Over the past decade, the rarefied world of admiralty law – a legal specialty barely touched upon in most law school curriculums and law practices – has quietly become home to what one alum calls a “small empire” of RWU Law graduates, most of them practicing in and around New York City’s Financial District. Two Roger Williams law alumni have recently been elected to seats on the board of the…, [See companion story, " A 'Busy, Busy Time' in Admiralty Law. "], Becoming a Contender, This remarkable development was not a matter of chance, but one of planning and positioning. It was, in fact, an integral part of RWU Law’s educational strategy, engineered primarily by Professor Matthew Harrington (founder of RWU Law’s Marine Affairs Institute, and now on the law faculty at the Université de Montréal) and Professor Jonathan Gutoff, one of the nation’s leading experts on piracy…, The Brown Moot Competition, As one element of this publicity effort, RWU Law soon became – with the support of all its successive administrations – a fixture at the annual Judge John R. Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition, the premier admiralty law tournament in the United States. “This is one of the most important events, not just for students interested in maritime law, but for the maritime bar and bench as well,”…, Members of the Board, In the most recent sign of RWU Law’s ascendancy in the admiralty law establishment, two alumni, Eisenhower and Aarsheim, were elected to the board of directors of the Maritime Law Association – “another big feather in our cap,” as Falvey noted. “It’s difficult to get on the board of directors,” Aarsheim said. “For both Brian and I to be there is also significant because we’re young in an…, , got all the Roger Williams people together and there were almost 30 of us,” he said. “We were all like, ‘It’s crazy how many of us there are here!’” Patrick O’Connor ’15, an associate at Hill Betts & Nash LLP, another Wall Street admiralty firm, recalled sharing the same feeling. “When we show up to these annual meetings, it’s hard not to notice a group of now 25 to 30 people hanging out,” he…
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