Our faculty have practiced law with large firms in major metropolitan cities; with small firms in rural county seats; in legal aid societies; in the Judge Advocates General Corps; and with the United States Department of Justice. They have debated legal issues on national television and in the press, testified before Congress, and argued cases before the United States Supreme Court. This series represents a sampling of their wide-ranging scholarship and scholarly interests.

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Submissions from 2017

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Containing Iran and Maintaining Legitimacy, Peter Margulies

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Enjoining the Revised Refugee EO: The Hawaii District Court “Waters Down” the Separation of Powers, Peter Margulies

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Full Supreme Court Stays Ninth Circuit Order on Refugee Assurances, Peter Margulies

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Hawaii Judge Watson Declines to Clarify Scope of Preliminary Injunction on Executive Order 13,780, Peter Margulies

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Implementing the Refugee EO: Add Grandparents, Peter Margulies

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Implementing the Refugee EO: The State Department Should Consider Refugee Agency Assurances as Bona Fide Relationships, Peter Margulies

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Judge Gorsuch on Empathy and Institutional Design, Peter Margulies

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Ninth Circuit Agrees to Wait for Revised Refugee Executive Order, Peter Margulies

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Ninth Circuit Argument Turns on Whether the Ban Clashes with the Immigration Act, Peter Margulies

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Ninth Circuit Protects Refugees with Assurances of Sponsorship, Peter Margulies

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Refugee EO: Hawaii’s Response to the Government’s Request for a Stay, Peter Margulies

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Refugee EO Stay: Ninth Circuit Dismisses Hawaii’s Appeal But Draws a Roadmap for Future Litigation, Peter Margulies

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Refugee EO Update: The Supreme Court Hands Each Side a Partial Victory, Peter Margulies

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Searching for Federal Judicial Power: Article III and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Peter Margulies

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Supreme Court Stays Ninth Circuit Order on Refugee Assurances, Peter Margulies

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The DHS Border Memo II: Removal First, Hearing Later?, Peter Margulies

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The DHS Border Memo: Ramping Up Expedited Removal and Raising Tensions with Mexico and with Due Process, Peter Margulies

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The EO Stay: The Government Doubles Down on Excluding Grandparents and Refugees, Peter Margulies

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The Fourth Circuit and the Refugee EO: Establishing Confusion, Peter Margulies

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The Fourth Circuit Argument on the Refugee EO: Second-Guessing the President or Safeguarding Individual Rights?, Peter Margulies

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The Fourth Circuit Travel Ban Argument: Framing the Challengers’ Case for the Supreme Court, Peter Margulies

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The New Travel Ban: Undermining the Immigration and Nationality Act, Peter Margulies

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The Ninth Circuit and the Refugee EO: Back to the Statute?, Peter Margulies

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The Ninth Circuit on the Refugee EO: The Government’s Least Bad Option, Peter Margulies

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The Ninth Circuit’s Refugee EO Decision: Methodically Misreading the Immigration Statute, Peter Margulies

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The Refugee EO in the Ninth Circuit: Rights, Wrongs, and Remedies, Peter Margulies

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The Refugee Executive Order, the Immigration Act, and the Government’s Bottom Line, Peter Margulies

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The Revised Refugee EO in the Courts II: The Flawed Maryland District Court Decision, Peter Margulies

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The Revised Refugee EO: Reports Show a Clear Turn Toward Legal Compliance, Peter Margulies

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The Revised Refugee Executive Order in the Courts: Detour or Speed-Bump?, Peter Margulies

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The Travel Ban in the Supreme Court: Crafting a Workable Remedy, Peter Margulies

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Travel Ban 3.0: The Hawaii TRO Is Right on the Statute, Peter Margulies

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Travel Ban Update: Ninth Circuit Holds EO-3 Exceeds President’s Power, Peter Margulies

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Travel Ban Update: Without Addressing the Merits, the Supreme Court Stays Injunction Pending Further Proceedings, Peter Margulies

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Upholding the Revised Refugee Executive Order: A Virginia District Court Clari􀂽es the Establishment Clause Issues, Peter Margulies

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You're It: Tag Jurisdiction over Corporations in Canada, Tanya Monestier

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Illegal Stops and the Exclusionary Rule: The Consequences of Utah v. Strieff, Emily Sack

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Children Crossing Borders: Internationalizing the Restatement of the Conflict of Laws, Louise Ellen Teitz

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Introduction to the 10th Marine Law Symposium, Julia B. Wyman

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DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia and the Continued Ascendance of Federal Common Law: Class-Action Waivers and Mandatory Arbitration Under the Federal Arbitration Act, Michael Yelnosky

Submissions from 2016

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Fighting Over the Conservative Banner, Carl Bogus

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Mass Incarceration: An Annotated Bibliography, Nicole Dyszlewski, Lucinda Harrison-Cox, and Raquel Ortiz

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Centcom Report on the Kunduz Hospital Attack: Accounting for a Tragedy of Errors, Peter Margulies

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DC Circuit in Al-Nashiri: All Clear for Military Commission Trial, Peter Margulies

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Executive Power and the SCOTUS Argument on President Obama’s Immigration Plan, Peter Margulies

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Lessons from Gaza: The Rhetoric and Reality of Independence in War Crimes Investigations, Peter Margulies

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Madison at Fort Meade: Checks, Balances, and the NSA, Peter Margulies

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NSA Compliance and Congress’s Plan: How to Account for Flaws in the Metadata Program?, Peter Margulies

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Privacy Shield’s Prospects: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Peter Margulies

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Reauthorizing the FISA Amendments Act: A Blueprint for Enhancing Privacy Protections and Preserving Foreign Intelligence Capabilities, Peter Margulies

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Surveillance by Algorithm: The NSA, Computerized Intelligence Collection, and Human Rights, Peter Margulies

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Surveillance’s Future: A Pragmatic Take from the Center for a New American Security, Peter Margulies

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Terrorist Sanctions: The Clash in US and EU Approaches, Peter Margulies

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The D.C. Circuit’s En Banc Decision in Bahlul: Sui Generis or Guidance for Future Military Commissions?, Peter Margulies

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Transatlantic Setback or Invitation to Dialogue?: EU Data Regulators’ Verdict on Privacy Shield, Peter Margulies

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Whose Law of Personal Jurisdiction? The Choice of Law Problem in the Recognition of Foreign Judgements, Tanya Monestier

Submissions from 2015

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The New Road to Serfdom: the Curse of Bigness and the Failure of Antitrust, Carl Bogus

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Introduction to Symposium: Should There be Some Form of Judicial or other Independent Review of NCAA Enforcement Actions?, Carl T. Bogus

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The Role of Naval Power in the Development of Customary International Law, John J. Chung

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Juries, Judges, and the Politics of Tort Reform, David Logan

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Clapper and the Costs of Overlooking Use Restrictions, Peter Margulies

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Deferred Action and the Bounds of Agency Discretion: Reconciling Policy and Legality in Immigration Enforcement, Peter Margulies

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Defining Foreign Affairs in Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act: The Virtues and Deficits of Post-Snowden Dialogue on U.S. Surveillance Policy, Peter Margulies

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DOJ’s “All-Tools” Approach to Cyber and National Security, Peter Margulies

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Justice at War: Military Tribunals and Article III, Peter Margulies

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LOAC and Artillery in Urban Areas: The Case of Gaza 2014, Peter Margulies

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Mike Lewis, 1964-2015, Peter Margulies

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Presidential Power and Enjoining the Obama Immigration Plan, Peter Margulies

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Schrems and the FAA’s “Foreign Affairs” Prong: The Costs of Reform, Peter Margulies

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Second-Guessing Congress on Military Commissions, Peter Margulies

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The Boundaries of Executive Discretion: Deferred Action, Unlawful Presence, and Immigration Law, Peter Margulies

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Recognizing Restitutionary Causes of Action and Remedies Under Rhode Island Law, Colleen P. Murphy

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United States v. Castleman: The Meaning of Domestic Violence, Emily J. Sack

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Harris v. Quinn: What We Talk About When We Talk About Right-to-Work Laws, Michael J. Yelnosky

Submissions from 2014

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Introduction to the Symposium on Child Witnesses in Sexual Abuse Cases, Carl T. Bogus

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In Re Qimonda AG: The Conflict Between Comity and the Public Policy Exception in Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, John J. Chung

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Twenty Years of Impact: The Role of Roger Williams University School of Law's Alumni in Rhode Island Legal History, John J. Chung

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The American Liberty League and the Rise of Constitutional Nationalism, Jared Goldstein

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Designing Law School Externships That Comply with the FLSA, Niki Kuckes

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Abstention, Balancing the Equities, and Armed Conflict in Al-Nashiri: A Reply to Steve Vladeck and Kevin Jon Heller, Peter Margulies

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Al-Nashiri, the Cole Bombing, and the Start of the Conflict with Al-Qaeda, Peter Margulies

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A Reply to Wittes on the United States and Extraterritoriality, Peter Margulies

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Article III, the Framers, and al Bahlul: A Reply to Steve, Peter Margulies

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Bahlul and the Power of Congress to Define International Law, Peter Margulies

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Dynamic Surveillance: Evolving Procedures in Metadata and Foreign Content Collection After Snowden, Peter Margulies

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Extraterritoriality and Human Rights: Time for a Change in the U.S. View?, Peter Margulies

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FISC Query Preapproval: Intelligence Burden or Bump in the Road?, Peter Margulies

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Of Relevance and Reform Under Section 215, Peter Margulies

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President Obama’s Immigration Plan: Rewriting the Law, Peter Margulies

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Reply to Steve on al Bahlul, the “Law of War,” and Article III, Peter Margulies

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Sweeping Claims and Casual Legal Analysis in the Latest U.N. Mass Surveillance Report, Peter Margulies

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The Al Bahlul Argument: Article III, Conspiracy, and Precepts of International Law, Peter Margulies

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The PCLOB on Human Rights & 702: Punt or Long Game?, Peter Margulies

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The SSCI Report and Its Critics: Torturing Efficacy, Peter Margulies

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The US and Human Rights: A Federalist Society Debate, Peter Margulies

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Yale Symposium: Unpacking NSA's Global Problem, Peter Margulies

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Al Bahlul and Article III: A Reply to Marty and Steve, Peter Margulies and Peter Margulies

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Where is Home Depot "At Home"?: Daimler v. Bauman and the End of Doing Business Jurisdiction, Tanya Monestier

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Who Rates Prospective Federal Judges for the American Bar Association?, Michael J. Yelnosky

Submissions from 2013

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Immigration Consequences to a Charge of Simple Assault or Battery, Deborah Gonzalez