Save the Date...The Roger Williams University School of Law Class of 2026 Commencement Exercises will be held on Friday, May 15, 2026. We invite law school graduates and their guests to visit the Roger Williams University commencement webpage for the most up to date information on the 2026 Commencement Ceremony and related events. The website was built to be a one-stop information center for all…, Please be sure to share the website with your loved ones!, Congratulations, RWU Law Class of 2026!
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Student Research, Law student research is available on the Sea Grant Law Fellows Selected Projects, Sea Grant Law Fellows Selected Projects, webpage, . , Staff Research and Publications, Staff research and publications are available on the, Marine Affairs Institute Ocean and Coastal Law and Policy Research, website., Symposia/Conferences, The Marine Affairs Institute sponsors speakers, symposia, and interdisciplinary training programs that provide law students and practitioners alike with opportunities to meet with other marine law professionals in both formal and informal settings, and learn about recent developments in ocean and coastal law.
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Each summer your law librarians get the opportunity to attend the annual conference and meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries. This year it was held in Portland, Oregon, where we delightedly explored why the city’s unofficial motto is “Keep Portland Weird.” At the conference, we spent several days collaborating with and learning from professional colleagues, many of whom work at…
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Behind the Scenes: Litigating for Civil Rights on Behalf of Immigrants Register RWU Law welcomes Lee Gelernt of the ACLU National Office in New York as the Thurgood Marshall Memorial Lecture Keynote Address Speaker. In recent years, Lee has argued some of the country’s highest-profile cases and is widely recognized as one of the country’s leading public interest lawyers. He has argued dozens of…, Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, in the U.S. Supreme Court, involving the government’s post 9-11 policy of using the federal material witness statute to investigate and preventively detain terrorism suspects in cases where there was no probable cause to justify a criminal arrest. He also successfully argued one of the very first major September 11 cases to reach the federal courts of appeals,, Detroit Free Press v. Ashcroft, , where he represented the media in their lawsuit seeking to prevent the government from holding secret deportation hearings after September 11. In its decision invalidating the government’s secret hearing policy, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals stated that “democracies die behind closed doors” — a phrase that became one of the most cited and well-known admonitions issued by the judiciary in…, 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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Etreive login screen All pro bono experiential learning must be reported online using Etrieve ., Important:, To log in to Etrieve, you must first click on the small “Or sign in with” icon located at the bottom center of the screen, which will create a prompt for you to sign in using your RWU Law 0365 login credentials. For the New York Pro Bono reporting requirements, please refer to the New York Pro Bono rule section.
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Professor Less’s legal experience spans transactional work in contracts, business formation, intellectual property protection and all aspects of the civil litigation process in torts and employment discrimination. She serves as a Professor at Johnson and Wales University where she teaches a number of law classes as well as overseeing the University’s pre-law program. Before joining JWU, Professor…
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For Camille Capraro ‘19, no two days are the same. As Senior Advisor to Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee, she wears many hats. Capraro works on a wide range of priorities, from managing special projects and federal-state affairs to overseeing the work of key state agencies. “One day might involve bringing agencies together to tackle a pressing issue, while another is spent shaping policy…
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What is Pro Bono? , Below is the Rule 6.1 of the American Bar Association's Model Rules of Professional Conduct, which outlines the obligation of attorneys to engage in pro bono. , The term pro bono is derived from the Latin phrase, pro bono publico, which means "for the public good." In the legal profession, the term "pro bono" generally means to provide legal services free of charge. , In fulfilling this responsibility, the lawyer should, provide substantial majority of the fifty (50) hours of legal services without fee or expectation of fee to: persons of limited means; or charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental and educational organizations in matters which are designed primarily to address the needs or persons of limited means; and Provide any additional services through: delivery of legal services at no fee or…
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