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U.S. Sen. Jack Reed To Deliver Commencement Address At Rwu, Edward Fitzpatrick Apr 2019

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed To Deliver Commencement Address At Rwu, Edward Fitzpatrick

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed will deliver the commencement address to more than 1,200 students during the Roger Williams University undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18, 2019.


Rwu To Offer Joint Jd/Mba Degree, Edward Fitzpatrick Mar 2019

Rwu To Offer Joint Jd/Mba Degree, Edward Fitzpatrick

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Roger Williams University will become the only school in Rhode Island offering a joint Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration degree.


Boston Da Rachael Rollins To Deliver Mlk Address At Rwu Law, Edward Fitzpatrick Jan 2019

Boston Da Rachael Rollins To Deliver Mlk Address At Rwu Law, Edward Fitzpatrick

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Rachael Rollins, the first African-American woman to serve as District Attorney in Massachusetts and the first female DA in Suffolk County, will deliver this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Keynote Lecture at the Roger Williams University School of Law.


Rwu Law Student Receives Skadden Fellowship To Pursue Public-Interest Law, Edward Fitzpatrick Nov 2018

Rwu Law Student Receives Skadden Fellowship To Pursue Public-Interest Law, Edward Fitzpatrick

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Third-year law student Michaela Bland will work with Rhode Island Center for Justice to find legal solutions to “school-to-prison pipeline”.


Marine Law Symposium At Rwu Law To Focus On Legal Strategies For Climate Adaptation, Edward Fitzpatrick Nov 2018

Marine Law Symposium At Rwu Law To Focus On Legal Strategies For Climate Adaptation, Edward Fitzpatrick

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Nov. 16 event will be part of RWU’s yearlong series, “Ocean State/State of the Ocean: The Challenge of Sea-Level Rise Over the Coming Century”.


Celebrating President Farish: A Life And Legacy, Jill Rodrigues Sep 2018

Celebrating President Farish: A Life And Legacy, Jill Rodrigues

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On Wednesday, the Roger Williams University community and greater community gathered to share a powerful celebration of the life and legacy of Donald J. Farish, who died on July 5, 2018, while serving his eighth year as our president.


Year In Review: Stories Of Who We Are, Jill Rodrigues Dec 2017

Year In Review: Stories Of Who We Are, Jill Rodrigues

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A look back at the stories from 2017 that celebrate who we are and what we do at RWU.


Celebrating Professor Tony Santoro, Michael M. Bowden Nov 2017

Celebrating Professor Tony Santoro, Michael M. Bowden

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RWU Law dedicates the Professor Anthony J. Santoro Classroom, in honor of the founding Dean of RWU Law and President Emeritus of RWU.


Law School Dedicates Appellate Courtroom To Judge Selya, Edward Fitzpatrick Oct 2017

Law School Dedicates Appellate Courtroom To Judge Selya, Edward Fitzpatrick

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Law school's signature space named for one of Rhode Island's most influential and well-respected jurists.


U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Visit Roger Williams University, Public Affairs, Roger Williams University Aug 2017

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Visit Roger Williams University, Public Affairs, Roger Williams University

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Her Jan. 30 “fireside chat” with Judge Selya will mark the eighth time a high court justice has addressed RWU School of Law students.


Rwu To Host Exhibit On "The Black Church In Rhode Island” Through March 6, Edward Fitzpatrick Feb 2017

Rwu To Host Exhibit On "The Black Church In Rhode Island” Through March 6, Edward Fitzpatrick

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The exhibit tells the story in images and text of American firsts and the importance of the black church in Rhode Island throughout 250 years.


Rwu, Rwu Law To Offer Scholarships To Displaced Students From Syria, Public Affairs, Roger Williams University Jan 2017

Rwu, Rwu Law To Offer Scholarships To Displaced Students From Syria, Public Affairs, Roger Williams University

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University joins Institute for International Education’s Syria Consortium in helping architecture and law students to resume studies in safety.


Year In Review: The Top Stories At Roger Williams University In 2016, Jill Rodrigues Dec 2016

Year In Review: The Top Stories At Roger Williams University In 2016, Jill Rodrigues

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Celebrate RWU’s many successes in 2016 with a look back at the most-read stories of the year.


Guiding Startups Through Legal Pickles: Law Students Launch Artisan Pickler And Other Businesses To Success, Jill Rodrigues Nov 2016

Guiding Startups Through Legal Pickles: Law Students Launch Artisan Pickler And Other Businesses To Success, Jill Rodrigues

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Among the first clients of RWU Law’s Business Start-up Clinic, Fox Point Pickling entered the marketplace with the help of trained business law students.


Rwu’S New ‘Rising Tide’ Of Educational Opportunity, Public Affairs, Roger Williams University Sep 2016

Rwu’S New ‘Rising Tide’ Of Educational Opportunity, Public Affairs, Roger Williams University

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With a new campus in downtown Providence and a revolutionary focus on the city’s neediest residents, RWU aims to reinvigorate the workforce – and maybe even the economy.