16 years ago
Fri, 30 Oct 2009Professor Sharon Breckenridge Thomas is licensed in the state of Texas and tries to meet or exceed that state’s recommendation that all practicing attorneys give fifty hours of pro bono service each year. The majority of Professor Thomas’ pro bono service involves the giving of advice and...
16 years ago
Thu, 29 Oct 2009Nathaniel (“Nate”) Hibben served as the site coordinator for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program at Liberty University School of Law during January and February 2009. The VITA clinic specifically serves low-income and elderly individuals who are unable to prepare their own tax returns. As site...
16 years ago
Wed, 28 Oct 2009Inaugural class member, Ashli Sutton Arbo, clerked for an immigration firm in Nashville, Tennessee, in the summer of 2006. That summer, her entire attention was focused on providing free legal service to a Rwandan woman who had immigrated to the United States. The Rwandan survivor had experienced...
16 years ago
Wed, 28 Oct 2009Professor Philip Manns designed, implemented, and conducted the Liberty Counsel/Liberty University School of Law Document Drafting Program for Missionaries of the International Mission Board. Faculty and students of the law school and attorneys affiliated with Liberty Counsel (all of whom are recent graduates of the law school)...
16 years ago
Mon, 26 Oct 2009While at Hunton & Williams, Professor Scott Thompson twice received the E. Randolph Williams Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service, given annually to attorneys who log a minimum of 100 hours of pro bono work during a given year. During the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 fiscal years, he...
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Mon, 26 Oct 2009Ryan Martin began volunteer work with the Street Law program in 2006, shortly after he entered law school. Street Law is a volunteer program that assists juvenile offenders in coping with social issues and teaches them various practical laws that will affect them. “The program was very...
16 years ago
Mon, 26 Oct 2009In June of 2007, while she was a law student at Liberty University School of Law, Crystal Lawrence began volunteering as a disposition team member and a defendant evaluator for the Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Community Court Program. Ms. Lawrence helped with both the adult and juvenile Community...
16 years ago
Mon, 12 Oct 2009U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case of World War I Memorial in Mojave Desert Washington, DC – On October 7, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case involving a 75-year-old National World War I Memorial with an 8-foot cross, located in the Mojave Desert...
16 years ago
Thu, 01 Oct 2009 The Honorable Robert M. Evans of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida addressed students at an event hosted by the International Law Society and the Center for Career & Professional Development at Liberty University School of Law on Friday, September 25, 2009. Prior to his judicial...
16 years ago
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 On Monday, June 30, as part of the summer externship program of Liberty Counsel in conjunction with Liberty University School of Law, 18 students traveled to the Nation’s Capital; the last day the U.S. Supreme Court was in session during this Term. On that day, the...
