One of our favorite law students in America, Adam Key, is in the news once again. As you may recall, Key is a 2L at Regent Law School, the private, Christian law school in Virginia, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson.

Key is currently at war with the Regent administration over free speech issues. The university suspended him. In November 2007, he filed a lawsuit in federal court against the university, claiming violation of his free speech rights.

Now Key has filed a complaint with the American Bar Association, seeking to revoke Regent Law's accreditation by the ABA. For coverage, check out the Houston Chronicle and the Texas Lawyer.

We recently corresponded with Adam Key over instant messenger about the ABA complaint he just filed (among other topics). If you might be interested, you can read excerpts from our IM conversation below the fold.

P.S. With respect to the title of this post, our favorite Regent Law School student or graduate is Monica Goodling, of course. If you're on Facebook, join her fan club.

ABA Asked to Examine Accreditation of Pat Robertson's Law School [Texas Lawyer]
Spring man asks ABA to help him [Houston Chronicle]

(Yes, this is old news. But as we explained earlier, today is Remedial Blogging Day at ATL.)

Surely you recall Adam M. Key, the 2L at Regent University School of Law who's engaged in a public battle with the law school administration over free speech issues. For background on his story, in case you haven't been following it, read this ABC News story. Or ATL's two-part interview with Mr. Key, available here and here.

Anyway, even if Adam Key isn't in law school right now -- he's been suspended -- he is back in the news. From the ABA Journal:

A Regent University law student has sued the school for suspending him after he posted an online photo of school president Pat Robertson with his middle finger extended [above right]. Robertson was scratching his face with his middle finger in the photo, posted on student Adam Key’s Facebook page, but the gesture appeared to be obscene.

The suit, filed in federal court in Houston where Key lives, claims the school suspended Key without notice or an opportunity to be heard. The Virginian-Pilot puts the period of Key’s suspension at one year while the Tex Parte blog says it is two years.

More after the jump.

In case you haven't noticed, we've been experiencing technical difficulties around here (due to unusually high site traffic today). We've actually been trying to post new material for a while, but without success until now. Tech folks are investigating the problems, and hopefully things will return to normal shortly.

We're now pleased to bring the second half of our interview with Adam Key, the Regent Law School second-year student who has found himself in a bit of hot water. Background on the controversy, a free-speech dispute between Key and the Regent administration, is available here and here.

The first part of our interview with Adam Key is accessible here. The balance of the interview -- in which Adam Key reveals his professional wrestling nickname, talks about his new book, and discusses his Regent sister, Monica Goodling -- appears after the jump.

Late last night, we conducted an interview (over instant messenger) with Adam Key, a 2L at Regent University School of Law who's now engaged in a public battle with the law school administration over free speech issues. For background on his story, in case you haven't been following it, see here and here.

We enjoyed our conversation with Adam Key, who impressed us as a highly articulate, intelligent, and thoughtful individual. Here's the first half of the interview; the second will appear this afternoon.

Thanks for agreeing to chat!

You're totally welcome.

What’s the current state of play between you and Regent? The last we read, they were making you undergo this mental health evaluation.

The current state is that Regent has suspended me and banned me from campus pending a forced psychiatric evaluation, but only by a physician approved by them. This move is reminiscent of tactics used by Hitler and Stalin to discredit those who opposed them with legitimate arguments by declaring them insane.

Wow, so they pick the physician? Seems pretty dubious. But are you going to agree – what choice do you have?

That's correct. Keep in mind, this is the same school that published law review articles relying on sources like Paul Cameron, the man kicked out of the American Psychological Association for deliberately falsifying data in order to further his cause. I would gladly consider an evaluation by a legitimate psychiatrist that is entirely unaffiliated with Regent.

However, as I have repeatedly emphasized, I will undergo this psychiatric exam after Regent forces Pat Robertson to undergo one. Truly, what's crazier... disagreeing with the administration, or hearing voices that tell you about hurricanes that don't happen, and the impending apocalypse?

Ha, excellent line (re: Robertson).

Yeah, I can't believe Pat thinks I'm crazy.

More after the jump.

Last week, we brought you the tale of Adam Key, a heavily tattooed 2L fighting the powers that be at Regent University School of Law.

Now, here's an update, from the Virginian-Pilot:

A Regent University law student who posted an unflattering photo of Regent President Pat Robertson on his Facebook page has been indefinitely suspended pending a psychiatric evaluation.

Adam M. Key was told by a dean in an e-mail Friday that he was concerned about Key's "emotional well-being" and that several students have recently expressed concern about Key's "interpersonal behavior."

The students "have reported, among other things, that you said that you brought a gun on campus, which is a violation of University policy," said the e-mail, signed by L.O. Natt Gantt, the law school's associate dean for student affairs.

But Key -- who, by the way, appears to have commented on our last post -- says this is a bunch of b.s. completely untrue:

Key said he has never brought a gun on campus or told fellow students that he had. "I've never owned or carried a gun," he said....

"This is an effort to discredit me by drawing attention draw away from" the free-speech issue, Key said Friday. "It's insulting to imply that someone who has different opinions from the university is emotionally unstable."

A little bit more, after the jump.

The most famous student or graduate of Regent University School of Law, the conservative law school founded by the American televangelist Pat Robertson, is probably the fabulous Monica Goodling. If you're on Facebook, you can join her fan club here.

But a husky, heavily tattooed freak-show 2L is giving La Goodling a run for her money. From the Virginian-Pilot:

Regent University officials have threatened to discipline a law student for posting on his Facebook page an unflattering photo of Regent President Pat Robertson.

The student, Adam M. Key, defended his action as constitutionally protected free speech in a 14-page legal brief he presented to the dean of the law school.

Regent officials gave Key two choices: publicly apologize for posting the picture and refrain from commenting about the matter in a “public medium,” or write a brief defending the posting. He faces punishment that could include expulsion.

Key, a second-year law student, said he refused to apologize and “be muzzled” by the university, so he composed the document, which includes citations from noted First Amendment cases.

More after the jump.