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Falwell's new law school opens next week
WBNS ^ | 8/20/04

Posted on 08/20/2004 6:51:55 AM PDT by ZGuy

The Reverend Jerry Falwell will open a law school next week in hopes of training a generation of attorneys to take up conservative causes.

Falwell says the future lawyers will work to outlaw abortion, gay marriage and other issues that he believes the legal establishment has forced on the public.

Falwell says he hopes to produce highly skilled litigators who will "be as far to the right as Harvard is to left."

The law school -- part of Falwell's Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia -- will begin classes on Monday. Its first-year class of 61 students has already arrived for orientation.

The law school's dean, Bruce Green, says it will fuse the teachings of the Bible with the U-S Constitution, stressing the connections between faith, law and morality.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: jerryfalwell; lawschool; libertyu; libertyuniversity

1 posted on 08/20/2004 6:51:56 AM PDT by ZGuy
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To: ZGuy

Regardless of your opinion of Jerry Falwell, opening the law school at Liberty is a good move. More power to him, get more conservative lawyers on the street!


2 posted on 08/20/2004 6:57:30 AM PDT by izzatzo
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To: izzatzo

You are right. I detest Jerry Falwell, but the idea of an anti-Harvard Law is great.


3 posted on 08/20/2004 6:59:24 AM PDT by conserv13
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To: conserv13

Ah yes, I neglected to mention the anti-Harvard aspect. That caught my eye, as well.


4 posted on 08/20/2004 7:01:24 AM PDT by izzatzo
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To: conserv13

Ave Maria Law School is another one - created by the pizza guy.


5 posted on 08/20/2004 7:01:34 AM PDT by jimfree (Pay attention to the mission.)
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To: jimfree

This is great news for conservatives.


6 posted on 08/20/2004 7:14:09 AM PDT by USA_Soccer (Try a better (free + open source) browser -> Mozilla Firefox @ mozilla.org)
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To: ZGuy
There's an interesting story behind the creation of the new Law School at Liberty University. An abandoned 888,000 Ericsson facility on 113 acres 1/4 mile from the LU campus came on the market a few years ago. There was something about some miracle last minute donation that came into play right before the real estate contract expired.

LU School of Law

7 posted on 08/20/2004 7:51:25 AM PDT by Aquamarine
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To: jimfree

The guy from Domino's maybe? I think they are in Chicago?


8 posted on 08/20/2004 8:33:13 AM PDT by conserv13
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To: ZGuy

Doesn't Hillsdale College also have a law school?


9 posted on 08/20/2004 9:27:54 AM PDT by tdadams (If there were no problems, politicians would have to invent them... wait, they already do.)
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To: conserv13
The guy from Domino's maybe? I think they are in Chicago?

It's in Ann Arbor, sames neighborhood as Domino's corporate. The Ave Maria undergrad school is in Immokalee, Florida.

10 posted on 08/20/2004 11:24:19 AM PDT by jimfree (Focus on the mission.)
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To: ZGuy

Pat Robertson's Regent University also has a law school.


11 posted on 08/20/2004 11:55:19 AM PDT by PAR35
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