Tag: Michael J. Yelnosky
Jury still out on effort to diversify R.I. judiciary
William J. Trezvant grew up surrounded by Black lawyers and judges, thanks to his dad’s leadership of the Newport chapter of the NAACP.
Those early...
RWU to offer R.I.’s first joint law, business degree program
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University will become the only school in Rhode Island to offer a joint degree program in law and business next...
Bailey and Kilpatrick join RWU School of Law board of...
BRISTOL – Earlier this month, the Roger Williams University School of Law announced it had welcomed Collin Bailey and J. Scott Kilpatrick to its...
In ‘insulated’ R.I., unions seen surviving court ruling
Paul A. Doughty, Local 799 Providence Firefighters union president, says he’s not concerned about possible membership drops or financial woes after a June 27...
Uniform Bar Exam has pros and cons for R.I.
Recent adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam in Rhode Island has pros and cons for the local legal profession, say educators and partners at...
RWU remembers former president behind name change, law school
BRISTOL – Natale A. Sicuro, the Roger Williams College president who led the name change to Roger Williams University and helped launch the RWU...
RWU School of Law classroom renamed for founding dean Anthony J....
BRISTOL – The name of professor Anthony J. Santoro, former Roger Williams University president and founding dean of its law school, will be emblazoned...
RWU mass incarceration forum leads to updated probation, parole laws
It was “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” by Michelle Alexander, that led Judith Savage to build a forum...
RWU law grads go solo, as industry rebounds from recession
In the almost three years since he graduated from the Ocean State’s sole law school – Roger Williams University School of Law in Bristol...
A well-kept secret
One of the founding faculty members of Roger Williams University School of Law 20 years ago, Michael J. Yelnosky is poised to utilize his...
