How bad do you want to be a lawyer?

[Alpharetta]

Want it bad enough to impersonate a rightwing christian law student for 3 years?

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week903/feature.html

FEATURE:
Conservative Christian Law Schools
September 16, 2005 Episode no. 903

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BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Gay marriage and the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are two of many issues on which conservative Christians have strong views. Many of them want to change public policy and the law to better reflect their faith and, to that end in the last decade, they have founded three conservative Christian law schools. There are now more than 2,000 graduates of those schools at work in private practice and in government and politics. Lucky Severson reports.

UNIDENTIFIED PROFESSOR (praying): Heavenly Father, thou has placed me in a church which thy Son has purchased with his own blood.

Photo of Christian law class LUCKY SEVERSON: It's abundantly clear that this is not your typical law school. Each and every class at Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach begins with prayer. And it doesn't end there. This is Dean Jeffrey Brauch.

Dean JEFFREY BRAUCH (Regent University School of Law): We are adding something in addition to what you would get in another law school, and that is Christian thinking on the substance of law and Christian thinking on how to practice law.

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A leftie who would take up a seat at those types of schools and endure their pukefest for 3 years has my undying respect.

1. He/she kept another rightwing "Christian" nutjob lawyer out of law school. It's almost as good as a selective abortion, to keep that type of lawyer from even being born. Sweet!

2. He/she has the intestinal fortitude to infiltrate any rancid environment. The CIA should recruit this type of person.

[DU9598]

1. The Bar Exam

The Bar Exam is a great tool. These Fundies will be answering their bar exam questions based on biblical law, not common or statutory law and thus fail. It's a wonder these "schools" are even accredited and that their students can even sit for the bar exam.

[msrbly]

2. I attended a relatively conservative law school

I graduated from Valparaiso University School of Law. Valparaiso University (undergrad) is affiliated with the Lutheran Church (described on their website as "a community of learning dedicated to excellence and grounded in the Lutheran tradition of scholarship, freedom, and faith, prepares students to lead and serve in both church and society"). It was a very interesting learning environment for a liberal who grew up as a lutheran (not always agreeing with every teaching of the lutheran church). I am a Christian who appreciated the fact that we could discuss religion and ethics. I'm also open-minded enough to take what I needed out of the lectures and continue on my own path. Obviously Valpo isn't as crazy conservative as the law schools in the article (the law school encouraged drinking at every school function and even had a budget for hard liquor) but there were plenty of students in Lutherans for Life (anti abortion, anti choice) and the Federalist Society.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Is this outfit accredited?

It has to have at least minimum accreditation for its students to take a bar exam. I bet the AALS (the top law school accrediting agency) wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole. And the bar exams, especially the MSBA, will definitely weed out most of the graduates.

[MN ChimpH8R]

4. Can't believe these dimbulbs are ABA or AALS accredited

and its "graduates" are going to have one hell of a time with the bar exam.

[DBoon]

5. Their right wings friends will just change the bar exam to let them in

Can't "discriminate" against religion (in favor of competence).

They are trying to do the same thing with university biology departments and evolution.