The 2017 Religious Freedom Annual Review, hosted by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS) of BYU Law School, took place 6-7 July 2017 at the Conference Center on the campus of Brigham Young University.
Press Coverage of the Event Radio interviews: Senator Flake Helen Easterling Williams Asma Uddin
Thursday, July 6, 2017
- Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
- Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
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- Jeff Flake, United States Senator
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- Moderator: W. Cole Durham, Jr., Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law, Brigham Young University; Founding Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies
- Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
- Katrina Lantos Swett, President, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice
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Workshop: How Broad is Religious Freedom? Constitutional & Legislative Protections
- Melissa Rogers, Nonresident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution
- Steven T. Collis, Partner, Holland & Hart LLP
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- Brian Farr, Past President, Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable and the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy; Board Member, Utah International Relations and Trade Commission
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- Derek H. Davis, Former Director, J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State, Baylor University
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- Candace Kay Andersen, Contra Costa County Supervisor, District 2 (California)
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- Brian J. Grim, President, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation
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- Moderator: Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
- Daniel Cox, Research Director, Public Religion Research Institute
- Asma Uddin, Director of Strategy, Center for Islam and Religious Freedom
- Michael P. Moreland, Professor of Law, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
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- Moderator: Gary B. Doxey, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
- Stanley Carlson-Thies, Founder and Senior Director, Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance
- Melissa Rogers, Nonresident Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution
- Alexander Dushku, Shareholder, Kirton & McConkie
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Friday, July 7, 2017
- Moderator: Jane Wise, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
- Helen Easterling Williams, EdD, Dean & Professor of Education, Pepperdine University
- William F. Atkin, Associate General Counsel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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- Moderator: Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
- John Jackson, President, William Jessup University
- Patrick Reilly, President, The Cardinal Newman Society
- Shapri LoMaglio, Vice President for Government Relations and Executive Programs, Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
- Steven M. Sandberg, Deputy General Counsel, Brigham Young University
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- Nathan Walker, Executive Director, Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute
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- Moderator: Steven M. Sandberg, Deputy General Counsel, Brigham Young University
- Elizabeth Darger, Associate Athletic Director (SWA), Brigham Young University
- Ally Isom, Director of Institutional Messaging, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Addison D. Jenkins, Student, Brigham Young University
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- Jeremiah Morgan, General Counsel, Supreme Court of Missouri
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- Silas Allard, Associate Director, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University
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- Samuel P. Nielson, Employee Rights Attorney, Session Kimball
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- Donald Holsinger, Co-director, Geneva Office for Human Rights Education
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- Moderator: Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
- Katrina Lantos Swett, President, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice
- W. Cole Durham, Jr., Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law, Brigham Young University; Founding Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies
- Kent Hill, Executive Director, Religious Freedom Institute (DC)
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- Brett G. Scharffs, Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, and Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
- Elizabeth A. Clark, Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University
- W. Cole Durham, Jr., Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law, Brigham Young University; Founding Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies
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