• Madonna, Cher, Nicole…. Three powerful women who go by one name.  This week, the Legal Beagle sat down with Nicole Dyszlewski to find out a bit more about what makes her tick.  , What is your title?  ,   I am the Head of Reference, Instruction, & Engagement , Can you explain to our readers what you do using non-librarian terms? , I help people. I help people do research. I help people find resources. I teach people about the research process. And I try and make the experience of going to law school less difficult for all our students. , What is your favorite reading genre? , I have two faves. One is true crime. I got bit early by the true crime bug when I read the book , Helter Skelter,  about the Manson family murders at a young age and I have been obsessed ever since. OBSESSED. My other fave is modern chic lit.   , What part of your job is most satisfying?,    I know a common answer among librarians is that they are most satisfied when a student “gets it”. You know, like the light bulb moment? I think that is great, but I am most satisfied when the library is identified as a safe place. I appreciate when I get student emails that say, “My TA said I have to come and talk to the librarians because they know everything about citation” or “I need to…, What’s the most profound positive change you’ve seen in the library since you joined it?,    I joined the library staff as a full-time employee a little over 6 years ago. Since that time, I have seen us innovate in several ways that have been profoundly positive. I would say that our relationships with student organizations, including moot court and law review, have transformed in my time here. These relationships have even grown and changed again during COVID. I am so grateful for…, We hear that you are a doggy mom.  What's the name of your dog and what's the most adorable thing she does?,   I have a mutt named Boaty McBoatface Dyszlewski. The cutest thing she does is snore gently. The least cute thing she has done is give an interview about my annoying habits .  , Name something you dislike, but everyone else seems to love. , This is easy. Despite his multiple Grammy awards and chart-topping hits, I really don’t like the music of Bruno Mars. I profoundly dislike the music of Bruno Mars. 
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  • Campus Tour , We are excited to invite, Admitted Students, to visit campus!, Schedule your tour today, .  This table shows in-person event dates and registration links Dates for In-Person Events with RWU Law Registration Links, March 24, 2025, @11am, Accepted Students Day, Hear from a panel of current students, sit in on a mock class, and network with RWU Law faculty, staff, and each other., April 11, 2025, @11am, Accepted Students Day, Hear from a panel of current students, sit in on a mock class, and network with RWU Law faculty, staff, and each other., May 12, 2025, Session 1 @11am  Session 2 @12pm, Meet and Greet Session 1 @11am, Meet and Greet Session 2 @12pm, Choose a tour time and join a mixer with current students, faculty, and staff., June 13, 2025, @10am, How to Succeed in Law School Presentation & Summer BBQ, Hear from a panel of students, faculty, and staff to learn how to prepare for and be successful in law school. Continue to mingle with your future colleagues and community members at a BBQ directly following the presentation., Meet with the Admissions Team, Members of our Admissions Team are available to answer all of your questions about RWU Law. We have scheduled, Virtual Open Hours, throughout the spring and summer, listed below. If you prefer an individual meeting, we encourage you to email us at, lawadmissions@rwu.edu, .  April 29, 2025 @ 3pm, ET J une 25, 2025 @ 5pm, ET July 16, 2025 @ 3pm, ET, Speak with Current Students, Our, Student Ambassadors, are available to answer your questions about what it's really like to be in law school. We encourage you to join one of our, Virtual Student Ambassador Chats, listed below or reach out to them directly.  March 18, 2025 @11am, ET April 15, 2025 @11am, ET
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  • Adobe’s products are ubiquitous in the business and legal landscape. While most people will recognize Adobe Acrobat DC as the leading product for creating and editing pdf files, some may find it surprising that it has a few functions of specific interest to the legal community. Outlined below are some of those functions along with quick directions on how to use them.  Don't have Adobe Acrobat DC…, Redaction, To avoid what happened to Paul Manafort's attorneys who ‘redacted’ their documents by placing a black bar over text in 2019 (it didn’t work!), use the redaction tool to obliterate text within a pdf.  Open your document, and then, Tools, >, Redact, > Select the text you wish to redact, which will then appear highlighted in a red box > click, Appl, y > click, OK, at the redaction warning.   Text selected for redaction       Acrobat will then create a new pdf with the redacted information completely removed from the document. Redacted text      , Bates Numbering, This feature adds common pagination to a series of pdf documents, a requirement for filing evidentiary documents in many jurisdictions.  Place all the pdfs to which you want to apply Bates Numbers in the same folder > Open Acrobat without opening a document >, Tools, >, Stamp, >, Bates Numbering, > click, Add, in the dropdown menu.  “Drag and drop” the files you wish to include and arrange as desired. You may also click, output options, to modify output filenames. Next, click, OK, to view the Add Header and Footer menu. Documents ready for Bates numbering           The Header and Footer menu allows you to place the Bates numbers on a desired spot on the page.  For example, in the image below, Bates numbers will be added to the bottom (aka Footer) center of each page. Once you’ve modified the Header and Footer options, click, OK, to add the Bates numbers. Bates numbering window for Header and Footer option, “E-Discovery”, While there are many exciting (and expensive) AI offerings for E-Discovery, Acrobat Pro DC includes a way for the user to search multiple pdf documents with a single search, a rudimentary e-discovery option.  Place all the pdfs you want to include in the search in the same folder. Open Acrobat >, Edit menu, >,  Advanced Search, > select the, All PDF Documents, in radio button > browse the files and select the folder containing the documents > Click, Search, . This will give you results for each instance of your search terms in any pdf in the folder. Search results from documents in a folder          , Learn More, To learn more about these and other Acrobat features, visit LinkedIn Learning . Log in with your University credentials and search “Adobe Acrobat” to view all the available courses.
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  • Meet attorneys from Rhode Island Legal Services and learn about the legal issues they work on and the important client work they do.  The link for this program can be found on Symplicity. 
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  • Taking Our Space: Women of Color and Antiracism in Legal Academia March 5, 2021, 12:30 to 2 pm – via Zoom Webinar, Kimberly Mutcherson, co-dean at Rutgers Law School, will be joined by law school faculty from around the country during this free event. In a virtual roundtable, panelists will focus on women of color in legal academia and the importance of their voices in creating law schools that live out their claims of being committed to antiracism. , Please register to attend
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  • This special presentation will feature a conversation with RWU alumna Elizabeth Ortiz ’07 L’10, who is the first Latina judge appointed to the Rhode Island Family Court. Ortiz will talk about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s pioneering judicial career and reflect on her own groundbreaking career. Launch Meeting
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  • Coming off of a year-long hiatus due to the pandemic, the RWU Law Diversity Symposium offers a unique opportunity for students in high school, college, graduate school, law school, and beyond to connect with the legal field in Rhode Island. While this year’s program will be virtual, we have taken steps to ensure that the symposium will still provide excellent networking opportunities with the…, This event is made possible by the generosity of sponsor, Nixon Peabody, ., Nixon Peabody
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  • Benefits, Law Review membership provides the unique opportunity for law students to work on a student-run law journal. All work published in the Law Review is selected and edited by its student members. Additionally, all Law Review members are required to compose original works of legal scholarship, some of which are selected for publication in the Law Review. Thus, membership provides the distinctive…, Eligibility Requirements, Students in good academic standing are qualified to participate in the Law Review writing competition upon completion of twenty-nine academic credits, generally at the end of their first academic year. All students who participate in the writing competition are considered for Law Review membership., Selection Criteria, Selection decisions are based equally on (1) performance in the writing competition and (2) grade point average.  There are no automatic invitations based on grades. Therefore, all students interested in Law Review membership must participate in the writing competition., Writing Competition, The annual writing competition is administered immediately following the Spring final examination period. The competition usually calls for participants to write a law review-type article based on provided materials. All materials necessary to complete the assignment are supplied; no additional research is required or allowed. Writing competition submissions are anonymous and collaboration is not…, Continued Membership Requirements, All members are expected to complete assignments in a timely manner and fulfill responsibilities described in the bylaws. Staff member responsibilities include (1) producing a Note or Comment of publishable quality, (2) Bluebooking and editing articles selected for publication, (3) producing a Rhode Island Survey of publishable quality, and (4) Bluebooking and editing a Rhode Island Survey.
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  • Last December, Roger Williams University School of Law invited Ocean State students from grades K through 12 to submit essays and artworks on how they have been inspired by the legacy of late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court of the United States, who passed away on September 18, 2020. As part of the prize,, Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, agreed to publish the winning entries. The winning students also received cash prizes and books. “Justice Ginsburg cared about equality for all people,” said RWU Law Professor Emily Sack, who advises the Women’s Law Society, which co-sponsored the contest, with its members serving as judges. “When she started her fight for women’s equality under the law, it seemed like an impossible task, but she…, Elementary School, (original piece of artwork) Millin Licht,, Jewish Community Day School, Providence, Middle School Winner, (one-page essay) Mairead Lapierre,, Lawn School, Jamestown, High School Winner, (two-page essay) Jasmine Stevens,, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, East Providence, And now, without further ado, here are the winning entries. {"preview_thumbnail":"/sites/law/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/_B8gMy4j7GY.jpg?itok=2lqND-4J","video_url":"https://youtu.be/_B8gMy4j7GY","settings":{"responsive":1,"width":"854","height":"480","autoplay":1},"settings_summary":["Embedded Video (Responsive, autoplaying)."]} *  *  *  *  *, Breaking Glass Ceilings, By Millin Licht,, Jewish Community Day School, Providence, millin *  *  *  *  *, Jackpot and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, By Mairead Lapierre,, Lawn School, Jamestown, Mairead Lapierre Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once said, “Fight for the things that you care about but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” RBG has inspired me in my life to fight for the things I care about. RBG inspired me by not being afraid to work with almost all men. The first time I saw the boys playing Jackpot at recess, I thought “that looks fun.” There were…, A Seat at the Table, By Jasmine Stevens,, St. Mary Academy - Bay View, East Providence, Jasmine Stevens Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the epitome of a visionary. She knew what the world could be, and she sought to ensure that her vision became reality. Ginsburg was undeniably a mastermind, her levels of valor and genius were truly unmatched. And even though she grew up in a world where she was told to be quiet and proper by the society around her, she never let that affect her goals and…, Califano v. Goldfarb, case that it all clicked. Ginsburg got the judges to unknowingly admit the existence of gender bias, an institution they refused to admit exists. Instead of attempting to discuss gender bias against women, where it was strongest, to non-listening ears, she thought to establish it first against men: genius. Ginsburg understood that people, especially men, did not believe in gender bias, especially…
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  • Food banks have secured and distributed billions of meals each year in the United States. Food insecurity and hunger are experienced by millions across the country. Food insecurity “describes a household’s inability to provide enough food for every person to live an active, healthy life.” A leading resource in combating food insecurity in the United States is Feeding America . The Rhode Island…
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