To our friends of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, 
       This special edition of the Newsletter of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS) at J. Reuben Clark Law School has been created for you, to inform you of activities of the Center that might be of interest to you, and to invite you to join with us in our upcoming 16th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium, in person at the Law School, or by receiving the live broadcast of the opening session on Sunday evening, 4 October 2009.
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From its beginnings, the Center has received offers of volunteer service by persons anxious to help with the work of religious freedom. As the work of the Center has expanded to include many areas of the world, our opportunities for service have likewise expanded. With the newly enhanced capabilities of our websites and databases, opportunities exist for technical development projects, collaborating with members of the religious freedom communities in other countries, and monitoring and reporting on current events around the world. To more effectively match these opportunities with ...More

The opening session of the 16th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium will be broadcast live from the Moot Court Room of the J. Reuben Clark Law School on the campus of Brigham Young University, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time (GMT-6), on Sunday, 4 October 2009. The session, featuring addresses by honored guests Anastasia Crickley, Chairperson of the European Union Fundamental ...More

The Sixteenth Annual International Law and Religion Symposium, "Connecting Communities of Discourse: How the Judiciary, Academia, Government, and International Institutions Further the Work of Religious Freedom," will bring together leading experts - scholars, judges, and government and religious leaders - from more than 40 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, North and South America, and the Pacific to discuss challenges and successes in implementing principles of religious liberty. The Symposium will convene at Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark ...More

The Keynote speakers for this year's Symposium have devoted their careers to the cause of human rights. Anastasia Crickley, Chair of the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency, is Head of the Department of Applied Social Studies at National University of Ireland Maynooth, which plays a leading role in education and training for social justice and rights work. Pius Nkonzo Langa is just this month finishing his term as Chief Justice of the South Africa Constitutional Court.
       In October 1994, Pius Langa was one of 11 judges ...More