No matter what you’re doing this summer the Law Library has your back!, Got a summer job?, Great! Need access to the legal research databases you’ve come to know and love like Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and Westlaw? Fortunately, they all offer summer access to current students! To get the details about permissible uses of these databases, visit our summer access page . In addition, other databases will be available to current students this summer. Find all RWU Law licensed databases in…, Graduating?, Will you soon be saying goodbye to law school? Now you can take your good friends, Bloomberg Law, Lexis Advance, and Westlaw Edge with you wherever you happen to go. We have obtained extended access for these legal research tools for our recent grads. Visit our website for more information about post-graduate access to these databases. The Law Library also permits alumni to check out library…, Questions about Legal Research?, Do you remember the 10 minute rule? The 10 minute rule still applies while you’re taking summer classes or working on summer jobs and externships or even after you graduate. The 10 Minute Rule is, if you cannot figure out how to do some legal research that you need to do within 10 minutes, contact a law librarian and ask for some help. Writing to lawlibraryhelp@rwu.edu will send a message to…
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The, National Criminal Defense College, will hold a Trial Practice Institute at RWU Law. This two-week trial skills program is designed exclusively for criminal defense practitioners. June 12 - 25, 2022 | Session I July 17 - 30, 2022 | Session II Additional details and registration may be found here ., Special Accommodations, Persons who, because of a special need or condition, would like to request an accommodation for an event should contact the RWU Law Events, 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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The, National Criminal Defense College, will hold a Trial Practice Institute at RWU Law. This two-week trial skills program is designed exclusively for criminal defense practitioners. June 12 - 25, 2022 | Session I July 17 - 30, 2022 | Session II Additional details and registration may be found here ., Special Accommodations, Persons who, because of a special need or condition, would like to request an accommodation for an event should contact the RWU Law Events, 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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The Class of 2022 has voted Ann Marie Thompson, RWU Law's assistant director of Student Finance & Records, as Staff Person of the Year! “Ann Marie is a perfect example of how to be professional, kind, and personable,” said Dean Gregory W. Bowman. “She is excellent at what she does, and our law school runs more smoothly because of her. I am grateful to be her colleague, and I am so gratified…
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This year the Legal Beagle is featuring blog posts which introduce you (or re-introduce you) to our hard-working and amazing staff. As we get near the end of our Meet the Staff posts, the Beagle is thrilled to introduce you to Nate Pracht, the man who makes sure that the librarians have what they need to be able to do their jobs and who helps ensure that our library facilities and technology…, What is your title?, Administrative Assistant, Can you tell our readers what you do for the library?, I interact with every staff member in some way providing support the best I can. My main areas of focus are accounts payable, student worker payroll, and interacting with the University on facilities & technology requests. [LB. Dean Ortiz likes to say that Nate is the COO of the library – he keeps things going when no one else is paying attention.], What is your favorite reading genre?, Theology, What part of your job is most satisfying?, Playing a supportive role in enabling our Librarians to excel in serving the needs of our Law Students & Faculty., We have it on good authority that you have seen A LOT of children’s movies thanks to adorable nieces and nephews. What is your favorite kid movie and why?, Moana is an exceptional movie on so many levels. The music is top notch, the humor is great, the story is interesting, and the characters are memorable. The character of Moana is one of the best protagonists you’ll find in the animated genre., Name something you dislike, but everyone else seems to love., Eggs
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Last May, in the thick of the coronavirus pandemic, 2L Madison Picard received some welcome good news: the Massachusetts Bar Foundation had awarded her a generous Legal Intern Fellowship to fund a summer internship she’d set her heart on — with the Victim Rights Law Center (VRLC) in Belchertown, Mass. “The VRLC works only with victims of sexual assault,” Picard explained. “They handle only civil…, not, indigent — if you’re just low-income — well, it can be really hard to afford an attorney, and finding one who’ll work for free is extremely difficult. So I felt it was important to find a role in the world of civil public interest.” Working full-time at VRLC albeit remotely due to the pandemic, gave Picard an opportunity to do exactly that, and she found her efforts so meaningful that she ended…, Cornell Law Review, !” This summer, Picard will be interning with the Rhode Island Center for Justice. She remains certain that her future career path will continue to involve public interest law. “I hope to keep working with low-income clients, ideally on civil legal matters,” she said. “That’s the kind of work I most enjoy.”
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