyers have resources. Low-income communities have legal needs. The Pro Bono Collaborative (PBC) at Roger Williams University School of Law brings them together to serve poor and underserved communities throughout the region.
Tapping into the expertise of transactional lawyers to serve the greater community is a national model and part of the successes being celebrated Oct. 23 – 29 as part of the National Pro Bono Celebration sponsored by the ABA Standing...
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October 12, 2011
Building on the extraordinary success of the annual National Pro Bono Celebrations in 2009 and 2010 , the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service is sponsoring the Celebration again this year October 23 through 29, 2011. See what's happening at RWU School of Law and around the country, visit the ABA's website: http://www.probono.net/celebrateprobono/
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October 03, 2011
From NBC 10, WJAR, Providence: "10 News Conference: Oct. 2, 2011"
RWU Law Professor Jorge Elorza and Terry Gorman of Rhode Islanders for Immigration Law Enforcement discuss immigration issues.
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October 01, 2011
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP (formerly Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP) has signed on to assist the Grand Divas kinship caregivers in understanding their options with respect to wills and related instruments. Grand Divas is an organization of kinship caregivers who have taken on the daunting job of raising their children’s children. Many of their members are elderly and concerned about how the children they’re caring for will be provided for in the event of their death. An...
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September 30, 2011
From the PROVIDENCE JOURNAL: "Settling past misdeeds with Pro Bono help" by Bryan RourkePAWTUCKET, R.I., September 30, 2011— Forget the past. Better yet, expunge it.
Thursday afternoon, Tim Walker, 43, took a long-sought step toward cleaning his criminal record. Walker, who’s homeless and living at the Crossroads Rhode Island shelter in Providence, attended the first expungement clinic for the Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless.
“I’m preparing for whatever opportunity comes,” Walker said...
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September 23, 2011
On Tuesday evenings at Fuerza Laborale in Central Falls, attorney Amy Retsinas, Esq,. a Skadden Fellow at Rhode Island Legal Services Inc., and two law students, John Reyes and Alexandra Hudd, are providing advice and counsel to low-income workers who are the victims of wage theft.
Project launch meeting in September 2011 at Fuerza Laboral's office.Pictured left to right: Josie Shagwert, Executive Director of Fuerza Laboral,Amy Retsinas Romero, Esq. RILS Staff Attorney, John Reyes RWU...
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September 15, 2011
The PBC Expungement Project with Nixon Peabody LLP recently held its first clinic at the RI Coalition for the Homeless' offices in Pawtucket. In a two hour period, Attorney Tim Baldwin and RWU Law 3L Jaime Rogers met with over 15 individuals and either helped them understand why their records were not eligible for expungement or agreed to assist them in getting their records expunged. The clinic was highlighted in a Providence Journal article on September 30.
Jaime Rogers...
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September 10, 2011
The Pro Bono Collaborative is thrilled to welcome the law firm of Burns & Levinson LLP. The law firm will be working on two new projects: The OpenDoors Non-Profit Project and the Year Up Criminal Law and Employment Project. Burns & Levinson LLP will be providing OpenDoors with advice and counsel relating to a newly purchased building that will act as the organization's main office and provide 19 units of permanent supportive housing.
The law firm will also provide presentations to Year...
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August 15, 2011
Taylor Duane Barton & Gilman LLP will be helping Singing Out Against Hunger (SOAH), a Tiverton-based organization that raises money for local anti-hunger initiatives, primarily through an annual concert series. The law firm and third year law student, Nels Schnobrich, will assist the organization in establishing their 501(c)(3) status.
Project launch meeting in August 2011. Pictured left to right: Michelle Angell, Ceileidh Siegel,Jane Bitto, Heather Kilmartin, Esq. and Tim Groves,...
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July 05, 2011
Bristol, R.I., July 5, 2011: By a unanimous vote, the Board of Trustees of Roger Williams University School of Law has awarded tenure and full professorship to Professor Jorge O. Elorza, a seasoned legal educator who also serves as a judge on the Providence Housing Court and co-founded the Latino Policy Institute at RWU.
“Jorge’s extraordinary record of academic and professional achievement speaks for itself,” said RWU Law Dean David A. Logan. “As a law professor, as a community leader,...
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March 28, 2011
From Rhode Island Monthly, April 2011 issue, on newstands now...
CLASS ACTION
Roger Williams School of Law held its annual Public Interest Law Auction at the Peerless Atrium in Downcity. Guests enjoyed food by Cuban Revolution and live jazz while bidding on more than a hundred auction items, ranging from Disney passes to a VIP suite for fifteen at a PawSox game. Nearly $20,000 was raised to fund stipends for students who do public interest legal work.
