Sponsored by the Student Bar Association 6:30 PM Meet & Greet 7:30 PM Dinner and Dancing Omni Providence Hotel One West Exchange Street Providence, Rhode Island , Tickets are sold out., OVERNIGHT SPECIAL ROOM RATE: A limited number of overnight rooms are available at a reduced nightly rate of $119 at the Omni Providence Hotel. Reservations may be made directly by calling Omni Reservations Line at 1-402-952-6646 and mentioning the 2022 RWU Law Barrister’s Ball Room Block or by clicking the following link: OMNI HOTEL OVERNIGHT SPECIAL ROOM RATE , All room reservations must be made before Wednesday, January 19, 2022., GUEST ATTENDEES: Guests of RWU Law students are required to produce a negative COVID test result prior to the SBA Barrister's Ball. Tests must dated Wednesday, February 16, 2022 or later, and uploaded here . Rapid and PCR tests accepted. Guests who do not submit a negative COVID test will not be permitted to attend. Please email lawevents@rwu.edu with any questions. TICKET REFUND POLICY: RWU Law…, Masks are required when not actively eating or drinking., Special Accommodations, Persons who, because of a special need or condition, would like to request an accommodation for this event should contact the Office of Programs & Events at lawevents@rwu.edu , as soon as possible, but no later than 72 business hours before the event, so that appropriate arrangements may be made.
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Marianna Nava, a rising second-year law student at Roger Williams University School of Law, has been selected to receive a Federal Magistrate Judges Association (FMJA) Fellowship in the program’s inaugural year. “For the first time, four law students of diverse backgrounds have been named as FMJA Fellows,” said FMJA President and Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Smith. Beginning this month,…
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The Legal Beagle is hungry! Did you know Rhode Islanders LOVE food? Rhode Island is home to some of the best eats anywhere and a great way to sample the deliciousness is food trucks. The variety is astounding, from Rhode Island specialties--fresh shucked oysters, frozen lemonade and lobster rolls-- to burgers, grilled cheese, poke, bbq, crepes, wings, tacos, gyros, Pad Thai, shaved ice-- and so…
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This fall, Roger Williams University School of Law will become one of just a handful of law schools nationwide to introduce a new required course on the subject of “Race & the Foundations of American Law” to its core legal curriculum. Of those schools, RWU Law is one of the first to have already piloted its course – to excellent student reviews – as a spring elective. The course is designed…
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Keynote Address: Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 4:00 PM ET, Zoom Webinar, Angela Winfield, is chief diversity officer for the Law School Admission Council. In this role, she provides leadership, vision, energy, and a unified philosophy to LSAC’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts on behalf of member law schools and the students who seek a career in law. Prior to her current position, Winfield was associate vice president for inclusion and workforce diversity at Cornell University…, This is a virtual event., Learn More About Speaker Angela Winfield Here Generously supported by Nixon Peabody, LLP Nixon Peabody logo, Rhode Island MCLE Credit, This program has been approved for one (1) CLE hour in Rhode Island., Special Accommodations, Persons who, because of a special need or condition, would like to request an accommodation for an event should contact the Office of Programs & Events, as soon as possible, but no later than 72 hours before the event, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. lawevents@rwu.edu
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Professor and former Roger Williams University School of Law Dean David A. Logan enjoyed a “rock-star moment” on the final day of the Supreme Court’s term, completed last Friday as the long Independence Day weekend began. In an 11-page dissent to the Court’s denial of certiorari in, Berisha v. Lawson, , Justice Neil M. Gorsuch argued that the court should have heard a challenge to its landmark 1964 holding in, New York Times v. Sullivan., His opinion relied heavily on Logan’s recent law review article,, Rescuing Our Democracy by Rethinking New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, , 81 OHIO ST. L. J. 759 (2020), citing it 16 times. The upshot, to quote Gorsuch quoting Logan, is that “‘the distribution of disinformation’—which ‘costs almost nothing to generate’—has become a ‘profitable’ business while ‘the economic model that supported reporters, fact-checking, and editorial oversight’ has ‘deeply erod[ed].’” It is therefore time, according to Gorsuch (and Logan) to rethink, New York Times v. Sullivan, and our current approach to defamation law. As Logan writes, “with more than half a century of perspective, it is now clear that the Court’s constraints on defamation law have facilitated a miasma of misinformation that harms democracy by making it more difficult for citizens to become informed voters. The time has come to ask a once heretical question: ‘What if, New York Times, got it wrong?’” “We all strive to make a difference in our scholarship, teaching, and service—and in our scholarship we seek to critique and improve the law,” said RWU Law Dean Gregory Bowman. “I’m proud to be David’s colleague, and I celebrate his scholarly impact on this centrally important legal issue.” “ Needless to say, I am personally thrilled and professionally honored, ” Logan commented…
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RWU Law made national headlines in 2021 when it became one of just a handful of law schools nationwide to introduce a new required course on race and the law to its core legal curriculum. It was also one of the first to pilot its course as a spring elective. After three years of strategic planning and a year of national reckoning, RWU Law designed the course to improve critical thinking about the…, Boston Globe, . “They need a broad and rich perspective on the law, how it has evolved, and how we will all work in our own ways to make the world a better place.” Speaking with Reuters , Professor Jared Goldstein said, “Within a few years, I expect it will seem as normal and necessary as other required law school courses, like contracts.” In a Q&A with Westlaw Today , Professor Diana Hassel said the…
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