Monday, February 26, 2018 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Pre-Admissions Reception) 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (Alumni Reception) The Wink Hotel 1143 New Hampshire Avenue NW Washington, DC 20037 Join Dean Michael J. Yelnosky, alumni, faculty and staff in D.C. Hors d'oeuvres & one beverage ticket/Cash bar to follow Tickets: $10
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A "My Turn" column from the Providence Journal for Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 :, I fled my native Ecuador after people tried to kill me because I am gay. Alone, poor and desperate, I arrived in the United States and applied to become a refugee. During those first years in this country, the promise of the American Dream sustained me . I believed I could become whoever I wanted to be if I worked hard and sacrificed. That promise was realized seven years ago when the, Roger Williams University School of Law, held its Public Interest Auction . After finishing my first semester of law school, I knew I wanted to use my law degree to help others in need. So on that night, I reached out to people would might help me pursue public-interest law. Nervous and eager to make a good impression, I chose an orange tie and a sharp blue suit. I ate dinner beforehand so I wouldn’t be hungry during the event. I…, Luis Mancheno, a 2013 Roger Williams University Law School graduate, is an immigration lawyer at the Bronx Defenders in New York. He is slated to receive the Alumni Public Interest Champion Award at the school’s Champions for Justice gala today, in Providence.
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Study aids can be a wonderful resource to help you understand the concepts taught in class and apply them to practice questions. Using study aids throughout the semester, and not just in the weeks before an exam, can be especially helpful. If you are interested in learning how to study smarter and effectively use study aids, join the Law Library and the Office of Academic Success on Friday,…, RWU Law Digital Library, and, West Academic Online Study Aids, . The, RWU Law Digital Library, provides access to a variety of titles from LexisNexis, including: eBooks: Understanding Series, Questions & Answers, Law Students Guides, Legal Research Guides, Mastering Series, and Skills & Values Series., West Academic Online Study Aids, provides access to both eBook and audio study aid content including: eBooks: Nutshells, Concise Hornbooks, Acing Series, Black Letter Series, Law Stories Series, Short & Happy Guides, Turning Point Series, and many more! Audio: Sum & Substance and Law School Legends. Want to know the coolest part? All study aids from the, RWU Law Digital Library, and, West Academic Online Study Aids, are available for unlimited simultaneous use! These resources are available by selecting RWU Law Digital Library – LexisNexis or West Academic from the Law Library's list of digital resources. Please contact a librarian for the code to access the, RWU Law Digital Library, . For off-campus access to the, West Academic Online Study Aids, and to save notes/highlights, register on campus using the "Create an Account" option at the top of the opening page. If you are looking for study aids for a particular class, subject specific e-study aids (and much more) can also be found in the Law Library's Study Aids LawGuides ! These guides are organized by class subject, including guides for all 1L classes and many of the 2L and 3L classes…
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will visit the Roger Williams University School of Law on Jan. 30. Justice Ginsburg will take part in a “fireside chat” with 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Senior Judge Bruce M. Selya at 10:30 a.m. Tickets for seating in the courtroom have already been issued through a lottery by the Office of the RWU Law Dean. Ticket and identification are…, Bristol campus, , livestream viewing will be in the: RWU Library Mary Tefft White Cultural Center College of Arts & Sciences Rooms 157 and 162 School of Law Rooms 285, 286 and 262 On the, Providence campus, , livestream viewing will be in: Room 429 Justice Ginsburg’s visit will mark the eighth time that a sitting or retired U.S. Supreme Court justice has addressed RWU School of Law students. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy gave the law school’s first commencement address in 1996, and law students have since heard from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. (2008), Justice Antonin Scalia (2008), Justice…
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BRISTOL, R.I., January 30, 2018, – “We the People” may have started out meaning white, male property owners – but the concept has steadily broadened since then, much to the benefit of the nation, said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on a snowy Tuesday morning at Roger Williams University School of Law. “Over the course of our history, the composition of ‘We the People’ has expanded,” Ginsburg said, addressing…, Obergefell v. Hodges, , which held that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage. “It’s another example of how society has changed and the Court is catching up,” Ginsburg said. “The great constitutional scholar Paul Freund once said 'the Court should never be influenced by the weather of the day, but inevitably they will be influenced by the climate of the era,' and that’s what happened with the gay…, Back to the Way It Was, Ginsburg’s visit to Roger Williams was preceded by a mini-controversy, as news outlets from CNN to Fox , from Newsweek to The Hill to Breitbart , suddenly picked up on her decision to visit Bristol instead of remaining in Washington. Even Cosmopolitan got into the act, with a headline blaring: “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Will Not Attend Trump's State of the Union. She'll be speaking at Roger…, An Odd Couple, Selya asked about the famously liberal Ginsburg's friendship with the late, conservative Justice Antonin Scalia . “I disagreed with a lot of what he said, but I was captivated by the way in which he said it," she explained. "This was a man who cared about words. Even though we were often on opposite sides, we’d go over each other’s opinions. My suggestions were: ‘Nino, you should tone this down…, The RBG Workout: How She Stays Strong . . . and You Can Too! , (Scenes from her workout, she added, are slated to appear in a biographical documentary, RBG , due out later this year.) “Many reporters want to know about the routine,” Ginsburg said with a chuckle. “Most of them fail miserably.” She smiled when asked about “Saturday Night Live” actress Kate McKinnon’s impression of her as an iron-pumping, vitamin-popping health nut, determined to outlast the…, they, would really like to have had.", ‘You Can’t Help But Be in Awe’, From students to faculty, staff to alumni, the Ginsburg visit was a hit. “I’m not one to be star struck, but this one got me,” said Deborah Johnson , Director of Diversity and Outreach, following the event. “She got me.” “She is one of my ‘she-ros,’” added alumna Nicole Verdi ’14 . “As a female and as an attorney I look up to her immensely. She’s not afraid to say things that make other people…, men, for so many years. Why is it so wild?’ Statements like that are beautiful and inspiring and I love her for that.” “Her opinions, both for the majority and dissents, are well written, they’re needed, and they’ve shaped our history,” Verdi said. “So to see her in person, in the flesh – I almost cried. You can’t help but be in awe.” Current students were no less impressed. “I was really moved by…, It Would Have Been Enough, RWU Law Dean Michael J. Yelnosky introduced Ginsburg, citing a song Jews sing during Passover –, “Dayenu, ” – that enumerates blessings, celebrating that any one of them alone “would have been enough.” “Justice Ginsburg would be worthy of acclaim because she was the first woman named to the Harvard Law Review, and she graduated at the top of her class at Columbia Law School in 1959,” Yelnosky said. “It would have been enough that while teaching she co-founded the Women’s Rights Project of the ACLU ,…, Dayenu, .” Ginsburg’s visit marks the eighth time that a sitting or retired U.S. Supreme Court justice has addressed RWU School of Law students. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the law school’s first commencement address in 1996, and law students have since heard from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. (2008), Justice Antonin Scalia (2008), Justice Stephen G. Breyer (2011), Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr…
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