Women in Law Leadership Lecture
Sophie Noel, Lincoln Central Elementary School, Grade 5, Winning Artwork titled - Planting Seeds of Justice.
The seventh annual Roger Williams University School of Law Women in Law Leadership Lecture featured Carrie Goldberg, Esq., founder of victims’ rights law firm C. A. Goldberg, PLLC, and was held as a fireside chat with Roger Williams University School of Law Professor Emily J. Sack on March 4, 2026.
Carrie Goldberg, Esq. has done groundbreaking work nationally fighting for survivors of sexual violence and representing victims of catastrophic injuries caused by tech giants. Her clients have included several Harvey Weinstein accusers, former Congresswoman Katie Hill, and 28 families currently suing Amazon for selling a suicide poison to their children. In a Title IX case, Goldberg exposed a pattern of discrimination and retaliation against girls of color who reported sexual assaults in their NYC K – 12 schools. Goldberg has spent her career fighting for justice for victims, focusing both on direct perpetrators and the tech platforms that facilitate them.
Thank you to the 2026 RWU Law Women in Law Leadership Lecture Sponsors!
Adler Pollock & Sheehan PC
Cervenka Green LLC
Ducharme Law LLC
Hinckley Allen
Sally P. McDonald, Esq., L'09
The Hon. Arlene Violet H’23
The sixth annual Roger Williams University School of Law Women in Law Leadership Lecture featured Rochelle Garza, President, Texas Civil Rights Project, and Chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and was held as a fireside chat with Roger Williams University School of Law Professor Emily J. Sack on March 5, 2025.
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Our Third Annual Women in Law Leadership Lecture on March 22, 2022, featured Her Justice Executive Director Amy Barasch, Esq. in conversation with Professor Emily Sack. Emma Dinnerstein, President of the Women’s Law Society, announced the Annual Ruth Bader Ginsburg Essay Contest winners.
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The second annual RWU Law Women in Law Leadership Lecture, featuring Debra Katz, Esq. A Fireside Chat with RWU Law Professor Emily J. Sack was held on March 3, 2021.
Debra Katz is a founding partner of Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP, where she concentrates her practice on employment discrimination, sexual harassment, whistleblower, and Title IX matters. She has developed extensive litigation experience in federal and local courts and has achieved significant courtroom successes in a number of high-profile cases.
Columbia Law Dean Gillian Lester with RWU Law Professor Emily Sack at the Women in Law Leadership Lecture in February 2020.