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Law Faculty Leadership Across Various Disciplines

Liberty Law faculty make an impact in practitioner and academic realms. Below are some of the ways our faculty have contributed through research, scholarship, and thought leadership across various disciplines, domains, and audiences.

Rodney Chrisman

  • Biden v. Nebraska: Student Loan Debt Forgiveness and the Dangers of the Administrative State, 18 LIBERTY U.L. REV. 403 (2024)
  • Discussant on “Issues Affecting Lawyers in Rural Communities” panel at Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference (2024)
  • Served on “Faith-Based Law Schools” panel at Hillsdale College (2023)
  • Racial Reconciliation: A Biblical Framework, 17 LIBERTY U.L. REV. 507 (2023)
  • Presented on “The Christian View of the Regulation of Financial Markets” at New St. Andrews College’s disputatio (2023)
  • Presentation on “Tax Basics for Small Farms” at Lynchburg Area Land & Table event (2023)
  • Served on “Importance of Christian Legal Education” panel at Hillsdale College (2022)

Rena Lindevaldsen

  • 303 Creative and the Question of Governmental Authority to Dictate Commercial Transactions 18 LIBERTY U. L. REV. 445 (2024)
  • Sacrificing Our Children at the Altar of Modern K-12 Public Education, 18 LIBERTY U. L. REV. 961 (2024)
  • Discussant on the “Faith-based Challenges Facing Law Schools with Religious Affiliations” panel at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference (2024)

Tory Lucas

  • Reassessing Tyler v. Hennepin County: A Critical Examination of the Supreme Court’s Federalist Overreach in Discovering a Constitutionally Protected Property Right in a Takings Case Involving a Sovereign State’s Real Property Tax-Foreclosure Sale, 18 LIBERTY U. L. REV. 473 (2024)
  • Dissing Ability presentation at Court Appointed Special Advocates of Virginia’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop (2023)
  • Sloth and the Seven Deadly Sins presentation at The Science, Philosophy, History, Ethics, and the Unknown Club in Lynchburg, VA (2023)
  • Dissing Ability presentation at GLAD Manufacturing’s People Leader’s Meeting (2022)
  • Conducted “Inclusion Access, and Disability” workshop at SynerVision Leadership Empowerment Symposium (2022)

Dr. Yuri Mantilla

  • A Normative Response to Russia’s War of Aggression against Ukraine: Constructing an International Order of Mutual Recognition and Respect for Human Dignity, N.Y. INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW, [Vol. 36 No. 2 (Fall 2023)]
  • The socio-economic rights of the Aymara and Quechua peoples of Bolivia, the lithium industry, and the geopolitics of natural resources, JOURNAL OF ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES LAW, 43:1, 123-144.
  • Discussant on “Effectiveness vs. Enforceability of International Law” at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Annual Conference (2024)
  • Served on panel discussion to compare and contrast approaches to indigenous issues in Australia and Latin America, the experience of Bolivia at the Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies (2023)
  • Participated in “Indigenous Rights in Relation to the Lithium Triangle: Human Rights and Sustainable Development Challenges” webinar co-hosted by the American Society of International Law Panel and Latin American Interest Group (2023)
  • Guest lecturer at Arial University on the prevention of genocide, Christian worldview, and international law (2022)
  • Participated in American Society of International Law webinar on Indigenous Maya Q’eqchi’ Agua Caliente Community v Guatemala (2022)

Joseph Martins

  • Presentation on “Religious Liberty” at The Family Foundation (2022)

Steve Rice

  • Design-focused Approach to Legal Argument and the Logical Fallacy of Equivocation, 54 MEMPHIS L. REV. 375 (2024)
  • Logic, Fallacy, and the Art of Framing a Legal Issue: The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy, 62 U. LOUISVILLE L. REV. 113 (2023)

Grant Rost

  • Delivered keynote address, “The Persuasive Power of Storytelling” to Temple Law School’s LL.M. students (2024, 2022)
  • Presented “The Scale of a Story” at Stetson University’s Educating Advocacy Teachers Conference
  • “Storytelling with Professor Grant Rost” presentation at University of Indiana, Chicago School of Law (2023)
  • Brain Lessons Blog co-published by Temple Law and Stetson Law Center

Scott Thompson

  • CLE presentation “Watch Your Step: Sovereign Immunity and Contributory Negligence in Virgina” for the Lynchburg Bar Association (2024)
  • CLE presentation “Legal Ethics: What Really Matters?” for the Lynchburg Bar Association (2023)

Dr. Tim Todd

  • Seeing Through the Sleight of Hand: Estate Tax Consequences of Redeeming Stock with Life Insurance Proceeds, 183 TAX NOTES FEDERAL 437 (2024)
  • Examining the Conventional Wisdom of Municipal Bond Investments and Use in Financial Planning, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL PLANNING, 36(10), 66–82 (2023)
  • Presented “Recent U.S. Supreme Court Tax Jurisprudence” at the American Association of Attorney-CPAs
  • Presented “Financial Anxiety and Intergenerational Transfers: Impact of Gifts and Inheritances on Financial Well-Being” at the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning 2023 Academic Research Colloquium
  • Presented “The Moderating Effect of Social Media Use on Investing Confidence and Financial Anxiety” at the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning 2023 Academic Research Colloquium
  • Presented “Dwelling on Money Matters: Financial Rumination, Financial Anxiety, and Financial Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic” at the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning 2023 Academic Research Colloquium
  • Presented “Supreme Court Tax Update” at the Roanoke Chapter of the Virginia Society of CPAs 2023 CPE Conference
  • Exploring the relationship between investors’ financial literacy and advisor use with securities-based loans, FINANCIAL PLANNING REVIEW 6(3), (2023)
  • Presented “Challenging Assumptions Through Scientific Research” at the 2023 Financial Planning Association Retreat
  • Quoted in U.S. News & World Report story, “Educational Tax Credits and Deductions
    You Can Claim for Tax Year 2022” (February 13, 2023)
  • The FBAR’s Muddy Morass: Shining a Light with Interpretive Tools, 177 TAX NOTES FEDERAL 179 (2022)
  • Presented “Why do Individuals use Inefficient Debt When Better Alternatives Are Available” at the 2022 CFP Board Academic Research Colloquium
  • Presented “The Role of Money Script on the Relationship Between How Much We Have and How Satisfied We Are” at the 2022 Association for Financial Counseling & Planning Education (AFCPE) Symposium
  • Presented “Narratives and the Impact of Message Framing on Financial-Planning Intentions” at the 2022 Financial Planning Association (FPA) annual conference

Cynthia Tompkins

  • Delivered Constitution Day presentation at Appalachian School of Law (2023)
  • Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the Legal Academy: Derrick Bell’s Seminal Law Review Articles and Critical Race Theorists Scholarship; CRT Opponents Conflicting Views and
    Potential Consequences of Critics’ Cancellation Strategy, 74 MERCER L. REV. 1079 (2023)

Jeffrey Tuomala

  • National Pork Producers Council v. Ross and the Dormant Commerce Clause, 18 LIBERTY U. L. REV. 557 (2024)
  • Is Tax-Funded Education Unconstitutional?, 18 LIBERTY U. L. REV. 1011 (2024)