Douglas Laycock is perhaps the nation’s leading authority on the law of religious liberty and also on the law of remedies. He has taught and written about these topics for more than four decades at the University of Chicago, the University of Texas, the University of Michigan and now Virginia.
Laycock has testified frequently before Congress and has argued many cases in the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, where he has served as lead counsel in six cases and has also filed influential amicus briefs. He is the author (co-author in the most recent edition) of the leading casebook Modern American Remedies, the award-winning monograph The Death of the Irreparable Injury Rule and many articles in leading law reviews. He co-edited a collection of essays, Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty.
His many writings on religious liberty have been republished in a five-volume collection:
- Religious Liberty Volume One: Overviews and History
- Religious Liberty Volume Two: The Free Exercise Clause
- Religious Liberty Volume Three: Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, Same-Sex Marriage Legislation, and the Culture Wars
- Religious Liberty Volume Four: Federal Legislation After the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, with More on the Culture Wars
- Religious Liberty Volume Five: The Free Speech and Establishment Clauses
Laycock resigned from the Council and as first vice president of the American Law Institute to become co-reporter for the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Remedies. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He earned his B.A. from Michigan State University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago.
Panel IV: Originalism and Interstate Relations
2020 National Student Symposium
The University of Michigan Law School625 State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Debate: The Establishment Clause after Bladensburg
Texas Student Chapter
University of Texas School of Law727 E Dean Keeton St
Austin, TX 77079
Campus Free Speech Symposium
Texas Student Chapter
University of Texas School of Law727 E Dean Keeton St
Austin, TX 78705
Let Them Eat Cake? Digging into Masterpiece Cakeshop
Virginia Student Chapter
University of Virginia School of Law580 Massie Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
2017 National Student Symposium - "The First Amendment in Contemporary Society"
Columbia Law School - March 3-4, 2017
Columbia Law School435 W 116th St
New York, NY 10027
Panel IV: Originalism and Interstate Relations
2020 National Student Symposium
On March 14, 2020, the Federalist Society held its 39th National Student Symposium. The Symposium...
Panel IV: Originalism and Interstate Relations
2020 National Student Symposium
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2017 National Student Symposium
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The Ministerial Exception Case: Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC - Event Audio/Video
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