RWU Law Thurgood Marshall Memorial Lecture Series: , “The Race Card and the Trump Card: New Challenges and Familiar Frustrations”, A Keynote Address by, Richard Thompson Ford, George E. Osborne Professor of Law,, Stanford University, Richard Thompson Ford is the George E. Osborne Professor of Law at Stanford Law School . He received an A.B. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He has published in the area of local government law, constitutional law, race relations, and anti-discrimination law in numerous legal journals, and he has lectured on these topics internationally. He has published regularly…, Professor Ford will be available after the lecture to sign his book, Universal Rights Down to Earth ., Books will be available for purchase on-site through the RWU Bookstore after the lecture., , This event is part of the President’s Distinguished Speaker Series and the Talking About Race, Gender and Power Series ., This event earns 1/2 merit lottery point for RWU students., Sponsored by Hinckley Allen Hinckley Allen
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Xaykham (Xay) Khamsyvoravong decided to pursue his J.D. at RWU Law because, along with a quality legal education, it enables him to maintain a dual commitment to his career and his community, sacrificing neither. “RWU Law offers the perfect balance between the rigors of a doctrinal legal program, and a high level of commitment to community,” says Xay, a Brown University graduate. “I believe that…
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Ask Stephen Lapatin about himself and he’ll instinctively shrug that he’s just a normal guy. A native of Cranston, R.I., the son of a veteran Providence cop, a graduate of the University of Rhode Island, Steve is content to maintain an unassuming persona for all those who ask. But dig a little deeper – ask how he spent his summer, where he spends his time outside class, what kind of student he is…
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It’s never easy taking a sexual assault case to court, but for a young woman or man in the Marines, it’s harder still. “It’s a terrible, awful experience to have to go through,” said Adrienne Serbaroli ’07, a captain and judge advocate in the Marine Corps. “It’s traumatic.” A few years ago, “Adi” Serbaroli became one of only 15 Marine lawyers from around the country handpicked to launch the…
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East Greenwich native Matt Plain ’05 graduated from RWU Law fifth in his class and passed the bar exam for Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. After serving a judicial clerkship with the Honorable George E. Healy, Jr., in the Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation Court, he joined the law offices of Barton Gilman LLP and, within just six years, made partner. While at RWU, he was a…
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Three years ago, Curtis T. Haynes was attending class, much as he does now – but in a very different setting, wearing a lab coat at the renowned Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. Yet after a year and a half at one of the country’s most selective medical schools, the Mississippi native made one of the toughest decisions in his life: he stepped away from the career trajectory he’d…
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As a career paralegal, Stephanie Diorio arrived at RWU Law armed with a solid grasp of the law. Motivated by a thirst for learning, Stephanie completed her undergraduate degree one course at a time, squeezed in between work and parenting. It took nearly a decade to earn her degree – but when she finally succeeded, a law degree – and the empowerment it offers – seemed like the next logical step. “…
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Liz Tylawsky has now officially risen to the top in two very different, very demanding fields: she’s a successful taxation and business valuation expert with Meyers, Harrison & Pia, LLC, in New Haven, Conn., specializing in “high-net-worth marital dissolution cases” – and she has been crowned World Champion at the Grand National and World Championship Morgan Horse Show. , Breaking from the pack:, Upon completing law school in 2008 – just in time for the Great Recession – Tylawsky wondered, “What can I do to make myself more marketable?” She decided to augment her J.D. with a Master of Science in Accounting and Taxation, summa cum laude, from the University of Hartford. “It made me a lot more marketable than an LL.M. would have.” , Why tax?, “If you’d asked me at the beginning of law school, I would have said, ‘Absolutely not, it sounds so boring.’ But Professor Santoro was awesome – very knowledgeable, lots of experience, great stories. He made the subject very interesting.” , Star power:, Today, Tylawsky finds her work “unbelievably fascinating. We get a lot of very high-profile clients – celebrities, supermodels, hedge-fund types – which is fun. You talk to them on a regular basis and become really close; you get to see their whole lifestyle.” , Versatile degree:, “Though I’m not actually practicing, my law degree is still very useful. We work with attorneys on a daily basis, and being able to communicate on the same level makes everyone’s job easier.” , Lifelong love, of horses:, “I’ve been riding and competing since I was six. It’s always been part of my life. I often say that’s the reason I went to school: so I could afford my horses!” , Back in the saddle:, “The type of riding I do is called saddle seat. It’s a much more formal, high-stepping, showy style of riding with fancier horses.” , Where horses and taxes meet:, “Horses are the one business where you can show a profit only two out of seven years, and take a loss for five years. In every other business, you have to show a profit two out of five years.” , Other interests?, “I don’t have time for anything else! All I do is work and ride!”
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David H. Gibbs, an experienced corporate lawyer and legal educator, has been named the new Director of Business Law Programs and the Corporate Counsel Externship Program. He brings with him both extensive practice experience and experience teaching at two law schools. Gibbs is a graduate of Tufts University and UC Berkeley Law. From 1978 until 2003 he was an associate and then a partner at Nixon…
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