{"id":655,"date":"2023-01-09T20:45:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T20:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tiu.edu\/law\/?page_id=655"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:50:24","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tiu.edu\/law\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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At its core, our community is shaped by our commitment to the Gospel \u2013 the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. We exist to serve Christ by championing a biblical view of human law and government through our students, graduates, faculty, and staff.<\/strong><\/p>

In 1980, a trio of Christian leaders \u2013 Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, Dr. Harold Lindsell, and Dr. Walter Martin \u2013 had a vision for an institution called the Simon Greenleaf School of Law. Their goal was the academic integration of law, human rights, and defense of the Christian faith. Eventually this school was renamed Simon Greenleaf University to reflect broader educational goals.<\/p>

In 1997, SGU joined Trinity International University and was renamed Trinity Law School. Trinity\u2019s broadly evangelical ethos includes many of the same emphases that accompanied the Law School\u2019s original founding in 1980, including the integration of the Christian faith and other disciplines such as law and the humanities.<\/p>

Trinity Law School is part of the Trinity International University family of schools. Trinity International University holds to the statement of faith of the Evangelical Free Church of America<\/a> (adopted 2019). The Evangelical Free Church of America is an association of autonomous churches united around these theological convictions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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We are here to model and to engender Christ centeredness in all that we do. The lordship of Christ should affect and be evident in every aspect of education, relationship, and endeavor at Trinity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe value service to the Church because we believe that the Church is God\u2019s central vehicle to accomplish his work in the world. Our vision for serving the Church is a global vision, just as God\u2019s vision for his Church is global. A particular value affecting Trinity\u2019s work is to identify and meet the educational needs of the EFCA.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe seek to be a learning community that operates by the ethics and values of the Kingdom of God. The makeup of the community should be a reflection of the breadth and diversity of the family of God. The way we treat people should be consistent with the morals, justice, compassion, humility, and love of our Lord. Interaction with students should both reflect an attitude of service to them as individuals and take advantage of opportunities for mentoring and modeling and personal development.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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