Alumni Appointment & Clerkship
Regent Law graduates have entered private practice in law firms throughout the United States, and have secured positions as elected and appointed judges in numerous courts. Regent Law students have been particularly successful in securing highly competitive judicial clerkships. Many have also served in organizations devoted to public interest and constitutional law issues. Below is a sampling of where our alumni are employed.
Regent Law students have been particularly successful in securing highly competitive judicial clerkships. 47.6% of the Class of 2019 Honors Program graduates secured these. Judicial clerkships secured by our students to date include:
- United States Bankruptcy Courts
- United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- United States Court of Federal Claims
- United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- United States District Courts
Nationwide:
- State Courts of Appeals
- State District Courts
- State Circuit Courts
- Family Courts
- Juvenile & Domestic Relations Courts
State Supreme Courts:
- Alabama
- Arizona
- California
- Florida
- Hawaii
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Montana
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
Regent Law graduates have also entered private practice, including the following law firms:
- Balch & Bingham, LLP (Alabama)
- Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O’Keefe & Nichols (California)
- Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC (Tennessee)
- Clark & Ward (Kentucky)
- Cooper Levenson, PA (New Jersey)
- Cooper & Scully, PC (Texas)
- Covington & Burling (Washington, D.C.)
- Fowler Rodriguez & Chalos (Florida)
- George Yates & Assoc. (Virginia)
- Glasser & Glasser, PLC (Virginia)
- Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, PLLC (Kentucky)
- Hirschler Fleischer (Virginia)
- Huff, Poole & Mahoney, PC (Virginia)
- Hunton & Williams (Virginia)
- Ice Miller (Indiana)
- Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, PC (Virginia)
- Jones Day (California)
- Katten Muchin Rosenman (North Carolina)
- Kaufman & Canoles (Virginia)
- Keating Muething & Klekamp (Ohio)
- Kemp Smith, LLP (Texas)
- Kirkland & Ellis, LLP (Washington, D.C.)
- Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner, DeNardis & Valitutti (Michigan)
- McKenna Long & Aldridge (Washington, D.C.)
- Midkiff, Munice & Ross, PC (Virginia)
- Morgan Lewis (Washington, D.C.)
- Morris York Williams Surles & Barringer (North Carolina)
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP (South Carolina)
- Oliff & Berridge, PLC (Virginia)
- Otto & Lorence Law Firm (Iowa)
- Patten, Wornom, Hatten & Diamonstein, LC (Virginia)
- Patton Boggs, LLP (Washington, D.C.)
- Pender & Coward (Virginia)
- Reinhart Boerner Van Deuran (Wisconsin)
- Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, PC (Maryland)
- Shook, Hardy & Bacon (Missouri)
- Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC (Arizona)
- Spector Gadon & Rosen, PC (Pennsylvania)
- Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC (Virginia)
- Stinson Morrison Hecker, LLP (Kansas)
- Taylor & Walker, PC (Virginia)
- Vandeventer Black, LLP (Virginia)
- Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek, SC (Wisconsin)
- Willcox & Savage (Virginia)
- Williams Mullen (Virginia)
- Winstead Sechrest & Minick, PC (Texas)
- Wolcott Rivers Gates (Virginia)
Regent alumni also serve as elected and appointed judges, including:
- District Court Judge; Kenensville, N.C.
- District Court Judge; Lexington, N.C.
- Court of Appeals; Raleigh, N.C.
- County Domestic Relations Court Judge; Mansfield, Ohio
- Circuit Court Judge; Pendleton, Ore.
- County Court at Law Judge; Del Rio, Texas
- County Court at Law Judge; Waxahachie, Texas
- General District Court Judge; Lovingston, Va.
- Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court Judge; Newport News, Va.
- General District Court Judge; Virginia Beach, Va.
Many Regent Law students, responding to a call in public interest or constitutional law, have served at the following organizations:
- Alliance Defense Fund
- American Center for Law and Justice
- American Family Association
- Community Defense Counsel
- Concerned Women for America
- Family Law Assistance Program
- Free Congress Foundation
- Center for Law & Justice
- Home School Legal Defense Association
- Jubilee Campaign, USA
- Judicial Watch, Inc.
- Just Law International, Inc.
- National Legal Foundation
- Oklahomans for Children & Family
- Southern Alleghenies Legal Aid
- Samaritan House
- Tidewater Legal Aid
Equal Opportunity Statement
Regent University School of Law firmly expects that employers will observe the principles of non-discrimination and equality of opportunity with respect to classifications protected by law, in regard to hiring, promotion, retention, and conditions of employment.
Success Story
“Regent Law’s writing program particularly taught me one of the most important skills of an attorney: the art of objectivity and persuasion through the use of the pen. Regent also prepared me well for both my state and federal post-graduate judicial clerkships.“
— Rebecca Garcia, J.D., Class of 2019, Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit