LU Law Dean Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Fri, 20 Dec 2013Florida Baptist Witness The Florida Family Policy Council awarded Liberty University School of Law Dean Mathew Staver with its Daniel Webster award, recognizing his achievements in advancing family values, traditional marriage, promoting the sanctity of life and defending religious liberty. Read about the 2013 awards dinner.

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LU Law Students Trek 100 Miles for Veterans

Fri, 20 Dec 2013Dave Thompson For two third-year students at Liberty University School of Law, Christmas break is the perfect opportunity to strap on 60-pound packs and pound just over a hundred miles of pavement between Lynchburg and Farmville. More specifically, Mark Finelli and Ryan Adams have undertaken the "100 Mile Hump" to raise money […]

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Liberty Trial Team Takes Top Prize in Carolina Tournament

Tue, 19 Nov 2013Dave Thompson Liberty University School of Law Trial Team took the top prize at The Carolinas Invitational Mock Trial Tournament last weekend.   The team, one of two representing Liberty at the Charlotte tournament, defeated Florida Coastal School of Law to win the tournament, after topping Charlotte School of Law to advance […]

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Liberty Law Professor Lectures at National Tax Conference

Mon, 18 Nov 2013School of Law Liberty University School of Law professor Tim Todd recently addressed a conference of attorneys who are also licensed as certified public accountants on the subject of tax litigation.   Professor Todd lectured at the American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants’ (AAA-CPA) fall meeting and education conference in Las Vegas, […]

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Liberty Sweeps Undergrad Moot Court Competition

Mon, 18 Nov 2013 Liberty University News Service Two teams from Liberty University took top honors in the American Collegiate Moot Court Association’s regional tournament. Liberty seniors Whitney Rutherford and Brian Mauldin took first place at the competition, which was held at Liberty University School of Law. The final round, between that team and one […]

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Dean Staver and Dr. Mantilla to Address Peruvian Leaders, Academics

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 Dave Thompson Dean Mathew Staver and Dr. Yuri Mantilla have been invited to address the Peruvian Parliament in Lima, Peru on Thursday, Nov. 7. They will be speaking on the rule of law, the Western legal tradition and natural law. Wednesday’s Lima newspaper featured Dean Staver and Dr. Mantilla on the […]

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Moot Court Teams Reach Quarter-Finals at Constitutional Competition

Tue, 22 Oct 2013Dave Thompson Two teams from Liberty University School of Law reached the quarter-final round of the National Constitutional Law Moot Court competition in Virginia Beach over the weekend. Lucy Brado was named the fifth-best oralist at the tournament. Brado and Michael Minerva reached the quarter-finals, but  the University of Houston prevailed and […]

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Liberty Law Dean: “Red Line of Liberty” Nearly Breached

Thu, 17 Oct 2013Dave Thompson Ancient Egypt, biblical Persia, first-century Rome, Revolution-era Britain. All civilizations that have crossed a “red line of liberty,” in attempting to suppress their people in religious freedom, undermining the family as the foundation of society, and disarming their people. The same line that the United States of America is about […]

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Students Excel in Moot Court Tournament

Thu, 17 Oct 2013Dave Thompson As part of the fall Moot Court Competition, second and third-year law students had the opportunity to argue before real judges a case very close to one currently pending before the United States Supreme Court. Competitors alternately argued on behalf of a county’s supervisory board, which traditionally opened its meetings […]

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Murals in Foundation Hall Depict History of Law and Mission of the Law School

Thu, 17 Oct 2013 Dave Thompson Six murals displayed at Liberty University School of Law in Foundation Hall outline the history of the rule of law, from the Creation of the world through present day. The paintings, by Lynchburg artist Paul Dinwiddie, went on display at the beginning of the academic year. The first mural […]

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