Skip to main content

Regent Law Recap: Week of September 16, 2013

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, & the Death of Constitutional Government" with the Charlotte Law Review this fall.

Professor James Duane recently lectured on constitutional law at the invitation of the law school student chapter of the Federalist Society at the University of Maryland.

Professor Tessa Dysart served as a panelist for Regent's Constitution Day event on September 23.

Professors Natt Gantt and Ben Madison recently completed a chapter based on professional identity formation for the latest edition of the Best Practices for Legal Education textbook. They also submitted a presentation proposal entitled "Teaching Agape Love to Law Students" to Pepperdine Law School's upcoming Nootbaar Annual Symposium.

Professor Louis Hensler published "Torts as Fouls: What Sports Taught me about Corrective Justice, Strict Liability, and Civil Recourse in Tort Law", 42 Sw. U. L. Rev. 291 (2013). He also finished editing the text "Torts: Cases, Materials, Questions and Comments" (2014-15 edition) and will soon release it for publication.

Professor Michael Hernandez updated and published the latest edition of the Virginia Practice Series: Real Estate Closings (West 2013, with W. Wade Berryhill). He also completed a draft of "Mastering Estates in Land & Future Interests" and will soon release it for publication.

Professor Kathleen McKee was a guest on HearSay with Cathy Lewis (89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, Va.) on Monday, September 9, to discuss current issues  in human trafficking and slavery.

Professor Craig Stern published "A Legal History Course for a Christian Legal Education," 53 AM. J. LEGAL HIST. 402 (2013).

Professor Gloria Whittico submitted a proposal to Capital Law School's Annual Wells Conference on Adoption Law offerings a historical analysis of disproportionate representation of children of color in the social welfare system.

ALUMNI NEWS
Corrynn Peters ('03) was selected as a 2013 Virginia Super Lawyer. She was previously selected as a 2012 Rising Star by Virginia Super Lawyers.

Popular posts from this blog

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

Regent Alumna Nominated for Two Judgeships

Tanya Bullock, a 2000 Regent Law graduate, has been nominated for a judicial position on Virginia Beach’s Circuit Court and for a vacancy in the city’s General District Court. Bullock founded the firm Bullock & Cooper with her twin sister, a 2002 Regent Law graduate. Bullock has been honored numerous times for her outstanding work in the legal field and on behalf of the community. Awards include Inside Business’s Top 40 Under 40 and Hampton Roads’s Outstanding Professional Women . Previous to founding her firm, Bullock worked as a local prosecutor. Only four others were nominated for the Circuit Court vacancy, including a current general district judge and a former delegate. Ten others were nominated for the General District Court position. Nominations were submitted last month to the Virginia Beach Bar Association, which distributed the names to members and asked them to rate the nominees. When the General Assembly’s regular session convenes on January 13, 2010, the local

Three More Regent Law Alumni Appointed as Judges

Three more Regent University School of Law alumni have been appointed to judgeships, bringing the total number of Regent Law alumni currently serving on the bench to 28. The Virginia General Assembly filled eight vacant judgeships during a special session on Thursday, September 18. Earle C. Mobley ’89 was appointed as a judge for the Portsmouth Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. Mobley has served as the commonwealth’s attorney in Portsmouth since 2002. Phillip C. Hollowell ’98 was appointed to the Virginia Beach Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. Most recently, Hollowell has served as deputy commonwealth’s attorney in Virginia Beach. David Morgan Barredo '01 was appointed Culpeper County’s Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney, as the new Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge for Virginia’s 16th District. In addition, Joseph A. Migliozzi ’94 (pictured) , who had been serving as a judge in Norfolk General District Court since 2009, was promoted to the Norfolk Circui