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 29, Issue 4 (2024) Summer 2024
Articles
Non-Judicial Recusals in Rhode Island: Empirical Evidence and Suggestions for Reform
Ross E. Cheit and Rose Lang-Maso
Sun, Surf, and Suppression: Unconstitutional Voting Restrictions in Rhode Island Beach Enclaves
David Marks
Masthead
Notes and Comments
Barrier Breakers: Celebrating the Rhode Island Supreme Court’s First Female Majority
Kailey E. Chalmers
Police Prosecutors in Rhode Island: The Wisdom of Separate Lanes
Andrew P. Dunphy
Gardner’s Zombie: Parental Alienation Syndrome, Parental Alienation, and the Threat Both Present to Rhode Island
Grant E. Mooney
Something to Wine About: Why Rhode Island’s Restrictions for Out-of-State Wine Retailers Are Unconstitutional
Sara Jane Pruell
Surveys of Rhode Island Law
Finnimore & Fisher Inc. v. Town of New Shoreham, 291 A.3d 977 (R.I. 2023).
Austin F. Gibilisco
Premier Land Dev. v. Kishfy, 287 A.3d 19 (R.I. 2023).
Samantha Rhodes
Noonan v. Sambandam, 296 A.3d 670 (R.I. 2023).
Grant E. Mooney
Sosa v. City of Woonsocket, 297 A.3d 120 (R.I. 2023).
Samantha B. Larkin
DiMaggio v. Tucker, 288 A.3d 981 (R.I. 2023).
Sara Jane Pruell
State v. Delossantos, 289 A.3d 1163 (R.I. 2023).
Jack Smeloff
State v. Vose, 287 A.3d 997 (R.I. 2023).
Amy Anthony
State v. Morillo, 285 A.3d 995 (R.I. 2022).
Ryan J. Becker
State v. Sinapi, 295 A.3d 787 (R.I. 2023).
Andrew W. Dunphy
State v. DeCosta, 293 A.3d 297 (R.I. 2023).
Maddi Leite
State v. Leonard, 296 A.3d 111 (R.I. 2023).
Jillian L. Murray
State v. Gibson, 291 A.3d 525 (R.I. 2023).
Katherine Norman
State v. Li, 297 A.3d 908 (R.I. 2023).
Elijah M. Santos
State v. Joseph, 297 A.3d 490 (R.I. 2023).
Erica Whaley
State v. Reverdes, 295 A.3d 770 (R.I. 2023).
Lia M. Williams
Felkner v. R.I. Coll. (Felkner II), 291 A.3d 1001 (R.I. 2023).
Delaney J. Dibble
Capaldi v. Capaldi, 295 A.3d 822 (R.I. 2023).
Katherine S. Kazarian
Wild Horse Concepts, LLC v. Hasbro, Inc., 286 A.3d 848 (R.I. 2023).
Aidan L. Boisvert
Dockray v. Roger Williams Med. Ctr., 295 A.3d 68 (R.I. 2023).
Natalie E. DeAngelis
Montaquila v. Flagstar Bank, FSB, 288 A.3d 967 (R.I. 2023).
Joseph R. Forcino
In re Block Island Power Co., 288 A.3d 589 (R.I. 2023).
Alexandra N. Lebeau
Vecchio v. Women & Infants Hosp., 293 A.3d 842 (R.I. 2023).
Kailey Chalmers