Students have drafted briefs to the European Court of Human Rights, written legal memos to end land grabbing in Uganda, proposed legislation to combat child sacrifice, and helped do research to pass Virginia’s first every sex trafficking bill. Students work on legal projects for human rights organizations like ADF International, International Justice Mission, Shared Hope, the Uganda Attorney General, Advocates International, etc. The center also sponsors human rights courses and special events, and its student staff completes legal projects for human rights organizations. The center’s internship grant program helps students secure summer internships in the human rights field all over the world. The center equips Christian advocates to promote the rule of law and seek justice for the world’s downtrodden-the poor, the oppressed, and the enslaved-and serves and supports those already engaged in such advocacy. The Center for Global Justice was founded in 2010 due to the increasing number of Regent Law students believing God had called them to a legal career in human rights.
Our mentors represent a variety of practice and geographical legal communities around the country, but each seeks to support and encourage the center’s mission of fostering our students’ professional identity formation. To that end, the center has developed the Mentor Program to facilitate the ethical Christian character formation of Regent Law students. The center’s goal is to produce lawyers who have an understanding of the nature and purpose of the legal profession and are committed to the ethical practice of law. The Center for Ethical Formation & Legal Education Reform is committed to developing students’ professional identities. Center for Ethical Formation & Legal Education Reform They hire our students to work for pay or you can earn credit through our externship program. The ACLJ has an office on the fourth floor of our law school.
Sekulow, and other ACLJ attorneys also teach as part of the constitutional law course curriculum. Law students also have the opportunity to enroll in elective courses taught by Dr. Jay Sekulow the ACLJ operates on the Regent campus, providing law students with unparalleled opportunities to participate in current religious and civil liberties cases. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) is one of our nation’s most influential public interest law firms. Centers & Clinics American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)