Students with an interest in religious lib erty law typically orient towards litigation - where there is indeed a grea t deal of activity\, much of it cutting-edge\, as the courts continue to wo rk out the contours of various legal doctrines and exemptions applicable to religious organizations and individuals. But there is also fascinating and important work to be done as in-house counsel to religious organizations. This work\, too\, is cutting-edge and exciting\; it requires a lawyer to be up-to-date on all of the latest court decisions and to exercise superb pra ctical judgment in real-life scenarios where faith-based organizations must make difficult and consequential decisions about how to operate consistent with the religious beliefs that animate them. Call it "religious liberty\, applied." Join Wasserstein Fellow Jennie Bradley L ichter as she offers students a window into practicing law as in-house counsel to faith-based organizations.
Lunch provided. Please RSVP bel ow! Open to the HLS community.
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Jennie Bradley Licht er is President of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund\, a pro-li fe organization best known for hosting the annual March for Life in Washing ton\, D.C. She also leads its sister organization\, March for Life Action. In the first Trump Administration\, Jennie served in the White House as a D eputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Dom estic Policy Council. In that role she supervised rulemaking and policy eff orts on a vast array of issues arising from the Departments of Education\, Labor\, Health & Human Services\, Justice\, Housing & Urban Development\, I nterior\, and others. Prior to her White House service\, Jennie worked on p olicy issues and federal judicial (including Supreme Court) confirmation ef forts in the Office of Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice. Jenn ie has worked in higher education as Deputy General Counsel for The Catholi c University of America\, where was also a Fellow at the Center for Religio us Liberty in the University’s Columbus School of Law. She previously serve d as in-house counsel for the Archdiocese of Washington\, and as an Issues & Appeals associate at Jones Day. Jennie clerked for Judge David B. Sentell e on the D.C. Circuit and for Judge Steven M. Colloton on the Eighth Circui t in Des Moines. Jennie graduated from the University of Notre Dame and fro m Harvard Law School and earned an M.Phil in Theology & Religious Studies f rom the University of Cambridge in the UK.
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