Monday 13 February 2012

The Story of a Legendary Attorney – Jay Sekulow

The chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) Jay Sekulow is a name known for protecting the cause of religious liberty and freedom around the globe. As a successful attorney, he has submitted amicus briefs for various issues and has represented thousands of Americans.

Jay has also fought 12 cases in the Supreme Court, with some of them bearing landmark results which have revolutionized the area of religious liberties. With an unyielding belief in religious liberty, being an international right, he strives to fight injustices and discriminations against religious liberty around the globe.

A recent case of Jay and ACLJ involves the Arizona’s immigration law S.B. 1070 that targets illegal immigration being challenged by President Obama’s administration along with a federal appeals court. Jay has been garnering attention to this issue.

ACLJ International headquarters in Strasbourg, France is known as the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ). Jay Sekulow international outreach is facilitated by offices around the world, which include those in France, Russia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and Israel. His international endeavors also involved an important part in defending Israel before the International Criminal Court at Hague.


Jay has many accolades being bestowed upon him due to his relentless work in the field of religious freedom. The TIME magazine named him as one of the"25 Most Influential Evangelicals" in America, where as Business Week termed the ACLJ as "the leading advocacy group for religious freedom."


He brings about; awareness and insight with the help of his call-in-radio show “Jay Sekulow Live!” Broadcasted on 850 channels, the program has thousands of Americans hooked on to it every night. Along with being quoted in leading newspapers, he is also a guest on national television where he expresses his views on various subjects affecting America.

Jay Sekulow has come a long way in his quest for religious freedom and has changed numerous lives around the globe.