Liberty Law Moot Court teams win national tax law title, ABA regional
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 Liberty University News Service Liberty University School of Law is celebrating two recent wins by its competition teams that are setting a standard of excellence for the program. Read the full article here.
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LIBERTY LAW HOSTS A COURT CASE CONCERNING VETERAN AFFAIRS FEB 21
Mon, 25 Feb 2019Liberty Champion Law students and professors gathered in Liberty University School of Law (Supreme Courtroom) to observe a real case involving the Veterans Consortium’s class action suit against the Office of Veterans Affairs (VA). Liberty University’s School of Law hosted the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Feb. 21. Read full […]
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U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims holds court at Liberty Law
Fri, 22 Feb 2019Edie Swann, Director of Public Affairs Liberty University School of Law hosted the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims on Thursday, February 21, 2019, in the law school’s Supreme Courtroom with over 250 in attendance. Presiding over the court were Judges Michael Allen, Margaret Bartley, and Coral Wong Pietsch. Although […]
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Longtime Congressman Bob Goodlatte spends day on campus, shares work experience with students
Fri, 22 Feb 2019 Liberty University News Service After serving for 26 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, former Congressman Bob Goodlatte visited campus on Tuesday to share with students some of the lessons he gleaned during his long tenure in public service. Read full news article here.
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Andrews and Green finish ABA competition as one of the top eight teams in the nation
Mon, 11 Feb 2019staff On February 8-9, 2019, Liberty Law second-year students, Sarah Green and Nick Andrews, became national quarterfinalists at the American Bar Association (ABA) National Negotiation Competition in Chicago, IL. Out of the 193 total teams that competed this past year, they finished in the top eight in the nation. The team was […]
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Liberty Law to offer free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program
Mon, 28 Jan 2019Liberty News Service LYNCHBURG, VA — Liberty University School of Law will host Volunteer Income Tax Assistance services free for qualifying individuals from Feb. 18-March 5 (closed on Sundays as well as Feb. 20-21). To qualify for the free service, the income of the taxpayer (or the income of both spouses if […]
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Law professor files amicus brief before Supreme Court
Thu, 24 Jan 2019staff Professor Joel Hesch recently filed an amicus curiae brief before the United States Supreme Court. The high court is addressing whether the 10-year statute of limitations within the False Claims Act applies when whistleblowers bring the action under the statute’s qui tam provisions. The Supreme Court allows non-parties to file a […]
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Law Class of 2018 achieves highest first-time Bar Exam pass rate in school history
Wed, 21 Nov 2018 Liberty University News Service The Bar Exam results are in, and Liberty University School of Law 2018 graduates posted the highest bar passage rate among first-time test takers in school history, with 95.65 percent passing this year. The results include both the February and July Bar Exams. Read full Liberty News Service article.
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Liberty Law home to first exclusively JD-based CFP Board registered program
Thu, 11 Oct 2018staff Liberty University School of Law is proud to announce that it has registered with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. (CFP Board) the first board registered financial planning program exclusively based in a Juris Doctor program. An independent certifying organization, CFP Board owns the CFP® and Certified Financial Planner™ certification marks, which it […]
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Liberty Law professor cited by federal court
Wed, 26 Sep 2018staff On September 4, 2018, a federal district court in North Carolina cited a law review article authored by Liberty Law professor Joel D. Hesch in reaching a decision regarding the level of protection to whistleblowers who report fraud by employers. The case, United States ex rel. Thomas v. Duke Univ., was issued […]
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