Connections. Experience. Opportunity.
How will you change your world?
Juris Doctor (JD)
Few degrees are more versatile than the Juris Doctor, whatever your professional interest: private practice, public interest, government, litigation, corporate, marine, educational or elsewhere!
Master of Studies in Law (MSL)
Designed especially for students who want to bring deep legal skill and know-how to their existing career focus, but not actually practice law.
Why RWU Law?
The Only Law School In RI
As the state's one and only law school, RWU Law is able to offer you a level of access, connection and experience that few institutions can rival – helping you have an impact today, and make a difference now ...
Guaranteed Clinical Experience
RWU Law guarantees that every qualified student will be afforded a substantial, hands-on clinical experience. You tell us: where do you want to go? The possibilities are virtually limitless.
Social Justice
At RWU Law, we believe that lawyers should use their legal skills to serve their communities – and that pro bono service in law school can set the stage for a lifetime of invaluable social contributions.
Affordable Tuition
Our affordable tuition makes us the best-priced ABA-accredited private law school in the Northeast. Lower tuition. Higher value. That's RWU Law.
Facts at a Glance
- 100%Gain Experience
All of our students graduate with experiential education.
2 CampusesOur Bristol seaside campus provides the backdrop for your legal education. Our Providence experiential campus gives you the experience you seek in your third year.
- #21In Public Interest
Our Public Interest Program is ranked among the best in the country by PreLaw Magazine
AFFORDABILITYWe're the most affordable private, ABA law school in the entire Northeast region.
Finding the Perfect Niche
Dasha Brockmeyer, RWU Law Class of 2007 Juris DoctorDasha G. Brockmeyer ’07 reached a career milestone this spring when she was elected partner at the 400-plus-attorney firm of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, practicing mainly in the field of employee benefit law...
Read full storyRT @RWULawDean: Wishing the best of luck to all RWU Law graduates who are taking the bar exam today.
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An excellent Q&A with Assistant Director for Career Development Chris Gerlica '12 has appeared in the Diversity Dig… https://t.co/C8FqeiiPVn
RT @RWULawDean: Congratulations to Professor David Logan on a superb, thoughtful OpEd in today's Providence Journal. https://t.co/Wvq52XcYhM
RT @RWULawDean: Another round of congratulations to yet another assembly of promising lawyers and leaders in training. I give you the 2021-…
RT @RWULawDean: Sending my sincerest congratulations to an outstanding group of future lawyers and leaders: the 2021-2022 members of Roger…
Recent News
Logan Article Central to SCOTUS Dissent
Justice Neil M. Gorsuch relies heavily on an article by Professor David Logan in arguing that the court should have heard a challenge to its landmark 1964 holding in New York Times v. Sullivan.
RWU Law Introduces Required Course on Race and the Law
This fall, RWU Law becomes one of just a handful of law schools nationwide to introduce a new required course on “Race & the Foundations of American Law” to its core legal curriculum.
Nava Wins Inaugural Judicial Fellowship
Marianna Nava, a rising 2L at RWU Law, has been selected to receive a Federal Magistrate Judges Association (FMJA) Fellowship in the program’s inaugural year.
Upcoming Events
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The 4th Annual Stonewall Lecture
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Institutes and Programs
Feinstein Center for Pro Bono and Experiential Education
This center connects students and faculty with community organizations to provide pro bono legal services to those in need and to help students to gain valuable practical legal experience.
Marine Affairs Institute
The Marine Affairs Institute prepares law students to enter the exciting field of ocean and coastal law and policy by providing them with strong academic credentials and practical experiences that help them be practice-ready upon graduation.
Business Law Program
Our Business Law Program provides students with a sound foundation in the principles and practice of business law through clinics, externships and coursework.