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Newsroom: 'Champions For Justice' Honored 12-19-2016, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Trending @ Rwu Law: Dean Yelnosky's Post: "Getting Proximate": October 22, 2016, Michael Yelnosky

Law School Blogs

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Peter Singer, Drowning Children, And Pro Bono, John M.A. Dipippa

Faculty Scholarship

This Article uses the ethicist Peter Singer's principles to examine and critique the legal profession's pro bono efforts in the face of the persistent gap between the public's legal needs and their ability to meet them. Singer argues that adults should jump into a pond to save a drowning child. Using the drowning child as an analogy, this Article argues that lawyers are morally obligated to (1)increase the amount of their pro bono efforts, (2) be more selective in the cases they take, and (3) be significantly more generous in their financial support for legal services providers. These obligations are …

Newsroom: Johnson Wins 2nd Term As Mbwa President 09/28/2016, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Encouraging The Development Of Low Bono Law Practices, Luz E. Herrera

Luz Herrera

For decades, the discussion about access to justice has primarily focused on the ability of low–income individuals to obtain free representation by lawyers. Lawyer representation is the “gold star” of the legal profession and advocates of legal services for the poor have fought difficult battles to ensure the most disadvantaged in our country have access to these professionals. As a result, legal aid programs and pro bono services that assist the most economically disadvantaged in our country are now common in our legal service delivery system.

Despite those important efforts, only 50% of those eligible for free legal services actually …

Pro Pro Bono: Volunteer Lawyers Are An Essential Part Of Access To Civil Justice, Amy Barasch, Esq.

Wilf Impact Center for Public Interest Law

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Newsroom: Introducing Urban, Experiential Campus, 6-5-2016, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Newsroom: Defending The Defenseless, 5-26-2016, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Law School Based Incubators And Access To Justice – Perspectives From Deans, Patricia E. Salkin, Ellen Suni, Niels Schaumann, Mary Lu Bilek

Patricia E. Salkin

At the end of February 2015, law professors, law deans, incubator staff and attorneys, and self-selected others gathered at California Western School of Law for the Second Annual Conference on Law School Incubators and Residency Programs. The incubators that are the subject of this article tend to focus on transition to law practice and access to justice, and some are also working to incorporate technology for the practice of law as a means of enhancing access to justice. As more law schools decide to host, sponsor or offer an incubator, and following our panel discussion at the February 2015 incubator …

Newsroom: Introducing Urban, Experiential Campus 04-05-2016, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Trending @ Rwu Law: Brittani Mulholland's Post: Alternative Spring Break's Biggest Year Yet!: 03/04/2016, Brittani Mulholland

Law School Blogs

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Newsroom: 'Champions For Justice' Honored, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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The Special Role Of Career Services Professionals In The Development And Success Of Law School Incubator Programs, Sumana Wolf, Erica Edwards-Oneal

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Implementing Psychological Resilience Training In Law Incubators, M. Mark Heekin

Journal of Experiential Learning

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A Custom Tailored Form Of Post-Graduate Legal Training: The Rhode Island Center For Justice, Robert Mccreanor

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Creating A Post-Graduate Incubator Program Through A Law School-Bar Association Partnership, Robyn L. Meadows, J. Palmer Lockard, Elizabeth G. Simcox

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Innovate, Collaborate & Serve: Louisiana’S “Lift” – A Legal Incubator And Accelerator Program Startup Guide, Amy Duncan

Journal of Experiential Learning

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The Pro Bono Requirement In Incubator Programs: A Reflection On Structuring Pro Bono Work For Program Attorneys, Davida Finger

Journal of Experiential Learning

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Incubating Community Law Practices: Post-Graduate Models For Lawyer Training And Access To Law, Luz E. Herrera

Journal of Experiential Learning

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A Call To Cultivate The Public Interest: Beyond Pro Bono, Ann Juergens, Diane Galatowitsch

Faculty Scholarship

This essay asserts that incorporation of the public's interests in lawyers' daily work is an essential responsibility of the profession. The Preamble to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct frames this lawyers' duty as that of a "public citizen having special responsibility for the quality of justice." Yet the modem legal profession has reduced "public interest" practice to work that is done for no or almost no fee. The transformation of lawyer from public citizen to servant of mostly private interests has taken place over the last thirty-five years, following the legal profession's embrace of pro bono work by volunteer …

Alternative Spring Break 2016 Report, Roger Williams University School Of Law, Association For Public Interest Law

School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events

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