Join fellow RWU Law alumni and meet Dean Gregory W. Bowman for a cocktails and hors d'oeuvres prior to the lighting of WaterFire. The program will include special recognition for those alumni in a reunion year (Classes of 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016) and a welcome to the alumni association for the Class of 2021. Reception: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm WaterFire Lighting: 7:00 pm Res American Bistro …
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Sponsored by the Student Bar Association and the Office of the Dean, Town Hall meetings provide an opportunity for students to ask questions and share input directly with law school faculty and administration. We hope that all community members will attend. The Town Hall meeting will be held in person in room 283 and online via Zoom. Registration is required to attend by Zoom. Register in advance…
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This event is co-sponsored by City University of New York School of Law and Roger Williams University School of Law. Drawing upon the experience of faculty from across the country, , Integrating Doctrine and Diversity, is a collection of essays with practical advice, written by faculty for faculty, on specific ways to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into the law school curriculum. Chapters will focus on subjects traditionally taught in the first-year curriculum (Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Legal Writing, Legal Research, Property, Torts) and each chapter will also include a short…, Meet the Speakers, Allen, Dean Alena Allen, teaches family law, health law, public health law, professional responsibility, and torts. Allen previously taught at the Cecil C. Humphreys University of Memphis School of Law where she won Professor of Year in 2013, the Farris Bobango Faculty Scholarship Award in 2019, and the MLK 50 Faculty Service Award in 2021. Allen’s work has appeared in the North Carolina Law Review, the Fordham Law…, Todd Brower, is a professor of law at Western State University College of Law and serves as the Judicial Education director of the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. He specializes in constitutional law and real property. He received his A.B from Princeton University, his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his LL.M. from Yale Law School. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Grenoble. …, Frank Deale, is Professor of Law at Cuny Law School. He received a B.A. from Antioch College and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has taught on the faculty of Rutgers Law School, Newark, and for 14 years was a member of the staff of the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he served successively as staff attorney, Associate Legal Director, and Legal Director. He has published…, Moderator, Nicole P. Dyszlewski, Nicole P. Dyszlewski, is one of the editors of, Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Inclusion and Equity in the Law School Classroom, . She currently serves as the Head of Reference, Instruction, and Engagement at the RWU Law Library and as an adjunct professor. She received a B.A. from Hofstra University, a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. She is a member of the Massachusetts State Bar and the Rhode Island State…
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If you have been with us since the COVID-19 pandemic began, chances are that you might think that classroom tech support is a good chunk of our faculty services. Or perhaps you know that we also provide document delivery services for faculty, in the form of books and articles from the RWU libraries, and Interlibrary Loan from our partner libraries in the U.S. and beyond. Let’s break down what we…
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Starting in 2021, the JMLC will be published twice a year: Summer/Fall, and Winter/Spring. Please check back here soon for 2021 subscription rates and a subscription link.
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Welcome Changemakers female student, Connections. Experience. Opportunity.
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On October 27th, the Women's Law Society of Roger Williams University School of Law will hold its annual Women in Robes event . To help celebrate, the Law Library has prepared a virtual display of titles from our collection that celebrate women jurists and attorneys. You can find the virtual display at Women in Law . Also, in this post, we highlight two female trailblazing judges from Rhode…
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A Mandatory 2L Advising & Course Registration Session will be held on Wednesday, October 6, from 1:00 to 2:00 in room 283. During this session, we will provide information on registering and choosing classes, preparing for the bar exam application process, graduation requirements, experiential opportunities, and the joint degree programs. The session will be recorded, but please make every…
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This event is co-sponsored by Roger Williams University School of Law and City University of New York School of Law. Drawing upon the experience of faculty from across the country, , Integrating Doctrine and Diversity, is a collection of essays with practical advice, written by faculty for faculty, on specific ways to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion into the law school curriculum. Chapters will focus on subjects traditionally taught in the first-year curriculum (Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Legal Writing, Legal Research, Property, Torts) and each chapter will also include a short…, Meet the Speakers, Ahrens, Deborah Ahrens, is a Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law who teaches and writes about criminal law, criminal procedure, and evidence. Professor Ahrens has served as the law school’s William C. Oltman Professor of Teaching Excellence. Professor Ahrens is currently visiting at the University of San Francisco School of Law. Professor Ahrens' scholarship focuses on the cultural significance of…, Gabrielle B. Benjamin, is a third-year student at RWU School of Law who works as a Teaching Assistant for Professor Jenna Wims Hashway's Legal Practice course and the pilot course, Race & Foundations of American Law. Before attending RWUSOL, Gabrielle received her B.A. in Art History from Pennsylvania State University. Since enrolling at RWUSOL, she has been a Sea Grant Law Fellow, an American Bar Association JIOP…, , Murray, Kali Murray, is a Professor of Law at Marquette University Law School. Professor Murray's research agenda is focused on the "politics of participation" in patent, property, and administrative law. In patent law, Professor Murray is interested in how the doctrinal formation of patent law is impacted by different administrative, political, and social structures. Among her works, she has published a book, , The Politics of Patent Law: Crafting the Participatory Patent Bargain, , as a part of the Routledge Research Series in Intellectual Property Law in 2013. Her current work,, Infrostructure(s, ), focuses on how public rights in information are constructed. In property law, Professor Murray is interested in the impact of race, ethnicity, and culture on the development of property law. She is a co-author with Alfred Brophy and Alberto Lopez, , Integrating Spaces: Cases and Materials on Race and Property Law , (1st Ed. 2012), and is currently working with Interim Dean Rose Cuison-Villazor on , Integrating Spaces: Property Law and Identity, , which will expand the focus of the first edition, to social identities such as race, gender, disability, citizenship status, and sexual orientation. , Moderator, Nicole P. Dyszlewski, Nicole P. Dyszlewski, is one of the editors of, Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Inclusion and Equity in the Law School Classroom, . She currently serves as the Head of Reference, Instruction, and Engagement at the RWU Law Library and as an adjunct professor. She received a B.A. from Hofstra University, a J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. She is a member of the Massachusetts State Bar and the Rhode Island State…
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For most library patrons, the people they meet at the circulation desk or reference desk are the only library staff they see. These frontline library staff deal with the day-to-day operations of the forward-facing library. However, there are other library staff members that most people rarely see because they work behind the scenes making sure there are materials on the shelves and research…
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