This news from the "Falwell Confidential" of October 11, Reverend Falwell's weekly email newsletter: LIBERTY UNIVERSITY TO INITIATE SCHOOL OF LAW NEXT YEAR "In my writings for "Falwell Confidential," I try to remain focused on the pertinent issues of the day. However, I am so excited about a new endeavor here at Liberty University, I decided to use this edition to share an important announcement with my weekly readers. Since I founded Liberty University in 1971, I have envisioned that our first professional school would be a school of law. On October 8, my dream was realized. On that day, the Liberty University Board of Trustees officially approved the formation of the Liberty University School of Law and commissioned our president, John M. Borek Jr., to take the necessary steps to begin classes in the 2003 fall semester. Needless to say, I am excited beyond words about this bold move that I believe will ultimately have a nationwide impact. Liberty University's School of Law will employ professors who are: committed to the inspiration and infallibility of the Bible; committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ; committed to a strict constructionist view of the U.S. Constitution; committed to training godly attorneys for the law profession, for service in American government or as judges and justices. Our law school, like Liberty University, will recruit students who have a desire to impact our nation and the world for our Savior. From the onset, we are pledging to make the Liberty University School of Law an academically excellent school. We will seek full accreditation with all the appropriate accrediting bodies. Our graduates will be well trained and well prepared to compete in the marketplace with law school graduates from all other quality institutions. Just as Liberty now trains Champions for Christ in business, education, the arts and sciences, nursing, journalism, religion and many other disciplines, we will now begin training future lawyers, legislators, judges, and national and world leaders". "Each week, Dr. Jerry Falwell sends an e-mail news summary of the "hottest issues" going on in Washington, D.C. and across the nation. Sign up for your FREE subscription to the Falwell Confidential e-mail." http://www.falwell.com/nlj.php
"We will seek full accreditation with all the appropriate accrediting bodies." I sincerely hope he's not deluding himself into thinking the ABA part of that equation is going to happen overnight. Good luck............
Re: Re: Liberty University School Of Law Regents achieved it so I see no reason that it could not eventually happen for Liberty. My question is why Liberty U wants to invest the $$ into a law school when Regents (also in Virginia) already has a good Chrstian ABA accredited law school (students apparently perform quite well). I would caution Jerry against investing $$$$ considering Liberty's previous financial problems which they overcame thanks to generous donors. North
Re: Re: Re: Liberty University School Of Law Regents achieved it so I see no reason that it could not eventually happen for Liberty. Nor do I. It's just that, given the tenor of the release, I got the impression Jerry was contemplating "soon" rather than "eventually". My question is why Liberty U wants to invest the $$ into a law school when Regents (also in Virginia) already has a good Chrstian ABA accredited law school (students apparently perform quite well). Good question!
I wonder if it really works. Can Falwell be sure that the automata he admits will all resist the liberalizing effects of education? Nosborne, JD (Who believes that education should cause the student to question things.)
Be pretty damn funny if a good percentage of the first wave of grads went to work for the likes of the ACLU, wouldn't it?
Education should cause you to grow, learn to think, and to develop. However, "liberal" education can have an agenda of its own every bit as oppressive and possibly more so than conservative education which stresses classics, etc. Their are large numbers of stories from Universities where liberal agendas were crammed down the throats of students. You wither accept and believe what is taught (Politcally Correct) or you get kicked out of class or harassed. You develop little liberal automata marching in lock step out of the university. Incidentally, one of the most challenging classes I took was from a Critical Sociology theorist. He was an avowed Marxist (Critical Theorist) but the last thing anyone could get away with was barfing up some leftist platitudes in his class. He wanted solid intellectual thought processes and would as quickly tear into someone trying to cater to his ideological leanings as someone coming from the *right*. Everything has to be backed up by sound reasoning. He told us we were not in his calss to get good grades but to learn how to learn and that this was the point of a college education. North
Now accepting applications LAW SCHOOL UPDATE The Liberty University School of Law is now accepting applications for the 2003 fall semester. Readers interested in learning more about this exciting new venture should visit our Web site: www.liberty.edu (and click on the School of Law icon). Or you may call 434-582-2800 to request an information packet on the law school. "Falwell Confidential" of 13 December.
Dean's blog "In this weblog journal, LU School of Law Dean Bruce W. Green posts his thoughts and observations on the progress of founding a new law school, comments and recommendations on preparing for law school, reading, and other insights." http://www.liberty.edu/Academics/Law/index.cfm?PID=5054
Well, Nosborne, having been called (on another thread) a socialist who thinks he's god and worships the guvmint, I ought to be able to figure it out, but I can't. Damn. Then again, I went to a famous far-left (no, not liberal, far-left) college at the height of both its academic excellence and political weirdness in the '70s. Golly gee whillikers, until just now finding out in this yere forum that I'm actually a pinko, I thought my college experience had turned me into an utter conservative. Ideologues who run schools (Marxists, Kevorkianians, Social Darwinists, Randroids, Mooreons, et al.) don't always get the adherence feigned obedience appears--to the naive and the totalitarian-minded--to represent. Well, I must ta. Gotta go beat up a paraplegic for driving up my health care costs; breast cancer survivors run too fast for me.
Well... for what it is worth Uncle Janko... I think that you are " ne plus ultra " I look forward to reading your posts every day! Thank you for all of your information that you have shared. You have a great deal to offer and you always make me smile. (I hope my Latin was right) MIke
Gotta watch for those paraplegics. Some of 'em swing a mean cane. At my age, I stick to quadraplegics...
Hi Bill Dayson: It scares me too. Christ set up two means or methods of affecting (not "impacting"--that's for sick teeth) people in a Godward direction: the word and the sacraments. I no more need a judge to teach me religion that a judge needs a preot to teach him/her law. Some of the current uproar against judicial candidates who have strong religious views is unfortunate; however, Paul makes it very clear--for Christians who take an extremely conservative view of scripture--that the exercise of public office is God-pleasing when done well on its own terms. There's no reason why a deeply committed Christian, or Buddhist, or Parsee, or Ethical Culturist, or secularist, or whatever ought to leave formation of conscience at the door to the judge's chambers. While a devout Christian certainly can be a good magistrate, being a good magistrate (in Paul's letter to the Romans) is not predicated on being any sort of Christian. The magistrate's God-given vocation is faithfulness to the law and the imposition of justice, not propagation of this or that religious point of view.