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 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 United States Supreme Court case is a unique and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to potentially make an impact at the highest level."
Over the years, several Regent students in the Right to Work Practicum have worked on papers that studied the division in the federal appellate courts on the issue raised in the Patterson case.
This work is funded by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, which was recently ranked number 2 among all law firms in the nation for First Amendment litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court during the last four years.
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| 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 United States Supreme Court case is a unique and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to potentially make an impact at the highest level."
Over the years, several Regent students in the Right to Work Practicum have worked on papers that studied the division in the federal appellate courts on the issue raised in the Patterson case.
This work is funded by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, which was recently ranked number 2 among all law firms in the nation for First Amendment litigation before the U.S. Supreme Court during the last four years.