Stephen Casey (‘07) and Greg Terra (‘01) of the Texas Center for Defense of Life and Michael Casaretto (‘10) won a Texas coerced abortion case in which a teenager’s parents persuaded her to have an abortion against her will. The court granted the teenager an injunction, ordering the 16-year-old girl’s parents to stop coercing her to have an abortion. The attorneys defended their client on the grounds of Roe v. Wade, which states that women have the right to choose whether or not to have an abortion. The case gained attention from national media outlets, and the attorneys interviewed for programs such as 20/20.
Michael Hernandez and Jeffrey Brauch. Bar passage rates were a lackluster 40 percent when Jeffrey A. Brauch was appointed interim dean of the Regent University School of Law in 1999. Brauch knew a curriculum overhaul was needed to better prepare students, and he turned to trusted law school colleagues to lead the curriculum reforms, including Michael Hernandez, who played a central role. Fast forward 16 years, and Regent’s bar passage rates have improved significantly, exceeding the Virginia average in four of the past five years. Also, the school, the students and the faculty have earned numerous accolades under Brauch’s leadership. Now, Brauch is returning to the classroom, and Hernandez, a seasoned legal professor and faculty adviser of the nation’s 8th ranked Moot Court program, has been appointed dean of the Regent University School of Law, with the transition beginning immediately. “We’ve had a great run with Jeff as our leader. He has done an excellent job ...