Roger Williams University DOCS@RWU RWU Law School of Law Publications 4-1-2012 RWU Law: The aM gazine of Roger Williams University School of Law (Issue No. 3) (Spring 2012) Roger Williams University School of Law Follow this and additional works at: http://docs.rwu.edu/law_pubs_RL Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Roger Williams University School of Law, "RWU Law: The aM gazine of Roger Williams University School of Law (Issue No. 3) (Spring 2012)" (2012). RWU Law. Paper 2. http://docs.rwu.edu/law_pubs_RL/2 This Document is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Law Publications at DOCS@RWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in RWU Law by an authorized administrator of DOCS@RWU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ISSUE 3 SPRING 2012 MEDICAL-LEGAL PArtnersHIPS THE CLERKSHIP PATH WE THE PEOPLE? RWUThe Magazine of Roger Williams UniversityLaw School of Law A Voice for VeTS Navigating the Maze of Veterans Law SPECIAL FEATURE FOLDOUT RWU Law’s judiciary associations THE CLERKSHIP PATH (see Page 18) 18 In chambers. Take a rare glimpse into the world of judicial clerkship. In This IssueISSUE 3 SPRING 2012 3212 3226 3232 Features 18 The Clerkship Path – by Denise Perreault Workhorses, devil’s advocates, confidantes and team players – love it or hate it, the institution of the judicial clerkship has become an essential component of the American justice system. 26 A Sort of Homecoming – by Jill Harrington With the war in Iraq formally over and the war in Afghanistan winding down, tens of thousands of American soldiers are streaming home to a shattered economy and a tough new reality. 32 Preventive Medicine Meets Preventive Law – by Michael M. Bowden RWU’s Medical-Legal Partnership was one of the nation’s first. With more than 200 programs operating today, we’ve literally written the book on how to make it work. 2 Letters 12 Field Reports Departments Letters to the RWU students, faculty and RWU Law editor alumni in the community 3 A Chat with 36 Amicus the Dean The alumni pages Our Q&A with 42 Closing Argument Dean David A. Logan Professor Michael Burger 4 By the Bay on marine energy planning News from the Bristol campus and beyond Letters RWUThe Magazine of Roger Williams UniversityLaw School of Law © 2012 Roger Williams University School of Law To the Editor: Published by the Department of Marketing and Communications and Thanks for your article on Judge Jason I received the latest RWU Law Magazine, in Roger Williams University School of Law Mastrangelo in the latest issue of RWU Law which Dean Logan announced his “Top 10 Issue 3 / Spring 2012 Magazine [“Ocean State Judge Takes the Commencement Moments.” I feel honored President Long Way Home”]. 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Logan, Associate Dean Andrew Horwitz edited for clarity and/or length. 2 RWU LAW Spring 2012 A Chat with the Dean Our Q&A with Dean David A. Logan Rolling out well-rounded, practice-ready lawyers… RWU Law: Roger Williams University that analytical skill set with other skills Also, more lawyers are going into small- President Donald J. Farish recently proposed a lawyers need? firm practice, where there’s never been the vision for the University in which experiential luxury of a lengthy apprenticeship. So law learning is central. How does the law school RWU Law: What are some solutions? schools have to step up and provide more measure up? practical training. DL: In addition to co-curricular Dean Logan: As Dr. Farish has noted, opportunities with a skills focus – like Moot RWU Law: What other strategies are you we’ve already taken the lead – for example, Court and Trial Teams – we offer an array of employing to achieve this? with our 50-hour pro bono requirement. simulation courses, where a student presents, Most of those opportunities put students say, a mock trial, complete with voir dire, DL: We’ve begun weaving skills into our out in the field, often interacting with opening statement and cross-examination. doctrinal classes. For example, Professor clients. Studies show that real-world But the stakes are still purely academic. Bruce Kogan turns his Wills & Trusts class experiences like this are more likely to To truly experience the thrill – and into a group of law firms, which work on produce well-rounded, fully ready-to-go terror – of being a new lawyer, you look to various problems over the semester, building professionals than book learning alone. our clinics. It’s not a simulation; it’s real. on the substantive law they’re learning each You have the weight of a client’s hopes and week. We also require every upper-level RWU Law: When does experiential learning fears on your shoulders. In our Criminal student to take two skills classes, which come into play in the legal curriculum? Defense Clinic, students represent indigent relatively few law schools do. defendants. Our Immigration Clinic offers In addition to Rhode Island Civil DL: True clinical work tends to be primarily the distinctive opportunity to represent Procedure, we will be offering Massachusetts a third-year experience, simply because there clients in both state and federal courts.