Academics Overview
(For current student academic resources such as the course schedule, law school calendar, and other important documents, visit the Student Affairs section).
We enhance our curriculum by grounding it in Christian faith and values, developing a different kind of lawyer, one uniquely equipped to serve a broad spectrum of clients with excellence, humility and integrity.
Rather than integrating a Christian legal perspective at the expense of academic content, Regent supplements the curriculum by asking students carefully explore the foundations of the law. Alumna and Virginia Beach General District Court Judge Teresa McCrimmon (A.B. Harvard; J.D. Regent University School of Law) describes Regent Law’s Christian perspective as the “extra” added on to a rigorous ABA-approved program.
Faith-law integration is exemplified by “Christian Foundations of Law,” a required course introducing students to the historical and philosophical roots of English and American law. The course encourages students to ask: “Why?” “Why do we enforce contracts?” “Why do we punish crime?” “Why do we forbid the taking of life, liberty and property without due process of law?”
By exploring a multidisciplinary breadth of classic texts in history, philosophy and theology, students gain an appreciation of the biblical foundations of the law and legal institutions of the United States.
The integration of faith and law within the academic curriculum reflects our belief that law is more than a profession. It’s a calling.
