Religious Liberty Clinic Enjoys Dynamic Winter Term

Religious Liberty Clinic Enjoys Dynamic Winter Term

The Religious Liberty Clinic recently wrapped up one of its most active litigation quarters to date. Students represented clients from a variety of faith backgrounds, and engaged in activities ranging from drafting civil-rights complaints and working with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, to taking depositions and mediating before a federal judge, to filing an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Among their matters, students filed a civil-rights lawsuit on behalf of a Hare Krishna temple; took six depositions and defended two more in separate cases involving the right of Seventh-day Adventists to abstain from Sabbath labor; worked with the EEOC, a federal magistrate, and the state attorney general to resolve cases of discrimination against other religious minorities; and filed a brief at the Supreme Court in support of religious exercise in prison. The trial-level cases continue, but the students look forward to successful results for their clients – whether before or after trials new RLC students would handle next year.

The students who worked on these matters were Micah Bluming (JD ’16), Ken Daines (JD ’17), Trevor Ezell (JD ’17), Mary Huang (JD ’17), James Morris (JD ’17), Olga Musayev (JD ’17), Christina Neitzey (JD ’17) and John Noh (JD ’17).