Visiting Associate Professor of Law
Education
• J.D., Widener University School of Law, magna cum laude
• M.B.A., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• B.S. Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Areas of Interest/Teaching
Business associations; appellate advocacy; federal jurisdiction; health care law; administrative law; law skills
Previous Experience
• Associate Professor of Law, Liberty University School of Law
• Liberty University School of Business
• Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of General Counsel—Chief Prosecutor, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs; Assistant Chief Counsel for Litigation, Pennsylvania Department of General Services; Assistant Counsel, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
• Admitted to practice before courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania; Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania; the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; and the Supreme Court of the United States
Publications
Kippenhan, N. J. (Ed.). (2024). Biblical Worldview Edition of Dynamic Business Law (4th ed.). McGraw Hill Education.
Kippenhan, N. J. (2010). Seeking Truth on the Other Side of the Wall: Greenleaf’s Evangelists Meet the Federal Rules, Naturalism, and Judas. Liberty Law Review, 5(1). https://ssrn.com/abstract=1804538.*
*Also cited as Appendix B in J. W. Montgomery’s The Law Above the Law: Why the Law Needs Biblical Foundations (NRP Books, 2015).
Biography
Nancy Kippenhan returns to the law school after teaching at the Liberty University School of Business from 2011 to 2025. In addition to teaching in residence, she served as a subject matter expert for LU Online, creating and teaching courses in business law, health care law and ethics, negotiation, and related fields; she also provided guidance and support for the faculty teaching those courses. She has also taught health care law for the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and law skills for Widener University School of Law.
Prof. Kippenhan first joined Liberty Law in 2006, bringing her experience with the Governor’s Office of Chief Counsel in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, where she practiced commercial, employment, and administrative law in several agencies. In her final position, she served as the chief prosecutor for the Commonwealth’s professional licensing boards, including all medical and business boards, heading an office of 36 prosecutors with supporting staff. She often appeared before the Commonwealth’s appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the oldest appellate court in the nation. She has practiced in the federal courts with jurisdiction in Pennsylvania, including the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prof. Kippenhan is currently editing the fifth edition of the Worldview Edition of Dynamic Business Law, an adapted work that integrates a Biblical worldview throughout a more traditional business law textbook. The new edition is scheduled for completion in summer 2026.