Scandal puts spotlight on Christian law school

[danarhea]

We are talking about Regent University School of Law, founded by nut case Pat Robertson, of course, after Oral Roberts University Law School (founded by another nut case) shut down, and gave its own law library to Robertson.

150 of Bush's appointees have come from that school, in which the majority of graduates have been unable to pass the bar exam, where the subject in a course on Constitutional law was about sin, and the school is ranked by the American Bar Association and "tier 4" (the lowest of all levels of competence). It produced Monica Goodling, who had no prosecutorial experience, and who President Bush put in charge of all US prosecutors.

Today, Monica Goodling, after resigning, has obtained a lawyer to help defend her from the upcoming investigation. Who did she pick? Did it come from Pat Robertson University? No. Her defense lawyer came from a REAL law school, not the glorified diploma mill that President Bush recruits from.

Article is here.

One final note: My attack here is not on a Christian, since Robertson is to "Christian" what Gomer Pyle is to "Theoretical Physicist".

 

[Spartacus FPV]

Figures, got any dirt on the so-called "Liberty University?" (Thats Jerry Fallwell's)

 

[RightinNYC]

This is pretty awful research and writing done by this "journalist."

First, they completely missed the incredibly important fact that Regent University =/= Regent University School of Law. Regent University claimed on their website that they had 150 grads in the Bush Administration (without citing a source). The law school, which is the target of the article, made no such claim and is in fact a very small part of the university as a whole.

Secondly, they make the law school seem awful, when in reality it's nowhere near that bad. For a new law school, its actually quite outstanding.

-Winner of American Bar Association’s 2007 Negotiation Competition, succeeding Harvard

-Winner of American Bar Association’s 2006 National Moot Court Championship, previously won by Yale

That's not something that a Fourth Tier School typically does. While the school might have lower median numbers than higher ranked schools, there are also many, many students who are qualified to attend top schools but decide to go to Regent because of religious beliefs. The writer's implication that everyone who attends the school is an idiot is completely untrue.

 

[PeteEU]

The writer's implication that everyone who attends the school is an idiot is completely untrue.

I dunno.. anyone attending religious based higher learning is an idiot if you ask me... the world is flat!! the sun revolves around the Earth! and all that jazz :lol:

 

[RightinNYC]

I dunno.. anyone attending religious based higher learning is an idiot if you ask me... the world is flat!! the sun revolves around the Earth! and all that jazz :lol:

If you really think thats what they teach at these types of schools, I've got a great chunk of beachfront property in Louisiana to sell you...:lol: