Keenly interested in the relationship between consumer debt and bankruptcy, Professor John Chung recently testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on proposed bankruptcy legislation regarding abusive credit card practices. A prolific author, Professor Chung’s articles cover many legal topics including bankruptcy, international law, and contracts. Academia is not alone in recognizing…, Articles, ", The Legality of Online Daily Fantasy Sports versus the Illegality of Online Poker ,", 27 Roger Williams University Law Review 1 (2022)., "Rethinking the Role of NGOs in an Era of Extreme Wealth Inequality: The Example of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ,", 26 Roger Williams University Law Review 1 (2021)., ", Nation-States and Their Operations in Planting of Malware in Other Countries: Is It Legal Under International Law,", 80 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 33 (2018)., ", Critical Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Market Failure ,", 96 Oregon Law Review 441 (2018)., ", Wealth Inequality as Explained by Quantitative Easing and Law’s Inertia,", 85 UMKC Law Review 275 (2017)., ", The Role of Naval Power in the Development of Customary International Law,", 34 Quinnipiac Law Review 39 (2015)., ", Twenty Years of Impact: The Role of the Law School’s Alumni in Rhode Island History,", 19 Roger Williams University Law Review 679 (2014)(Twentieth Anniversary Edition)., "In re Qimonda AG: The Conflict Between Comity and the Public Policy Exception in Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code ,", 32 Boston University International Law Journal 89 (2014)., ", A Fundamental Flaw with UNCITRAL’s Approach to Cross-Border Secured Transactions: The Failure To Address Creditor Due Diligence Issues,", 20 American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review 557 (2012)., "Customary International Law as Explained by Status, Instead of Contract,", 37 North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regulation 609 (2012)., ", From Feudal Land Contracts to Financial Derivatives: The Treatment of Status through Specific Relief,", 29 Review of Banking & Financial Law 107 (2009)., ", Money as Simulacrum: The Legal Nature and Reality of Money ,", 5 Hastings Business Law Journal 109 (2009)., ", Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code and its Implicit Assumptions regarding the Foreign Exchange Market,", 76 Tennessee Law Review 67 (2008)., ", Promissory Estoppel and the Protection of Interpersonal Trust ,", 56 Cleveland State Law Review 37 (2008)., ", The Retrogressive Flaw of Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code: A Lesson from Maritime Law,", 17 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 253 (2007)., " The New Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code: A Step Toward Erosion of National Sovereignty,", 27 Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business 89 (2006)., " The United Nations Compensation Commission and the Balancing of Rights between Individual Claimants and the Government of Iraq ,", 10 U.C.L.A. Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs 141 (2005).,
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Professor Jonathan Gutoff is one of the nation’s top experts on piracy and maritime law issues. In addition to his popular courses on Administrative Law, Admiralty, Civil Procedure, and Remedies, Gutoff is a former acting director (and present faculty member) of RWU Law’s Marine Affairs Institute. His articles have appeared in top legal publications such as the Journal of Maritime Law and…, Articles, ", Attaching Domestic Assets to Remedy High Seas Pollution: Rule B and Marine Debris," 22, Roger Williams University Law Revie, w 432 (2017) "Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt:, A Split Court, Full Faith and Credit, and Federal Common Law,, ", 22 , Roger Williams University Law Review, 248 (2017) "An Examination and Consideration of: Jurisdiction and Forum Selection in International Maritime Law: Essays in Honor of Robert Force,", , 38, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerc, e 583 (2007), ", Fugitive Slaves and Ship-jumping Sailors: The Enforcement and Survival of Coerced Labor,", 9 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law, 87 (2006) , ", A Jurisdictional Prolegomenon to the Limitation of Liability Act," 32, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerc, e 203 (2001), ", The Law of Piracy in Popular Culture," 31, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, 643 (2000), ", Federal Common Law and Congressional Delegation: A Reconceptualization of Admiralty," 61 , University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 367 (2000), ", Original Understandings and the Private Law Origins of the Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction: A Reply to Professor Casto," 30, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, 361 (1999), ", Limitation of Liability in Oil Pollution Cases: In Search of Concursus or Procedural Alternative to Concursus?," 22 , Tulane Maritime Law Journal, 331 (1998) (with Robert Force) "Admiralty, Article III, and Supreme Court Review of State Court Decisionmaking," 70 , Tulane Law Review, 2169 (1996)
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Susan Heyman joined the Roger Williams University School of Law faculty in the fall of 2011. She had previously been at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. She graduated magna cum laude from Cardozo, where she was executive editor of Cardozo Law Review and the recipient of the Felix Frankfurter Award. She clerked for the Honorable Robert E. Cowen of the U.S. Court of Appeals for…, Articles, "Digital Realty Trust v. Somers: Whistleblowers and Corporate Retaliation," 24, Roger Williams University Law Review, 78 (2019), ", Corporate Privilege and an Individual’s Right to Defend," 85, George Washington Law Review, 1112 (2017), ", Rethinking Regulation Fair Disclosure and Corporate Free Speech," 36, Cardozo Law Review, 1099 (2015), ", The Quiet Period in a Noisy World: Rethinking Securities Regulations and Corporate Free Speech," 74, Ohio State Law Journal, 189 (2013) Book Review, "Contracts in the Real World: Stories of Popular Contracts and Why They Matter by Larry Cunningham,", Concurring Opinions, (October 17, 2012), , ", The Missing Elements of Contract Damages," 84, Temple Law Review, 119 (2011), ", Bottoms-Up: An Alternative Approach for Investigating Corporate Malfeasance," 37, American Journal of Criminal Law, 163 (2010), ", Bringing Down the Bar: Accountants Challenge Meaning of Unauthorized Practice," 21, Cardozo Law Review, 1425 (2000)
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After a successful term at Yale Law School (where she served on the Yale Law Journal, the Yale Journal of Law and Policy, and the Yale Journal of International Law), Niki Kuckes won a coveted clerkship with Judge (now Justice) Antonin Scalia. She moved on to develop a sophisticated litigation practice in Washington, D.C, where for almost two decades she focused on white collar criminal matters,…, Books, “Rewriting Grand Jury History,” in, Grand Jury 2.0, , edited by Roger Fairfax (Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Press, 2011), Articles, ", Iancu v. Brunetti: Free Speech Meets Immoral and Scandalous Trademarks in the Supreme Court," 25, Roger Williams University Law Review, 80 (2020), ", Matal v. Tam: Free Speech Meets Disparaging Trademarks in the Supreme Court,, ", 23, Roger Williams University Law Review, 122 (2018), ", Designing Law School Externships That Comply with the FLSA," 21, Clinical Law Revie, w 79 (2014), ", The State of Rule 3.8: Prosecutorial Ethics Reform Since Ethics 2000," 22, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 427 (2009), ", Civil Due Process, Criminal Due Process," 25, Yale Law and Policy Review, 1 (2006) "The Democratic Prosecutor: Explaining the Constitutional Function of the Federal Grand Jury,", , 94, Georgetown Law Journal, 1265 (2006) "The Useful, Dangerous Fiction of Grand Jury Independence,", , 41, American Criminal Law Review, 1 (2004)
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Joining the RWU Law faculty in 2001, Professor Emily Sack has become a nationally recognized expert on domestic violence and reform of the court system. As the Deputy Director for the Center for Court Innovation, Professor Sack helped develop and implement the first domestic violence courts in New York, as well as the first felony domestic violence court in the United States. U.S. Supreme Court…, The Struggle for the Future of Domestic Violence Policy, in his opinion in the domestic violence case , Castle Rock v. Gonzales, . Active in the community, Professor Sack is a member of the Elder Abuse Working group, assists the National District Attorney’s Association with developing elder abuse training curriculum for prosecutors, and serves as Member of the Board and Chair of EMERGE, a batterers’ intervention and parenting skills programs for men who abuse intimate partners. Prior to joining RWU, Professor Sack worked…, Books, “Varieties of Public Policy Toward Domestic Violence,” in, The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy Over The Life Course, (Oxford Univ. Press 2023), Domestic Violence and the Law: Theory and Practice, , 3rd ed., , (Eagan, MN: Foundation Press, 2012) (with Elizabeth Schneider, Cheryl Hanna & Judith G. Greenberg). “The Crime of Domestic Violence,” in, Criminal Law Conversations, , edited by Paul Robinson, Stephen Garvey & Kimberly Kessler Ferzan (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2009)., Articles, ", Illegal Stops and the Exclusionary Rule: The Consequences of Utah v. Strieff," 22, Roger Williams University Law Review, 263 (2017) "United States v. Castleman: The Meaning of Domestic Violence,, ", 20, Roger Williams University Law Review, 128 (2015), ", Is Domestic Violence a Crime?: Intimate Partner Rape as Allegory," 24, St. John’s Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development, 535 (2010), ", Judicial Selection in Rhode Island: Assessing the Experience with Merit Selection, Response,, ", 15, Roger Williams University Law Review, 793 (2010) "From the Right of Chastisement to the Criminalization of Domestic Violence: A Study in Resistance to Effective Policy Reform," 32, Thomas Jefferson Law Review, 31 (2009), ", The Burial of Family Law," 61, Southern Methodist University Law Review, 459 (2008), ", The Domestic Relations Exception, Domestic Violence, and Equal Access to Federal Courts," 84, Washington University Law Review, 1441 (2006), ", Civil Unions and the Meaning of the Public Policy Exception at the Boundaries of Domestic Relations Law," 3, Ave Maria Law Review, 497 (2005), ", The Retreat from DOMA: The Public Policy of Same-Sex Marriage and a Theory of Congressional Power Under the Full Faith and Credit Clause," 38, Creighton Law Review, 507 (2005), ", Battered Women and the State: The Struggle for the Future of Domestic Violence Policy," 2004, Wisconsin Law Review, 1657 "Domestic Violence Across State Lines: The Full Faith and Credit Clause, Congressional Power, and Interstate Enforcement of Protection Orders," 98, Northwestern University Law Review, 827 (2004)
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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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Our faculty’s impressive credentials, academic accomplishments and deep connections throughout the legal field are harnessed into a collective force that provides the most cutting-edge legal education available. At RWU Law, our faculty offer the best of both worlds – our professors are top-rated by The Princeton Review and our adjunct faculty include top-notch practicing justices, judges and…, New York Times, , the , Wall Street Journal, , the , Washington Post, , , USA Today, , the , Chicago Tribune, , the , Boston Globe, , the , Providence Journal, and virtually every other major news outlet in the United States – from , CNN, to , NPR, . They've testified before Congress, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, practiced with top law firms and respected nonprofit organizations, represented detainees at Guantanamo, served in the United Nations and the Armed Forces, and held leadership positions in such organizations as the American Bar Association and the American Law Institute. The best part? Because of our small class sizes, our…
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Assistant Dean Raquel M. Ortiz has worked in academic law libraries for over 25 years in the areas of patron services, reference, and library administration. In her current position, she oversees the law library. Dean Ortiz teaches Advanced Legal Research and Introduction to Legal Research and Citation. She previously taught Legal Information Sources at the Simmons College School of Library and…, Books, What Color is Your C.F.R.?, (Chicago, Illinois: CALI, 2016)(with Nicole Dyszlewski, illustrated by Liz Gotauco), Articles, "Mass Incarceration: An Annotated Bibliography," 21, Roger Williams University Law Review, 471 (2016) (with Nicole Dyszlewski & Lucinda Harrison-Cox)
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Collin Geiselman is the Public Defender for the Rhode Island Office of the Public Defender (OPD). Prior to being appointed Public Defender, Mr. Geiselman served as a trial attorney in the trial division from 2003-2018, as Trial Division Trainer from 2015-2018, and as Chief of the Trial Division from 2018-2023. He is also a former two-term President of the Rhode Island Association of Criminal…
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