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Redeeming Law (December10,2k11)
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This is the last video of a series of three.
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Advice on the Nuts & Bolts 

of the Law School Application

Michael P. Schutt directs the Institute for Christian Legal Studies, a cooperative ministry of Regent University School of Law and the Christian Legal Society, whose goal is to encourage Christian law students, law professors, and practicing lawyers to seek and study Biblical truth, including the natural law tradition, as it relates to law and legal institutions, and to encourage them toward spiritual growth, compassionate outreach to the poor and needy, and the integration of faith with learning, teaching, and legal practice.

Stephen Bretsen holds his JD degree (Doctor of Jurisprudence) from the University of Colorado (1986) and his earlier BA in Government from the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, Virginia).  Dr. Bretsen is a professor at Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois, USA) where he is the William Volkman Professor of Business and Law, and Professor of Business and Law, Associate Professor of Business and Law, Department Chair, and Pre-Law Advisor.  Prior to accepting a position at Wheaton College, Steve was an in-house attorney and a director-level corporate development executive for several publicly traded companies. His activities focused on mergers and acquisitions, domestic and cross-border commercial transactions, venture capital equity investments, corporate law, and antitrust law. Steve is using his professional experience to teach business and courses from a Christian perspective.

His current research interests include:  Current water law, business as mission, and Christianity and the corporation.

His academic papers (published and presented) include:

Bretsen, Stephen N. and Peter J. Hill, "Water Rights and the Anticommons," in Aquanomics, eds. Randy Simmons and B. Delworth Gardner (Oakland, CA: Independent Institute, 2011) (forthcoming).

Bretsen, Stephen N., "In Competition with Godless Hoards: Are Some Strategic Approaches More Appropriate for a Faithful Business?," The Journal of Biblical Integration in Business, 13 (2011): 110-127.

Bretsen, Stephen N., “Rainwater Harvesting Under Colorado’s Prior Appropriation Doctrine: Property Rights and Takings,” Fordham Environmental Law Review, 22, no. 2 (Spring 2011): 159-232. 

Bretsen, Stephen N. and Peter J. Hill, "Water Markets as a Tragedy of the Anticommons," William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, 33, no. 3 (2009: 723-783).

Bretsen, Stephen N., "The Creation, the Kingdom of God, and a Theory of the Faithful Corporation," Christian Scholar's Review, 38, no. 1 (Fall 2008): 115-54.

Bretsen, Stephen N. and Peter J. Hill, "Irrigation Institutions in the American West," UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, 25, no. 2 (2006/2007): 283-331.

Bretsen, Stephen N., "The Faithful Buisness as a Publicly Traded Corporation - Testing the Outer Limits of Corporate Law," The Journal of Bilblical Integration in Business, 1, no. 1 (Fall 2006): 42-80.

Bretsen, Stephen N., "Bringing the Appellate Court to the Classroom," Christian Business Academy Review, 1, no. 1 (Spring 2006): 57-63.