Regent Law News

Professor Kenneth Ching 's SSRN download totals have eclipsed 1000.  See his work online . Professor Natt Gantt made a proposal to the Regent 2015 Renewal Theology Conference and he was invited to participate, present and publish.   The presentation is titled "Cultivating Student Ethical and Identity Formation through Christian Higher Education: A Case Study in Legal Education," where he will be applying the identity formation principles developed here in the law school to other aspects of graduate education across the University setting. Professor Ben Madison ’s SSRN download totals have exceeded 1200.  You can view his research online .

Professors Natt Gantt and Benjamin Madison ’s article entitled " The Emperor Has No Clothes, But Does Anyone Really Care?  How Law Schools Are Failing To Develop Students' Professional Identities and Practical Judgment "  is scheduled to appear in the Regent Law Symposium issue this spring.  Professor Lynne Marie Kohm ’s blog post on women's health/abortion was picked up for the commentary section at CNSNews.com . Professor Benjamin Madison will be presenting Unpacking Wisdom: Traits, Skills, and Practices that Typify Lawyers Who Are Wise  at Pepperdine's annual Nootbar Conference on Law and Religion focused on Wisdom on February 27, 2015.  Professors Kathleen McKee and Lynne Marie Kohm are finished final edits to their piece, “Sustainable Population Policies and Human Trafficking , ” which is being published by Michigan State International Law Review this month.

Professor Eleanor Brown 's article " Healing Healthcare Through Tax Reform " was cited in Nicholas Drew, Two Federally Subsidized Health Insurance Programs Are One Too Many: Reconsidering the Federal Income Tax Exclusion for Employer-Provided Health Insurance in Light of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , 54 B.C.L. Rev. 2047 (2013). Professor James Davids has busy travelling overseas, including his participation in the Advocates Asia Conference.  Here’s a summary of some of his presentations: "The First Amendment as an Example of Drawing Boundaries Between Church and State: Its Success and Failures," Universitas Kristen Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia (Oct. 30, 2014) "The Rule of Law in Theistic & Secular Democracies,"13th Annual Advocates Asia Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia (Oct. 31, 2014) "The Birth and Nurturing of Christian Legal Society Chapters on Local Campuses,"  13th Annu

Professors Eric DeGroff and Kathleen McKee's work on 'Learning' Like Lawyers: Addressing the Differences in Law Student Learning Styles has been cited in a recent article by St. Thomas University School of Law Professors Patricia W. Hatamyar Moore and Todd P. Sullivan in their piece called Active Learning and School Performance . Professor James Duane 's article, The Proper Pronunciation of Certiorari: The Supreme Court's Surprising Six-Way Split , has been downloaded 160 times, at least six of which have been by Supreme Court Justices who have wanted to know the proper pronunciation of the word and if they indeed have spoken it correctly.  Professor Tessa Dysart is this week at the Annual Federalist Society Convention on Millennials, Equity and the Rule of Law, and she is hosting a panel of federal judges . Professors Natt Gantt and Gloria Whittico published an article on student development and professional identity at page 6 of The Learning Curve

Her name was Dekha Hassan-Mohamed. As a Somali fleeing the nation for refusing a marriage proposal from a member of the Al-Shabaab—a violent Islamic sect that doesn't take kindly to subversion—her story sounds more like the beginnings of a dissonant fairy tale rather than the reality she and countless women in her home nation face. After her brother was brutally murdered by Islamic extremists, Hassan-Mohamed escaped Somalia, making her way through Ethiopia, Brazil, and on to Mexico. She eventually reached the international bridge where she sought peace and safety in the United States, but was detained due to lack of identification. "The problem is that in a country like Somalia there hasn't been a stable government in so long; and they're not exactly concerned with giving you a birth certificate," said Emily Arthur '15  (pictured),  a third-year student in Regent University's School of Law.  Emily is also a graduate assistant, student staff member,

On October 29, 2014, Old Dominion Bar Association (ODBA) held its first awareness and award reception at Regent University School of Law. ODBA Judicial Members Marjorie Arrington, Tanya Bullock and Teresa Hammons, and ODBA members Clarence Brooks, Darius Davenport, Helivi Holland, Marcus Scriven and Karla Williams served on a panel and discussed their legal career choices and the benefits of being an ODBA member. Students had a litany of questions and were excited about the opportunity to speak frankly with judges and lawyers. First year law student Natasha Delille won a drawing and received a $250 scholarship at the reception. Special thanks goes to Sean Mitchell, a 3rd year law student and BLSA President, who coordinated the reception. Story by ODBA

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.  Read the full story . Lindsey Bachman  ('09) has joined Murphy, Taylor, Siemens & Elliot as an attorney. Kerriel Bailey  ('08) was selected as the 2014  Champion for Children  in the legal field. Timothy Creed  ('08) has joined the  Coleman Law Group . Kristy Mutchler was hired as the Strategic Partnerships Liaison by the Kansas Department for Children and Families. Ginger Poynter ('03) is   running for District Judge  in Baldwin County, AL. Poynter will face off against sitting Baldwin County District Judge Michelle Thomason in the November election. Wise attorney Charles H. "Chuck" Slemp III on Tuesday announced his intention to seek the local Republican party nomination to become the next commonwealth's attorney in Wise County pending the determination of a special

Professor  Jim Boland 's article, " Is Free Speech Compatible with Human Dignity, Equality, and Democratic Government: America, a Free Speech Island in a Sea of Censorship? ", was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for the topic of International & Comparative Law. Dean  Jeffrey Brauch  just signed a book contract with Kirkdale Press for a book called "Marred Perfection: Why Getting Human Nature Right Matters." Professor  James Duane  recently spoke at Villanova Law School, and afterward had dinner with several  Regent Law alumni  in the area. Professor  Tessa Dysart ’s article, " The Protected Innocence Initiative: Building Protective State Law Regimes for America's Sex-Trafficked Children" , was cited in 44 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 619, 2013 WL 2251701, 44 CLMHRLR 619. Professor  Tom Folsom  will be a Colloquium discussant and session moderator at an  Intellectual Property and Free Enterprise Colloquium held b

Regent Law professor  James Duane 's article, "The Proper Pronunciation of Certiorari," was discussed on  latimes.com. Regent Law professor  Brad Jacob  was interviewed by  CBN News . Professor  Craig Stern  posted a subject piece entitled " Megillath Esther and the Rule of Law: Disobedience and Obligation " on SSRN.

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate .” “Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?” Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery.” Matthew 19:4-9 (NIV) The legal profession is not short on traps for the unwary. It creates pitfalls and labyrinths within the day-to-day struggle to not only zealously advocate for one’s client, but to also remain faithful to the moral underpinnings developed by our worldviews in the face of cultural p

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 faculty panel consisting of Rick Duncan (Nebraska), Richard

Regent University School of Law's faculty has once again ranked among the top ten in the nation. In its annual law school report, The Princeton Review provides rankings generated from student surveys conducted across the United States to help prospective students to find the school that is best suited for them. Here is where Regent Law ranked this year: Top 10 for Best Professors (#10).   The full top ten list was comprised of Duke, Boston U, UVA, Washington and Lee, Chicago, Pepperdine, Stanford, U. St. Thomas, Samford, Regent. Top 10 for Most Conservative (#2).   The full top ten list was comprised of Ave Maria, Regent, BYU, Samford, George Mason, Faulkner, Notre Dame, Baylor, Mississippi, Pepperdine. Regent Law was also featured in an article on the Huffington Post .

Every two minutes in the United States, a woman becomes a victim of sexual assault. And in developing nations, the numbers only increase. "This is unacceptable; this is crazy," said Rosemary Trible (pictured) , founder of Fear 2 Freedom (F2F) as she spoke to Regent University students on Friday, Oct. 3. "And tonight, we're going to be able to do something about it—we're going to restore that joy." Trible shared these statistics at the university's second gathering to assemble 200 kits of toiletries, letters of encouragement, and clothing for survivors of human trafficking and assault in South America. F2F and Regent partnered with Orphan's Promise, a ministry born out of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) to deliver the packages to women and children in the nations of Peru and Costa Rica. They are meant to restore joy and dignity in the lives of those who have been affected by sexual trauma. F2F will continue to travel throughout Virg

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.  Read the full story . Elizabeth Oklevitch  ('14) and Professor  Lynne Marie Kohm 's article entitled,  " Federalism or Extreme Makeover of State Domestic Regulations Power? The Rules and Rhetoric of Windsor (and Perry), " was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for: PSN: Policy Analysis (Topic). Ginger Poynter ('03) is   running for District Judge  in Baldwin County, AL. Poynter will face off against sitting Baldwin County District Judge Michelle Thomason in the November election. Danielle Ridgely  ('14) was recently accepted to Georgetown’s LL.M. in Taxation program. Monica Rey-Bailey  ('13) is now an adjunct professor at Regent University School of Law. Kahryn Riley  ('14) is now Regional Fundraiser at Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Wise attorney Cha

Professors  Natt Gantt  and  Benjamin Madison  presented "Cultivating Professional Identity in Law School: One School's Experience" at the Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers Conference in Denver on September 18. Professor   James Duane  will be giving a talk at Villanova Law School on October 14 at the invitation of the Federalist Society. Professor  Tessa Dysart  received and accepted an offer to publish her article "The Origination Clause, the Affordable Care Act, and Indirect Constitutional Violations" from the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, one of the top three law and policy journals and among the top 100 student-edited law journals generally. On Friday, October 10 Professor  Lynne Marie Kohm  will be presenting  A Prospective Analysis of Family Fragmentation (or Baby Mama Meets Jane Austen)  at BYU for a symposium there on the Future of the Family. The Honorable  Patricia West , distinguished professor and associate dean in Regent Universi

In recognition of Constitution Day on Wednesday, Sept. 17, Regent University's College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) hosted "Technology and the Future of the U.S. Constitution." The event discussed a question that's been gaining momentum over the years: how do Americans guarantee natural liberties, constitutional rights and security in light of increasing dependence on government intelligence and technologies? The question was addressed by a panel of faculty experts and moderated by Dr. Gerson Moreno-Riaño, dean of CAS. Dr. Josh McMullen, associate CAS professor; Dr. Dale Coulter, assistant professor in the School of Divinity; Dr. Mary Manjikian, assistant professor in the Robertson School of Government; and Professor Robert W. "Skip" Ash, the Senior Litigation Counsel for National Security Law at the American Center for Law & Justice comprised the panel. McMullen began the discussion by drawing attention to public desire for government intervention

Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”   But Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”   Matthew 14:15-16 Before leaving for Iraq, Tina Ramirez was kind enough to take time out of her busy schedule to join the students of Regent Law in a lunch series event hosted by the Center for Global Justice and Journal of Global Justice & Public Policy on the issue of religious oppression. According to Tina Ramirez, founder and Executive Director of Hardwired Global, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting religious freedom, religious oppression is a major contributor to numerous social evils, including human trafficking and child marriages. The antidote for change is religious freedom. Hardwired zealously advocates and promotes for the right of religious freedom by training individuals to bring the fight to the

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

Professor  James Boland ' s latest publication entitled, " Is Free Speech Compatible with Human Dignity, Equality, and Democratic Government: America, a Free Speech Island in a Sea of Censorship? " is now available on SSRN. Professor  Eleanor Brown  is working on a piece entitled, " A Common Morality: Toward a Framework for Designing Fiscal Instruments to Respond to Global Climate Change " that will develop a common morality argument for environmental responsibility. Professor  Kenneth Ching  presented to the University Faculty last week on his work on Bonhoeffer entitled, " Would Jesus Kill Hitler ". Professor  C. Scott Pryor 's paper, " Who Bears the Burden? The Place for Participation of Municipal Residents in Chapter 9 ", was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for: Political Economy: Budget, Deficit, & Debt eJournal. The Honorable  Patricia West  will be the keynote speaker for the Second Annual Senator A

Regent University's faculty members and their research topics are as diverse as the subject matter they teach. To share their research and unite their interests, Regent's Faculty Senate hosted its second Faculty Research & Scholarship presentations on Friday, September 12. "Academic excellence is fundamental to Regent's mission, and we look for excellence beyond teaching; we encourage our faculty's research activities and developed this event to help show our support," said Dr. Paul Bonicelli, executive vice president. "It's also valuable for faculty colleagues from Regent's diverse academic disciplines to have these opportunities to learn from each other and to possibly find common research interests for future collaborations." Dr. Andrew Quicke, chair of the Faculty Senate, also prompted Regent's esteemed faculty members to share their interests and findings, and encouraged his peers to spur conversations about their involve

Dean  Jeffrey Brauch ’s article, " Human Rights Protections in the Post-9/11 World ", was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for: PSN: Effects of Terrorism (Topic). Professor  Eric DeGroff  and alum Steve Fitschen ('99) completed an article on  de facto  parenthood & the rights of natural parents in same-sex relationships.   Is it Time for the Court to Accept the O.F.F.E.R.?  Applying Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality and Reform to Promote Clarity, Consistency, and Federalism in the World of De Facto Parenthood  will be published in the Spring 2015 edition of the Southern California Interdisciplinary L. J. Professor  Eric DeGroff  has been invited to write a book chapter for publication as part of an international environmental law encyclopedia,  expected to be published next year by Edward Elgar Press.  The book will be one of 11 volumes and will focus on environmental decision making, with Eric's chapter addressing acces