Regent Law News

On Nov. 4-5, Regent Law's Moot Court Board had the pleasure of hosting the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament of the American Moot Court Association's annual undergraduate competition. Students in the Regent University Debate Association (RUDA) from the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) registered five teams, two of which earned third and fourth place in the regional competition. Three students, Alexandria Cross, Ronald Pantalena, and Christopher Mateer, received top-10 speaker awards. Competitors came to the annual tournament at Regent from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, the University of Virginia, George Washington University, James Madison University, Bridgewater College, Patrick Henry College, and Liberty University. Judges determined speaker awards based on knowledge of case facts, legal reasoning, and the manner in which contestants presented themselves while facing pressure from judges. Points were awarded in these categories and then aggregated. Daniel R...

Competition: Ninth Annual National Pre-Trial Competition Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida October 14–16, 2016 Team: Team:  Daniel Waters ('17), Julianna Battenfield ('17), Alison Haefner ('17), Elizabeth Berry ('18), and Justin Burch ('17) Coach:  Professor James Metcalfe Results: Second place in the competition out of sixteen teams, coming out ahead of teams from law schools such as University of Miami School of Law, Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School and Texas Tech University School of Law. Second Best Brief in the competition for Prosecution Second Best Brief for Combined Memoranda. “Regent Law strives to develop three general legal skills: writing, advocacy and strenuous academics,” said  Daniel Waters ('17) . “This competition required excellence in all three of those areas.” Waters said his favorite part of competing is proving his team’s great writing and advocating skills. “Consistently at all competitions, judges say [we] are curre...

College Culture, Sexual Violence, and Due Process in partnership with the  Regent Law Federalist Society  Banquet Keynote Speaker: ANDREW KLOSTER of the Heritage Foundation Symposium Moderator FARNAZ FARKISH THOMPSON* Associate General Counsel, University of Virginia *Any viewpoints or opinions expressed are given in a personal capacity only and not on behalf of the University of Virginia or on behalf of the Attorney General. Symposium Panel Speakers DENIS BINDER Professor, Dale E. Fowler School of Law PETER BLAKE Director, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Member of the Governor’s Task Force on Combating Campus Sexual Violence NANCY CANTALUPO Research Fellow, Victim Rights Law Center Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Law JOE COHN Legislative & Policy Director, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) KATHLEEN MCKEE Professor, Regent University School of Law CHRISTOPHER NDRITU Student Body President, Old Dominion University Member of the Governor’s Tas...

Two weeks into her coursework with Regent University's Civil Litigation Clinic, School of Law student Heather Moore ('12) received her first case, a Social Security disability case referred to the clinic by the local Legal Aid Society. Moore, who graduated in May, was still a student, but she couldn't pass up the opportunity to put her legal skills to work in the local community. The Civil Litigation clinic, run by Associate Professor Kathleen McKee, has been a staple of Regent Law for more than 12 years, providing law students with the opportunity to use their legal knowledge to serve area residents who couldn't otherwise afford legal representation. "The purpose of a clinical program is to give the student a feel for what it's like to work within a law firm, to represent a client from the beginning to the end of a case," McKee explained. "It helps students close the gap between classroom and courtroom." Students have dealt with a variety of cas...