Jim Sonne is a professor at law at Stanford Law School, and is the founding director of the law school’s Religious Liberty Clinic, the only full-time program in the country where students learn the practice of law through supervised litigation in that field. He is an experienced and award-winning teacher, practitioner, and scholar, with expertise in law and religion issues.
Professor Sonne received his BA with honors from Duke University and his JD with honors from Harvard Law School. He is a former law clerk to Judge Edith Brown Clement of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Before joining the law school in 2012, Sonne was an appellate lawyer at Horvitz & Levy in Los Angeles.
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Religious Liberty: From First Street to Main Street
Michigan Student Chapter
Michigan Law School625 S State St
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Religious Freedom: Where We Are and Where We're Going
Southern Methodist Student Chapter
Zoom Webinar -- Southern Methodist UniversityVirtual
Dallas, TX 75214
Religious Liberty: The Heart of Pluralism"?
Brigham Young Student Chapter
BYU Law School *Virtual Event*341 E Campus Drive
Provo, UT 84602
CANCELLED: Religious Liberty: Law & Culture
Brigham Young Student Chapter
J. Reuben Clark Law School – Room 205341 E. Campus Dr.
Provo, UT 84602
A Discussion of Prof. Sonne’s Experience Running the Nation’s First Religious Liberty Clinic
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd134 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
Diversity and Elimination of Bias CLE Credit Teleforum: Litigation For A Higher Cause
Professional Responsibility and Legal Education Practice Group
The Federalist Society offers a unique opportunity to attorneys from Minnesota, New York, and California,...
James A. Sonne Reviews The Freedom of Faith-Based Organizations to Staff on a Religious Basis by Carl H. Esbeck, Stanley W. Carlson-Thies, and Ronald J. Sider
As the French historian Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote of America in the mid-nineteenth century,...
Faith, Funds, and Freedom: Restoring Religious Liberties for Care Act Employers
It is no secret that President Bush has made it a priority of his administration...