BRISTOL, R.I. —, On the heels of news that the construction of the Washington Bridge will now be completed two years later than originally announced and potentially $150 million over the original budget, , Roger Williams University School of Law, debuts today its new podcast, , Law 401, , with a deep dive into the legal, political, and media challenges that have emerged since Governor Dan McKee closed the bridge in December 2023. Law 401 is a podcast covering legal issues in Rhode Island for an audience of both lawyers and non-lawyers. The show breaks down legal jargon and pulls the curtain back on complex and timely public policy discussions, legal challenges, and lawsuits.…, “Much Ado About the Bridge” , – tackles the closure’s effect on Rhode Islanders from both legal and nonlegal perspectives and features a discussion with WPRI-12’s Ted Nesi weighing in on the obstacles media outlets faced while attempting to break the original story. Future episodes will focus on other hot legal issues, including the Rhode Island legislature’s rulemaking around cannabis – with guests Kim Ahern and Michelle…
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Professor Freamon brings a unique and impressive set of qualifications to the job. A Professor of Law Emeritus at Seton Hall Law School, he has visited on the law faculties of the University of Nairobi, Washington and Lee University, Rutgers University (Newark), and Pace University, and he has served as an adjunct faculty member at New York University School of Law for the past four years,…, Books and Book Chapters, Possessed by The Right Hand: The Problem of Slavery in Islamic Law and Muslim Cultures, (Leiden: Brill, 2019) "Slavery and Society in East Africa, Oman and the Persian Gulf," in, What is a Slave Society? The Practice of Slavery in Global Perspective, , edited by Noel Lenski and Catherine M. Cameron (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2018) "Straight, No Chaser: Slavery, Abolition and Modern Islamic Thought," in, Indian Ocean Slavery in the Age of Abolition, , edited by Robert Harms, David W. Blight, and Bernard K. Freamon (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), Indian Ocean Slavery in the Age of Abolition, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013) (co-editor with Robert Harms and David W. Blight) "Slavery," in, Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, , edited by Gerhard Bowering, Patricia Crone, and Mahan Mirza (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012) "Definitions and Conceptions of Slave Ownership in Islamic Law," in, The Legal Understanding of Slavery: From the Historical to the Contemporary, , edited by Jean Allain (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) "Islamic Law and Trafficking in Women and Children in the Indian Ocean World," in, Trafficking in Slavery's Wake: Law and Experience of Women and Children, , edited by Benjamin Lawrance and Richard L. Roberts (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2012) "The Emergence of a New Qur'anic Hermeneutic and the Role and Impact of Universities in West and East," in, The Law Applied: Contextualizing the Islamic Shari'a, , edited by P. Bearman, W. Heinrichs, and B. Weiss (London: I.B. Taurus, 2008) "Action Research for Justice in Newark, N.J.," in, Educating for Justice: Social Values and Legal Education, , edited by Jeremy Cooper and Louise Trubek (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, 1997), Evidence: Cases and Problems, , 2nd ed. (Harrison, Norcross, Ga., 1995) (with Warren D. Bracy, Ronald D. Raitt, Ivan E. Bodensteiner, and James Marshall Klebba), Articles, Are the Persian Gulf City-States Slave Societies?, Aeon Essays, 2021, https://aeon.co/essays/are-the-persian-gulf-city-states-slave-societies, Review of Jonathan A.C. Brown, Slavery and Islam, (London: Oneworld Academic, 2019) 4 Journal of Islamic Ethics, 1-5 (2020), Toward the Abolition of Slavery under the Aegis of Islamic Law, The Comparative Jurist, , William and Mary Law School’s International and Comparative Law Blog, May 1, 2020, https://comparativejurist.org/2020/05/01/toward-the-abolition-of-slavery-under-the-aegis-of-islamic-law/, ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Human Right to Freedom from Slavery under Islamic Law, , 39 Fordham International Law Journal 245 (2015), Ideological Origins of Anti-Slavery Thought, , 1 Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition, pp. 345-357 (2007), Qur’an and Antislavery, , 2 Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition, pp. 555-560 (2007) , Some Reflection on Post-Enlightenment Qur’anic Hermeneutics, , 2006 Michigan State Law Review 1403, The Origins of the Anti-Segregation Clause in the New Jersey Constitution, , 35 Rutgers Law Journal 1267 (2004), Martyrdom, Suicide, and the Islamic Law of War: A Short Legal History, , 27 Fordham International Law Journal 299 (2003), Slavery, Freedom, and the Doctrine of Consensus in Islamic Jurisprudence, , 11 Harvard Human Rights Journal 1 (1998), A Blueprint for a Center of Social Justice, , 22 Seton Hall Law Review 1225 (1992), Peer Review Physicians and the State Action Exemption: Are They Protected When They Act in Bad Faith?, , 9 Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases 247 (1988), A Review of the Right to Die for Terminally Ill Patients, , 1 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 80 (1982) (with Linda Mehling), Death with Dignity Laws: A Plea for Uniform Legislation, , 5 Seton Hall Legislative Journal 105 (1982)
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After graduating from NYU School of Law, Professor Seligmann practiced law in Boston with the Attorney General’s Office, as staff counsel to the Supreme Judicial Court, and in private practice. She taught at Suffolk University School of Law and the University of Arkansas School of Law, and in 2006 joined the inaugural faculty at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law. She has taught legal…
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Amy Van Zyl-Chavarro, native to Colombia, has been teaching human rights law for the past seven years. She earned her Juris Doctor, with a concentration in international law, from Suffolk Law School. Professor Chavarro has been involved in several research and writing projects, primarily focusing on the rights of indigenous peoples under both international human rights law and U.S. domestic law…
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Please join us on Friday, January 27, 2023 for a special evening that celebrates and supports the students, alumni, partners and friends whose exceptional devotion to social justice increases access to justice for all. 5:30 PM Registration & Reception 6:00 PM Dinner, Awards & Auction Details Here Questions? | RWU Special Events | events@rwu.edu
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Roger Williams University School of Law will be presenting a symposium and hosting a reception at the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2023 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California., Symposium Program - 1:00 PM - 4:40 PM PT (Pacific Time), How Law Schools Can Make a Difference: DEI Work in the Curriculum, in the Classroom, and in the Courtroom, Changes in ABA standards have led to more inclusive and equitable law school curricula, which in turn have significantly impacted law school faculty and administrations, the practice of law, and the judiciary. This symposium will address the changes taking place, offer practical guidance for navigating these changes, and discuss how these changes affect the judiciary and the practice of law., Opening Remarks, Gregory W. Bowman, , Dean and Professor of Law, Roger Williams University School of Law, Carmia Caesar, , Chair, AALS Section on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals and Associate Dean for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, The George Washington University Law School, Erwin Chemerinsky, , AALS President and Dean & Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law, Panel One - 1:00 - 2:00 PM PT, DEI Work in the Curriculum, This panel will address DEI curricular changes at several law schools. Panelists will discuss how new and revamped classes came to be, how these classes were developed, and how they were received by students. Attendees will hear from members of law school communities where changes were made to meet student demand and ABA standards., Panelists:, Danielle M. Conway, , Dean and Donald J. Farage Professor of Law, Penn State Dickinson Law, Claire Donohue, , Assistant Clinical Professor, Center for Experiential Learning, Boston College Law School, Bernard Freamon, , Professor of Law, Roger Williams University School of Law, Nadiyah Humber, , Associate Professor of Law, UConn School of Law, Moderator: Diana Hassel, , Professor of Law, Roger Williams University School of Law, Panel Two - 2:20 - 3:20 PM PT, DEI Work in the Classroom, Changes to law school curricula, and pressure from students to make legal education more inclusive and equitable, have tangible consequences for law school faculty and administrators. This panel will address how some law schools have worked to support faculty through these advances. In particular, panelists will discuss the use of informal teaching support groups and speaker series to provide…, Panelists:, Alena Allen, , Deputy Director of AALS, Professor of Law, University of Arkansas Fayetteville School of Law., Tiffany C. Graham, , Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion and Associate Professor of Law, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, Suzy Harrington-Steppen, , Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Director of Pro Bono Programs, Roger Williams University School of Law, Monica Teixeira de Sousa, , Professor of Law, Roger Williams University School of Law, Moderator:, Nicole P. Dyszlewski, , Director of Special Programs, Academic Affairs, Roger Williams University School of Law, Panel Three - 3:40 - 4:40 PM PT, DEI Work in the Courtroom, Changes to legal education to address diversity, equity, and inclusion will necessarily impact the practice of law. This panel will address how the practice of law is changing, as well as how courts are responding to these changes., Panelists:, Brooklyn Crockton, , Class of 2022, Roger Williams University School of Law, Meera E. Deo, , Director of LSSSE, The Honorable Vaino Spencer Chair | Professor of Law Southwestern Law School Los Angeles, The Hon. Melissa DuBose, , Associate Judge, Rhode Island District Court, The Hon. M. Margaret McKeown, , United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Sarah McConnell Dubois, , Professor of Legal Practice, Roger Williams University School of Law, Moderator:, Nicole P. Dyszlewski, , Director of Special Programs, Academic Affairs, Roger Williams University School of Law This symposium is co-hosted with the new AALS Section on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Professionals. Symposium registration is through the AALS Annual Meeting Registration. More details here ., RWU Law Reception, Join Roger Williams University School of Law Dean Gregory W. Bowman, symposium panelists, and symposium moderators for additional informal DEI conversation. Friday, January 6, 2023 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PT Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina La Costa - Fourth Floor (South Tower) 333 W Harbor Drive San Diego, California Reception RSVP Here
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Professor Litman is a nonprofit tax lawyer focusing on the emerging cannabis and psychedelic tax exempt sectors. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California and holds an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. She received her J.D. from New York Law School, cum laude, and her LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center with distinction. Professor…
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