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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Students take part in first of two live televised U.S. Senate Town Halls
Thu, 20 Sep 2018 Liberty University News Service Fifty Liberty University students sat on the stage at Liberty’s Center for Music and the Worship Arts Thursday night to wait for their chance to question the two main contenders for Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat, incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine and challenger Corey Stewart. Read the full Liberty […]
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Liberty Law launches Intellectual Property Clinic
Wed, 19 Sep 2018Associate Dean Timothy Todd Liberty University School of Law is proud to announce the addition of an intellectual property law clinic to its expanding clinical opportunities for students. The clinic, which opened August 28, 2018, is the second United States Patent and Trademark Office approved law school clinic in Virginia. The clinic provides […]
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Liberty Law professor publishes book on using logic in a legal argument
Mon, 17 Sep 2018staff The National Institute for Trial Advocacy in partnership with LexisNexis has published Liberty University School of Law Professor Stephen Rice’s book, The Force of Logic: Using Formal Logic as a Tool in the Craft of Legal Argument. The book describes how ancient rules of philosophical logic are at work in contemporary legal […]
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Liberty, Hampton University partner with VAB to host two U.S. Senate Town Halls
Mon, 10 Sep 2018 Liberty University News Service Liberty University’s Center for Law & Government, Hampton University’s Center for Public Policy, and the Virginia Association of Broadcasters are pleased to announce that the universities will each host a U.S. Senate Town Hall featuring incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine (D) and challenger Corey Stewart (R). Read full […]
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New “Supreme Court Review” hosted at Liberty’s School of Law
Tue, 11 Sep 2018staff Liberty Law launched its new "Supreme Court Review" on September 11, 2018, in the law school's Supreme Courtroom. In this event, a panel of Liberty Law faculty members discussed and debated some of the most important cases from the recent Supreme Court term. This year’s panel consisted of the following faculty […]
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Liberty University School of Law professor delivers Law Day speech
Mon, 02 Jul 2018staff Liberty University School of Law professor, Tory L. Lucas, delivered the keynote address at the Danville Bar Association’s celebration of Law Day 2018 on May 1, 2018. With Judge Joseph W. Milam Jr. presiding in the Danville Circuit Court, Professor Lucas discussed the enduring concept of separation of powers that protects […]
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Law Professor speaks at tax conference
Mon, 09 Jul 2018staff Liberty University School of Law professor and associate dean, Timothy M. Todd, recently addressed a conference of attorneys who are licensed as certified public accountants on how tax reform affects the taxation of businesses. Todd lectured at the American Academy of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants’ (AAA-CPA) 2018 Annual Meeting and Education Conference […]
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