Judging Panels
The judging panels for this year's competition are still being organized. If you are interested in being on a panel, please contact us.
Past Judges
2007 | 2008
The 2007 Championship Round
- Honorable Kent A. Jordan, United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- Honorable John M. Rogers, United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- Martin S. Lederman, Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
The 2007 Semi-Final Rounds
- Mark E. Chopko, General Counsel, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Frederick Mark Gedicks, Guy Anderson Chair and Professor of Law at Brigham Young University Law School
- Jay Jorgensen, a two-time Supreme Court clerk and current partner with Sidley Austin's Religious Institutions practice
- David Bruce Salmons, Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice
- Roger T. Severino, Legal Counsel and Chief Operations Officer for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
- Arthur Spitzer, Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area
The 2007 Preliminary Rounds
- Steve Aden, Chief Litigation Counsel for the Christian Legal Society's Center for Law and Religious Freedom
- Eric W. Treene, Special Counsel for Religious Discrimination, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
- Abram Ellis, associate with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Frederick Mark Gedicks, Guy Anderson Chair and Professor of Law at Brigham Young University Law School
- Craig King, head of Arent Fox's Government Contractor Services Group
- Rana Lehr-Lehnardt, former Legal Advisor to the ACLU's Project on Freedom of Religion and Belief
- Daniel Mach, attorney with the ACLU's Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief
- Richard H. Menard, Jr., attorney with Sidley Austin's Religious Institutions Practice
- Ryan Nelson, Department of Justice (formerly of Sidley Austin's Religious Institutions Practice)
- H.L. Rogers, attorney with Sidley Austin's Religious Institutions practice
- Melissa Rogers, Founder and director of Wake Forest's Center for Religion and Public Affairs
- Walter M. Weber, Senior Litigation Counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice