Regent Law News

On Monday, February 22, Regent Law had the privilege of hosting Justice William C. Mims of the Virginia Supreme Court for a luncheon which focused on his experiences in life as they relate to a legal career and as a Justice. The event was sponsored by Phi Alpha Delta. The Council of Graduate Students (COGS) held a university-wide town hall meeting on Monday, February 18. Students were able to voice their questions to various members of the Regent faculty and staff. Regent Law hosted Duke Law Professor Jefferson Powell for a colloquium on Tuesday, February 19. Professor Powell discussed the field of government service and as an opportunity for law students to live out their Christian calling. A Counsel Lunch Program hosted by Career Services featured attorneys presently working as corporate Counsel on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Ronnie McAdoo, father of UNC basketball player James McAdoo, delivered this week’s Law Chapel message on Thursday, February 21. Previous Law Chapel

Regent Law alumni Stephen Casey ’08 and Greg Terra ’01 recently appeared on numerous national media outlets after winning a long-term injunction in a high profile abortion case. Casey and Terra won an injunction prohibiting their client’s parents from forcing her to have an abortion. Casey and Terra head the Texas Center for Defense of Life, an Austin-based non-profit organization providing legal support to pro-life organizations and individuals. Watch the interview with Piers Morgan on CNN and read more on Fox .

For many, the news of a newborn girl is met with gifts and pink showers of celebration. But in some places in the world—especially in areas like China and India— the prospect of a baby girl is met with fear, abandonment and, ultimately, their disposal. On Saturday, Feb. 16, Regent University's School of Law hosted five distinguished speakers during the Endangered Gender symposium. The panel explored the impact gendercide has had on the global male to female ratio. The symposium was sponsored by the Regent Journal of Law & Public Policy and the Regent Journal of International Law. According to Regent Law professor Lynne Marie Kohm, who served as moderator for the panel, 160 million female children are "missing" from the world as a result of gendercide. She said that sex-selective abortion is an issue that will need to be acknowledged by future litigators, and its solutions pursued by "9-1-1 global rescuers." United States Congressman Trent Franks (pictu

The Hispanic Law Student Association (HLSA) hosted an informational meeting on Tuesday, February 12. Career Services hosted a Loan Repayment Program on Tuesday, February 12. A Public Interest Program hosted by Career Services featured prominent public interest attorneys about preparing for your career and advice on job searching on Friday, February 15. Regent Journal of Law & Public Policy (RJLPP) and the Regent Journal of International Law (RJIL) cohosted the symposium entitled Endangered Gender: A Discussion Sex-Selective Abortion on Friday and Saturday, February 15-16. The symposium featured a diverse panel of legal scholars, practitioners, and other experts in the field, including Congressman Trent Franks, who will discuss the political and legal implications of the human rights issues involved.

Law Professor Scott Pryor's recent appointment to serve as resident scholar with the American Bankruptcy Institute was highlighted in this Friday, Feb. 1, article from the DowJones Bankruptcy News report. Alumna Kelley Holland '08 (Law) has joined the law firm of Williams Mullen, practicing in the Virginia Beach office, according to this report in Inside Business .

Bruce Cameron, Reed Larson Professor of Labor Law, brings to the classroom a lifetime of experience working at the forefront of litigation surrounding compulsory unionism and Right to Work issues. Cameron is a distinguished attorney with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and is widely considered a pioneer in the area of religious liberty for employees whose faith prohibits them from supporting labor unions. He focuses his professional and scholarly activities on advocating for religious and political freedom for employees of faith, a topic that continues to receive media attention. Indeed, if recent developments in the State of Michigan’s legislature are any indication, students at Regent who are interested in right-to-work issues will have the privilege of studying with Cameron at a very exciting time in the history of Right to Work legislation. In December 2012 Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed into law Right to Work legislation that prohibits individuals