Regent Law News

  Associate Dean Bradley Jacob presented “The Curse of Voting? Unintended Consequences of the 17th Amendment” on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Dinsmore & Shohl LLP in San Diego, CA. Professor Jim Duane will be presenting at the Fed Soc chapter of the Idaho Lawyers “ Tearing Down the Walls that Keep American Jurors in the Dark ,” on April 20, 2022. Recent academic work of the Robertson Center for Constitutional Law includes several updates.  Associate Dean Brad Lingo and Professor Mike Schietzelt have just posted to SSRN their most recent paper, “What Lord of the Rings Can Teach the Supreme Court About Abortion.”  It’s available here . They have also placed their most recent full-length article, “A Second-Class First Amendment Right?  Text, Structure, and Free Exercise After Fulton,” in the Wake Forest Law Review.  It will be published in September and can be downloaded here .  Additionally, Associate Dean Lingo ’s review of Judge Kenneth Starr...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (March 29, 2022) – For the first time in its history, Regent University School of Law has been ranked among best law schools by U.S. News & World Report. In the 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings published today, Regent was listed among the top 147 ranked law schools. “With great enthusiasm, I am honored to announce that Regent Law is officially a ranked law school,” said Mark Martin, Dean of Regent Law and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. “I’ve long known that Regent is an excellent law school—and one that is getting stronger every year.  It’s wonderful to see U.S. News recognize what is happening at Regent.  Receiving this recognition is an important affirmation of the high-quality, rigorous academics at Regent Law.”   The 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings measured 192 law schools fully accredited by the American Bar Association. U.S. News & World Report based 60% of its rankings on objective measurement...

Regent Law alumna Jennifer B. Shupert ('03)was unanimously selected by Virginia Beach lawmakers for an open judicial seat on the Virginia Beach Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court last week. Before coming to Regent Law, Shupert earned a degree in family studies and child development from Oklahoma Christian University. She told lawmakers "I believe that helping children and families through the process of family law is very rewarding," and "I have specialized my practice in the area of family law intentionally." ( dailypress.com ) Shupert has been practicing family law in the Commonwealth for eighteen years. She will be joining the bench from Shupert Chaing, where she was partnered with another Regent Law alumna, Cynthia Chaing.

Shemeka Hankins chose to pursue an education in law at a young age as the foundation for her aspiration to be president of the United States. Along the way, after earning a juris doctorate at Regent University School of Law, her presidential ambition fell away while her love of the law and helping others thrived. Hankins began her career as an assistant commonwealth attorney in Norfolk where she cut her teeth in public service, fine-tuning her trial skills and working with law enforcement.  After seven years there, she currently works at Invictus Law in Virginia Beach where she is a senior associate attorney and Director of the firm’s criminal law practice group. She works in state and federal courtrooms and provides leadership to staff, associates and interns.  Hankins also has a passion for mentoring others in the field, volunteering for many statewide legal organizations including Virginia Law-Related Education, which runs the mock trial program for high school studen...

The Black Law Student Association (BLSA) launched the celebration of Black History Month with a professional development networking event centered on the theme: “Raising the B.A.R. (Beatitudes, Accountability, and Representation) in the legal profession. The event was designed in conjunction with Regent University School of Law Career Services to provide students with the opportunity to learn more about professional development and interact with judges and leading professionals in the legal field. "We are thrilled to be collaborating with BLSA for the second year on a February flagship career program," said Rosey Rivera, Associate Director for Career Services & Alumni Relations. "Working together allows us to better provide our students with networking opportunities with a diverse group of prominent alumni and legal professionals in the community." The commencement speaker for the event was the Honorable Cleo Powell of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Special gues...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (February 15, 2022) – Regent University is pleased to announce that it will launch a fully online Bachelor of Arts in Law degree program through the School of Law in Fall 2022.  “Our new law program is an innovative and important addition to our celebrated School of Law offerings,” said Dr. William Hathaway, executive vice president for Academic Affairs at Regent University. “This program is built on excellence and will equip graduates with the foundational understanding of law systems and the legal processes.”   The Bachelor of Arts in Law is ideal for students who wish to pursue a career in a legal setting, such as a parole officer, case manager, court specialist, law clerk, legal mediator, court-appointed special advocate, and more. Regent’s “3+3” program enables qualified B.A. in Law students to move into Juris Doctor studies after three years of undergraduate work—saving J.D. students both time and money.   “Regent Law Sch...

Regent University School of Law took immediate action to increase   housing stability and access to justice in Hampton Roads On January 28, the White House and the Department of Justice convened with Regent University School of Law and other law schools who responded to the  Attorney General’s Call to Action to the Legal Profession  to address the housing and eviction crisis. Regent Law – along with 98 other law schools in 35 states and Puerto Rico – immediately committed to helping prevent evictions. Regent Law expanded its law clinic by launching an Eviction Diversion Initiative and by hiring a full-time housing fellow to help provide free legal aid to the Hampton Roads community. Since August, the Regent Law clinic has already helped more than 600 struggling renters who qualify for free legal assistance. At least 65% of those households have children in them. “Five months ago, I asked the legal community to answer the call to help Americans facing evict...