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Community-based organizations are encouraged to propose Pro Bono Collaborative projects. To do so, please contact: Eliza Vorenberg at evorenberg@rwu.edu or 401-254-4597, Adult Correctional Institution Civil Legal Clinic Projects, Attorney Kelly Rafferty Meara provides advice and counsel on civil legal issues to inmates in the Adult Correctional Institution (ACI) Medium Security Facility and the Women’s Facility., Bradley Hospital’s Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Guardianship Project, Barton Gilman LLP , in partnership with Bradley Hospital’s Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities , assists parents of disabled children turning 18 by providing advice and counsel regarding their options and, where appropriate, establishing legal guardianship of their children. The firm also provides regular Know Your Rights presentations to Bradley families and staff on Guardianship…, Elder Law/End-of-Life Planning Project, Rampino Law Associates provides community presentations and healthcare proxy clinics at local community organizations and agencies, including local housing authorities., Eviction Help Desk Project, Launched in October 2021, the Eviction Help Desk is a partnership between Roger Williams University School of Law’s Pro Bono Collaborative, the Rhode Island District Court , Rhode Island Center for Justice (CFJ) and Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc. (RILS). The Help Desk is staffed Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. by RWU Law students, working alongside experienced housing attorneys…, McAuley House Expungement Clinics Project, Attorneys Amy Goins and Peter Skwirz provide monthly expungement legal clinics at McAuley House . When clinic attendees are eligible for expungement or sealing, the attorneys provide full representation., Non-Profit Advice and Counsel Project, Cameron Mittleman LLP , Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC , and Sloan & Walsh LLP provide legal advice, counsel, and assistance to non-profit organizations that serve low-income communities. Organizations served have included AMOR, the Newport Partnership for Families, Women’s Center of RI, the Providence Student Union, and Women’s Refugee Care., Rhode Island Training School Intro to Law & Society, RWU Law students will be launching a new project in January 2020 with the youth at the Rhode Island Training School. The law students will teach a law-related curriculum during the spring semester. This program will be the first of several initiatives between the Law School and the Training School., Street Law Project, Street Law is a national program that partners law students with local public schools and community based organizations to teach disadvantaged youth about their legal rights and responsibilities. Law students teach law-related lessons in schools and community organizations throughout Rhode Island and in New Bedford., Tomaquag Museum Project, Duffy & Sweeney Ltd, ., provides legal assistance to the Tomaquag Museum in support its development of a new museum building and concessions on URI property. One law student assists the law firm with legal issues around land use, contract review, and employee policies., Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA), The Internal Revenue Service trains law students to provide tax assistance to low-income individuals and families through East Bay Community Action Program to ensure that they receive the earned income tax credit for which they are qualified. In 2019, the project returned $700,000 to low-income people living in the East Bay. RWU Law has the largest group of VITA volunteers in the state.
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Type: In the Media
Type: In the Media
One thing you can say for Donald Trump’s presidency: He sure keeps lawyers busy. Within weeks of taking office, he suddenly rolled out immigration rules that banned entrance to travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, creating chaos and great anxiety at many airports. But that action was immediately challenged by state attorneys general and held unconstitutional by federal judges. And…, Nwanguma v. Trump, , the protesters seek damages for the manhandling that they experienced, which would constitute assault and battery under Kentucky law, and also damages from Trump for inciting the violence. Trump's lawyers asserted the First Amendment as a bar to liability, and it is true that the U.S. Supreme Court has made it clear that incendiary speech can only be sanctioned in a narrow range of…, Professor David Logan contributed this piece to RWU's 1st Amendment Blog .
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Tweets and leaks. “Fake news” and “alternative facts.” The President of the United States and the “Enemy of the American People.”On a daily basis, the press and the president are locked in a bitter, high-stakes battle. In ", The Press & The President, ," a panel of experts from Roger Williams University, the press and the Republican Party will delve into what it all means for reporters and politicians, the public and our democracy. They’ll go in-depth on issues touched upon in the RWU 1st Amendment Blog , addressing past precedents and future implications, legal issues and journalistic practices, old-school campaigning and the new media…, The event begins at 7:00 at RWU's Providence campus, Wednesday, March 29, 2017., The event will be held in the third-floor lounge of the RWU Providence Campus, 1 Empire St., Providence, R.I. Also hear it via , LIVE STREAMING., Or , live, on RWU's radio station, , WQRI ., Panelists include: Omar Bah , journalist and refugee from The Gambia, RWU graduate, founder and executive director of the Refugee Dream Center; Brandon S. Bell , Rhode Island Republican Party chairman, trial attorney who co-founded Fontaine Bell law firm and RWU School of Law graduate; David A. Logan , law professor and former dean of the RWU School of Law, who has studied and written extensively…
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David H. Gibbs will become the Director of Business Law Programs and the Corporate Counsel Externship at RWU Law later this month. David has both extensive practice experience and experience teaching at two law schools. Gibbs is a graduate of Tufts University and UC Berkeley Law. From 1978 until 2003 he was an associate and then a partner at Nixon Peabody in Boston, and from 2004 to 2013 he was…
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As part of Roger Williams University School of Law’s Alternative Spring Break program, 61 law students are providing free legal services to impoverished communities in 17 locations ranging from the Bronx to Haiti. On the program’s first international trip, three RWU law students will offer know-your-rights presentations at the YWCA in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, talking to young women about domestic…, Suzanne Harrington-Steppen, , associate director of pro bono programs at RWU Law. “Also, we want our students out there, working with public interest lawyers so they can understand what public interest law is all about and so they can see the legal needs of low-income communities firsthand. That way, they’re not talking theoretically about access to justice – they’re looking it right in the eye.” The Alternative Spring…
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A groundbreaking exhibit titled “Do Lord Remember Me: The Black Church in Rhode Island” will open at Roger Williams University on Tuesday, Feb. 28, and will feature a powerful performance by actor Joe Wilson Jr., plus a panel discussion., From Feb. 28 through March 6, RWU and RWU Law will host the traveling exhibit in the second-floor atrium of the School of Law building, on the university’s Bristol campus. The exhibit will be on display Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free and open to the public, the exhibit documents 250 years of service and survival, telling the story in images and text of American firsts: the first black philanthropic organization (the Free African Union Society, founded in Newport); the first black Episcopal delegation to a…, Ray Rickman, executive director of Stages of Freedom, , the nonprofit that mounted the exhibition traveling around the state. “Roger Williams University is the first institution to book the exhibit following its 2016 inaugural tour of the state, which attracted well over 1,000 viewers. We hope a large number of people will attend this exciting event.”, RWU President Donald J. Farish, said, “Our university’s namesake, Roger Williams, is noteworthy not only because he championed religious tolerance but also because he opposed slavery in an era when slavery was commonplace. Hosting events during Black History Month that bring attention to the history of the black church in Rhode Island is, therefore, very much in keeping with the values that guide our institution. In addition…, The Feb. 28 event will take place in the RWU School of Law Appellate Courtroom 283, on the university’s Bristol campus, at One Old Ferry Road. The exhibit will open at 4 p.m., and the program will begin at 6 p.m. with Wilson’s performance, followed by a panel discussion and question-and-answer session about the exhibit, “The Black Church in Rhode Island.” , The panel will include Rickman, RWU History Professor Charlotte Carrington-Farmer and the Rev. Sammy C. Vaughan, senior pastor at St. James Baptist Church, in Woonsocket. It is free and open to the public; no tickets are required., For more information, call (401) 254-3166. The exhibit is funded by , The Rhode Council for the Humanities, and , The Rhode Island Council on the Arts, , sponsored by , Opera Providence, , and mounted by , Stages of Freedom, , a nonprofit founded by Rickman and program coordinator Robb Dimmick.
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RWU Law Professor Peter Margulies writes: In the wake of Edward Snowden’s disclosures, the United States administration faced a daunting series of challenges on surveillance, cybersecurity, and privacy. Congress was reluctant to enact comprehensive legislation. Moreover, Snowden’s revelations had triggered an international trust deficit. To deal with these challenges, the executive branch under…
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