David Nammo If you have kept up with recent news you may be aware that the current powers that be in Washington, D.C. have their sights set on the Equality Act. CLS’ Kim Colby has a lot to say about the Equality Act, including calling it “an unqualified disaster for all Americans’ religious freedom” in an article in […]
Guest Author – Rick Campanelli “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matt 5:3 by Rick Campanelli It is Good Friday. Good Friday helps us contemplate what it means to be poor in spirit because whatever we may think it means, on Good Friday, God himself demonstrated it: He chose […]
Ken Liu You just call on me brother When you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on – “Lean On Me,” Bill Whithers Recently I spoke with a woman Ginny (not her real name) who was the victim of bullying and harassment by a neighbor. Ginny couldn’t afford a […]
Guest Author – Karisa You On March 3, 2021, law school fellowships across the nation gathered virtually to welcome author Bob Goff for encouragement and inspiration. Here is the testimony about the event and its planning by one of its organizers, Karisa You. Thank you, Karisa, for sharing this beautiful story. At the beginning of […]
Ken Liu Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black stated in 1956, “There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.” (Griffin v. Illinois.) More than a half century later, our justice system is arguably no better at providing a level playing field for […]
Ken Liu Christian Legal Aid was recently featured in an article by Christianity Today. Click here to read it. “God really calls us attorneys specifically to serve the poor. . . So many of the causes of poverty are legal issues…. In this country, lawyers have a monopoly on providing legal services. If we don’t help, no one […]
Reed Smith Many times, in our fight to defend Christians being persecuted for their exercise of religion, what is needed is someone willing to take a stand, seek counsel, and authorize a firm letter. That is the case in this story in which CLS proudly stepped in for a group of Christians that spent time […]
Ken Liu Of all the evils that break God’s heart, human trafficking, especially of children, has got to be on the top of the list. Although institutional slavery was abolished in the U.S. by the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, slavery in other forms is actually on the rise today. In 2019, 11,500 cases of human trafficking in […]
Mike Schutt Tuesday was the 850th “anniversary” of the murder of Thomas Becket on the steps of Canterbury Cathedral by King Henry’s knights. The commemoration on December 29 is often seen as a reminder of the danger of a powerful state in conflict with the Church. And it is that. For me, however, having taught T.S. […]
Ken Liu Joshua was a child born out of wedlock to a teenage mom in a middle eastern country. Under persecution from an autocratic government, his family fled as refugees to a neighboring country. Despite this inauspicious start to his life, he grew up in a good home with a solid religious upbringing. But as […]
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