A Little Facelift

If you have ever been on Regent’s campus you’ve undoubtedly seen the iconic eternal flame flickering outside of the CBN Studio Headquarters Building. It represents the innumerable souls that have been saved through God’s use of the Christian Broadcasting Network.

What was dedicated as an understated monument to evangelism recently underwent a little facelift. Instead of the sloping solid black base that peaked at the mouth of the flame, a simple, yet bold white silhouette of the globe has been painted over the black background. While this may seem an insignificant act of upkeep, it comes at quite the a propos time here in the law school.

As I type this, 12 Regent Law students are refusing to wait to change the world until after earning their degrees, but have instead fixed their faces like flints on God’s calling for their lives. From Richmond, Va. and San Diego, Ca., to Mexico City, Moscow, India, and South Korea, the 12 interns for the new Center for Global Justice are promoting the rule of law and seeking justice for the world's downtrodden. I could not help but think of these passionate and dedicated students as I walked by the flame that now seems to represent an entirely different aspect of Christ’s love.

The flame was built to represent the Love that saves from sin and death, and now the flame stands to represent the Love that frees from tyranny and oppression.

So next time you pass the flame I challenge you to not only thank God for the salvation of the souls of the people it depicts, but to ask Him for grace and justice for those who haven’t the strength to ask for themselves.


By Molly Eccles

Joint Chapel with South Korean Sister School

Tonight, Regent students will share a special time of fellowship with law students at Handong International Law School.

A joint chapel service - live at both Regent's Virginia Beach campus and at Handong's South Korea campus - is a treat for the schools that already share a special relationship.

Professors and students regularly swap campuses, and students at both schools work seamlessly to publish the Regent Journal of International Law.

11,800 Kilometers...

...and then some, from Virginia Beach to the Holy Land.

Since May 15 the photographer, Aaron Kaney, and other law students have been studying amidst the ancient places as part of Regent's Summer program in Israel.

Courses on Holy War and Just War in Islam and Israel and Issues of International Law and the State of Israel have been keeping the students busy between trips to places such as Bethlehem, a Palestinian refugee camp, the Sea of Galilee, and Golan Heights.

School's Out!

It's summertime -- which means a huge percentage of Regent's students are on the move. Some to strange lands (such as Texas) for clerkships, and others to even more distant lands for human rights internships, service projects, or study abroad programs.

Regent's study abroad programs include 5 weeks in Strasbourg, France. Strasbourg is home to the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe. In its 11th year, Regent's International Law & Human Rights program will draw over 40 students from Regent and other law schools for summer study in this intellectual capital of Alsace, France.

Above, the Centre of the city is adorned for the summer festivals.

Dean of Chinese Law School Visits Regent Law

The International Law Society welcomed guest of honor Chenguang Wang, Dean of Qing Hua University Law School in Beijing, China this week.

Dean Wang spoke on Monday and Tuesday to several groups of students, covering the questions Are Modern Trends Breaching the Great Wall? and Has Communism Conformed to Capitalism?

Israeli Lt. Col. Nir Nitzan Meets With Law Community

Israeli Defense Force Lieutenant Colonel Nir Nitzan addressed the law community on Middle East issues, relations between Jews and Arabs, Palestinian statehood, Israeli government, and the array of Israeli views on the new Presidential leadership of the U.S.

International Display

Regent’s Library Atrium consistently displays a flag to represent the resident nation of each student currently enrolled, or recently graduated. Australia, England, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, and Sweden, among others, currently fly.