Regent University School of Law is the

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Regent University Regent University is a private Christian university in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The university was founded by Pat Robertson in 1977 as Christian Broadcasting Network University, and changed its name to Regent University in 1990. Regent offers ...

. Located in

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, the school was founded in 1986 and was fully accredited by the

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in 1996. The school was previously under provisional accreditation from 1989.

Admissions statistics

For the entering class of 2020, the median

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score was 155 and the median undergraduate GPA was 3.55.

ABA national competition wins and moot court program

Moot court teams from the Regent University School of Law have placed as quarter-finalists or better in over 100

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competitions, winning more than 40 national and regional events. In 2006 and 2007, Regent Law won several national ABA moot court and negotiation competitions succeeding against teams from Harvard and Yale. Regent's moot court program was ranked sixth in the nation in 2015.

Notable People

Deans

* Jeffrey A. Brauch (2000 - 2015) * Michael V. Hernandez (2015 - 2019) * Mark D. Martin (2019 - 2022) * Bradley Lingo (2022 - present)

Faculty

John D. Ashcroft John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and former politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration from 2001 to 2005. A former U.S. Senator from Missouri and the 50th Go ...

* Erin Hawley *

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* Supreme Court Justice

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Alumni

Bob McDonnell Robert Francis McDonnell (born June 15, 1954) is an American attorney, businessman, politician, and former military officer who served as the 71st governor of Virginia from 2010 to 2014. His career ended after his corruption scandal and convic ...

- Graduated 1989

References

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