Prior to joining Liberty University School of Law in 2006, Rena Lindevaldsen served as Senior Litigation Counsel to Liberty Counsel, a nonprofit litigation and education organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, and traditional family. She presently serves as Special Counsel to Liberty Counsel. At the law school, she teaches Foundations of Law, Family Law, First Amendment Law, Lawyering Skills, Appellate Advocacy, Federal Jurisdiciton, and the Constitutional Litigation Clinic. At Liberty Counsel, she was actively involved in efforts throughout the country to preserve traditional marriage through litigation, legislation, and constitutional amendments. She filed the first lawsuit to enjoin San Francisco’s efforts to “marry” same-sex couples and obtained two orders enjoining public officials in New York from officiating same-sex unions. She successfully challenged New York City’s decision to publicly fund a high school for homosexual students and a Maryland school board’s decision to implement sex education curriculum that presented materials hostile to conservative, religious beliefs. She was part of the legal team defending Lisa Miller, a woman who was embroiled in interstate litigation with her former same-sex partner over the right to parent her biological child. That litigation was a test case in the nation for the strength of the federal DOMA and state marriage amendments. Through the law school’s Constitutional Litigation Clinic and her ongoing relationship with Liberty Counsel, she continues to be involved in litigation that advances religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, and traditional family as she supervises students who are committed to restoring the moral foundations of law.
Articles
The Fallacy of Neutrality from Beginning to End: The Battle Between Religious Liberties and Rights Based on Homosexual Conduct, Liberty University Law Review (2010)
The Bible plainly states that everyone must either "bring every thought into captivity to the...
Same-Sex Relationships and the Full Faith and Credit Clause: Reducing America to the Lowest Common Denominator, William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law (2009)
This Article examines the legal and policy implications that arise when a state that expressly...
Sacrificing Motherhood on the Altar of Political Correctness: Declaring a Legal Stranger to be a Parent Over the Objections of the Child's Biological Parent, Regent University Law Review (2008)
This Article examines the legal and policy implications that arise when two women involved in...
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Holding Schools Accountable for their Sex-ed Curricula, Faculty Publications and Presentations (2011)
This article examines the legal and policy implications that arise when a school district decides...
Same-sex Relationships and the Full Faith and Credit Clause: Reducing America to the Lowest Common Denominator, Faculty Publications and Presentations (2009)
This Article examines the legal and policy implications that arise when a state that expressly...