Roger Williams University School of Law 2024-2025, (Effective January 16, 2025), The Honorable Brian Stern, ,, , Chair, Associate Judge Rhode Island Superior Court, Nicole J. Benjamin, Esq. ’06, ,, Vice-Chair, Shareholder Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., The Honorable Patricia Sullivan, ,, Treasurer, Magistrate Judge United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Hinna Mirza Upal, Esq. ’07, ,, Secretary, Senior Manager, Investigations Office of Compliance and Ethics Associate Counsel, Office of Legal Affairs Rochester Institute of Technology, Collin Bailey, Esq. ’08, Chief Transformation Officer Hudson Bay Company, Alyssa V. Boss, Esq. ’97, General Counsel University of Rhode Island, Gregory W. Bowman, Dean and Professor of Law Roger Williams University School of Law, Ex-Officio Member, Bradford Boyd, Esq. '08, President & Founder ANOVA Marine Insurance, Marek P. Bute, Esq. ’05, Senior Manager, Business Contracts Amazon Web Services, Brandon Cuffy, Esq. ‘14, Associate Miles & Stockbridge, Marc DeSisto, Esq., DeSisto Law Offices, The Honorable Melissa R. DuBose ’04, District Judge Rhode Island District Court United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, Stacey Erickson, Esq., Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island, Carly Beauvais Iafrate, Esq. ‘00, Law Office of Carly Beauvais Iafrate, PC, Paul Kessimian, Esq., Co-Managing Partner Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP, J. Scott Kilpatrick, Esq, . Partner Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick, Stephen P. Maguire, Esq. ’96, Law Office of Stephen P. Maguire, Inc., Zachary Mandell, Esq. ’11, Partner Mandell, Boisclair & Mandell, Ioannis "Yannis" Miaoulis, President Roger Williams University, Ex-Officio Member, Weayonnoh Davies-Nelson, Esq. ‘07, Executive Director The Economic Progress Institute, Crystal D. Peralta, Esq. “20, Robinson+Cole, Ex-Officio Member, Adam Ramos, Esq. ‘06, Partner Hinckley Allen, Michael P. Robinson, Esq. ’00, Partner Savage Law Partners LLP, Joelle Rocha, Esq. ‘06, Partner Duffy & Sweeney, LTD, George L. Santopietro, Esq., Partner Coia & Lepore, Ltd., Ondine Galvez Sniffin, Esq., Law Offices of Ondine Galvez Sniffin, Katherine Sulentic, Esq. ’09, Deputy Athletic Director for Regulatory Affairs University of Memphis, The Honorable Paul A. Suttell, Chief Justice Rhode Island Supreme Court, The Honorable O. Rogeriee Thompson, Judge United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
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When President Trump announced in early September that he was putting an end to DACA – the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which granted temporary deportation relief and work authorization to some 800,000 eligible individuals brought to the United States as undocumented immigrants at a young age – he unwittingly sparked a focused resistance among immigration advocates that never…, the center of this resistance is Roger Williams, “Before this president was elected, there were at least 40 immigration coalitions in the state, all of them working separately,” said , Deborah Gonzalez, Director of the Immigration Law Clinic and Associate Clinical Professor of Law, at RWU Law. “Then he revoked DACA, and in no time we were all working together – on policy; on rapid response in the event [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] raids begin happening here …” It began in the immediate wake of Trump’s decision, when Gonzales delivered a fiery speech at a protest rally at the Rhode Island State House, organized by the Coalition of Advocates for Student…, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, – who was present at the rally – promised to make that happen. “, Do not despair. We are doing what we can and we will continue to work to protect you., ” Raimondo quickly pulled together “a coalition of individuals and organizations” who collectively donated more than $170,000 to cover the renewal fee for every DREAMer in Rhode Island. (No funding came from the state.) “We’re not going to allow $495 to stand in the way of our neighbors’ dreams,” Raimondo told reporters a few days later. “Now is the time to fight for our values and take action…, pro bono , legal representation and assistance filing DACA renewal applications. These providers included: the , Immigration Clinic at RWU Law, ; the , Pro Bono Collaborative at RWU Law, ; the , Rhode Island Center for Justice, housed at RWU Law’s Providence campus, ; Dorcas International Institute (formerly International Institute), where Gonzalez has served as a subcommittee chair since 2010; Progreso Latino; and the aforementioned Coalition of Advocates for Student Opportunities (CASO) “A lot of people came to me and said, ‘I don’t know, Debbie. Why should I trust this administration? For all I know that are going to rip the rug from under me and they’re…
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