Professor Spacone brings to his courses almost forty years of outside and inside counsel experience advising and defending for profit and non-profit corporations on a wide range of domestic and international legal issues including corporate governance and compliance, risk management and insurance, high stakes litigation and government investigations and proceedings, environmental, products…, cum laude, from the University of Buffalo Faculty of Law & Jurisprudence where he was Articles Editor of the , Buffalo Law Review, . He also holds an M.A. in history from the University of Buffalo and is B.S. from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, from which he graduated cum laude. He is a member of the Rhode Island and New York bars, the U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island, the U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, and the U.S. Claims Court. Much of Professor Spacone’s legal background centers on…, Articles, "Broker-Dealer Liability: Are the Rules Pertaining to Providing Advice to Retail Customers About to Change," 64 R, hode Island Bar Journal, 13 (March/April 2016)(with Nicole M. Verdi), ", A Practical Guide to Establishing an Effective Crisis Management Plan," 9, In-House Defense Quarterly, 52 (Winter 2014), ", Implementing Practical Risk Management: A Guide for 501(c)(3) Nonprofits," 62, Rhode Island Bar Journal, 5 (March/April 2014)(with Robert I. Stolzman), ", Reducing the Risks of Outsourcing in China and Other Countries: Contracts & Beyond," 26, ACC Docket, 78 (December 2008), ", Strict Liability in the European Union-Not A United States Analog," 5, Roger Williams Law Review, 341 (2000), ", The Emergence of Strict Liability: A Historical Perspective and Other Considerations, Including Senate 100," 8, Journal of Products Liability, 1 (1985) "A Practical Guide to Controlling Products Liability Costs," 7, Journal of Products Liability, 365 (1984) "Topless Dancing and the Constitution-A New York Town’s Experience," 25, Buffalo Law Review, 753 (1976)
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Louise Ellen Teitz is a renowned scholar of private international law and international procedural law, she is also part of RWU Law’s founding faculty. From 2011 to 2014, Professor Teitz served as First Secretary at the Hague Conference on Private International Law, with her primary responsibilities focused on family law areas — including the 1980 and 1996 Conventions; as well as related projects…, Comparative Law, with Peter Winship and a Second Edition of, Transnational Litigation, ,, her earlier treatise. Professor Teitz’s law reform work has ranged from domestic state law to international State law. She has been a member of the U.S. Delegation to the Hague for the Judgments Convention and for the Choice of Court Agreements Convention, and is a member of the US Secretary of State’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law. She has served as an expert testifying before…, Books, " Determination of the Dispute - Evidence and Applicable Law Issues " in, Comparative Procedural Law and Justice, - Cross-Border and International Dimensions (Part XIV Chapter 6), , edited by B Hess, M Woo, L Cadiet, S Menétrey, and E Vallines García, cplj.org/a/14-6 (October 2024) "Where to Sue: Finding the Most Effective Forum in the World" in, International Practitioner's Deskbook Series: International Litigation Strategies and Practice (Part II Chapter 7), ,, 3rd ed., , Edited by Ethan A Berghoff, Theodore Edelman, and Barton Legum (July 2023) “Is the Service Convention Ready for Early Retirement at Age Fifty-Five? Or Can It Be ‘Serviceable’ in a World Without Borders?," in, HCCH a|Bridged Edition 2019: The HCCH Service Convention in the Era of Electronic and Information Technology, (The Hague, Netherlands: The Hague Conference on Private International Law, 2020) “The Challenge of Accommodating Foreign Law in Domestic Courts,” in, Private International Law: Contemporary Challenges and Continuing Relevance,, edited by F. Ferrari & D. Fernandez Arroyo (Edward Elgar, 2019) “Malta Process and Cross-Cultural Aspects in Family Disputes,” in , The Child's Interest in Conflict: The Intersections Between Society, Family, Faith and Culture,, edited by Maarit Jantera-Jareborg (Cambridge: Intersentia, 2016) “Prospects for the Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements,” in , A Commitment to Private International Law: Essays in Honour of Hans van Loon, (Cambridge: Intersentia, 2013) (with Marta Pertegás) “Where to Sue: Finding the Most Effective Forum in the World,” in , International Litigation Strategies and Practice, , 2d ed., edited by Barton Legum (Chicago: American Bar Association, 2012) “Implementing the Hague Choice of Court Agreements Convention for the Twenty-first Century: Providing a Viable Alternative to Arbitration,” in , Visiting Professors all’Alma Mater: Lezioni alla Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell'Università di Bologna 2006-2010, (Bologna: Bononia University Press, 2011) “Choice of Court Clauses and Third Countries From a US Perspective: Challenges to Predictability,” in, International Civil Litigation in Europe and Relations with Third States, , edited by A. Nuyts and N. Watte (Brussels: Bruylant, 2005) “ Where to Sue: Finding the Most Effective Forum in the World ,” in , International Litigation Strategies and Practice,, edited by Barton Legum (Chicago, Illinois: Section of International Law & Practice, American Bar Association, 2005) “ The Story of Hilton: From Gloves to Globalization ,” in , Civil Procedure Stories, , edited by Kevin M. Clermont (St. Paul, Minnesota: Thomson/West, 2004), Transnational Litigation, (Charlottesville, Virginia: Michie, 1996 & Lexis Law Publishing Supp. 1999), Banking on the Act of State: International Lending and the Act of State Doctrine, (Konstanz: Germany: University of Konstanz Press, 1985) (with Professor Carsten-Thomas Ebenroth), Articles, Harmonizing Private International Law and International Private Law through Softlaw: in Honor of Symeon Symeonides, 60, Willamette Law Review, (forthcoming Fall 2024) " Tying Parallel Proceedings to Judgment Recognition: Harmonizing Cross-Border Dispute Resolution ," 56, N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics, 399 (2023) " Amicus Brief for US Supreme Court, ", Golan v. Saada, , (Hague Child Abduction case) with Linda Silberman, February 2022, ", Another Hague Judgments Convention: Bucking the Past to Provide for the Future," 29, Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, 491 (2019), ", Children Crossing Borders: Internationalizing the Restatement of the Conflict of Laws," 27, Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law, 519 (2017), ", The Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements: A Realistic Competitor to the New York Convention?," 10, New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, 47 (Spring 2017)(with Glenn Hendrix), ", Determining and Applying Foreign Law: The Increasing Need for Cross-border Cooperation,", , 45, N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics, 1081 (2013), ", Complexity and Aggregation in Choice of Law: An Introduction to the Landscape," 14, Roger Williams University Law Review, 1 (2009)(symposium editor) "Divergence and Harmonization in Private International Law, Common Themes," 101, American Society of International Law Proceedings, 360 (2007) "The Hague Choice of Court Convention: Validating Party Autonomy and Providing an Alternative to Arbitration," 53, American Journal of Comparative Law, 532 (2006) "Developments in Private International Law: Facilitating Cross-border Transactions and Dispute Resolution," 40, International Lawyer, 505 (2006)(with Peter Winship) Editor,, ", International Legal Developments in Review 2005," 40, International Lawyer, , Issue 2 (2006)(with Peter Winship) Editor, "International Legal Developments in Review 2004," 39, International Lawyer, , Issue 2 (2005)(with Peter Winship) " Both Sides of the Coin: A Decade of Parallel Proceedings and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Transnational Litigation," 10, Roger Williams University Law Review, 1 (2004) "From the Courthouse in Tobago to the Internet: The Increasing Need to Prove Foreign Law in U.S. Courts," 34, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, 97 (2003) "U.S. Mediation in 2001: The Path that Brought America to Uniform Laws and Mediation in Cyberspace," 50, American Journal of Comparative Law, 181 (2002)(with Richard Birke) "Providing Legal Services for the Middle Class in Cyberspace: The Promise and Challenge of On-Line Dispute Resolution," 70, Fordham Law Review, 985 (2001) "Acts of State and Arbitration," 3, Zeitschrift Für Zivilprozess International, [ZZP Int] 477 (1999)
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Monica Teixeira de Sousa is a Professor of Law at Roger Williams University School of Law where she teaches Property, Family Law, and Race & the Foundations of American Law. Prior to joining the RWU Law faculty in 2022, Monica was a tenured professor at New England Law | Boston where she created and served as the director of the First Generation Students Program. Before her academic career…, Articles, , ", Class Houses: Fragility and Disunity in the Ranks of Academe or Democratizing the Future of Legal Education According to the Vision of Ivan Illich," 15, Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal, 1 (2018) , ", Violence Against Women and the Law," 10, Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought, (2017)(with David L. Richards and Jillienne Haglund), ", Compelling Honesty: Amending Charter School Enrollment Laws to Aid Society's Most Vulnerable," 45, The Urban Lawyer, 105 (2013) , ", The State of Our Unions: How President Obama’s Education Reforms Threaten the Working Class," 50, University of Louisville Law Review, 201 (2011) , ", A Race to the Bottom? President Obama’s Incomplete and Conservative Strategy for Reforming Education in Struggling Schools or The Perils of Ignoring Poverty," 39, Stetson Law Review, 629 (2010) , ", The Politics of Supplementing Failure Under NCLB: How Both Left and Right Are Forcing Low-Income Children to Choose Between a Deficient Education and Working Overtime," 10, Nevada Law Journal, 118 (2009)
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Eliza Vorenberg is the Director of Pro Bono and Community Partnerships. Eliza is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College (1983) and Columbia Law School (1990) and clerked for Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Herbert P. Wilkins. She has extensive experience in public interest law, the private sector, academia, and conflict resolution. Her previous experience includes litigating employment and civil…, Books, “Pro Bono as a Professional Value,” in, Building on Best Practices: Transforming Legal Education in a Changing World, , edited by Deborah Maranville, et al. (2015) (with Cindy Adcock, et al.), Articles, "Don’t Do It Alone: A Community-Based, Collaborative Approach to Pro Bono," 23, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 323 (2010) (co-authored with Laurie Barron, et al.)
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Deborah Gonzalez is the Director of the Immigration Clinic. Student Attorneys in the Immigration Clinic are licensed to practice law under Deborah’s license pursuant Article II, Rule 9 Supreme Court Rules. Student Attorneys represent indigent immigrants who need assistance in defending against removal proceedings or obtaining lawful permanent residence through some form of relief before the U.S.…, Articles, ", Sky Is the Limit: Protecting Unaccompanied Minors by Not Subjecting Them To Numerical Limitations," 49, St. Mary's Law Journal, 555 (2018), ", Immigration Consequences to a Charge of Simple Assault or Battery,, ", Rhode Island Bar Journal, , January/February, 2013, at 21
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Submit An Article or Book Review, Thank you for your interest in publishing with the, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, . Please refer to the JMLC Publication Guidelines and Preferences . If you are interested in submitting an article or book review, please email the article to jmlc@rwu.edu . , Become An Editor Or Peer Reviewer, If you are interested in becoming an editor or peer-reviewer for the JMLC, please email jmlc@rwu.edu . Editors serve in rotating positions., Become A Student Editor, If you are a current RWU Law student and are interested in becoming a student editor, please email jmlc@rwu.edu . These positions require a two-year commitment, and rising 2L students may apply through a competitive application process. The yearly onboarding competition place after 1L finals in May and around the same time as the RWU Law Review and Moot Court competitions.
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Orientation is , in-person, and , mandatory, for all incoming students. Orientation will be held from August 13 to August 18 for the fall 2025 entering class. Questions regarding Orientation should be directed to Lorraine Lalli , Assistant Dean of Student Life and Operations. A detailed Orientation schedule will be posted in mid-July.
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Our faculty’s impressive credentials, academic accomplishments and deep connections throughout the legal field are harnessed into a collective force that provides the most cutting-edge legal education available. At RWU Law, our faculty offer the best of both worlds – our professors are top-rated by The Princeton Review and our adjunct faculty include top-notch practicing justices, judges and…, New York Times, , the , Wall Street Journal, , the , Washington Post, , , USA Today, , the , Chicago Tribune, , the , Boston Globe, , the , Providence Journal, and virtually every other major news outlet in the United States – from , CNN, to , NPR, . They've testified before Congress, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, practiced with top law firms and respected nonprofit organizations, represented detainees at Guantanamo, served in the United Nations and the Armed Forces, and held leadership positions in such organizations as the American Bar Association and the American Law Institute. The best part? Because of our small class sizes, our…
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Assistant Dean Raquel M. Ortiz has worked in academic law libraries for over 25 years in the areas of patron services, reference, and library administration. In her current position, she oversees the law library. Dean Ortiz teaches Advanced Legal Research and Introduction to Legal Research and Citation. She previously taught Legal Information Sources at the Simmons College School of Library and…, Books, What Color is Your C.F.R.?, (Chicago, Illinois: CALI, 2016)(with Nicole Dyszlewski, illustrated by Liz Gotauco), Articles, "Mass Incarceration: An Annotated Bibliography," 21, Roger Williams University Law Review, 471 (2016) (with Nicole Dyszlewski & Lucinda Harrison-Cox)
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