RWU Law welcomes, Catherine Zipf, Executive Director of the Bristol Historical Society, , as the first guest lecturer in our course, Race and the Foundations of American Law. Ms. Zipf will discuss Bristol and Newport’s entwinement with the Transatlantic Slave Trade, particularly the maritime capitalism of the two cities, its basis in slavery and slave trading, the importance of the ports in the history of American slavery, the presence and activities of enslaved persons in Bristol…, 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 Dean - Law Programs & Initiatives 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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The history, governmental policies, laws, and prejudices that have impacted and continue to impact Native American communities should not be relegated to classes on Federal Indian Law, or Native American Law, comparative law classes, or Tribal Law clinics. These topics, and the rich diversity of issues and identities within them, should be integrated within doctrinal and skills-based law classes…, Meet the Speakers, Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Matthew L.M. Fletcher, (Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians) is the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law at Michigan Law. He teaches and writes in the areas of federal Indian law, American Indian tribal law, Anishinaabe legal and political philosophy, constitutional law, federal courts, and legal ethics, and he sits as the Chief Justice of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the Poarch…, Restatement of the Law of American Indians, , completed in 2022. He has published articles in the, California Law Review, ,, Michigan Law Review, ,, Northwestern University Law Review, ,, and many others. His hornbook,, Federal Indian Law, (West Academic Publishing), was published in 2016 and his concise hornbook,, Principles of Federal Indian Law, (West Academic Publishing), in 2017. Professor Fletcher co-authored the sixth and seventh editions of, Cases and Materials on Federal Indian Law, (West Publishing, 2011 and 2017) and both editions of, American Indian Tribal Law, (Aspen, 2011 and 2020), the only casebook for law students on tribal law. He also authored, Ghost Road: Anishinaabe Responses to Indian-Hating, (Fulcrum Publishing, 2020);, The Return of the Eagle: The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, (Michigan State University Press, 2012); and, American Indian Education: Counternarratives in Racism, Struggle, and the Law, (Routledge, 2008). He co-edited, The Indian Civil Rights Act at Forty, with Kristen A. Carpenter and Angela R. Riley (UCLA American Indian Studies Press, 2012) and, Facing the Future: The Indian Child Welfare Act at 30, with Wenona T. Singel and Kathryn E. Fort (Michigan State University Press, 2009). Professor Fletcher’s scholarship and advocacy has been cited several times by the United States Supreme Court. Finally, Professor Fletcher is the primary editor and author of the leading law blog on American Indian law and policy, Turtle Talk, http://turtletalk.wordpress.com/(link is external) . Professor Fletcher…, Monte Mills, joined the U niversity of Washington School of Law faculty in 2022 as Charles I. Stone Professor of Law and the Director of the Native American Law Center (NALC). He teaches American Indian Law, Property, and other classes focused on Native American and natural resources related topics. Monte Mills Monte's research and writing focuses on the intersection of Federal Indian Law, Tribal sovereignty…, Rebecca Plevel, (Muscogee Creek) is a Reference Librarian and teaches in the 1L Legal Research Analysis and Writing program at the University of South Carolina Law School. She joined the University of South Carolina Law Library in 2021 from the University of Arizona where she was a fellow at the Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library at the James E. Rogers College of Law while pursuing her Master of Arts in Library…, Meet the 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 Director of Special Programs, Academic Affairs at RWU Law 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 Bar. Her areas…
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Experiential education is a touchstone of the work done at RWU Law. Participation in the clinical programs provides students with hands-on experience. Our series of Law Clinic Guides are designed to highlight resources specific to the needs of each clinical program: Law Clinic Series: Business Start-Up Law Clinic Series: Criminal Defense Law Clinic Series: Immigration Law Clinic Series: Veterans…
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Please join the Federalist Society for their general meeting and meet & greet.
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BLSA is hosting Build Your Brand, a panel, networking & headshot event.
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Paul Butler, , Albert Brick Professor in Law at Georgetown University Law Center and a Legal Analyst on MSNBC, will Paul Butler be a guest lecturer in the Race and the Foundations of American Law Course. During the 2017-18 academic year he was the Bennett Boskey Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. He holds an honorary Doctor of Law Degree from City University of New York. Professor Butler is one of the…, Race and the Foundations of American Law Course, . Members of the 2L class are required to attend the lecture in person in Law 283. Reception following lecture., 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 Dean - Law Programs & Initiatives 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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Norrinda Brown Hayat, Norrinda Brown Hayat, , Associate Professor of Law at Fordham Law School, will be a guest lecturer in the Race and Foundations of American Law Course. Professor Hayat is an Associate Professor at Fordham Law School. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of race, gender and access to housing and law and has been placed or is forthcoming in the California, Law Review, , the , Brooklyn Law Review, , the , NYU Journal of Law and Social Change, , the , Michigan Journal of Race and Law, , and the , Clinical Law Review, among others. She is a recognized expert on housing law issues and has written op-eds and been interviewed for various news outlets, including the , New York Times, , t, he Washington Post, Shelterforce and the New Jersey Star-Ledger. , Prior to law teaching, Professor Hayat spent almost a decade in government practice at the United States Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division as a trial attorney advocating on behalf of victims of housing discrimination. She is engaged in professional service on various committees, including sitting on the Executive Committee of the Clinical Section of the American Association of…, 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 Dean - Law Programs & Initiatives 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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