Law Students’ Published Work Impacting Legal World

While oral advocacy victories have been top news as of late, Regent Law School students are also busy engaging the legal community with their written work.

With the addition of the newly formed Regent Journal of Law and Public Policy (RJLPP), Regent Law School now boasts three scholarly journals including the Regent Law Review (RLR) and the Regent Journal of International Law (RJIL). Through these journals students are publishing notes, pursuing top submissions, and researching and editing legal articles. And because journals like the RJIL are circulated internationally, student publications continue to have global reach and impact.

Highlighted below are some of Regent Law School’s writers and their award-winning work:

Leo Lestino (3L)

Publication, 2007-2008 Issue of the Thomas Goode Jones Law Review, "Can Jiminy Cricket be Silenced? Congressional Federal Spending, Federalism, and the Federal Refusal Clause."

Competition, 2007 Pacific Legal Foundation Program for Judicial Awareness Writing Competition, First Place Prize, " A mutated standard of review: the Not-so-strict Deferential Scrutiny in Grutter v. Bollinger and Extending its Flawed Application to K-12 Schools" (Publication pending with law journal of Pacific Legal Foundation's choosing this year.)

Jodi Foss (3L)

The Federal Lawyer (ABA Federal Journal), “Do Two Wrongs Forfeit a Constitutional Right? Revising the Hearsay Rule to Protect the Right to Confrontation.”

Tim Creed (3L)

Recently published in the St. Thomas Law Review, “Negligent Hiring and Criminal Rehabilitation: Employing Ex-Convicts, Yet Avoiding Liability.”

John Legg (3L)

Winner of the 2006-2007 William Pew Religious Freedom Scholarship Competition for law students for his paper "Applying Unjust Laws Without Complicity in Injustice: A Synthesis of Natural Law and the Federal Judicial Role Implied by Original Meaning Textualism."

Nate Story (3L)

Virginia Bar Association News Journal, May-June 2007, “Abraham’s Law: A New Exception to Virginia’s Medical Neglect Statute.”

Lisa Biron (3L)

Constitutionally Coerced: Why Sentencing a Convicted Offender to a Faith-Based Rehabilitation Program Does Not Violate the Establishment Clause, Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal (Vol. 7 spring 2008).

John Penn (2L)

Placed second in the National Embryo Donation and Adoption Essay Competition.
The title of the article: “A Different Kind of Life Estate: the Laws, Rights, and Liabilities Associated with Donated Embryos.”

Regent University Ranked #1 Best Online Christian College in America

Regent University has been named the #1 Best Online Christian College in America, according to a new report by BibleCollegeOnline.com . The report measured academics, affordability, and return on investment among 100 Christian colleges in the United States.“We are honored and thankful for this incredible recognition as the top online Christian college in the nation,” said Dr. Bill Hathaway, executive vice president for Academic Affairs at Regent University. “As the preeminent destination for Christian college students, Regent is deeply dedicated to providing world-class, Christ-centered education that equips Christian leaders to change the world.” In addition to this accolade, Regent University is ranked the #1 Best Accredited Online College in the United States (Study.com, 2020), the #1 Safest College Campus in Virginia (YourLocalSecurity, 2021), and the #1 Best Online Bachelor’s Program in Virginia for nine years in a row (U.S. News & World Report, 2021). Regent Univ

Regent Law Hires Two New Faculty Members—Both Yale Law Graduates—for Fall 2022

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (July 5, 2022) – Today, Regent University School of Law announced the appointment of two new members of its faculty, Erin Morrow Hawley and David D. Velloney. Both Hawley and Velloney are graduates of Yale Law School. Professor Hawley will teach constitutional law and serve as a senior fellow at the Robertson Center for Constitutional Law. Professor Velloney will focus on criminal law, military law, and constitutional criminal procedure. Professors Hawley and Velloney are the third and fourth professors added to the Regent Law faculty in the past year. “We are incredibly fortunate to attract such exceptional teachers, mentors, and scholars to our faculty,” said Brad Lingo, dean of Regent University School of Law. “Our students will love learning from professors Hawley and Velloney and benefit from the depth of experience and Christian perspectives they bring.” New Faculty Appointments: Erin Morrow Hawley: Associate Professor of Constitutional Law J

After Success at Regional Level, Negotiation Team Prepares for National Competition

Regent University School of Law’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Board (ADR) made a strong showing at the ABA Regional Negotiation Competition held Nov. 13-14 at William and Mary School of Law. The 2L team of Mary Katherine Bratton and David Crossett finished second overall from a roster of over 20 teams representing American University, Georgetown, Washington & Lee and other law schools throughout Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. While all three of Regent’s competition teams placed in the top ten, Bratton and Crossett look forward to an official invitation from the ABA to compete in the national competition, February 5-6 in Orlando, FL. Team coach Prof. Eric DeGroff commented on Bratton and Crossett’s exemplary performance. “Our team was able to zealously represent their clients within the bounds of the law and with integrity,” he said. “They balanced making a strong case and presenting their client in the best possible light

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