Regent Law News

  Associate Dean Bradley Jacob presented “The Curse of Voting? Unintended Consequences of the 17th Amendment” on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in San Diego, CA. Professor Jim Duane will be presenting at the Fed Soc chapter of the Idaho Lawyers “ Tearing Down the Walls that Keep American Jurors in the Dark ,” on April 20, 2022. Recent academic work of the Robertson Center for Constitutional Law includes several updates.  Associate Dean Brad Lingo and Professor Mike Schietzelt have just posted to SSRN their most recent paper, “What Lord of the Rings Can Teach the Supreme Court About Abortion.”  It’s available here . They have also placed their most recent full-length article, “A Second-Class First Amendment Right?  Text, Structure, and Free Exercise After Fulton,” in the Wake Forest Law Review.  It will be published in September and can be downloaded here .  Additionally, Associate Dean Lingo ’s review of Judge Kenneth Starr...

 The Office of Academic Affairs recently presented Regent Law Professor Louis Hensler III with the Spring 2021 Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship.  View Professor Hensler's scholarship on SSRN.com >> Prof. Louis Hensler has become a national expert bringing a Christian perspective to tort law. This expertise flourished after his 2017 presentation at the prestigious Nootbaar Conference at Pepperdine University School of Law, entitled: “Natural Affection: Natural Law or Natural Selection, and Does it Matter.” He is the author of three key articles that explore tort topics from a Christian perspective, namely: “The Legal Significance of the Natural Affection of Charlie Gard’s Parents” (Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal) “Moses’ Restatement of Torts: Modern Principles of Justice and Efficiency in the Mishpatim” (Vermont Law Review) “Civil Reconciliation Tort Theory: Making Torts Private Again” (University of Missouri-Kansas City Law Review) Prof. Hensler is...

Regent University's School of Law Faculty members willingly share their knowledge and expertise beyond the classroom to spark scholarly debate and advance the practice of law. Their latest endeavors include the following. The addition of Distinguished Professor Harry Hutchison to our ranks, as well as our continuous work marketing our scholarship, our ranking in SSRN has moved up to 127 from 130, surpassing Richmond, even with our very small faculty.  Download some of Professor Hutchison’s publications . Also download his most recent publication from the Harvard J. L. & Pol’y Hobby Lobby, Corporate Law, and Unsustainable Liberalism: A Reply to Judge Strine . Professor James Duane’s piece The Right to Remain Silent: A New Answer to an Old Question has been downloaded a landmark 1,149 times, and he will be presenting at our Regent Law Faculty Colloquium Series brought to you by the Regent University Law Library, on January 24, 2016. Professor Lou Hensler will be presenti...

Regent University's School of Law Faculty members willingly share their knowledge and expertise beyond the classroom to spark scholarly debate and advance the practice of law. Their latest endeavors include the following. Associate Dean Lynne Marie Kohm, Professors James Duane, Natt Gantt and Ben Madison, and Associate Professor Kathleen McKee presented various topics at the National Christian Legal Society Convention in Washington, D.C. October 20-24.  Assistant Professor Tessa Dysart spoke at the student Federalist Society chapters at Concordia Law School in Boise, Idaho on Oct. 13, and at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon on Oct. 20.  These presentations were largely based on her articles: The Origination Clause, the Affordable Care Act, and Indirect Constitutional Violations , and The Protected Innocence Initiative: Building Protective State Law Regimes for America’s Sex-Trafficked Children . Associate Professor Mike Schutt was the keynote speaker at ...

Regent University's School of Law Faculty members willingly share their knowledge and expertise beyond the classroom to spark scholarly debate and advance the practice of law. Their latest endeavors include the following. Professor Lou Hensler has published Torts: Cases, Materials, Questions, and Comments from a Judeo-Christian Perspective.  Find it on Amazon . On April 25, 2016, at an event titled “Defense Against the Dark Arts: Ethical Challenges During My Time as a Judge,” Judge Patricia West presented on the ethical challenges she faced while serving as a judge and how she resolved those issues from a Christian perspective. Professor Eric DeGroff was interviewed and quoted by the Virginian Pilot on the Gloucester County transgender student bathroom issue. Read it here . For further treatment of this important issue see the post at www.regentfamilyrestoration.blogspot.com . Associate Dean Lynne Marie Kohm’s article with 3L Alison Haefner , " Empowering Love a...

Professor  Tom Folsom  presented  1001 Arabian (and Islamic) Mights: What the Islamic Legal Traditions Might Teach about Law, Morality, Supernatural Law, and a Rule of Law in a Global and Tech Era —as a guest lecturer at The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, on October 2, 2014 at the invitation of the Federalist Society. Professor  Tom Folsom  had an article accepted for publication entitled  Designing Food, Owning the Cornucopia: What the Patented Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich Might Teach about GMOs/ Modified Foods, and the Replicator , 8 Akron Intell. Prop. J.__  (forthcoming 2014). Professor  Lou Hensler  has a book publication offer from Vandeplas Publishing, LLC, for Torts: Cases, Materials, Questions and Comments. Professor  Lynne Marie Kohm  will be at BYU this weekend presenting “A Prospective Analysis of Family Fragmentation: Baby Mama Drama Meets Jane Austen,” and moderating a ...

Many Regent Law professors are active bloggers, writing about topics ranging from their legal passions, such as bankruptcy law, professionalism, and how to be a Christian lawyer, to current events. In Pryor Thoughts , Professor Scott Pryor dialogues about bankruptcy law, but he also sprinkles in lighthearted articles about the new LEGO movie and Regent University’s production of The Trojan Women . "I use Pryor Thoughts as a platform to refine my own thinking about legal matters and about the relationship of the Christian faith to the law in particular and culture generally," says Professor Pryor. "Additionally, it provides me with a way to let folks who don’t read law review articles know about the scholarly articles I’ve written." Professor Lynne Marie Kohm ( pictured ) started Family Restoration to address the relationship between the law and God’s plan for families, and to encourage her audiences that family reconciliation and restoration are obtainable ...

Professor   Kenneth Ching  presented his article, " Justice and Harsh Results ," at the KCON9 Conference in Miami, which was held February 21 and 22. Professor   James Duane's  article, " Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Pointless Remand ," was published in the  Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law  and may be available on SSRN soon. Professor Duane was also quoted in "Newport News: Juror selection in capital cases can be more difficult," a  Daily Press  article regarding jury selection in the John Moses Ragin trial. Professor  Duane ’s hit lecture “ Don’t Talk to the Police ” has received more than 3.6 million views on YouTube, a figure that does not include views for other versions floating around on the Internet, one of which has more than 2.2 million hits. Now, the lecture has been acknowledged on primetime television. In “ Conventions ,” a February 26, 2014 episode of the NBC drama Chicago P.D., a criminal suspect requests to...

Professor Eric DeGroff has circulated an article discussing his latest research on the impact electronic distractions have on law students' learning processes to various journals. DeGroff was recently named the Managing Editor of the Chemical Waste Litigation Reporter and was appointed by Governor Bob McDonnell to the Virginia Waste Management Board. Professors  Natt Gantt and Ben Madison submitted a book proposal to Carolina Academic Press on best practices for teaching professional identity formation . Professor Louis Hensler submitted his book, "Torts: Cases, Materials, Questions and Comments" (2014-15 ed), to publishers. Professor Michael Hernandez  accepted a publication offer from West for his book "Mastering Estates in Land & Future Interests." Professor Lynne Marie Kohm recently published "Why Marriage is Still the Best Default in Estate Planning Conflicts," 117 Penn State L. Rev. 1219 (2013), which is available for download he...

STUDENT NEWS 2L Katherine David  of Leesburg, Virginia, was featured in this student spotlight. The Student Bar Association (SBA) hosted a table day for student organizations on Monday, September 16. Interviews with Army JAG were held on campus on Tuesday, September 17. The Black Law Student Association (BLSA) hosted an interest meeting on Tuesday, September 17. The group is now accepting students for their tutoring program at the Juvenile Detention Center. Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) hosted table days on Tuesday, September 17 and Thursday, September 19. As part of Regent Law's Academic Success Program, Professor Gantt and Professor Whittico hosted a Study Skills Workshop on Thursday, September 19, titled “Outlining for Exam Success.” Professor Gantt delivered the week’s Law Chapel message. Previous Law Chapel messages may be viewed here . FACULTY/STAFF NEWS Professor James Boland is publishing an article titled "A Progressive Revolution: Man, Superman, ...