An American law professor from Regent University School of Law offers his thoughts on the core elements and benefits of a Christian legal education that apply in any context.

Professor Stern provides particularly helpful guidance on how biblical integration can foster biblical analysis. He also offers his thoughts on the important of teaching the practice of law as a form of ministry.

The essay is a reflection based on the anonymous author’s experience teaching potentially “preachy” subjects of Jurisprudence and Ethics to explore the challenges of balancing and relationship between teaching the law and discipling young people in a Christian law school.

The goal of the paper is not to provide a sure-fire script for success, but rather to encourage inspired reflection on how teaching can be an avenue for Christian discipleship without compromising the legal learning process.

Christian law schools find themselves at a critical juncture. Faced with the rising tide of secularism and a sense of Christianity’s inevitable decline, these law schools must strategically assess their role and potential in society. 

In 2017, the American pundit Rod Dreher published The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation. Taking inspiration from Dreher’s book, this article assesses the potential of Benedictine practices for equipping law students to impact legal systems and the wider world.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ should make Christian institutions distinctive. When it comes to Christian law schools, there are countless opportunities for the Gospel to make a unique and transformative impacts. This essay presents particular ways that the Gospel can inspire and shape legal clinical service initiatives in African contexts.

Clinical service projects are highly practical endeavors. The provide students hands-on experiences while offering tangible benefits to community members. This essay is true to the practical quality of its subject matter; it provides real world examples of the integration of Gospel truths in clinical learning opportunities. These examples come from the authors’ own experiences in leading a clinical legal education program at Uganda Christian University.

Christian educators should be leading the way in research regarding corruption. Investigating its causes, effects and nature all in a bid to effectively eradicate Africa of the same.

Corruption is a cancer for which there is a remedy; the renewal of our minds. The renewal of our minds to a state that cherishes justice, proper stewardship, equity and integrity while actively hating all form of abuse, mismanagement, oppression and injustice. It is my submission that this is an excellent opportunity for the Christian educators especially those teaching the more obvious leaders, the lawyers, to be a part of the remedy

This is an interview with Romeo Asingya Gratia in his capacity as the Coordinator of the Faculty of Law at Université Chrétienne Bilingue du Congo (UCBC). 

UCBC applies a Christian approach to legal education to offer the DRC and the world not only men and women who are aware of their responsibilities, but those who fear God in the exercise of their professional responsibilities. Its vision is to train a new generation of lawyers transformed in the image of Christ to then impact their professions by their lifestyle inspired by Christian values.

The rule of law hinges on the regard that people have for the justice sector. When people believe that courts draft their rulings for the highest bidder, people will choose to resolve their differences outside of the court system. Justice becomes “the persuasion of the strong.” (Plato’s Republic)

Christian law schools are uniquely equipped to address matters of purpose, spirit and moral commitment. They have inherent capacities to combat the heart conditions behind greed and graft. These institutions are founded on a worldview that offers intellectual grounding to resist financial corruption.

This article by Tuhairwe Herman offers ways that a Christian legal education can combat the impact of mammon and financial corruption on legal systems and society in general.