2017 Religious Freedom Annual Review: Interviews, News Coverage
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.
Watch this space for links to recordings and photographs of the event. And please see the links below for radio interviews with participants and local news coverage.
Among the highlights of this outstanding event were a keynote address by Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, followed by an opening General Session featuring addresses by Brett G. Scharffs, Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies (whose title was “Religious Freedom as an Article of Faith”) and Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, President of the Lantos Foundation and former…
The Religious Freedom Annual Review: Provo, Utah, 7-8 July 2016
The 2016 Religious Freedom Annual Review of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS) has concluded at Brigham Young University. Keynote speakers for the event, which took place 7-8 July 2016 in BYU Conference Center, were Elder Lance B. Wickman, General Counsel and Emeritus General Authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who opened the conference with an address “Promoting Religious Freedom in a Secular Age: Fundamental Principles, Practical Priorities, and Fairness for All”; and Matthew S. Holland, President, Utah Valley University, whose remarks were titled “Religious Liberty v. Secularity: Is the American Founding Still Useful?“
To access the recordings and photos from the July 2016 Religious Freedom Annual Review, please click here.  …
Religious Freedom Annual Review 2015: “Fairness for All”
Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert, Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson of the University of Illinois College of Law, and Director W. Cole Durham Jr. of BYU Law School’s International Center for Law and Religion Studies were among the experts participating in the 2015 Religious Freedom Annual Review,” Fairness for All,” sponsored by the Center and hosted July 6-8 by BYU Continuing Education.
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The purpose of the event was to provide an update for lawyers and nonlawyers on religious freedom challenges in the…
Religious Freedom Annual Review Inaugural: Religious Freedom in a Secular World
Experts on the law and religious freedom spoke at the conference “Religious Freedom in a Secular World,” at the Brigham Young University Conference Center 7-9 July 2014. This was the inaugural conference of what will become the Religious Freedom Annual Review, providining up-to-date information on the status of laws impacting religious freedom in the United States and around the world. CLE credit is available for lawyers in attendance at these events.
The faculty of the BYU International Center for Law and Religion Studies and selected experts including William F. Atkin, Thomas C. Berg, Michael W. Durham, Alexander Dushku, J. Clifton Fleming, Frederick Mark Gedicks, Luke Goodrich, Brian Grim, David Hacker, Alan Hurst, Scott Isaacson, Michael A. Jensen, Richard Moon, David Moore, Steven M. Sandberg…