Pre-Law Society

Helms School kickoff

Liberty University’s Pre-Law Society held its kickoff event Sept. 2 in the Helms School of Government. Dr. Corey Martin, assistant professor of government, encouraged pre-law students and discussed opportunities that will be given to them this semester.

“We are trying to send folks to law school who have a Christian worldview so that they can go into (a) field of law that has been dominated by liberal ideology,” Martin said. “(They need to) go in and return law to the roots of the Western legal tradition, which is law based and founded upon biblical principles and a Christian worldview.”

Liz Chadwick, president of the Pre-Law Society, spoke to the students about opportunities they would have during the Passion Conference. Passion is a conference that attracts college students from around the world to focus on glorifying God, according to the Passion website, 268generation.com.

Chadwick said the Pre-Law Society will be joining the International Justice Mission (IJM) in an abolition week in the spring where speakers will talk about and raise awareness for the issue of slavery.

While learning about IJM and other topics, society members will have, “a place … to fellowship with others who are planning to attend law school in the future,” according to the Pre-Law society’s website.

The majority of the students are pre-law and are looking to go into what Martin said “is an honorable profession.”

According to Martin, the Pre-Law society is a great opportunity for students to prepare for law school. It gives the students an edge by introducing them to topics of law that they will face in their first years of law school.

The Pre-Law Society will be helping students prepare for the Law School Admission Test, which will be administered Oct. 5 and Dec. 7, Martin said.

Another way that the Pre-Law Society prepares students for law school is through moot courts. Liberty will be hosting an intramural moot court in October, according to Martin.

“The intramural team is a training session for the undergraduate students to prepare for the collegiate tournament,” Martin said. “If we can push you through the tournament and train you on the problem, you’ll be much more prepared to go compete in the collegiate tournament.”

According to Martin, the collegiate tournament will be held in November.

The Pre-Law Society will hear from Assistant Professor of Law Phillip D. Kline, Martin said. According to his Liberty biography page, Kline has experience as a district attorney and as the attorney general of Kansas. He has faced intense scrutiny by the media for his work against abortion, according to Liberty’s website.

Later on in the semester, the Pre-Law Society will be partnering with the Criminal Justice Club and the Strategic Intelligence Society for a day of paintball, Martin said.
Martin said that the society will also be holding an LSAT-preparation class Oct. 24-26.