Last week, Emory University School of Law received an anonymous one million dollar gift to “expand training in religious freedom for law students and bring new scholarship and fresh voices to the field.” The money will fund a new four-year project at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion called “Restoring Religious Freedom: Education, Outreach, and Good Citizenship,” which will involved internships, externships, lectures, and conferences. Potential topics are:
- religion and education, aimed at teachers and administrators
- religion and charity, for charitable organizations that partner with government agencies
- religion and equality, for attorneys who might be called upon to handle a religious discrimination case
Spruill Family Senior Fellow at the center and senior lecturer Mark Goldfeder:
“Our goal is to give students who want to practice in this niche of law and religion the hands-on experience they need to excel,” Goldfeder says. “Through our work, we will be able to provide information in an accessible, nonpartisan format to scholars, practitioners and other professionals, such as school teachers and administrators, who may encounter religious freedom questions in their daily lives and workplaces.”
To read the full announcement, click here. For more on the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory Law School, click here.
Thanks to Religion Clause for notice of the announcement.