Lindsay is an RWU Law Honors Program graduate from the class of 2022. While in law school, Lindsay served as an articles editor for RWU Law Review, research assistant for Professor Diamond, and as a student library assistant. She greatly enjoys legal research and advocating for equal access to justice; specifically, she is passionate about American Indian Law repatriation, cultural resources and…, magna cum laude, from Wheaton College (MA) in 2015 with her BA in Art History and Latin. Her studies at Wheaton focused on heritage management and the conservation of material culture, culminating in a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship after graduation titled Communing With The Ages: The Intersection of Art Conservation and Spirituality. In her free time, Lindsay enjoys playing the ukulele, cooking, and horror movies.
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Roger Williams University School of Law Alumni Association, President Brett Beaubien’s Message to Alumni 21 August 2023 Dear Friends: brett I hope you all had a relaxing summer and found time to connect with friends and family. As we turn our attention to the fall, I wanted to bring news of a few updates since my last message. First: we have seven new Directors on the Board! I am so excited to…
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Robert Collins is a partner at Clinton & Muzyka, P.C., specializing in general maritime law litigation in state and federal court, Jones Act personal injury litigation, passenger personal injury litigation, corporate and transactional documentation, and related administrative proceedings.
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The Litigation Academy is pleased to announce a four-day program (November 14, 2023 - November 17, 2023) on direct and cross examination skills. Students will learn by outside reading, live lectures, a live demonstration and hands-on in-court witness exercises. The faculty includes federal and state court judges, experienced practitioners and professional actors. Learn how to properly conduct…, Co-sponsored by the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Roger Williams University School of Law, and the Federal Bar Association, Rhode Island Chapter, Check back for registration details. If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to contact the program chairs, Brooks Magratten ( bmagratten@pierceatwood.com ; 401-490-3422) or Professor Niki Kuckes ( nkuckes@rwu.edu; 401-254-4505.)
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The law library is pleased to announce the return of ResearchFest on Wednesday, August 30th from 10am–3pm. Please join us for this digital resource showcase, where our amazing resources beyond Lexis and Westlaw will be on display. You can also plan on a pizza lunch as well as fun giveaways and prizes. Do you want to learn more about our digital study aids? Expert trainers from Aspen, West…
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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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The Roots of Antiracism Run Deep in the Reconstruction Amendments and America’s Second Founding, by Keynote Address Speaker Dean Danielle M. Conway, Antiracism is at once a vision, a strategy, and a tool. It is an ethos—meaning a system of values, beliefs, and aspirations. It is expansive, encompassing anti-subordination and anti-oppression. It covers all the ground we walk in pursuit of the promised multiracial and intersectional democracy. It is bold, continuous, and iterative. It seeks new methods and approaches to being useful to a…, A leading voice on creating an antiracist approach to legal education., Danielle M. Conway RWU Law welcomes, Danielle M. Conway, , the Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law, as the, Thurgood Marshall Memorial Lecture Keynote Address Speaker, . A leading expert in procurement law, entrepreneurship, and intellectual property law, Dean Conway joined Dickinson Law after serving for four years as dean of the University of Maine School of Law and 14 years on the faculty of the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law. Dean Conway’s scholarly agenda and speeches have focused on, among other areas, advocating for…, Keynote Address, School of Law - Law 283, Reception in Celebration of the RWU Law 30th Anniversary following Keynote Address, School of Law - Second Floor Atrium Register, Thurgood Marshall Memorial Lecture Sponsored by, Hinckley Allen, 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 the Dean - Programs & Initiatives, 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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