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This Week on Campus

  • Public Interest Advocates at Regent (PILAR) held its annual silent auction. Items up for grabs included a flat screen TV, an iPad, a pool party/bbq at Professor Hernandez's home, a membership to the YMCA, Dean Brauch's bow tie, and a number of gift cards. Click here for more information about PILAR.

  • Dean Brauch hosted his annual doughnut day. Read the Dean’s blog.

  • Hispanic Law Students Association (HLSA) and International Law Society (ILS) hosted Yuri Mantilla, Focus on the Family's Director for International Government Affairs, as a guest speaker at Law Chapel on Thursday and for a school luncheon on Friday.

  • The American Red Cross hosted a blood drive on campus. If you did not have a chance to donate blood click here for the nearest donation center.

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