Wisdom and Virtues of Jay Sekulow

Jay Sekulow was born on June 10, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York and in the Jewish faith. But Jay converted to Christianity when he got older. He graduated from Mercer University with a Bachelor’s degree and then he completed his Doctorate in Jurisprudence. As a part of his extensive understanding of law and justice, Mr. Sekulow did a Ph.D. in American Legal History.

The studies and specialization related to the legal issues, constitutional rights and religious freedom inculcated wisdom and foresightedness in Jay Sekulow.

To sharpen his skills and direct his thoughts for the betterment of humanity, Mr. Sekulow started his career in the Office of Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service as a Tax trial attorney, to bring in the cases on behalf of the United States Department of Treasury in the United States Tax Court.

Mr. Sekulow’s progressive career brought many responsibilities for him as the Director for the American Center of Law and Justice (ACLJ) in the year 1991.

Since then, he is continuously serving the organization ACLJ with his noble thoughts and stronger determination as a Chief Counsel. In his endeavor for enlightening the minds of people about the true meaning of freedom and righteousness, Mr. Sekulow is determinant in spreading awareness about equality, non-discrimination, religious liberty, freedom and constitutional rights.

For many, Jay Sekulow is a man of revolutionary wisdom and great virtues because he has defended many cases related to freedom, right to speech and First Amendment issues in the United States Supreme Court. Most of the cases resulted in a successful judgment that honored him several times through his career.

In the year 1994, his name was listed among some of the most distinguished lawyers in America on the Power List of The National Law Journal.

For his selfless dedication and efforts towards the mankind, he was included in the American Lawyer’s Public Sector 45 list as a most dedicated legal public servant.

In another listing, The National Law Journal added his name to the top 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America and recently, he was embellished as one of the 90 Greatest Washington Lawyers in the United States of America of the last 30 years.

Jay Sekulow insist on Religious and Constitutional Freedom

Religion plays an important role in drafting history of a Country and about its people. Be it due to fear or respect, people tend to follow rules & guidelines set by a religion and in times of adversity, they offer prayers to set things right. Thus, right to speech and preach your religion is one of the important rights offered to the citizens of any country. Jay Sekulow, the defender and follower of such rights is a noble and humble person who has devoted his life in the service of humankind.

According to Mr. Sekulow and American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) - “Sept. 11, 2001 will be remembered in history not only as a horrible act of terrorism on the lands of United States, but also a time when Americans sacrificed their lives for others, a time when they stood together, unified and resilient.” To prove it true, every year thousands of people assemble at Ground zero to offer prayers in order to bring comfort and solace to humanity as a whole. It is natural that if something good or bad happens in any part of the world, it surely affects the rest of the world.

Mr. Sekulow has argued many cases in respect to religious liberty and constitutional freedom. The most significant case he handled in Supreme Court was that of few students who want to have a Bible club in high school. He defended their case successfully that resulted in winning the permission to form a club.

The growing phenomenon of critical issues involving life and religious freedom that was prevailing in Europe can have adverse effects on US constitution also. Thus to safeguard the interest of the people at both the locations, Mr. Sekulow and ACLJ set their office in France as European Court of Human Rights, so as to handle the cases related to people of Europe there and then without mixing them with the cases of US.

Jay Sekulow believes that rights and duties are like hand and glove with each other, but the common man is neither aware of his rights nor of his duties. Thus to educate them and to make them aware of their rights and duties, he became a presenter in a weekly radio show and accept guest requests from various TV programs.