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Seamus Hasson receives ICLRS’s Religious Liberty Award

January 10, 2012

The Becket Fund’s founder and former president Kevin J. “Seamus” Hasson was honored as the 2011 ICLRS’s Religious Liberty Award recipient at the historic Mayflower Hotel on October 6, 2011. Senior Counsel Hannah Smith paid tribute to Seamus’s lifetime of achievements in defending religious liberty for people of all faiths; Seamus has been called a “Knight [...]

Seamus Hasson receives ICLRS’s Religious Liberty Award

Senior Counsel Hannah Smith spoke to the J. Reuben Clark Law Society Dallas Chapter on November 9, 2011.  Ms. Smith spoke to fellow lawyers about recent developments in the areas of religious autonomy (including the Becket Fund’s pending case before the U.S. Supreme Court, EEOC v. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School), conscientious objection (including [...]

Seamus Hasson receives ICLRS’s Religious Liberty Award

Senior Counsel Hannah Smith spoke at the Federalist Society’s Student Chapter at Brigham Young University Law School on September 1, 2011.  Ms. Smith spoke to the students about the Becket Fund’s pending case before the U.S. Supreme Court — EEOC v. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School.

Luke Goodrich to speak at Fourth Annual J. Reuben Clark Law Society Faculty Section Conference

December 31, 2011

Luke Goodrich will speak at the Fourth Annual J. Reuben Clark Law Society Faculty Section Conference, Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 3:00-4:10, at Washington College of Law, American University.

Save the Date for the Seventeenth Anniversary Canterbury Medal Dinner

December 5, 2011

Join us for a historic evening honoring our founder and President Emeritus Seamus Hasson.

Luke Goodrich to speak at the 36th Annual Presidents Conference of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities

Deputy National Litigation Director Luke Goodrich will speak at the 36th Annual Presidents Conference of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities  on January 31, 2011, as a member of a Pre-Conference panel at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C.

Capitol Hill Luncheon Briefing Series: Defending Religious Expression in Public Life

August 16, 2011

The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance are co-sponsoring a five-session briefing series on Capitol Hill on the importance of safeguarding the religious freedom of institutions and professionals throughout America.

Hannah Smith and Seamus Hasson Speak at the J. Reuben Clark Law Society’s Annual Conference in Dallas, Texas

July 28, 2011

Senior Counsel Hannah Smith along with founder and past president Kevin “Seamus” Hasson spoke at the J. Reuben Clark Law Society’s annual conference “Liberty Through the Rule of Law” at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law on February 18, 2011.  Ms. Smith moderated the panel “Religious Liberty Law: The First Freedom at Home and [...]

Hannah Smith Speaks at the LDS International Society’s Annual Conference at Brigham Young University

Senior Counsel Hannah Smith spoke at the 22nd Annual Conference of the LDS International Society – “The Erosion of Religious Liberties: Impact on the International Church” – at Brigham Young University on April 4, 2011.  Ms. Smith addressed recent developments in the areas of religious autonomy, conscientious objection, defamation of religion, religion in the public [...]

Media Advisory: 9th Circuit to hear lawsuit against Christian homeless shelter

July 12, 2011

Oral argument in Intermountain Fair Housing Council v. Boise Rescue Mission Ministries at 2:30PM at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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