Fall 2016 Ronald L. Fick Book Awards

REGENT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW PROUDLY PRESENTS THE

CEREMONY

SPRING AND SUMMER 2016 SEMESTER AWARDEES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

THE RONALD L. FICK BOOK AWARD CEREMONY SEPTEMBER 1, 2016 WELCOME AND INVOCATION MICHAEL V. HERNANDEZ DEAN

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKERS DEAN HERNANDEZ

REMARKS

MR. RONALD L. FICK SHAREHOLDER, ATTORNEY, DUNWODY WHITE & LANDON, P.A. PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

REMARKS

MR. WILLIAM A. LASCARA MANAGING SHAREHOLDER, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, PENDER & COWARD, P.C. VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA

INTRODUCTION OF EMCEE DEAN HERNANDEZ

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

THE HONORABLE PATRICIA L. WEST ASSOCIATE DEAN OF CAREER AND ALUMNI SERVICES

INTRODUCTION OF STUDENT TESTIMONIALS JUDGE WEST

DISMISSAL*

JUDGE WEST

ALL GUESTS ARE INVITED TO JOIN US FOR A LIGHT RECEPTION IN THE LOBBY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM. *Award winners, please remain in the Moot Court Room for photos before joining the reception.

AWARD RECIPIENTS – SPRING 2016 ADVANCED APPELLATE ADVOCACY I AND II – ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DYSART DANIEL ROULEAU ADVANCED EVIDENCE – PROFESSOR DUANE SARAH SCHMIDT ADVANCED TRIAL PRACTICE I – ADJUNCT PROFESSOR METCALFE JUSTIN BURCH BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS – PROFESSOR FOLSOM MICHAEL TIEFENBACK CIVIL PROCEDURE II – PROFESSOR MADISON (2 SECTIONS) LEAH OSWALD MORIAH SCHMIDT CONSTITUTIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JACOB SARAH SCHMIDT CONSTITUTIONAL LAW II – ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DYSART NOAH DIPASQUALE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW II – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JACOB BENJAMIN MITCHELL CONTRACTS II – VISITING PROFESSOR BERRYHILL (2 SECTIONS) PATRICK HAGEN LEAH OSWALD CRIMINAL LAW – PROFESSOR STERN JENNIFER GEBLER DRAFTING CONTRACTS – LECTURER MURPHY SEAN REILLY ELDER LAW – ADJUNCT PROFESSOR BUXTON KYLE BURCHAM EVIDENCE – PROFESSOR DUANE NEVIN BEILER

PENDER & COWARD

congratulates all of today’s Book Award winners.

AWARD RECIPIENTS – SPRING 2016 (CONTINUED) FAMILY LAW – ASSOCIATE DEAN KOHM RENEE KNUDSEN

Regent University would like to thank the Coca-Cola Bottling Company for their generous support of the Ronald L. Fick Book Award Ceremony.

FEDERAL CIVIL PRETRIAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – JUDGE MORGAN KATHLEEN KNUDSEN FUNDAMENTALS OF FIRST AMENDMENT LAW – ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DYSART ANDREW BUTLER HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND NATIONAL SECURITY – GENERAL ASHCROFT AND PROFESSOR BRAUCH MARIE DIENHART INSURANCE LAW – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WHITTICO JOSIAH LINDSTROM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – PROFESSOR FOLSOM RENEE KNUDSEN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE HUMAN RIGHTS – PROFESSOR BRAUCH SANDRA ALCAIDE JUVENILE LAW – JUDGE WEST CARTER BUDWELL LAW PRACTICE MANAGEMENT – ADJUNCT PROFESSOR JOHNSON SARAH NORRIS LEGAL ANALYSIS, RESEARCH, AND WRITING II – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BOLAND JOHN-MARK CICAN LEGAL ANALYSIS, RESEARCH, AND WRITING II – PRINCIPAL LECTURER KIRKLAND ELIZABETH BERRY LEGAL ANALYSIS, RESEARCH, AND WRITING II – ASSISTANT DEAN VAN ESSENDELFT AUDREY LYNN NATIONAL SECURITY LAW – LECTURER WALTON KATE SAWYER

AWARD RECIPIENTS – SPRING 2016 (CONTINUED) NEGOTIATIONS – PROFESSOR BRAUCH KATHRYN HEYER

THE RONALD L. FICK BOOK AWARD

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY – ASSOCIATE DEAN GANTT SARAH CHILD PROPERTY II – PROFESSOR DEGROFF (2 SECTIONS) BLAINE HUTCHISON JAMES RHYNE SALES – ASSOCIATE DEAN GANTT DANIEL ROULEAU SECURED TRANSACTIONS – ADJUNCT PROFESSOR BANKS KATE SAWYER SECURED TRANSACTIONS – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JACOB ANN HEGBERG STATE CIVIL PRETRIAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DAVIDS ALLEN ERVIN TORTS II – PROFESSOR HENSLER AUDREY LYNN TRIAL PRACTICE – JUDGE HUMPHREYS LORNA TRENT WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES – ADJUNCT PROFESSOR BRUCH MICHAEL AIELLO

Years ago, the publisher of American Jurisprudence (a legal encyclopedia) sponsored a series of awards recognizing students who received the highest grades in law school courses. Each award was in the form of a special book volume of the American Jurisprudence set, and hence the awards came to be known as “book awards.”

Regent Law has revived this tradition and named its book awards after the award founder and sponsor, Ronald L. Fick, Esquire, the father of Allison Fick, Regent Law Class of 2014. The logo for the Book Award is an eagle holding a book, drawn from Isaiah 40.31: [B]ut those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

The student with the highest grade receives an award plaque.

If the course is taught in multiple sections, each section has a recipient. We are honored to recognize the law firm of Pender & Coward for being a Program Sponsor this semester. We also give special thanks to Coca-Cola for their generous sponsorship of the Ronald L. Fick Book Award program this year.

The law school thanks Ronald L. Fick, Esquire, for his generous sponsorship of the Book Award Ceremony.

Mr. Fick is a shareholder of Dunwody White & Landon, P.A., of Palm Beach, Florida, and is a valued friend of the law school and university.

AWARD RECIPIENTS – SUMMER 2016 ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH & WRITING – ADJUNCT PROFESSOR HAMM MATTHEW MORSE CONSTITUTIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – ADJUNCT PROFESSOR VELLONEY AARON POMERANZ CONTRACTS I – PROFESSOR FOLSOM BRYAN PEEPLES CONTRACTS II – PROFESSOR FOLSOM BRYAN PEEPLES CRIMINAL LAW – ADJUNCT PROFESSOR BRUCH KRISTA SHEETS DRAFTING CONTRACTS – LECTURER MURPHY NEVIN BEILER EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION – PROFESSOR CAMERON JOHN WILSON INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA – PROFESSOR STERN MORIAH SCHMIDT NEGOTIATIONS – PROFESSOR DEGROFF JOSEPH SMITH NON-PROFIT, TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS – ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JACOB (2 SECTIONS) DENISA MUHAMETAJ AARON POMERANZ PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY – ASSOCIATE DEAN GANTT CRYSTAL LINEBERRY THE EAST AFRICAN LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: A COMPARATIVE INTRODUCTION – ADJUNCT PROFESSOR DENNISON MORIAH SCHMIDT

FULL-TIME TEACHING FACULTY THE HONORABLE JOHN ASHCROFT, Distinguished Professor of Law and Government A.B., Yale University; J.D., University of Chicago Law School JAMES M. BOLAND, Associate Professor; Director, Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing B.A., Wheaton College; J.D., Regent University School of Law JEFFREY A. BRAUCH, Professor; Executive Director, Center for Global Justice, Human Rights and the Rule of Law B.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison; J.D., University of Chicago Law School BRUCE N. CAMERON, Reed Larson Professor of Labor Law B.A., Andrews University; J.D., Emory University School of Law MARGARET L. CHRISTIANSEN, Director, Law Library B.S., William Woods College; J.D., Regent University School of Law; M.S.I.S., Florida State University DOUGLAS H. COOK, Professor; Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs B.A., Miami University; J.D., The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law JAMES A. DAVIDS, Associate Professor B.A., Calvin College; J.D., Duke University School of Law; Ph.D., Regent University ERIC A. DEGROFF, Professor B.A., University of Kansas; M.P.A., University of Southern California; J.D., Regent University School of Law JAMES J. DUANE, Professor B.A., Harvard University; J.D., Harvard Law School TESSA L. DYSART, Assistant Professor B.A., Willamette University; J.D., Harvard Law School THOMAS C. FOLSOM, Professor B.S., U.S. Air Force Academy; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center L. O. NATT GANTT, II, Associate Dean of Instructional and Curricular Affairs; Professor; Co-Director, Center for Ethical Formation & Legal Education Reform A.B., Duke University; J.D., Harvard Law School; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary CALEB N. GRIFFIN, Assistant Professor B.B.A., Oklahoma Christian University; J.D., Harvard Law School LOUIS W. HENSLER, III, Professor B.A., Bob Jones University; J.D., University of Chicago Law School MICHAEL V. HERNANDEZ, Dean and Professor B.A., University of Virginia; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law BRADLEY P. JACOB, Associate Professor B.A., University of Delaware; J.D., University of Chicago Law School

JANIS L. KIRKLAND, Principal Lecturer; Director, Wealth Management Concentration, M.A. Program; Assistant Director, Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing Program B.S., College of William and Mary; J.D., T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond LYNNE MARIE KOHM, Associate Dean of Faculty Development and External Affairs; John Brown McCarty Professor of Family Law B.A., State University of New York at Albany; J.D., Syracuse University College of Law BENJAMIN V. MADISON, III, Professor; Co-Director, Center for Ethical Formation and Legal Education Reform; Director, Center for Advocacy B.A., Randolph-Macon College; M.A., College of William and Mary; J.D., College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law KATHLEEN A. MCKEE, Associate Professor; Director, LL.M. Programs; Director, Civil Practice Clinic B.A., State University of New York at Albany; J.D., Columbus School of Law, Catholic University; LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center JAMES E. MURPHY, Lecturer; Director of the M.A. Program; Business Affairs Manager B.A., University of Iowa; J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law MICHAEL P. SCHUTT, Associate Professor; Global Recruiter B.A., Stephen F. Austin State University; J.D., University of Texas School of Law JAY A. SEKULOW, Distinguished Professor of Law B.A., Mercer University; J.D., Mercer University School of Law; Ph.D., Regent University RANDY D. SINGER, Attorney-in-Residence B.A., Houghton College; J.D., College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law CRAIG A. STERN, Professor; Director, Honors Program B.A., Yale University; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law KIMBERLY R. VAN ESSENDELFT, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs; Principal Lecturer B.A., University of Virginia; J.D., College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law S. ERNIE WALTON, Lecturer; Academic and Administrative Director, Center for Global Justice, Human Rights, and the Rule of Law B.S., Houghton College; J.D., Regent University School of Law THE HONORABLE PATRICIA L. WEST, Associate Dean of Career and Alumni Services; Distinguished Professor B.A., College of William and Mary; J.D., College of William and Mary, MarshallWythe School of Law GLORIA A. WHITTICO, Associate Professor; Director, Academic Success Program A.B., College of William and Mary; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law