About Regent Law
Rigorous Academics, Biblical Principles
In a close-knit community of scholars, our students receive rigorous legal training plus the added benefit of a Christian perspective through which to view the law.
Our unique academic curriculum provides for an open, scholarly analysis of how the Christian faith impacts legal study and practice.
Our students enjoy an excellent and rigorous legal education, outstanding professors, and supportive classmates.
International Law Opportunities
Our faculty teaches abroad in South Korea, India, and Romania, among other countries. Law students can also take advantage of international law programs in France, England, Spain, Korea, China and Israel.
Alumni Employment
Recent alumni have found employment within nine months of graduation at or above the National Association for Law Placement national average.
One of our most distinguished graduates, Robert F. McDonnell, currently serves as the 71st Governor of Virginia. Other graduates serve in the nation's top 100 law firms, in public service and in local, state and national government positions.
All-Time High Bar Pass Rate
The July 2010 Bar exam resulted in Regent Law’s all-time high Bar pass rate, with 85.7% of first-time Virginia takers passing, well above the state average and among the top three of all Virginia schools.
Here are the most recent first-time bar pass rates for all 2010 Regent Law graduates, all states, with corresponding LSAT breakdowns:
LSAT 150 or above: 89%
LSAT 155 and above: 97%
LSAT 160 and above: 100%
Center for Advocacy Skills
The excellence of our Center for Advocacy Skills' legal skills training programs is evidenced by our recent national awards:
2010 National Black law Students Association (NBLSA) International Negotiation Competition
2010 TYLA National Trial Competition Regional Championship
2009 National Pretrial Competition Championship
2009 William B. Spong Moot Court Championship
2008 ABA Regional Moot Court Champions
Center for Global Justice, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law
Are you passionate about human trafficking, human rights, and doing something to put an end to global injustice? Regent Law students, alumni and faculty refuse to turn a blind eye to the overt injustices endured by human beings at home and abroad.
Our Center for Global Justice, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law gives students classroom training, paid hands-on international internships, and clinical opportunities to serve as advocates for the oppressed around the world.
Financial Aid
With a financial aid program in excess of $3.7 million,
over 85 percent of law students receive some type of federal aid, and over 80 percent received aid in the form of Regent scholarships and grants.
Top-Ten Ranked Quality of Life
Students and faculty contribute to a supportive academic community marked by a sense of cooperation and healthy competition. The Princeton Review consistently recognizes Regent as a national Top-Ten for "Best Quality of Life," recognizing Regent as 7th in the nation in its 2009 survey.
Our campus in Virginia Beach allows students to take advantage of one of the East Coast's most beautiful beach attractions.
Expert Faculty
Our programs are taught by a prestigious and gifted faculty actively involved in students' lives. At Regent students study alongside professors from Harvard, Yale, Chicago, Duke, Cornell, Notre Dame, the University of Virginia and other institutions of higher learning.
Students also have the exceptional opportunity to be taught by former U. S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, ACLJ Chief Counsel Dr. Jay Sekulow and others who complement a faculty with broad expertise in constitutional law, family law, alternative dispute resolution, corporate law and intellectual property law.
American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), one of our nation's most influential public interest law firms headed by Chief Counsel Dr. Jay Sekulow, operates offices on the Regent campus, providing law students with unparalleled opportunities to participate in current religious and civil liberties cases taking place today.
Law students also have the opportunity to enroll in elective courses taught by Jay Sekulow such as a seminar on recent Supreme Court cases and a course in Supreme Court History. Other ACLJ attorneys also teach as part of the ACLJ academic concentration.
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