7:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast 8:00 a.m. Shotgun Start, Lunch, raffle & prizes to follow play., Triggs Memorial Golf Course 1533 Chalkstone Avenue Providence, RI 02909, All net proceeds benefit the RWU Law Alumni Association, Endowed Scholarship Fund, RWU Law Student and Recent Alumni Rate* - $75 (*applies to Classes of 2019-2021) RWU Law Alum Player Rate - $125 Non-Alum Player Rate - $150 Firm/Corporate Foursome Rate - $1,000 (includes tee sign & logo display) On-course Activity Sponsorship - $250 Tee Sign Sponsorship - $150 Additional Sponsorship Opportunities Available. REGISTER HERE Tournament Co-Chairs: Tom Pagliarini '14 & Layi…, P.S. Law Alumni Reception at WaterFire will be Saturday, September 18 from 5:00 - 6:30pm at Res American Bistro, 123 Empire Street, Providence. Please register online here . Thank you! , For questions, please contact the Office of Law Alumni Relations at lawalumni@rwu.edu or (401) 254-4658 golf ball
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9-29-21 Equity Roundtable, Equity Roundtable - The Future of Roe v. Wade: A Reproductive Justice Approach, Featuring Brittany Raposa, RWU Law Associate Director & Professor of Bar Support Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM RWU Law - Bay View Room Lunch will be provided. Register Here, Special Accommodations, Persons who, because of a special need or condition, would like to request an accommodation for an event should contact the Office of Programs & Events, as soon as possible, but no later than 72 hours before the event, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. lawevents@rwu.edu
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Have you seen that meme/graphic widely shared on the internet which depicts what other people think of your profession as opposed to what you do all day long? This year we will be featuring content on our blog using that format to describe what the RWU Law Librarians do all day long. Today we are talking about reference services. The stereotype of a reference librarian, or what people think we do…
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Experiential education is a touchstone of the work done at RWU Law. As librarians, we talk about “just in time” research instruction—learning about research tools and conducting research using these tools shortly thereafter—as important to the learning process. Representing actual clients in one the RWU Clinical programs gives students the opportunity to learn new research skills “just in time”…
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I think it is fair to say that most of you have never thought about what collection development is. Now that you are confronted with the issue you might picture a scenario where I am in front of a computer looking for law books on Amazon. At the most basic level this is true. Part of collection development is knowing what to add to the collection. The library maintains a list of subject areas of…
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Join fellow RWU Law alumni and meet Dean Gregory W. Bowman for a cocktails and hors d'oeuvres prior to the lighting of WaterFire. The program will include special recognition for those alumni in a reunion year (Classes of 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016) and a welcome to the alumni association for the Class of 2021. Reception: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm WaterFire Lighting: 7:00 pm Res American Bistro …
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Sponsored by the Student Bar Association and the Office of the Dean, Town Hall meetings provide an opportunity for students to ask questions and share input directly with law school faculty and administration. We hope that all community members will attend. The Town Hall meeting will be held in person in room 283 and online via Zoom. Registration is required to attend by Zoom. Register in advance…
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This event is co-sponsored by City University of New York School of Law and Roger Williams University School of Law. Drawing upon the experience of faculty from across the country, , Integrating Doctrine and Diversity, is a collection of essays with practical advice, written by faculty for faculty, on specific ways to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into the law school curriculum. Chapters will focus on subjects traditionally taught in the first-year curriculum (Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Legal Writing, Legal Research, Property, Torts) and each chapter will also include a short…, Meet the Speakers, Allen, Dean Alena Allen, teaches family law, health law, public health law, professional responsibility, and torts. Allen previously taught at the Cecil C. Humphreys University of Memphis School of Law where she won Professor of Year in 2013, the Farris Bobango Faculty Scholarship Award in 2019, and the MLK 50 Faculty Service Award in 2021. Allen’s work has appeared in the North Carolina Law Review, the Fordham Law…, Todd Brower, is a professor of law at Western State University College of Law and serves as the Judicial Education director of the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. He specializes in constitutional law and real property. He received his A.B from Princeton University, his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his LL.M. from Yale Law School. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Grenoble. …, Frank Deale, is Professor of Law at Cuny Law School. He received a B.A. from Antioch College and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has taught on the faculty of Rutgers Law School, Newark, and for 14 years was a member of the staff of the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he served successively as staff attorney, Associate Legal Director, and Legal Director. He has published…, Moderator, Nicole P. Dyszlewski, Nicole P. Dyszlewski, is one of the editors of, Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Inclusion and Equity in the Law School Classroom, . She currently serves as the Head of Reference, Instruction, and Engagement at the RWU Law Library and as an adjunct professor. She received a B.A. from Hofstra University, a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. She is a member of the Massachusetts State Bar and the Rhode Island State…
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If you have been with us since the COVID-19 pandemic began, chances are that you might think that classroom tech support is a good chunk of our faculty services. Or perhaps you know that we also provide document delivery services for faculty, in the form of books and articles from the RWU libraries, and Interlibrary Loan from our partner libraries in the U.S. and beyond. Let’s break down what we…
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