Regent Law News

Each quarter, Regent University’s Office of Academic Affairs honors faculty members with Faculty Excellence Awards. Regent School of Law professor Jeffrey Brauch was awarded the Spring 2018 Faculty Excellence Award in the area of service. Dr. Gerson Moreno-Riaño, executive vice president of Academic Affairs, said that Brauch “exemplifies servant leadership, fulfilling various roles in his school and the University." In addition to his role as the chair of the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan for the 2019 SACSCOC accreditation review, he also serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Global Justice, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law, and this past academic year, Brauch coached the Price Media Moot Court team. Congratulations to Professor Brauch!

Prof. Jeffrey Brauch was named 1L Professor of the Year. Prof. James Duane ’s Prior Convictions and Tuna Fish *  has been downloaded over 200 times since he posted it this week. Prof. Caleb Griffin was named 2L-3L Professor of the Year. Prof. Caleb Griffin presented on 5/16/18 at the Mid-Atlantic Junior Faculty Forum at Richmond University’s T.C. Williams School of Law’s annual event.   Dean Ernie Walton ’s article, How Zivotofksy II and the Conservative Divide Over the Foreign Affairs Power Could Impact the Trump Administration , *  is set to go for final printing and should be published later this month in 46 Cap. U. L. Rev. 471 (2018). _______________________________________________ *  Publications available to view and download for free.

Prof. Caleb Griffin ’s article The Hidden Cost of M&A, available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=3146578 * , made the Top Ten list again for LSN: Corporate Governance U.S. (Topic), as well as for Corporate Law: Corporate Governance Law eJournal. Prof. James Duane recently hit his 5000th total paper downloaded on SSRN.  You can see Prof. Duane’s work at http://bit.ly/duanepublications * . Prof. Brad Jacob was interviewed and quoted in WORLD: https://world.wng.org/content/parsing_presidential_intent . Prof. Brad Jacob and Prof. Lynne Marie Kohm will be making presentations at the National Institute for Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) Summit May 23-24, right here at the Founders Inn. * Publications available to view and download for free.

On Thursday, May 3, leaders from Regent University and the Virginia Beach, Virginia, community came together for a UNITY prayer event in recognition of the National Day of Prayer. During the event, various speakers prayed over a variety of different issues. “I think oftentimes, our teachers are the most underappreciated servants in our community,” said Regent University School of Law Dean Dr. Michael Hernandez, who led a prayer for students, schools and those who work in the education field. “We can pray a blessing on our teachers, today, and we can trust the Lord to provide all they need.” “For this 240 years of the great American experiment, we’ve always relied on faith and prayer and divine providence as Mr. [Thomas] Jefferson calls it in the Declaration [of Independence] to sustain and enlighten and grow democracy, a free people binding together,” said Virginia Governor and distinguished faculty member at Regent University, Robert McDonnell. He pointed those present to th