Business Law Program

Corporate Counsel Clinical Externship Program

Corporate Counsel Clinical Externship Program

Students can earn academic credit while training either two, three or five days each week of the semester in the corporate legal offices of prominent for-profit and not-for-profit companies in Rhode Island and beyond.

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Business Start-Up Clinic

Business Start-Up Clinic

RWU Law’s Business Start-up Clinic provides transactional legal services to help nonprofit organizations and small businesses in Rhode Island.

Business Start-Up Clinic
Prof. Heyman teaching

Business Law Courses

The School of Law provides a range of courses to prepare students for the thriving legal careers in the business world. We have several different curriculum tracks to help guide course selection and prepare you for your career.

Justin Pruett L'11

More Than Words: Insurance lawyer Justin Pruett L’11 takes a different route into the courtroom

Justin Pruett, RWU Law Class of 2011 Juris Doctor

Years ago, Pruett was “the guy who wouldn’t shut up in my English class.” Today, Pruett handles the malpractice litigation docket for HCA Healthcare, one of the largest for-profit healthcare systems in the U.S. He analyzes the factual and legal merits along with the insurance implications for each of the hundreds of cases his team handles.

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