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What does it look like to serve Rhode Island through the law?
At RWU Law—RI’s law school—you’ll find the answer in our alumni.

As the state’s only law school, we’re building the pipeline of lawyers, advocates, and policymakers strengthening our communities.

Meet our legal #Changemakers. #RWULaw
Honoring Ashbell Tingley Wall II, 2019 RWU Law honorary degree recipient & longest‑serving U.S. corrections director in Rhode Island.

Obit story via @providencejournal.bsky.social www.providencejournal.com/obituaries/p...
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#RWULawHonorary #RIP
December 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Missed #Law401? The language we use matters.
Sojourner House attorney Yulyana Torres explains how survivor-centered wording empowers people facing domestic violence — and why it’s essential to trauma-informed legal care.

Watch “Justice with Care:" www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAPx...
December 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🎁 Season Finale of #Law401

Attorney–improv performer James Bagley, L12, tackles absurd (but absolutely real) holiday law questions. ❄️⚖️

Stay tuned as our hosts recap the season + a perfectly unhinged preview of what’s coming next.

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December 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
RWU Law announces that Chelsie Horne and Nicole Dyszlewski received the 2025 Presidential Spotlight Award from AALS for their leadership of the Integrating Doctrine & Diversity Speaker Series. Reps from 97%+ of ABA law schools attended in 2025.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Alum & Sojourner House Attorney Yulyana Torres L’23 joined hosts Nicole & MDB to discuss domestic violence in RI.

#Law401 “Justice with Care” dives into the data, trauma-informed advocacy, respectful language, and the challenges survivors face.

🎙️ Stream Here www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAPx...
December 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🚨#Law401 Podcast

Domestic violence survivors face barriers beyond the courtroom. Explore how trauma-informed legal advocacy is changing outcomes through Sojourner House's Expanding Legal Services Initiative with Attorney Yulyana Torres, L'23.

🎙️"Justice with Care" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
#Law401 this Tuesday

Intimate partner violence affects thousands of Rhode Islanders. Sojourner House staff attorney Yulyana Torres L'23 joins us to discuss trauma-informed advocacy and its new legal services.

🎧 Justice with Care
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#TraumaInformed #SurvivorSupport #LegalAdvocacy
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
ICYMI: How fast should police body-cam footage be released?

Body-cameras are meant to give jurors + communities clarity — but what’s the public-records timeline?

Catch “Beyond the Lens: The Reality of Body-Worn Cameras.”

🎧 Listen: open.spotify.com/show/6iTuA0t...
December 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
📷 Body-worn police cameras give jurors a clearer window into what really happened—Public Defender Collin Geiselman breaks it down in the latest episode of #Law401 "Beyond the Lens: The Reality of Body-Worn Cameras."

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#RhodeIsland #PoliceReform #Transparency
December 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
RWU Law adj prof Collin Geiselman joins #Law401 hosts to explain the legal realities of body-worn cameras — what gets recorded, what doesn’t, who can access footage & why “truth on video” matters in court.

Beyond the Lens: The Reality of Body-Worn Cameras
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December 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
🎧 Coming Tuesday on Law 401: Beyond the Lens: Body-Worn Cameras in RI

RWU Law adjunct prof & RI public defender Collin Geiselman breaks down the gap between what body cams promise — and what they deliver.

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#RhodeIsland #PoliceReform #Transparency #PublicDefender
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
RWU Law is proud that Prof. Niki Kuckes was invited to comment in today’s @washingtonpost.com piece on grand juries — drawing on her expertise in prosecutorial ethics and grand-jury practice.
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#RWULaw #LegalScholar #GrandJury
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
What does it look like to serve Rhode Island through the law?
At RWU Law—RI’s law school—you’ll find the answer in our alumni.

As the state’s only law school, we’re building the pipeline of lawyers, advocates, and policymakers strengthening our communities.

Meet our legal #Changemakers. #RWULaw
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
On #Law401: Linn Foster Freedman breaks down #AI in classrooms: What works in CA & TX, where protections fall short, and how RI can balance innovation with student safety.

🎧 “Keeping Up with AI”
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#EdTech #Education #AIPrivacy #StudentData
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#Law401: Linn Foster Freedman, adjunct professor at RWU Law, explains how AI is changing classroom life—and what parents and educators should be paying attention to right now.

📺 “Keeping Up with AI: Are Student Protections Falling Behind?"

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November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
RWU Law Prof. Yelnosky tells WPRI that incidents like this raise safety and access-to-justice concerns, and virtual hearings may reduce some barriers.
🔗 https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/wrongful-ice-detention-outside-ri-courthouse-fuels-push-for-virtual-hearings/
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Wrongful ICE detention outside RI courthouse fuels push for virtual hearings
The call for expanded virtual court hearings in Rhode Island is growing louder after ICE wrongfully detained a teenager outside Superior Court on Thursday.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
✨ AI is moving fast in RI classrooms — but student protections aren’t keeping up.

#Law401 on Tuesday: Professor Linn Foster Freedman breaks down what state policies cover + what guardrails educators should put in place.

“Keeping Up with AI: Are Student Protections Falling Behind?”
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November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
#Law401: Immigration Close Encounters: Rights, Risks, Responses”

Attorney Zachary Lyons breaks down the legal standards behind immigration encounters and how they play out in practice, including Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, a case testing the limits of “reasonable suspicion.”

Tune In linktr.ee/rwulaw
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🚨New #Law401 episode! Dive into "Immigration Close Encounters: Rights, Risks and Responsibilities"

Attorney Zachary Lyons shares the importance of the Supreme Court's decision in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo and what it means for 4th ammendment rights.

🎙️Tune in here open.spotify.com/show/6iTuA0t...
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🎉Any RWU Law alums here? It's that time again! Join us on Dec. 3 for our annual Holiday Reception with alumni, faculty, staff, and members of the bench and bar.

Register here: https://law.rwu.edu/events/law-alumni-association-holiday-reception-3

#RWULaw #HolidayReception #LawSchoolAlums
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Coming Tuesday: “Immigration Encounters: Rights, Risks, and Responses.”

Attorney Zachary Lyons explains Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, a CA case reshaping how “reasonable suspicion” is evaluated in immigration enforcement, and why the implications reach Rhode Island too.

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November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“The Era of the Taylor Swift Tax” is live!

RI Senator @meghankallman.bsky.social shares how taxing millionaires on 2nd homes could raise the public funds we need — for housing, schools, and stronger communities — without driving away investors.

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November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
RI AG Peter Neronha’s tenure: Civil division gets more resources, but has the approach to drug possession changed? RWU Law professors Michael Yelnosky & Andrew Horwitz offer insights.
Read more → www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...
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#RhodeIsland #AttorneyGeneral
November 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An inspiring evening celebrating women’s leadership in law and the judiciary.

Justice Alice Gibney’s words—“Your trust is empowering… Find a way and do it”—capture RWU Law’s spirit, said Dean Gregory W. Bowman: empowering others to lead with purpose across Rhode Island.

#Changemakers #WomenInRobes
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
🎧 Listen now: “The Era of the Taylor Swift Tax” just dropped!
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Rhode Island Senator @meghankallman.bsky.social joins #Law401 to break down how the “Taylor Swift Tax” could help locals without driving away millionaire investors.

#RhodeIsland #TaylorSwiftTax
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM