Regent Law News

On Saturday, February 15, Regent Law Admissions partnered with our Black Law Students Association to host a Pre-Law Day event entitled, "The State of the Black Law Student in America.” The event was designed for minority high school and undergraduate students from along the East Coast to learn about the importance of increasing diversity in legal education and the profession, the law school experience, the application process, and to network with legal professionals. Esé Ighedosa , Associate Counsel for the Carolina Panthers, opened the event with a keynote address discussing the State of the Black Law Student in America. Several local attorneys, including Regent alum, were eager to participate in the “Legal Speed Networking” segment. Students interacted one-on-one with attorneys and learned about attorneys’ time in law school and their transition into their legal careers. Later in the day students were also able to hear from The Honorable Tanya Bullock , presi...

Judge Ken Starr, J.D., Regent University’s newest senior lecturing fellow for the School of Law, spoke to a packed house on Tuesday, January 28, in a premier event hosted by the Federalist Society on Regent’s Virginia Beach campus. Law students, members of the local community and honored guests, including Bob McDonnell, former governor of Virginia and Regent Law alumnus, were in attendance. Starr, who argued 36 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, has had a distinguished career in academia, public service and the law. He served as U.S. Solicitor General, United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Counselor and Chief of Staff to U.S. Attorney General William French Smith, and law clerk to both Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and to Fifth Circuit Judge David W. Dyer. He was appointed to serve as Independent Counsel for five investigations, including Whitewater. He also served as president and chancellor of Baylor University and dean of the Pepperdine School of ...

NEW Eric A. DeGroff's article, “The Simultaneous Pursuit of Cost Recovery and Contribution under CERCLA: Making Sense of CERCLA’s Private Party Remedies in the Aftermath of Atlantic Research,” 46 MITCHELL-HAMLINE L. REV. 43 (2019).  Available at  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3523387 . James Duane's article "THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT: A NEW ANSWER TO AN OLD QUESTION," available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=1998119 , was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Criminal Law & Procedure eJournals Top Ten . Craig A. Stern's article STAKE OF NATURAL LAW: SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE AND THE ANGLICAN WAY," available at https://ssrn.com/abstract=3476812 , was recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for Legal History eJournal Top Ten . Lynne Marie Kohm's article (co-authored with Kathleen Akers) "SOLVING MILLENNIAL MARRIAGE EVOLUTION," available at https://ssrn.com/abst...

On January 10-11, 2020, Regent University Law School's Trial Advocacy Board hosted the Virginia Beach Legal Studies Academy from First Colonial High School for a two-day Mock Trial Challenge. The Trial Advocacy team introduced them to the law school setting, and coached them in preparation for their mock trial district competition. Trial Advocacy Board members spent the first day teaching the students how to prepare for a trial. The case revolved around the mysterious disappearance of Steve Irwin, and the defendant was charged with murder based on the suspicious circumstances. The students were split into six teams of two, and on the second day, the teams competed in two preliminary rounds, which culminated in a final round in front of Chief Judge Robert McLanahan Smith of the Norfolk Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court. A separate group of Trial Advocacy Board members spent two days working with a group of nine upperclassmen from the LSA’s Mock Trial Team who will compete...

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Samuel A. Alito Jr. taught 16 Regent University School of Law students during a special three-day jurisprudence seminar titled “Select Issues in Constitutional Interpretation.” The seminar, held at the National Center for State Courts in Washington, D.C., took place on January 13-15, 2020. Alito, who serves as a Senior Lecturing Fellow with the School of Law, co-taught the seminar with Regent Law Dean Mark D. Martin, formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Chief Justice Martin stated: “What a tremendous opportunity for our second- and third-year law students. We are grateful to Justice Alito for his commitment to the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.” Alito was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 by President George W. Bush and was confirmed to the post by the U.S. Senate in January 2006. He had previously served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, nomina...

Assistant Dean Ernie Walton’s article on expungement legislation for trafficking victims in Virginia entitled “PROTECTING SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS THROUGH EXPUNGEMENT AND VACATUR STATUTES: WILL VIRGINIA JOIN THE REST OF THE NATION?" which can be downloaded at https://ssrn.com/abstract=3409345 , was referenced in the Virginian Pilot, where he was quoted as well. See it at https://www.pilotonline.com/government/virginia/vp-nw-human-trafficking-expungement-bill-20200105-vmvr5lgcmnep7fqiikxch5kjg4-story.html . Law Librarian Audrey Lynn’s article, Let’s (Not) Make This Work! Why Stare Decisis Workability Should Be a Sword but Not a Shield, 31 Regent. U.L. Rev. 91 (2018),  https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3161718 , which can be downloaded, has been cited as a reference source in Michie's Jurisprudence (17 M.J. Stare Decisis  sec. 1; see footnote--the very last citation and the only one to Regent University Law Review in that section). Adjunct Brian Denn...

Associate Director for Law Career Services & Alumni Relations Rosey Mellion has been named Regent University's Employee of the Month for November. Rosey administers professional development programming for the Office of Career & Alumni Services. She consistently introduces innovative ways of providing information to students and alumni, including producing a monthly law alumni newsletter, The Brief Remark . Rosey has even partnered with other departments to create new opportunities for Regent; she assisted with a cybersecurity program that involved participants from Germany — Rosey speaks German!). Her colleagues attest that Rosey's contributions, knowledge, and dedication make a big difference in both the daily details and long-term goals of Regent. She exhibits a spirit of excellence in everything she does, working diligently to help students uncover their strengths and guide them in their career aspirations. Rosey is always offering valuable suggestions to ch...