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Senior Christina Marra describes herself as a “hands-on person,” and it’s not difficult to picture the Construction Management major from Danbury, Conn., on a construction site with a hard hat.

As a child growing up in Ethiopia, Mekbul Jemal Tahir recalls fixing radios and tinkering with wires. He also grew up a dancer, a student of the Acogny technique of African contemporary dance.
After leaving home in search of more opportunities to perform and teach dance, Tahir eventually landed in Rhode Island. Later, when he began looking for another way to support himself and his family, he said he decided to turn his childhood curiosity about all things electrical into a career.

When she started college, Renee Parry majored in art and pictured herself in a career as an illustrator. But she soon realized that while she loved the creative nature of the art major, she yearned for a more technical field. Since she was 16, Parry also had worked on construction sites with her father, a general contractor near where she grew up in Schaghticoke, N.Y. As she poured concrete and helped with carpentry, she said she appreciated seeing the work her father’s company did overseeing projects.

Third-year law Roger Williams University School of Law student Tim Caplan has a public service mindset. Throughout college, he volunteered with Beat the Streets, an organization that mentors youth through wrestling programs.
When he came to law school, Caplan continued his public service through pro bono legal work.
At graduation, Caplan will be among more than 60 students in the Class of 2024 recognized for at least 100 hours of pro bono legal service.

While years of relatively unchecked commercial data collection has led to a moment of real despair about the state of our internet and the digital economy, there is now momentum to protect consumer privacy through regulatory action and legislation.
That was the assessment of Samuel Levine, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), who weighed in on the future of consumer protection and privacy as AI transforms the marketplace.

Dean Matthew Diller and alumnus Richard Saenz ’10 were honored for their dedication to public service at the 33rd annual Public Interest Resource Center (PIRC) Awards.
The awards are held annually at Fordham Law School to recognize members of the Fordham Law community for their contributions to public service.

You might say Stefanie Fischer’s success in law school started with sled dogs.
Fischer is a member of the Roger Williams University School of Law Class of 2024. As a teaching assistant for multiple courses and editor-in-chief of the Roger Williams University Law Review, she has excelled at every opportunity offered to her as a law student.
But she credits her accomplishments at least in part to one chance she didn’t take.

The first year of law school builds important foundations for critical thinking, analysis, writing, and more that students will carry with them for years to come.
But with all the stress of briefing cases and getting called on in class, 1Ls can sometimes feel a bit removed from the legal careers they’re pursuing.
Two Roger Williams University School of Law professors are working to change that.

Many of us have fond memories of Saturday mornings watching cartoons on television while eating breakfast cereal. Perhaps that cereal was Fruity Pebbles, the colorful crispy cereal that itself is a spinoff of a cartoon, the 1960s series “The Flintstones.”
A recent precedential decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) delved into the past and present of Fruity Pebbles. The case illustrates some of the difficulties of registering trade dress.

Melissa DuBose L’04 has been confirmed by the US Senate to fill a judicial opening in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.
When she is sworn in, DuBose will become the first person of color and first openly LGBTQ person to serve on the court.

Long before she was the Associate Dean of Student Life and Operations at Roger Williams University School of Law, Lorraine Lalli was an aspiring law student. On her admissions essay for RWU Law, she wrote about how she grew up in Providence’s Mt. Hope neighborhood and planned to use the skills she learned in law school to give back to the community.

Jane Zhang’s (’20) preschool-aged son was ill. In and out of pediatricians’ offices and acute care clinics, he had been diagnosed with an ear infection and given antibiotics. Still, he wasn’t getting better.

During one visit, the doctor showed her the back of her son’s throat. She saw blisters. According to the doctor, those indicated that her son was suffering from something other than an ear infection. Then he made a comment that changed her life: He told her she could be the one looking at her son’s throat for symptoms like this.

Terrence Haas L'07 is an adventurer.
In his twenties, he lived off the grid in rural northern Michigan in a shelter with no electricity or water.
After law school, he moved to Alaska to become a public defender in a town outside of the state’s road system. In September 2023, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed Haas as the Alaska Public Defender.

Immigration attorney Saad Ahmad L’00 is the rare attorney with extensive experience on both trial and appeal. He estimates that he has done more than forty appellate oral arguments and written around a hundred appeal briefs before multiple federal appellate courts around the country.
Unlike many appellate advocates who work for large white-shoe law firms, though, Ahmad has always been a small firm or solo practitioner.

Many attorneys remember a time when “ediscovery” meant simply reviewing custodian emails.
Now, as we conduct much of our lives and business online, ediscovery has become profoundly complex. Even the simplest cases involve not just emails, but also texts and messaging apps, social media, collaboration platforms, geolocation, and more.
This guide will cover the rules underlying modern ediscovery – as well as challenges, best practices, and tools to streamline ediscovery.