ORANGE COUNTY RELIGION & THE LAW SYMPOSIUM

Apr 30, 7:00 – 8:30 PM (UTC)

Religious Freedom and Moral ValuesRule of Law/Constitution

About this event

THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2026

**New Venue** WESTERN STATE COLLEGE OF LAW

15101 REDHILL AVE., TUSTIN, CA

Lunch/Check-in: 11:30 a.m.

Program: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 p.m.

“Good News from the Swamp: The Constitution is Winning” - Presented by Professor William L. Saunders

Prof. Saunders is the Director of the Center for Human Rights at The Catholic University of America and the Chair Emeritus of the Religious Liberties Practice Group of the Federalist Society. He is a prominent religious liberty and human rights scholar, author and speaker who has been featured widely in the media and across the nation. He will be speaking on positive recent trends in religious liberty decisions, including by the currently constituted U.S. Supreme Court.

CO-SPONSORED BY:

• Christian Legal Society, Los Angeles Chapter

• Christian Legal Society, Orange County Chapter

• Federalist Society: Orange County Lawyers Chapter

• Fish Interfaith Center

• Orange County Jewish Bar Association

• St. Thomas More Society of Orange County

• Trinity Law School

• Western State College of Law


ADMISSION IN PERSON (includes lunch):

$25.00 in advance; $35.00 at the door

Students: $15.00 in advance; $25.00 at the door

ADMISSION VIA ZOOM: $15.00 for MCLE Credit; FREE to observe

Register online:

https://jrcls.org/events/details/byu-law-society-california-orange-county-presents-religion-and-the-law-symposium/

Credit: 1.5 hours MCLE

For more information, contact Jeffrey W. Shields; (jeff@shieldslawoffices.com)

Speaker

  • William L. Saunders

    Professor

When

When

Thursday, April 30, 2026
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM (UTC)

Leaders

  • Blaine Evanson

    Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

    Committee Chair

  • Hannah Smith

    International Center for Law and Religion Studies at BYU Law School

    Vice Chair & Chair, Civil Society Sub-Committee

  • Tanner Bean

    Fabian VanCott

    Secretary & Chair, Operations & Administration

  • Annika Barkdull

    Chair of Student Outreach and Engagement

  • Ronald Ahrens

    Committee Member

  • Brent Belnap

    Office of General Counsel

    Committee Member

  • Joseph Brubaker

    Kirton McConkie

    Committee Member

  • Steven Collis

    Committee Member

  • Stephen Davis

    True North Law, LLC

    Committee Member

  • Michael Frandsen

    Committee Member

  • Catherine Grantham

    Committee Member

  • R. Gunnarson

    Committee Member

  • Eric Johnson

    Committee Member

  • Matthew Latimer

    ACT Capital Advisors / University of Washington School of Law

    Committee Member

  • Morris Linton

    Committee Member

  • Donald Lundwall

    Kirton McConkie

    Committee Member

  • Jacob Minas

    Committee Member

  • Wendy Neeley

    Committee Member

  • James Phillips

    Schaerr Jaffe

    Committee Member

  • Jeffrey Shields

    Committee Member

  • Robert Snyder

    Kirton McConkie

    Committee Member

  • John Taylor

    Horvitz & Levy LLP

    Committee Member

  • Nancy Van Slooten

    Committee Member

  • Warren Bruce Wood

    University of Florida Levin College of Law

    Committee Member

  • Gregory Pyper Jr.

    BambooHR

    Committee Member

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