Shaleen Title

Shaleen Title
Shaleen TitleAdjunct Professor of Law

Contact Information

stitle@rwu.edu

Shaleen Title is a lawyer, activist, and adjunct professor focused on regulations for emerging industries including cannabis and artificial intelligence. She is a former top cannabis regulator for the state of Massachusetts, where she served as a commissioner of the Cannabis Control Commission from 2017 to 2020 and where she currently leads the nonprofit Parabola Center for Law and Policy. In addition to teaching courses on AI regulations and cannabis law at RWU Law, she teaches a graduate course on cannabis policy, politics, and regulations at Thomas Jefferson University’s Institute of Emerging Health Professions.

She previously held the position of Distinguished Cannabis Policy Practitioner in Residence at The Ohio State University’s Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, where her published reports examine current issues including racial justice, interstate commerce, and corporate capture. Her paper Bigger is Not Better: Preventing Monopolies in the National Cannabis Market was SSRN’s second-most downloaded antitrust article in the world in 2022.

Her work as a marijuana legalization activist spanned two decades. Her leadership was widely recognized, earning her NORML’s Hunter S. Thompson Young Attorney Award, designation as a High Times Freedom Fighter, and inclusion on the Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40, Forbes Cannabis, and Boston Magazine Power List – the latter dubbing her “the people’s weed watchdog.” In 2025, the Cannabis Regulators of Color Coalition established the annual Shaleen Title Ignite Award in her honor.

Her op-eds and other written work have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times, and Marijuana Moment. She is regularly cited in the press, including Politico, The Guardian, A More Perfect Union, Rolling Stone, and Newsweek. She is a triple graduate of the University of Illinois with a law degree from the College of Law and a graduate degree from the College of Business.

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Course Types

We have classified RWU Law classes under the following headers. One of the following course types will be attached to each course which will allow students to narrow down their search while looking for classes.

Core Course

Students in the first and second year are required to take classes covering the following aspects of the law—contracts, torts, property, criminal law, civil procedure, and constitutional law, evidence, and professional responsibility.  Along with these aspects, the core curriculum will develop legal reasoning skills.

Elective

After finishing the core curriculum the remaining coursework toward the degree is completed through upper level elective courses.  Students can choose courses that peak their interests or courses that go along with the track they are following.

Seminar

Seminars are classes where teachers and small groups of students focus on a specific topic and the students complete a substantial research paper.

Clinics/Externships

Inhouse Clinics and Clinical Externships legal education is law school training in which students participate in client representation under the supervision of a practicing attorney or law professor.  RWU Law's Clinical Programs offer unique and effective learning opportunities and the opportunity for practical experience while still in law school.