PROVIDENCE, R.I. –, In the chambers where Rhode Island’s legislation is debated and decided, Roger Williams University brought its work in law and justice directly into conversation with the state’s civic process. Held at the Rhode Island State House on April 2, RWU Day of Law and Justice convened students, faculty, and state leaders for a day of engagement, reflection, and connection. Now in its third year, the…, School of Justice Studies, and , Extension School, , alongside the , School of Law, , highlighting Roger Williams University’s growing role in shaping the state’s legal and justice landscape. “This day is about bringing our work into the heart of Rhode Island’s civic life,” said RWU School of Law Dean Gregory W. Bowman. “Bringing together faculty and students from across the institution reflects the powerful combinations we talk about at Roger Williams University. Across these…, From Classroom to State House, For students, the day offered more than a glimpse into Rhode Island’s legislative process – it provided a firsthand view of how academic study connects to the spaces where policy is shaped, and decisions are made. For Camila Diaz Ochoa, a first-year , International Relations, major and , Political Science, minor from Culiacán, Sinaloa, México, the experience marked both a moment of arrival and a beginning. “Walking into the State House felt unreal,” Diaz Ochoa said. “As someone who only recently moved to the United States and always dreamed of being involved in American politics, I didn’t always feel like those spaces were meant for me – but being there changed that. Hearing the Speaker, stepping…
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David A. Logan became Dean of Roger Williams School of Law in 2003, after two decades on the faculty of Wake Forest University School of Law, where he won awards for his teaching of Torts, Media Law, and Professional Responsibility. At the end of his deanship in 2014, he was one of the nation's longest-serving deans. He has also been a visiting professor at UNC, UT-Austin, Florida State, and the…, Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman, , 455 U.S. 363 (1982), a major Supreme Court decision interpreting the Fair Housing Act. Professor Logan's publications, primarily focusing on the intersection of tort law and the First Amendment, have appeared in major journals, including the, Michigan Law Review, , the, Iowa Law Review, , and the, Virginia Law Review, . His most recent piece, “Rescuing our Democracy by Revisiting, New York Times v. Sullivan, ,” published in the, Ohio State Law Journal, in late 2020, was cited sixteen times by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch in his 2021 opinion in, Berisha v. Lawson, . Professor Logan has served as an Advisor to the American Law Institute’s Restatement (Third) of Torts, most recently on the ALI’s Defamation and Privacy Law Project; he has also served the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools in various leadership capacities. He has won awards for his “dedication and commitment to equal justice in the law” (Rhode Island Legal…, Wall Street Journal, ,, New York Times, ,, Washington Post, , and the, Economist, ). He was born in New York City and grew up in Northern Virginia, where he excelled as a violinist and started for the first racially integrated team to win the state AAA basketball championship. He earned his BA from Bucknell, his MA from Wisconsin-Madison, and his JD from Virginia. In college, he was a varsity basketball player, head deejay on the campus radio station, and a music critic for, Rolling Stone, magazine., Books, , "Protection of Personality Rights against Invasions by the Mass Media in the United States of America,” in, The Protection of Personality Rights Against Invasions by the Mass Media, , edited by, , Helmut Kozel & Alexander Warzilek (Vienna: Springer, 2005) (with Michael D. Green), North Carolina Torts, , 2d ed. (Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2004) (with Wayne A. Logan), Selected Articles, , ", Rescuing our Democracy by Revisiting, New York Times v. Sullivan,", 81, Ohio State Law Journal, 759 (2020), ", Still Standing After All These Years: Five Decades of Litigation Under the Fair Housing Act and the Supreme Court Still Can't Say for Sure Who is Protected,", 23, Roger Williams U. L. Rev., 169 (2018), ", Juries, Judges, and the Politics of Tort Reform," 83, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 903 (2015), ", When the Restatement is Not a Restatement: The Curious Case of the Flagrant Trespasser," 37, William Mitchell Law Review, 1448 (2011) (symposium on the , Restatement (3d) Torts, ), ", The Perils of Glasnost," 38, University of Toledo Law Review, 565 (2007), ", Teaching Through Tragedy," 34, Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 181 (2002) "Libel Law in the Trenches: Reflections on Current Data on Libel Litigation," 86, Virginia Law Review, 503 (2001), ", All Monica, All of the Time, The 24-Hour News Cycle and the Proof of Culpability in Libel Actions," 23, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, 201 (2000), ", Upping the Ante: Curricular and Bar Exam Reform in Professional Responsibility," 56, Washington and Lee Law Review, 1023 (1999), ", Masked Media: Judges, Juries, and the Law of Surreptitious Newsgathering," 83, Iowa Law Review, 161 (1997), ", Of "Sloppy Journalism", "Corporate Tyranny", and "Mea Culpas": The Curious Case of, Moldea v. New York Times,", 37, William and Mary Law Review, 161 (1995) "The Man in the Mirror," 90, Mich L. Rev, . 1739 (1992).
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