The Law Library provides many resources to students for use in studying. The question becomes how to use those resources most effectively. It is not just a matter of selecting the tool best suited to an individual’s learning style. It is important to remember what is learned also. Studies show that a technique called “spaced repetition” can “ help users retain knowledge for the long-term with…
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Welcome back! We want to make the library as usable as a space as possible for you. We always try to find new ways to improve our spaces and provide innovative services. Here are some changes this year that you want to know about! Textbooks and other materials on reserve can now be checked out for 3 hours. You can also check out new rolling whiteboards for 3 hours. Whiteboards may be used…
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For RWU Law Class of 2025 valedictorian Ashley Kaplan, attending law school always felt like destiny. “Becoming a lawyer was one of my childhood dreams, and as my grandfather always wanted a lawyer in the family – and I am a smidge argumentative – it felt kismet for me to go to law school,” she says. A Massachusetts native, Kaplan earned her Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in…, both, semesters of Civil Procedure, a feat achieved by only one other student in my thirty-four years of teaching.” Reflecting on Kaplan’s work as his Business Associations TA for two semesters and a summer Research Assistant, Professor Spacone praised her professionalism and dedication, noting that she “never missed a deadline, provided excellent advice that improved course instruction and testing,…
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Growing up in Morgantown, West Virginia, Ben Peters L'25 spent all of his spare time exploring the Appalachian mountains. His father, a wildlife biologist, made it a point to show his son the striking mountains, streams, and wildlife of their state as well as the forces that challenged their survival. "West Virginia is one of the most naturally beautiful places in the world. Yet, because of the…
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If you have questions about housing or the local area, please contact the Office of Admissions at 401-254-4555 or , lawadmissions@rwu.edu, and we would be happy to assist you., Resources, Please utilize the resources below as you begin your search for housing as a law student at RWU Law. We strongly suggest you take advantage of our, Apartment Checklist, as you begin to narrow down your search. If you need assistance, please contact the Office of Admissions.
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Gregory W. Bowman joined the Roger Williams University School of Law faculty in 2020 as dean. Prior to his career in higher education, Bowman practiced international trade and corporate compliance law in Chicago and Washington, DC with the international law firm Baker McKenzie. Bowman received his Juris Doctorate from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, his Master of Arts degree…, Books, Trade Remedies in North America, (Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International, 2010) (with Nick Covelli, David A. Gantz, and Ihn Ho Uhm), Articles, ", Strategic and Operational Leadership: Building a Diverse and Talented Leadership Team," Gregory W. Bowman,, 55 U. Tol. L. Rev. 155 (Winter 2024). , "The Rise of the Creative Law School,", 50 University of Toledo Law Review, 255 (2019)., ", A Prescription for Curing U.S. Export Controls,", 97 Marquette Law Review 599 (2014)., ", The Feng Shui of Study Abroad Programs,", 1 Journal of Transnational Legal Issues 20 (2012)., ", U.S. and Canadian Federalism: Implications for International Trade Regulation,", 114 West Virginia Law Review, 1007 (2012)., "Of Haves and Have-Nots: A Review of Developing Countries and the Multilateral Trade Regime: The Failure and Promise of the WTO’s Development Mission,", 3 Trade, Law and Development 242 (2011)., ", Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Law and Practice: The Mexican Experience,, ", 5 Global Trade and Customs Journal, 267 (2010) (with Nick Covelli and David A. Gantz)., "The Domestic and International Policy Implications of Deep versus Broad Preferential Trade Agreements,", 19 Indiana International & Comparative Law Review 497 (2009)., ", The Comparative and Absolute Advantages of Junior Law Faculty: Implications for Teaching the Future of American Law Schools,, ", 2008 Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal 171., ", Thinking outside the Border: Homeland Security and the Forward Deployment of the U.S. Border,", 44 Houston Law Review 189 (2007)., "Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Reconceptualizing State and Government Succession,", 51 New York Law School Law Review 581 (2007)., ", E-Mails, Servers, and Software: U.S. Export Controls for the Modern Era,", 35 Georgetown Journal of International Law 319 (2004)., "Economic Integration in the Americas: A Work in Progress,", 14 Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business 493 (1994) (with Kenneth W. Abbott)., ", Economic Integration for the Asian Century: An Early Look at New Approaches,", 4 Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, 187 (1994) (with Kenneth W. Abbott).
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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 Ellen Farwell joined Roger Williams University School of Law faculty in 2023 after teaching at New England Law | Boston, Northeastern University School of Law and Brandeis University. She previously served as Associate General Counsel at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Professor Farwell represented the hospital in the negotiation of regional and international healthcare collaborations,…, Articles, "Time to Flip the Tables: Board Diversity and the Fiduciary Duties of Non-Profit Directors," (Forthcoming in, Temple Law Review, ) "A Real Seat at the Table: Identity Capitalism and State Law Efforts to Diversify Corporate Boards," 56, New Eng. L. Rev., 141 (2022) "Fulfilling the Promise?: When Humanitarian Obligations and Foreign Policy Goals Conflict in the United States, Book Review," 27, B.C. Third World L.J., 477 (2007)
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Professor Freamon brings a unique and impressive set of qualifications to the job. A Professor of Law Emeritus at Seton Hall Law School, he has visited on the law faculties of the University of Nairobi, Washington and Lee University, Rutgers University (Newark), and Pace University, and he has served as an adjunct faculty member at New York University School of Law for the past four years,…, Books and Book Chapters, Possessed by The Right Hand: The Problem of Slavery in Islamic Law and Muslim Cultures, (Leiden: Brill, 2019) "Slavery and Society in East Africa, Oman and the Persian Gulf," in, What is a Slave Society? The Practice of Slavery in Global Perspective, , edited by Noel Lenski and Catherine M. Cameron (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018) "Straight, No Chaser: Slavery, Abolition and Modern Islamic Thought," in, Indian Ocean Slavery in the Age of Abolition, , edited by Robert Harms, David W. Blight, and Bernard K. Freamon (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), Indian Ocean Slavery in the Age of Abolition, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013) (co-editor with Robert Harms and David W. Blight) "Slavery," in, Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, , edited by Gerhard Bowering, Patricia Crone, and Mahan Mirza (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012) "Definitions and Conceptions of Slave Ownership in Islamic Law," in, The Legal Understanding of Slavery: From the Historical to the Contemporary, , edited by Jean Allain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) "Islamic Law and Trafficking in Women and Children in the Indian Ocean World," in, Trafficking in Slavery's Wake: Law and Experience of Women and Children, , edited by Benjamin Lawrance and Richard L. Roberts (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2012) "The Emergence of a New Qur'anic Hermeneutic and the Role and Impact of Universities in West and East," in, The Law Applied: Contextualizing the Islamic Shari'a, , edited by P. Bearman, W. Heinrichs, and B. Weiss (London: I.B. Taurus, 2008) "Action Research for Justice in Newark, N.J.," in, Educating for Justice: Social Values and Legal Education, , edited by Jeremy Cooper and Louise Trubek (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 1997), Evidence: Cases and Problems, , 2nd ed. (Harrison, Norcross, Ga., 1995) (with Warren D. Bracy, Ronald D. Raitt, Ivan E. Bodensteiner, and James Marshall Klebba), Articles, " Is the State Constitutional Guarantee of the Privilege of Habeas Corpus Suspended in N.J.? ", 49, Seton Hall J. Legis. & Pub. Pol'y, 75 (2025). " ABA-Mandated Instruction on Racism and Recent State Legislation Banning Such Instruction in University Classrooms: ‘Jim Crow’ Redux ", 29, Roger Williams U. L. Rev., 11 (2024). "Are the Persian Gulf City-States Slave Societies?" ,, Aeon Essays, , 2021 "Review of Jonathan A.C. Brown, Slavery and Islam" (London: Oneworld Academic, 2019) 4, Journal of Islamic Ethics, , 1-5 (2020) "Toward the Abolition of Slavery under the Aegis of Islamic Law, The Comparative Jurist,", William and Mary Law School’s International and Comparative Law Blog, , May 1, 2020, , ", ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Human Right to Freedom from Slavery under Islamic Law," 39 , Fordham International Law Journal, 245 (2015), ", Ideological Origins of Anti-Slavery Thought," 1, Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition, , pp. 345-357 (2007), ", Qur’an and Antislavery," 2, Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition, , pp. 555-560 (2007) , ", Some Reflection on Post-Enlightenment Qur’anic Hermeneutics," 2006, Michigan State Law Review, 1403, ", The Origins of the Anti-Segregation Clause in the New Jersey Constitution," 35, Rutgers Law Journal, 1267 (2004), ", Martyrdom, Suicide, and the Islamic Law of War: A Short Legal History," 27, Fordham International Law Journal, 299 (2003), ", Slavery, Freedom, and the Doctrine of Consensus in Islamic Jurisprudence," 11, Harvard Human Rights Journal, 1 (1998), ", A Blueprint for a Center of Social Justice," 22, Seton Hall Law Review, 1225 (1992), ", Peer Review Physicians and the State Action Exemption: Are They Protected When They Act in Bad Faith?," 9, Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases, 247 (1988)., ", A Review of the Right to Die for Terminally Ill Patients," 1, Yale L. & Pol'y Rev., 80 (1982) (with Linda Mehling), ", Death with Dignity Laws: A Plea for Uniform Legislation," 5, Seton Hall Legislative Journal, 105 (1982)
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