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Eliza Vorenberg is the Director of Pro Bono and Community Partnerships. Eliza is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College (1983) and Columbia Law School (1990) and clerked for Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Herbert P. Wilkins. She has extensive experience in public interest law, the private sector, academia, and conflict resolution. Her previous experience includes litigating employment and civil…, Books, “Pro Bono as a Professional Value,” in, Building on Best Practices: Transforming Legal Education in a Changing World, , edited by Deborah Maranville, et al. (2015) (with Cindy Adcock, et al.), Articles, Don’t Do It Alone: A Community-Based, Collaborative Approach to Pro Bono, , 23 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 323 (2010) (co-authored with Laurie Barron, et al.)
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Stephen J. Carlotti is a senior partner at the regional law firm of Hinckley Allen & Snyder. He specializes in corporate and securities law. He has served on the Board of Directors of a number of public companies and as a senior executive of two companies. He was the first Managing Partner of his firm and oversaw its transition from Providence based firm to a northeast regional firm. He is a…
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Janet Gilligan is the deputy director of Rhode Island Legal Services, a position she has held for twenty years. She represents clients in domestic abuse cases, custody disputes, child abuse and neglect cases, and termination of parental rights cases in Rhode Island Family Court.
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As an instructor of Dispute Resolution, Professor Bruce Kogan and his students work with the Rhode Island court system by providing alternatives to litigation. In addition to Dispute Resolution, Professor Kogan teaches Property and Trusts and Estates. Active in the Rhode Island legal community, Professor Kogan serves as one of the co-founders for the first non-profit organization for mediators…, cum laude, from Dickinson School of Law, and his LL.M. from Georgetown University. , Books, “Disciplinary Issues and Ethics for Divorce and Family Lawyers,” in , A Practical Guide to Divorce in Rhode Island, , edited by Sandra H. Smith and Deborah Miller Tate (Boston: MCLE New England, 2009), Articles, Chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger, 's Page of History, , 6 Roger Williams University Law Review 501 (2001) (with Cheryl L. Robertson), The Asthmatic Worker and the Americans with Disabilities Act, , 82 Medicine and Health Rhode Island 259 (1999), The Taxation of Prizes and Awards ‑ Tax Policy Winners and Losers, , 63 Washington Law Review 257 (1988), The Price Is Right ‑ Or Else: Congress' Efforts To Eliminate Tax Cheating In Appraisals Of Value, , 5 Virginia Tax Review 59 (1985)
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Professor Diana Hassel regularly leads a group of students to experience "legal Washington," which features attendance at a Supreme Court argument, a session with Associate Justice Samuel Alito and his law clerks, a visit to the Department of Justice, and a session with United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. She has also taught in our summer program in London. Professor Hassel serves as a…, Articles, United States Supreme Court Survey: 2019 Term, Hernandez v. Mesa: A Catalyst for Change?, , 26 Roger Williams Law Review 73 (2021), Excessive Reasonableness, , 43 Indiana Law Review 117 (2009), Sex and Death: , Lawrence’s , Liberty and Physician Assisted Suicide, , 9 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 1003 (2007) Lawrence v. Texas: , Evolution of Constitutional Doctrine, , 9 Roger Williams University Law Review 565 (2004), The Use of Criminal Sodomy Laws in Civil Litigation, , 79 Texas Law Review 813 (2001), Living A Lie: The Cost of Qualified Immunity,, 64 Missouri Law Review 123 (1999), A Missed Opportunity: The Federal Tort Claims Act and Civil Rights Actions, , 49 Oklahoma Law Review 455 (1996)
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Type: Faculty & Staff Profile
Olivia Milonas worked as an associate with Brown, Raysman, Millstein, Felder & Steiner LLP after her graduation from New York University School of Law.
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Type: Faculty & Staff Profile
After graduating from the Harvard Law School, , cum laude,, Professor Zlotnick clerked for a federal appellate judge, worked as a white collar defense attorney in a national law firm, and served as a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. In 1995, Professor Zlotnick founded a litigation project for the public interest group, Families Against Mandatory Minimums ("FAMM"), which opposes the indiscriminate use of mandatory minimum penalties for non-violent…, Rolling Stone, , , BBC Television, , , The Washington Post , and , The, , New York Times, . He has also testified before the Judiciary Committees of the United States Senate and the House of Representatives and his articles on sentencing and other subjects have appeared in top fifty legal journals. Professor Zlotnick directs the District of Columbia Semester in Practice which immerses students in Washington, D.C.’s legal and policy world through a full-time placement with a federal…
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