Professional Development Workshop: Separating Church and State in the Face of Christian Nationalism
November 10, 2020
7:00pm Eastern
What does it take to succeed in the area of church-state separation litigation? Everything you want to know about a career in law that works to defend secular values and uphold the First Amendment. Attendees are encouraged to submit questions for Monica Miller. Please send your questions to ioldfield@americanhumanist.org.
The Humanist Legal Society and The Secular Student Alliance are delighted to present this first event as part of a quarterly series serving interested undergraduate students, current law school students, and recent graduates. Our goal is to offer programming, networking opportunities, and to help build the next generation of humanist legal practitioners.
Speaker
Monica Miller is the Legal Director and Senior Counsel at the American Humanist Association and Executive Director of the Humanist Legal Society. Miller graduated from Pitzer College in 2008 and from Columbia University in 2009 with a Masters in Public Administration for Environmental Science and Policy. Read more about Monica Miller here.
The mission of the Humanist Legal Society is to promote and protect humanist values in the legal system by providing support and networking opportunities to lawyers, judges, legal academics, law students and paralegals throughout the United States and by fostering development of humanism in the law. As humanists, we value the protection of civil liberties, strict separation of religion and government, legislation and public policies informed by sound scientific evidence, ethics in government and law enforcement, and respect for the diversity of individuals.
The Secular Student Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and the only national organization dedicated to atheist, humanist, and other non-theist students. The Secular Student Alliance empowers secular students to proudly express their identity, build welcoming communities, promote secular values, and set a course for lifelong activism.