No such thing as bad publicity?

The New York Times explores the new faith-based law school "movement" -- apparently consisting of Ave Maria, Regent, St. Thomas, and Liberty. The first three don't get a whole lot of attention in the article, primarily because they don't have Jerry Falwell ladling out quotes on their behalf. Falwell helpfully explains to the Times that "If our graduates wind up in the government, they'll be social and political conservatives. If they wind up as judges, they'll be presiding under the Bible." I have a difficult time believing that the folks at Liberty are sacrificing their time, talent, and treasure simply to create a cookie-cutter educational process churning out spitting images of Falwell, especially in light of this earlier post. But if they hope to capture the attention of the academy with a grander vision of the role faith can play in legal education, they should probably urge their founder to start keeping his own pipe dreams to himself.

Rob