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MISSION
The Christian Legal
Society is a resource center for Christian law students, legal scholars, and
practitioners who desire to integrate their faith with the study and practice
of law.
The mission of CLS is to train and 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
Goals
- Spiritual
Formation: Cultivating
spiritual growth through communal prayer, fellowship, and worship;
learning to share one's faith; and devotional study of the Bible and
classic Christian works.
- Compassionate Outreach: Showing the love of Christ to the campus
community by proclaiming the gospel in word and in deed, such as through
a life of integrity and charitable good works, or as Martin Luther put
it, "to be as Christ to our neighbor."
- Christian Calling: Addressing the question, "What does it
mean to be a Christian in law?", that is, submitting every aspect
of one's calling in the legal profession to Christ's authority.
Scriptural
basis for Goals
“Love the Lord your God with
all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the
first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your
neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two
commandments." Matt. 22:37-40
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