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

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