The Roger Williams University Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship and commentary that is managed, edited and published by students of Roger Williams University School of Law. The Law Review publishes three issues each year. The Fall issue is devoted to topics of national interest. The Spring issue focuses on topics with a unique Rhode Island flavor, featuring a topical survey of Rhode Island law. The Law Review also publishes a third issue, the focus of which varies yearly. Committed to serving both a national and Rhode Island audience, the Law Review is distributed to law school libraries, government institutions, private law firms, and individual subscribers.
Current Issue: Volume 30, Issue 3 (2025) Summer 2025
Articles
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Notes and Comments
Banding Together to Block the Ban: Rhode Island's Need to Protect the Freedom to Read in Its Libraries
Rachel Lesinski
Surveys of Rhode Island Law
Vidot v. Salisbury, 315 A.3d 928 (R.I. 2024)
Alexander Lavoie
Rhode Island Troopers Ass’n v. Division of the State Police, 316 A.3d 1140 (R.I. 2024)
Alexis N. Reed
North Farm Home Owners Ass’n, Inc. v. Bristol County Water Authority, 315 A.3d 933 (R.I. 2024)
Marriah Binek
State v. Ortiz, 317 A.3d 737 (R.I. 2024)
Samantha Barnes
State v. Mosley, 320 A.3d 942 (R.I. 2024)
Alison Brochu
State v. Liverpool, 314 A.3d 948 (R.I. 2024)
Ryan Claudino
State v. Brown, 314 A.3d 576 (R.I. 2024)
Sarah Egan
State v. Pires, 316 A.3d 701 (R.I. 2024)
Anna MacGillivray
State v. Finnigan, 316 A.3d 1190 (R.I. 2024)
Nikki Nappi
State v. Mather, 317 A.3d 728 (R.I. 2024)
Casey Rivera
State v. Garcia, 316 A.3d 1223 (R.I. 2024)
Isabelle Ryan
State v. Esdel, 317 A.3d 756 (R.I. 2024)
Meghan Sheldon
State v. Aponte, 317 A.3d 745 (R.I. 2024)
Jacob Young
In re N.B., 312 A.3d 428 (R.I. 2024)
Olivia F. Johnson
Vries v. Gaudiana, 318 A.3d 1035 (R.I. 2024)
Rachel K. Lesinski
Glassie v. Doucette, 316 A.3d 1152 (R.I. 2024)
Christopher M. Ray
In re N.D., 312 A.3d 438 (R.I. 2024)
Alexandria Snyders Dykeman
Blouin v. Koster, 319 A.3d 654 (R.I. 2024)
Drew A. Mondi
Armour v. Bader, 316 A.3d 1164 (R.I. 2024)
Caroline Stanton Chlaupek
Preserve at Boulder Hills, LLC v. Kenyon, 312 A.3d 475 (2024)
Maximilian Schapfel
Knudsen v. DeJean, 311 A.3d 102 (R.I. 2024)
Ma Camille Briones
Allen v. Sitrin, 315 A.3d 288 (R.I. 2024)
Declan P. Smith
Tributes
For the Reasons Elucidated Above: Lessons from Judge Selya on Law, Writing, and Life
Stefanie D. Fischer and Colten H. Erickson
Judge William E. Smith: Portrait of a Jurist and Leader
Gregory W. Bowman
Judges All the Way Down
David a. Logan
United States Senior District Judge William E. Smith – A Judge for All Seasons
Patricia A. Sullivan
Civic Virtue: Judge William E. Smith's Gifts to RWU Law
Michael J. Yelnosky