Hands-On Political Experience
Develop skills in politics and policy while you prepare to engage in today’s generation of American statesmanship. Through the Center for Law & Government (CLG) you’ll gain an even greater appreciation for our Constitution and for the value of our freedom. The CLG, a collaboration between the School of Law and Helms School of Government at Liberty University, is a state and national stage for the free exchange of ideas and the robust debate of issues of national and state importance. Harnessing broad expertise, the Center promotes public policy that is consistent with fundamental principles of American freedom: self-government, free enterprise, and the rule of law.
At the CLG

Joel Cox
After retiring from police service, Dr. Joel Cox transitioned to full-time teaching at Liberty University. Dr. Cox sees his mission as training young men and women in the praxis of policing to become Christian influencers in the broad spectrum of the criminal justice industry. Dr. Cox serves as co-chair of the Center for Law & Government as well as Interim Dean for the Helms School of Government..
Morse Tan
Ambassador Morse H. Tan served as the first Asian-American Ambassador at Large in U.S. history, and he is currently the second Korean-American law school dean in the nation’s history. Dean Tan also serves as the co-chair of the Center for Law & Government.
News on the Center’s beginnings
Meet the Center for Law & Government’s Fellows
Phillip Kline
Associate Professor of Law
and Fellow for the Center for Law & Government
Rena Lindevaldsen
Professor of Law and Fellow for the Center for Law & Government
Yuri Mantilla
Professor of Law and Fellow for the Center for Law & Government
Jeffrey Tuomala
Professor of Law and Fellow for the Center for Law & Government
Washington leaders inspire Liberty University summer interns working in the nation’s capital
Over two dozen Liberty University students from the Washington Fellowship program joined Liberty alumni at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday afternoon to participate in the Washington Symposium hosted by Liberty’s Center for Law & Government. Liberty guests included Robert Hurt, former U.S. Congressman and current executive director of the center, Dean B. Keith Faulkner of Liberty University School of Law, and Kenny Craig, director of Government Affairs. Read full Liberty News Service article
Former VA governors join Liberty University in hosting appreciation event for local law enforcement