Associate Dean Natt Gantt presented at the Spring 2019 Virginia Lawyers Helping Lawyers meeting last week on "High Rates of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues Among Young Attorneys: What This Means to the Profession and Law Schools." Read more: https://t.co/l8xDnsHIVo
New Rubrics Available to Help Law Schools that Have Adopted Learning Outcomes Related to Professional Identity Formation https://t.co/B0uYKsZVpp via @CELTLawBlog
Last week, Virginia law school deans gathered at @UVALaw for the First Annual Law Student Wellness Summit. @RegentLaw's Interim Dean Cook participated in a panel on issues in professional formation, moderated by Justice William C. Mimms. Watch here: https://t.co/nqB4OndFM3.
Heartbreaking. "While some law firms are taking steps to address depression and other mental health problems, lawyers are still more likely to kill themselves than workers in most other professions."
https://t.co/R0IIqzlFvi via @AmericanLawyer
What steps can law schools take?
Last year, 45% of our JD students participated in a voluntary mentor program to receive an attorney or judge mentor. Excited to see if we will beat our numbers this year! https://t.co/yTMfZa60GN
“Lawyers today face daunting challenges from the risk of data breaches and cyber attacks that can lead to disclosure of client confidences.”
ABA ethics opinion offers guidance on data breaches https://t.co/sb1avlqnFf via @ABAJournal
After weeks of working with our #VirginiaBarExam takers, leading 9 weekly prayer breakfasts for them, and co-teaching a 30-hour bar exam essay review course, @RegentCEFLER co-director @madisonben drove to Roanoke to join @RegentLaw alumni for a lunch break and some encouragement!
Glad to have finished our first round of assessments of the two Program Learning Outcomes related to legal research and writing on which many of at Regent Law School have worked for the last two years https://t.co/yt4HTTFLZi describes that process
Proud of @RegentLaw grad Mark Maxwell ('98) for his recent talk at a Nashville TEDx Youth Event. Even prouder that he identifies himself on his website as a Christian with a history of "integrity," "excellence," and "impeccable ethics": https://t.co/6NREAcVzyy.
"The medical profession does not try to teach surgery simply with books; more than 80 percent of all medical teaching is done by practicing physicians and surgeons. Similarly, trial advocacy must be learned from trial advocates."