Regent Law News

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...

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 Collo...

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 ...

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 a...

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 a...