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Our country loves its myths, and one is that our newspapers exist to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” This romantic notion of the independent commentator may never have been accurate, as for many years the political bent of media outlets was transparent (indeed, sometimes even paid for!). And you don’t need to have a degree in history – or even to have paid much attention when…, David A. Logan , professor of law and former dean of the RWU School of Law, who has studied and written extensively about First Amendment issues. This piece originally appeared in Roger Williams University's First Amendment Blog .
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Our homes are the solid ground upon which we build our lives – safe, secure, healthy spaces where we can eat, sleep, and spend time with our families; bases from which we travel to work or school; conducive, reliable environments in which we can thrive and grow. Yet for many Rhode Islanders, this basic resource remains persistently out of reach. It’s a crisis that students at Roger Williams…, An Eviction Crisis, While many advocacy groups assist tenants in public housing and Section 8 housing, no parallel resources exist for those in the private rental market. The Tenant Stabilization Project is an effort to change that dynamic. “Our review of the docket at the 6th District Court [in Providence] revealed that more than 400 evictions are filed every month in that court alone,” Wood notes. “With no other…, ‘Absolutely Inspired’, By working together, RWU Law, the Center for Justice, HousingWorks and Harvard’s Access to Justice Lab “hope to make some pretty powerful policy arguments about how these types of cases should be handled in the future,” Wood said. Laurie Barron, director of RWU Law’s Feinstein Center for Pro Bono & Experiential Education, says the initiative is also a perfect fit for the school’s social…, The Rhode Island Tenant Stabilization Project program is made possible through a gift from Hassenfeld Family Initiatives LLC, which established the Hassenfeld Projects – an intensive, three-year initiative to expand and enhance innovative work in experiential education. The grant builds on RWU’s growing cadre of experiential programs that prepare students to meet the demands of today’s employers…
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The week of April 8-14 is National Library Week ! National Library Week is the one week a year that we stop and appreciate all things library-related. Here at the RWU Law Library we will be taking time out to express gratitude to our dedicated student library workers, our amazing full-time library staff, and our awesome patrons. Thank you all! To celebrate National Library Week 2018, the RWU…
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Now in his tenth year as executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island – local chapter of the national government reform advocacy organization – John Marion has discovered that RWU Law’s Master of Studies in Law (MSL) program is enhancing his performance in new and often unexpected ways. “It’s exactly the sort of thing that I needed, given what I do for a living,” he says. As Common Cause’s…, enough, of a legal education so that I can better understand both the law and the type of thinking that goes into it.” "The MSL program has helped to inform the debate for me. ... Suffice it to say, there have been a lot of ‘a-ha!’ moments!” The MSL’s big advantage for Marion is its practicality and flexibility, which allow him to hone in on the areas of law he actually uses on a daily basis. “J.D.…, what, specific First Amendment concerns does it raise? Can the bill be tailored in a way that deals with those concerns?’ Knowing the background elucidates the meaning. Suffice it to say, there have been a lot of ‘a-ha!’ moments.” And, practicing lawyer or not, even those procedural courses have shed valuable light on Marion’s work. “I read a ton of statutes,” he says. “I deal with the Ethics Code and…, Citizens United, all the time. So when I took Civil Procedure last semester – and it really provided me with a road map through the legal process, which can be opaque to those who haven’t any legal education. All of a sudden, I understood the posture of the parties in a way that I really couldn’t before.” It’s an advantage that has caught the attention of Marion’s professional colleagues. “I’ve recommended the…
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Have you ever heard of the website Websleuths ? It is a forum-based (think: reddit) internet community which uses swarm intelligence to crowd source true crime detective work. While many of (if not all of) the sleuthing is armchair sleuthing, the contributors to the forums are dedicated internet detectives and sometimes successful internet detectives ! One of the cases that the Websleuths website…
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RWU Law is pleased to introduce the two latest additions to its faculty, both of whom will be joining the school as associate professors in July., Associate Professor Tara I. Allen, will be teaching Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence. She joins us from the Federal Public Defenders Office for the District of Rhode Island, where she has served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender since 2012, representing indigent defendants in federal criminal proceedings of all kinds. She has also worked in Federal Public Defender Offices in the Western District of…, Associate Professor, Christopher J. Ryan, Jr.,, will teach Property, Wills and Trusts, and Statistics for Lawyers. He joins us from an American Bar Foundation Fellowship, where he conducted research on the job market for law school graduates. He is also in a Ph.D. program in Policy Studies at Vanderbilt University, and his dissertation focuses as well on the economics of attending law school. Professor Ryan served as a law clerk to Judge…, Please join us in welcoming Professor Allen and Professor Ryan to our community!
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