Happy Presidents’ Day! The holiday was initially made in honor of George Washington’s birthday. However, the Uniform Monday Holiday Act , signed into law in 1968 and effective as of 1971, made it a permanent federal holiday that would fall on the third Monday in February. According to the United States Census Bureau this act was designed to give people a reprieve since the government saw the…
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URI’s Schmidt Center for Labor Relations and Human Resources is presenting its , Labor and Employment Law Conference on Friday, April 14, 2023, . This year, the Center’s 35th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference will be hosted at Roger Williams University School of Law in the Honorable Bruce M. Selya Appellate Courtroom. The conference features labor and employment lawyers, academics, and speakers from federal and state agencies. Recent topics have included Rhode Island Court updates, legal implications of new human resource…, Early bird registration rates will be available from February 1, 2023 through March 13, 2023, . Register Here Conference Agenda & Details, Tickets will not be eligible for refund, but may be transferred with advance approval by the URI Schmidt Center Team., Questions about registration or the program? Contact the URI Schmidt Center for Labor Relations and Human Resources at 401-874-2239 or lrc@etal.uri.edu ., 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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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) Available at https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/jift/vol10/iss1/8/ , 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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Sponsored by the Student Bar Association and the Office of the Dean, Town Hall meetings provide an opportunity for students to ask questions and share input directly with law school faculty and administration. We hope that all community members will attend. The Town Hall meeting will be held online via Zoom. Registration information will be sent via email.
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BRISTOL, R.I. – , Words fail Brooklyn Crockton L'22 halfway through her video account about what she had experienced earlier that morning at a Providence courthouse. Then, the third-year Roger Williams University School of Law student quickly regains her composure and calls out a system that unfairly treats people who look like her. She never expected her TikTok message to go viral and create such a resounding…, Working for Change , The day before she graduated last May, Crockton received a job offer to be a tax litigation attorney with a Houston law firm. She remains active with the National Black Law Student Association, which is creating a reporting system that allows interns, students, paralegals and attorneys who feel they have been subjected to bias to anonymously report misconduct and initiate a sanctioning process…
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Students for Civil Justice and the Rhode Island Association for Justice co-host speakers from Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder for their outstanding civil justice advocacy in their representation of some of the families from Sandy Hook in two separate cases against Alex Jones and Remington. Thursday, March 30, 2023 Roger Williams University School of Law, Bristol Campus, Room 283 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM…, Due to the limited time with Chris and Alinor, we require questions to be provided via email to SCJ@g.rwu.edu by March 16, 2023, at 11:59 PM., An Award for Excellence in Civil Justice Advocacy, After making history with their case against Remington and then successfully fighting Alex Jones’ false claims that the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax, Students for Civil Justice and Rhode Island Association for Justice are hosting Chris Mattei, Esq. and Alinor Sterling, Esq. from Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder to honor their outstanding civil justice advocacy for their…, Remington Suit:, In 2014, nine families of children and educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting filed suit against Remington, the manufacturer of the AR-15 used in the shooting, as well as against the retail store and the distributor in the chain of sale. The families defeated Remington’s effort to remove the case from the Connecticut Superior Court to federal court, as well as Remington’s…, Alex Jones Suit:, In 2018, members of seven families who had lost loved ones in the Sandy Hook shooting and one first responder filed suit against Jones and the parent company of his Infowars site, Free Speech Systems (FSS). They asserted claims of defamation, false light, infliction of emotional distress, and violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act. Jones and FSS resisted discovery by every…, Victim Statement:, Francine Wheeler, one of the victim’s parents, stated: “It is one thing to lose a child; it’s quite another thing when people take everything about your boy who is gone, and your surviving child, and your husband, and everything you ever did in your life on the internet and harass you.” We honor the incredible advocacy of Chris and Alinor & others at Koskoff in their representation of their…, Meet the Speakers, Alinor Sterling, Alinor Sterling, believes the law is a powerful weapon in the fight against injustice, and she has devoted her career to that fight. She represented nine families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in a landmark case against the Remington Arms Company - the manufacturer of the assault rifle used to carry out the attack. Alongside law partner Josh Koskoff, her work led to the families'…, Chris Mattei, is widely regarded as a masterful courtroom advocate, and has been called upon to handle some of the highest profile trials in the State of Connecticut over the past decade. His areas of focus include civil rights, defamation, products liability, catastrophic personal injury and complex civil litigation. Described by one New York Times reporter as an “incredible powerhouse lawyer,” Chris’s…, Rhode Island Association for Justice:, The RI Association for Justice is an organization of trial lawyers that fight for individuals who cannot fight for themselves when harmed by no fault of their own. RI Trial Lawyers demand wrongdoers are held responsible for actions not taken to keep each and every person safe from harm. Justice belongs to everyone, and trial lawyers keep the playing field equal for all!, Special Accommodations:, Persons who, because of a special need or condition, would like to request an accommodation for an event should contact Jill Dallaire, jrdallaire@rwu.edu , as soon as possible, but no later than 72 hours before the event, so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
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In April 2019 Roger Williams University School of Law honored the First Women of the Rhode Island Bar. The celebration was the start of a variety of events to honor the work women do in the field of law. Soon after, the school began the Women in Law Leadership Lecture series as well as the Ruth Bader Ginsberg Essay contest. This year, Roger Williams University School of Law will hold its 4th…, Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, before the U.S. Supreme Court. Jenny Ma’s commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the legal profession is evident in her work in the budding Center for Reproductive Rights (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) DEI Task Force. Before joining the Center for Reproductive Rights Jenny served as a law clerk for the Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…, Obergefell v Hodges, . In addition to the lecture, the program will feature the announcement of the winners of the RWU Law RBG Essay/Art Contest for RI school children . To attend the lecture with a reception immediately following please register . For additional information please visit 4th Annual Women in Law Leadership Lecture .
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International law is broadly divided into its public and private spheres. Public international law deals primarily with relationships among nation states and international entities – including, for example, issues of human rights. Private international law governs individual and business dealings across national boundaries, many of them commercial in character. In an era of globalization and “…
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