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In 1991, Rhode Island was one of only three states without a law school. A group of individuals who believed that Rhode Island should have a law school contacted Anthony J. Santoro to conduct a feasibility study on whether or not to establish a law school at Roger Williams University in Bristol. After collecting the data and filing his report, he determined that the law school at Roger Williams…
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Welcome back! Ready to start fresh in the Spring semester? Try our Prepare for Practice programs! On January 10th and January 11th from 11 am to 1 pm in the Law School Bistro, the librarians will be distributing information about the Prepare for Practice Certification Programs . The Prepare for Practice Certification Programs are two certification programs . The legal research program is a free,…
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RWU Law Thurgood Marshall Memorial Lecture Series: , “The Race Card and the Trump Card:, New Challenges and Familiar Frustrations”, A Keynote Address by, Richard Thompson Ford, George E. Osborne Professor of Law,, Stanford University, Richard Thompson Ford is the George E. Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law School . He received an A.B. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He has published in the area of local government law, constitutional law, race relations, and anti-discrimination law in numerous legal journals, and he has lectured on these topics internationally. He has published regularly…, Slate , and has written opinion pieces for the , New York Times, San Jose Mercury News, , and , San Francisco Chronicle, . He is the author of several books, including , The Race Card , (2008), , Rights Gone Wrong , (2011), , , and , Universal Rights Down to Earth, (2011), . , He is currently working on a book about Grooming Codes. Monday, February 5, 2017 4:30 p.m. The Hon. Bruce M. Selya Appellate Courtroom 283 School of Law – Bristol Campus RSVP | Office of Programs & Events | lawevents@rwu.edu | 401.254.4659 , Professor Ford will be available after the lecture to sign his book,, Universal Rights Down to Earth, ., Books will be available for purchase on-site through the RWU Bookstore after the lecture., , This event is part of the President’s Distinguished Speaker Series and the Talking About Race, Gender and Power Series., This event earns 1/2 merit lottery point for RWU students., Sponsored by Hinckley Allen Hinckley Allen
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Xaykham (Xay) Khamsyvoravong decided to pursue his J.D. at RWU Law because, along with a quality legal education, it enables him to maintain a dual commitment to his career and his community, sacrificing neither. “RWU Law offers the perfect balance between the rigors of a doctrinal legal program, and a high level of commitment to community,” says Xay, a Brown University graduate. “I believe that…
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Ask Stephen Lapatin about himself and he’ll instinctively shrug that he’s just a normal guy. A native of Cranston, R.I., the son of a veteran Providence cop, a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, Steve is content to maintain an unassuming persona for all those who ask. But dig a little deeper – ask how he spent his summer, where he spends his time outside class, what kind of student he is…
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It’s never easy taking a sexual assault case to court, but for a young woman or man in the Marines, it’s harder still. “It’s a terrible, awful experience to have to go through,” said Adrienne Serbaroli ’07, a captain and judge advocate in the Marine Corps. “It’s traumatic.” A few years ago, “Adi” Serbaroli became one of only 15 Marine lawyers from around the country handpicked to launch the…
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East Greenwich native Matt Plain ’05 graduated from RWU Law fifth in his class and passed the bar exam for Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. After serving a judicial clerkship with the Honorable George E. Healy, Jr., in the Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation Court, he joined the law offices of Barton Gilman LLP and, within just six years, made partner. While at RWU, he was a…
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Three years ago, Curtis T. Haynes was attending class, much as he does now – but in a very different setting, wearing a lab coat at the renowned Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. Yet after a year and a half at one of the country’s most selective medical schools, the Mississippi native made one of the toughest decisions in his life: he stepped away from the career trajectory he’d…
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