Session
Legal Update: Current Issues Concerning Christian Educators
with Caleb Dalton of Alliance Defending Freedom and Jonathan Alexandre of Liberty Counsel
Are new politically powerful philosophies about gender or race creating a hostile environment for Christian educators at your school? Do you feel the freedom to speak from your Christian convictions? Come hear from Jonathan Alexandre of Liberty Counsel and Caleb Dalton of Alliance Defending Freedom for a legal briefing on where we currently stand on these issues, as well as the extent of your rights to speak freely.
Resources
- CEAI Resource Center: https://www.ceai.org/resource-center/
- Transgender Resources: ceai.org/gender
- CEAI/Liberty Counsel Resource: Ask an Attorney: https://www.ceai.org/ask-an-attorney-qualifier/
- Need more training on how to walk out your faith in public schools? Check out the Teach with Faith Rise Up Session.
About Caleb Dalton
Caleb Dalton, serves as legal counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom, where he plays a key role at the Center for Academic Freedom. Since joining ADF in 2013, Dalton has represented both private individuals and government entities in matters affirming the fundamental freedoms of speech and religious liberty.
At ADF’s Center for Academic Freedom Dalton represents clients seeking to speak freely on campus without fear of unconstitutional government censorship.
With the Center for Academic Freedom he has served as lead counsel in cases such as Students for Life at CSUSM v. White, Queens College Students for Life v. City University of New York Board of Trustees, and Students for Life at Georgia Tech v. GA Tech Board of Trustees, successfully
representing students in eliminating restrictive “speech zones” and discriminatory student organization funding and recognition policies. Dalton currently represents high school teacher Peter Vlaming in litigation regarding the compelled use of pronouns.
Dalton earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Regent University School of Law, where he served as an editor for the Regent Law Review and a member of the Trial Advocacy Board. Dalton is a member of the bar in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Arizona; he is also admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and multiple federal district and appellate courts. A native Texan, he currently lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and nine children.
About Jonathan Alexandre
Jonathan Alexandre is an attorney and Senior Counsel for Governmental Affairs for Liberty Counsel. A litigation firm dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of life, and the family. In this capacity, Jonathan consults with and advises law and policy makers at the federal, state, and local levels across the nation. Jonathan was a Presidential Appointee serving on the Board of Directors for The United States Agency for Global Media for the Trump Administration.
Jonathan is also a nationally recognized speaker for The Content of Character Series and serves as General Counsel for the Frederick Douglass Foundation. Jonathan was formerly the Assistant General Counsel and Public Policy Coordinator for the Massachusetts Family Institute in Boston. Alexandre developed the Massachusetts Attorney Resource Council, a network of pro-family Massachusetts attorneys. Jonathan previously worked for The Jerusalem Center of Public Affairs in Jerusalem, Israel as a Scholar in Residence, and the United States Army's Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School. He is Married to His Wife Renee Alexandre. They reside in Waldorf, Maryland.
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