RWU Law Day of Giving – May 14, 2019

Day of Giving

THANK YOU to everyone who participated in RWU Law's Third Annual Day of Giving on Tuesday. In 24 hours, more than 130 donors participated and together we raised more than $38,000 to help RWU Law continue to attract strong students with scholarships and financial aid, as well as our excellent and evolving program of legal education.

PARTICIPATION CHALLENGE: We are thrilled that Trustee Linn F. Freedman, Esq., a member of the Law Board of Directors and Secretary of the University Board of Trustees, has established a very generous $10,000 Participation Challenge for the RWU Law Day of Giving.

Linn has pledged $10,000 to inspire us to reach 100 donors!

Linn believes in the power of the RWU Law Annual Fund to enhance the financial support to law students pursuing their legal education.

As our yearlong recognition of RWU Law’s 25th anniversary is concluding, we reflect back on one of the year’s great highlights, a celebration of The First Women of the Rhode Island Bar (1920 to 1979). Their efforts helped establish the rightful place of women in the legal profession and a foundation upon which a more fully inclusive legal profession can be built.

When you make your gift this year, we invite you to honor a woman who has inspired you, supported you or otherwise brought meaning to your life and your work.

We will be sure let her know that in honoring her, you also helped make an exceptional legal education possible for the next generation of RWU Law graduates.

Gifts will benefit the RWU Law Annual Fund and will provide financial support to law students pursuing their legal education.  

 

Stories of Our Students in Action

Linda TappaFrom Farm to School

Tappa's goal? To blend public service and business law -- bringing small farmers and elementary schools together to help kids develop healthy eating habits, connecting her academic focus in corporate law with her passion for community-based public interest work.

Professor and students in class.Center of the Storm: RWU Law and DACA

Professor Deborah Gonzalez, Director of the Immigration Law Clinic at RWU Law, on Trump's rescinding of DACA -- and what happens now.

Students and professor.Spring Break in Puerto Rico — Helping Hurricane Victims

With FEMA assistance lagging and hundreds of thousands still lacking basic amenities, an intrepid group of RWU Law students heads to San Juan, offering legal assistance to their neediest fellow citizens.

Students and attorney work on project.'Force Multipliers'

RWU Law students gain legal experience helping low-income tenants avoid eviction, while also forging longer-term solutions to Rhode Island’s ongoing housing crisis.

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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.