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Type: L1 & Institute
The RWU Law Library staff would like to welcome all our Law School Students! We are excited to get to know the 1L students as you begin your law school journey. We are anxious to welcome back the 2L and 3L students. The library staff is here to help you have a successful academic year. The library offers a remarkable array of services and resources to complement and advance the scholarship,…
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Type: Faculty & Staff Profile
Lisa Neary is a seasoned legal professional and educator with extensive experience in higher education administration and legal services. She is pursuing a Master of Education in Higher Education Administration at Georgetown University. During her time at Georgetown, Lisa has worked closely with the Georgetown University Law Center, advocating for more robust accessibility services. Lisa holds a…
Type: Faculty & Staff Profile
One thing you’ll notice when you meet Weayonnoh Nelson-Davies L’07 is her resonant voice. Throughout her life, she has used that voice to advocate for justice. In 2022, Nelson-Davies became the Executive Director of nonprofit Economic Progress Institute (EPI). She now uses her voice to advocate for policy change for low- and modest-income Rhode Islanders. But her journey of speaking up for…, Growing up in wartime, Nelson-Davies was ten years old when the civil war began in her native Liberia. Before the war, she lived a comfortable life as a middle-class school child. The war changed everything. “The war hit, and there's deep poverty. For the first time, there's a threat of being killed every single day, there’s quickly growing up,” Nelson-Davies recalls. “I realized this is what death looked like. You may…, Becoming a fighter for justice, Nelson-Davies posing beside the RWU Law Martin Luther King poster in Jan 2024 Even before Nelson-Davies immigrated to the United States at the age of 16, the seed had been planted in her mind to become a lawyer, fighting injustice like her hero Nelson Mandela. As an immigrant with temporary status at the time, though, she faced significant obstacles to realizing that dream, including difficulty…, Living her dream, During the pandemic, Nelson-Davies began to consider her next steps. She was looking for a new challenge that could help her to promote education and systemic change. According to Nelson-Davies, the EPI uses research and data to advocate for low- and middle-income Rhode Islanders. “I feel like I'm living my dream,” she says, “advocating, just in the statehouse versus the courthouse now.” “Part of…
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What do study aid libraries, online newspapers, legislative history collections, and streaming movies have in common? They are all among the resources being showcased at this year’s ResearchFest! Join us on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, from 10am to 3pm for ResearchFest, our annual digital resources showcase where we will share amazing resources beyond Lexis and Westlaw (ok, there’s a little…
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Type: Course
Growing up in a neighborhood in Denver marked by socioeconomic disparities and systemic injustices, 3L Samantha Lobato witnessed the legal system's profound power on the country’s most vulnerable communities. It was this experience that drove Lobato to pursue a legal career, one that she plans on dedicating to serving low-income and marginalized communities. When Lobato was in college, her mother…
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Robert B. Mann The Roger Williams University School of Law has been both privileged and blessed to know and be touched by the kind man that was Robert B. Mann. Atty. Mann was a leading luminary in the Rhode Island legal profession who was the law school’s 2023 Champion for Justice. Donate to the Robert B. Mann Memorial Scholarship Robert B. Mann, Esq., LHD’15, was the most well-known and the…
Type: Basic Page
Dr. Karen Korematsu Register Here RWU Law welcomes, Dr. Karen Korematsu, , the Founder and Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute and the daughter of the late civil rights icon, Fred Korematsu, as the, Thurgood Marshall Memorial Lecture Keynote Address Speaker, . Since her father’s passing in 2005, Karen has carried on his legacy as a national public speaker and educator, traveling throughout the country advocating for civil liberties, social justice, civics, and ethnic studies education. Her message encompasses Fred’s story, legal history, the relevance of his case to today’s issues and the promotion of Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the…, Odah v. United States, ,, Turkman v. Ashcroft, ,, Hedges v. Obama, , and, Hassan v. City of New York, and, Trump v. Hawaii, . In 2015, Karen was inducted as the first non-lawyer member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. She serves on the board of directors of Advancing Justice-AAJC and NAPABA Law Foundation. She serves on the National Advisory Board of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at the University of California, Irvine, School of Law. She has been interviewed on radio,…, 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 the Dean - Programs & Initiatives, 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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