Law grads hit 100 percent first-time pass rate on North Carolina Bar Exam

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Thu, 15 Sep 2016 Liberty University School of Law has announced that all graduates who took the North Carolina Bar Exam for the first time in July have passed. From 2007-2015, Liberty Law graduates passed the North Carolina Bar at a rate of about 61 percent, which is slightly higher than the...

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Liberty Law Names New Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

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Fri, 02 Sep 2016staffLiberty University School of Law dean, Keith Faulkner, recently appointed Timothy M. Todd as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs effective July 1, 2016. “Tim Todd is a talented teacher, a prolific scholar, and a true servant leader,” said Faulkner.  “I am thrilled that he has joined the...

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Two law professors selected for American Bar Association committees

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Mon, 01 Aug 2016 Main News Service Two faculty members from Liberty University School of Law have accepted the invitation to serve on American Bar Association committees. Associate Professor Caren Harp will serve on the Juvenile Justice Standards Task Force and Professor Scott Thompson will serve on the Competitions Committee’s National Appellate Advocacy...

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Liberty Law takes fifth place honors in world negotiation competition

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Thu, 14 Jul 2016 Edie Swann, Joel Hesch Liberty University School of Law represented the United States in the International Negotiation Competition (INC) held at the University of Lucerne on July 4-9, 2016. Liberty Law’s team captured a fifth-place finish out of 21 countries invited to compete in this annual...

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Law school faculty member selected for prestigious Carnegie fellowship

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Thu, 05 May 2016 Liberty University News Service Anthony Ikwueme, director of the Ehrhorn Law Library at Liberty University School of Law, has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to work with the University of Nigeria law faculty on developing curriculum and scholarly resources to enhance the...

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Law Moot Court team ranked among nation’s top 10

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Fri, 29 Apr 2016 Liberty University News Service Liberty University School of Law’s Moot Court Team has finished its season ranked No. 9 in the nation, qualifying for the 2017 Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship, presented by the University of Houston Law Center. Read the full story.

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Liberty Law student recognized as Law Student of the Year by national publication

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Fri, 15 Apr 2016 Edie Swann, Director of Public Affairs Jaime McGuire’s passion to serve others brought her to an orphanage in Uganda and changed the direction of her life and her future career. She is now a Dean’s List, third-year student at Liberty University School of Law and one...

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Competition teams score major victories

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Fri, 08 Apr 2016Edie SwannLiberty Law students competed over the weekend of April 1-3, 2016 and brought home great success stories from across the country as well as here in the Lynchburg area. Two teams competed in the National Basketball Negotiation Competition hosted by the Fordham Sports Law Forum in...

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Pinwheel display honors local child abuse survivors

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Thu, 07 Apr 2016 Liberty University News Service In honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Liberty University School of Law teamed up with Liberty’s College of Osteopathic Medicine on Wednesday to place 565 pinwheels on the lawn outside of the Jerry Falwell Library. Each pinwheel represented a child abuse survivor living in Lynchburg this...

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Liberty Law Announces Launch of Three New Master’s Programs

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Tue, 22 Mar 2016 staff Liberty University School of Law is now offering three master’s-level programs online, after the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) granted approval last month for the programs to commence. The programs approved are Liberty’s Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Legal...

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