The annual 1L Moot Court competition wrapped up as the spring semester wound down. Almost 70 1Ls argued the merits of a cutting edge issue—whether the First Amendment prohibited school...
RWU Law Celebrates Commencement 2012!
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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...
From offshore wind energy to fisheries management, from admiralty law to piracy and international trade, formerly esoteric Marine Law issues are appearing more and more frequently in the public debate – in national and international political circles, among corporate and industry leaders; even around office water coolers.
As the conversation evolves, lawyers, policymakers and the public are seeking a deeper understanding of these vital areas, and RWU Law is – as Providence Business News...
From SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING: "NOAA approves Rhode Island plan for offshore energy development, job creation and ocean stewardship" by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
July 22, 2011: NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D. joined Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and other national and state leaders today to recognize the pioneering Rhode Island Ocean Special Area Management Plan (Ocean SAMP). This new, innovative ocean...
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico brought some of the costliest and most complex litigation to the U.S. justice system to date. To better understand the legal ramifications and legacy of the BP oil crisis, Roger Williams University School of Law offers three scholars to provide expert analysis and commentary as the story continues to unfold.
To arrange an interview, contact Michael Bowden at (401) 254-3881 or Ruth Bazinet at (401) 254-3805.
David A. Logan
Dean, Roger...
Slate, for its column, Explainer: Answers to your questions about the news, turned to Susan Farady, director of RWU Law's Marine Affairs Institute, for background on "One Fish, Two Fish, Who Regulates You, Fish? Is federal salmon oversight as complicated as President Obama claims?" by Brian Palmer
Jan. 26, 2011: President Obama cracked wise about the complexity of federal fish regulations during his State of the Union address on Tuesday. "The Interior Department is in charge of salmon while...
The "FOCUS: LAW" section of the Sept 13, 2010 edition of Providence Business News quotes RWU Law's Marine Affairs Institute director Susan Farady in an article titled, "Deepwater wind farm attracts a crowd ... of lawyers" by Staff Writer Chris Barrett:
Sept. 13, 2010: The uncharted waters surrounding what could become the first offshore wind farm in North America has left a bevy of attorneys navigating legal minefields that could still sink the proposal by Deepwater Wind, if not significantly...
USA TODAY interviewed RWU Law's Susan Farady, Director of the Marine Law Institute and the Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program, for a story, "Gulf platform explodes in flames; 13 rescued," by Alan Levin and Julie Schmit, which ran in (and was teased on the front page of) the newspaper's special Labor Day Weekend edition:
September 3, 2010: An offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded Thursday did not leak a significant amount of oil into the water, the Coast Guard said.
All 13 rig...
The Financial Times of London published an article today titled, "Spill claims to test limits of BP’s liability" by legal correspondent Michael Peel"
12 August 2010: A swathe of Gulf of Mexico oil disaster lawsuits sent to a New Orleans court could have a multibillion-dollar impact on BP’s finances and a wider effect on the offshore US energy industry, law experts claimed on Wednesday.
Judge Carl Barbier is likely to have to make a series of crucial early rulings over areas such as document...
The National Law Journal's Karen Sloan wrote this article titled, "Gulf Coast spill casts doubt upon centuries-old legal principles."
July 30, 2010: Martin Davies is a man in demand. In the three months since the Deepwater Horizon disaster sent oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the director of Tulane University Law School's Maritime Law Center has been fielding questions from congressional aides, reporters and investors seeking insight into U.S. maritime law -- a complicated, sometimes...
The June 28, 2010 "Focus: LAW" edition of the Providence Business News asserts that "RWU is a leader in marine law." By PBN Staff Writer Denise Perreault.
June 28, 2010: Roger Williams University School of Law has quietly become a national leader in the field of marine law, a specialty whose importance is highlighted by the massive oil spill in the Gulf.
The Bristol law school is one of only a few in the country, professors say, that offers students the opportunity to concentrate on ocean law,...
For BP, a $20 billion drop in a very large bucket
NEW YORK, June 18, 2010: BP holds enough oil in its reserves to single-handedly supply the United States for two years. It has little debt for a company of its size and makes more money than Apple and Google combined.
So when the White House arm-twisted its executives into setting aside $20 billion for the Gulf oil spill, investors weren't worried it would bankrupt BP. They barely batted an eye.
[...] For bulls on BP stock, the company's...
Bristol, R.I., June 15, 2010: Recent Roger Williams University School of Law graduates Kathleen Haber ’10 and Christina Hoefsmit ’10 have been awarded one of the nation’s most prestigious marine law fellowships, under which they will work in the federal government on marine and coastal issues.
Haber and Hoefsmit are among fewer than 50 nationwide recipients of the 2011 Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, and are two of only four law graduates selected. Both are completing the...
