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Belmont University

College of Law

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

BELMONT LAW OFFERS CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS IN: Criminal Law Entertainment & Music Business

EXEMPLARY IN SCHOLARSHIP

Health Law TRAVIS BRANDON ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., M.S., J.D., Stanford University M.A., M.Phil., Yale University

INTRODUCING OUR TWO NEWEST JOURNALS:

“Fearful Asymmetry: How the Absence of Public Participation in Section 7 of the ESA Can Make the ‘Best Available Science’ Unavailable for Judicial Review?,­” Harv. Envtl. L. Rev. (2015).

LUCIAN E. DERVAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW

Health Law: Belmont Practitioner Guide to Health Law & Policy Belmont Criminal Law Journal

B.A., Davidson College J.D., Emory University School of Law “Voices on Innocence,” 68 Florida Law Review 1569 (2016). (with Richard A. Leo, Meghan J. Ryan, Valena E. Beety, Gregory M. Gilchrist, and William W. Berry III).

ALBERTO GONZALES DEAN AND DOYLE ROGERS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., Rice University J.D., Harvard Law School “Advancing Executive Branch Immigration Policy Through the Attorney General’s Review Authority,” Vol 101 IOWA L. REV. No. 3 (March 2016). (with Patrick Glen).

LYNN RIDGEWAY ZEHRT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., University of South Carolina J.D., University of Alabama School of Law LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center A Special Delivery: Litigating Pregnancy Accommodation Claims After the Supreme Court’s Decision in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc.,68 Rutgers U. L. Rev. 683 (2016).

BELMONT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS

...AND IN PRACTICE

94%

EMPLOYMENT RATE (overall for class of 2016)

DEBORAH FARRINGER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., University of San Diego J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School • Former Senior Associate General Counsel, Vanderbilt University • Board of Directors, Tennessee Justice Center • Advisory Committee, Tennessee Justice Center AskJane! Program • External Member, Vanderbilt University Conflicts of Interest Committee

VICTOR S. (TORRY) JOHNSON III UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR B.A., Hamilton College J.D., Vanderbilt University • Elected Former District Attorney of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County

LOREN MULRAINE

91%

2-Year Bar Passage Rate (Class of 2015 & 2016/first-time test takers)

124

FIELD PLACEMENTS COMPLETED during the 2016–17 academic year

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW B.A., University of Maryland, College Park J.D., Howard University School of Law • Vocalist on Grammy Award Winning project • Of Counsel in Entertainment Law – Bone McAllester Norton PLLC

HAROLD SEE PROFESSOR OF LAW

79.2% of the Class of 2017

Completed a Field Placement

B.A., Emporia State University M.S., Iowa State University J.D., University of Iowa College of Law • Elected Former Justice of Alabama Supreme Court

CHARLES TROST PROFESSOR OF LAW B.S., Vanderbilt University J.D., University of Alabama School of Law LL.M. New York University School of Law • Commissioner of Revenue for the state of TN • Reporter for the Uniform Law Commission

OVER

80

FIELD PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

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BELMONT UNIVERSITY

Named a

“MOST INNOVATIVE” UNIVERSITY by U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

Named as 2016 Institution

COMMITTED TO

DIVERSITY

Inaugural Siloam

HEALTH’S BRIDGE

BUILDER AWARD

13:1 STUDENT TO FACULTY RATIO

No. 6

Ranked in the Regional Universities South category

BELMONT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW MISSION STATEMENT The mission of Belmont University College of Law is to prepare qualified students with an excellent understanding of the law that will equip them to become professional counselors, advocates and judges; researchers, teachers and philosophers of the law; entrepreneurs; and engaged citizens. Belmont University College of Law is committed to the Christian tradition. We believe that instilling the highest standards of personal and professional conduct is our ethical and communal responsibility. We seek to ensure that the knowledge and values that we transmit to our students serve the ends of justice.

615.460.8400 | BELMONT.EDU/LAW Belmont University College of Law is committed to the principle of equal opportunity for all applicants for admission without regard to race, color, veteran status, religion, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability in the administration of educational policies, admission policies or financial aid.

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