Associate Professor of Law
Education
- J.D., University of Akron School of Law
- M.Ed., Lynchburg College
- B.A., Ohio University
Areas of Interest/Teaching
Lawyering Skills V, Torts, and Advanced Trial Advocacy
Experience
- Liberty University School of Law
- Member of the American Bar Association
- Admitted to practice in the State of Ohio
- Worked as an associate attorney for a large personal injury firm in Cleveland, Ohio
Biography
Professor Grant Rost is a former plaintiff’s personal injury attorney who represented clients in almost all 88 counties in Ohio while working for a large personal injury firm. He first came to Liberty University School of Law as an administrator but now teaches full time. As a former personal injury attorney, Professor Rost teaches Torts as well as Basic and Advanced Trial Advocacy classes. He is one of a handful of moot court coaches for Liberty’s nationally-ranked moot court teams. After competing as an advocate on the University of Akron’s nationally ranked law school trial teams, Professor Rost also coached mock trial teams at the high school, collegiate, and law school levels. In 2017, he was honored by the student body as the recipient of the Roger C. Bern Award for Faculty Excellence. In his free time, Professor Rost is an avid outdoorsman and a professional photographer. He can also be contacted for snake relocation as he is also a Level I Certified handler of venomous snakes.
To supplement his legal education and advance his skill as a teacher and trainer, Professor Rost earned a Master of Education from Lynchburg College in 2015. He is an adjunct professor of law in the Stetson College of Law LL.M. in Advocacy program, teaching a course on advocacy curriculum development and instruction. He has presented at numerous training conferences for lawyers and law professors at Stetson College of Law, American University’s Washington College of Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad College of Law, Samford University’s Cumberland College of Law, and Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Along with nationally recognized Evidence professor, Jules Epstein, Professor Rost is co-author of the Brain Lessons for Trial Lawyers monthly blog out of Temple University School of Law.
Professor Rost’s areas of research and writing focus on cognitive biases, heuristics, and courtroom persuasion. He is the author of Campfires, Car Accidents, and the Cosmos: Persuasive Appeals to Jurors Through the Human Appetite for Wonder. 4 Stetson J. Advoc. & L. 54 (2017)