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Regent University Law Library welcomes Audrey Lynn to its faculty as Head of Electronic Resources and Digital Initiatives. Audrey is responsible for managing the Law Library’s electronic collections and materials, providing a strategic vision for digital initiatives designed to facilitate the use of law library resources, increase student research competency, and support faculty scholarship, and providing research and outreach services to law school faculty and students. Audrey received her JD  cum laude  from Regent University School of Law in 2018 and her B.S. in Mathematics  summa cum laude  from Georgia Gwinnett College in 2015. While a student at Regent Law, Audrey was a member of the Law Review and the Honor Council and was the recipient of the National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Female Graduate Award. She served as a law clerk at the American Center for Law and Justice and was a judicial intern for the Hon. Glenn A. Huff, Chief Judg...

On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, Regent Law Professor Bruce Cameron filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court involving Patterson v. Walgreens, a case about religious accommodation in the workplace. Professor Bruce Cameron Professor Cameron served as counsel for Robert P. Roesser. Roesser, a client who won the main issue in Patterson before a U.S. Court of Appeals about 20 years ago, wanted to preserve his victory.  As part of Regent Law's Right to Work Practicum, two Regent students, 3L Diane Hess-Hernandez and 3L Brandan Goodwin, helped Professor Cameron write the brief in support of Patterson's petition for the Supreme Court to review the case. "Regent University School of Law is exceptional in providing law students real-world opportunities to become practice-ready," said Hess-Hernandez.  "I have learned so much working with an experienced legal advocate such as Professor Cameron, who leads the Right to Work Practicum. The opportunity to work on a...

From October 4-5, 2018, Regent University School of Law hosted the 18th Annual LeRoy R. Hassell Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition. The competition is in honor of the late Chief Justice LeRoy R. Hassell Sr., the first African American chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Hassell was a respected member of the Regent community, and even served on the Law School Board of Visitors as well as a distinguished Jurist-in-Residence. “The Law School was honored to host the 18th Annual LeRoy R. Hassell Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition this past weekend; we had many esteemed local jurists and practicing attorneys participate in judging the preliminary rounds and we thank them for their time and commitment to Regent Law,” said Judge Patricia West (Ret.), LAW interim dean. “The panel judging the final round of the competition consisted of prominent judges and justices from both federal and state courts throughout the U.S. We are honored that t...

Congratulations to Regent Law's trial team of Michael Sylvester, Arielle Poe, Molly Banas, and Marcus Mitchell, who won the National Pretrial Competition at Stetson University School of Law. Out of 15 teams from across the country, the team ended 5-0. Regent Law alum Drew Page ('10), who serves as an Adjunct Professor for trial practice at Regent, coached this team of talented advocates. L to R:  Michael Sylvester, Molly Banas, Coach Drew Page, Arielle Poe, and Marcus Mitchell The National Pretrial Competition captures what attorneys do every day in offices and courtrooms across the nation. This year's problem involved a motion to dismiss and motion to suppress in a criminal matter before a fictional federal district court. The motion to dismiss was a moot court style argument while the motion to suppress required an evidentiary hearing with witnesses and closing argument. “I am moved by the reports I received as to how well they represented the very essence o...

The Ronald L. Fick Book Award Ceremony, which honors Law students who have received the highest marks in their classes, was held on Thursday, October 4, 2018. Book awards, a time-honored tradition amongst law schools, is relatively new to the LAW community. “I’m happy to see this turnout,” said interim LAW dean, Judge Patricia West (Ret.). “It’s a great honor to receive a book award.” Believing an institution should honor its students who achieve academic excellence, and desiring to see Regent’s mission furthered, Ronald Fick — father of Allison Fick ’14  — helped in getting the tradition started only a few years ago. “[Ronald Fick] fell in love with the mission of this school … with this place and our students,” said Professor Jeffrey Brauch, LL.M. program director. “Fick believed that when we’re getting ready for class every day, when we’re getting ready for exams, we’re actually doing this for the honor of the Lord,” said Brauch. “We’re to pursue excellence beca...

Regent University School of Law alumni seize every opportunity they can to give back to their school. Farnaz Thompson. When Regent’s Office of Alumni Relations & Special Events initiated the “Carpe Diem” challenge last fall, a fundraising initiative that invited classes of alumni to donate the most money to their school — it’s no surprise that the results were notable. So notable, in fact, that Regent’s Law Alumni Board gathered the winning classes together for a special luncheon honoring the success of the campaign on Friday, September 21. The luncheon welcomed class members graduating in the years 1987-89, 1990 and 2009. Members of these classes raised nearly $170,000 in the school’s Carpe Diem initiative from November to December 2017. Keynoting the luncheon was Regent LAW alumna Farnaz Thompson* ’07, associate university counsel of the University of Virginia and president-elect of the Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Conference Board of Governors. Thompso...