PHOTO COURTESY OF THOMAS M. COOLEY LAW SCHOOL
On Saturday, Jan. 11, Daniel Ray, professor of law and chair of Cooley Law School’s Constitutional Law Department, conducted a live webcast titled, “How Much Separation Should There be Between Government and Religion?”
The webcast focused on issues from Town of Greece (NY) vs. Galloway, which was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 6, 2013. The primary question addressed was:
“…whether a legislative prayer practice violates the Establishment Clause notwithstanding the absence of discrimination in the selection of prayer givers or forbidden exploitation of the prayer community.”
Shown in the photo are participants in the educational webcast, left to right: Gerald Fisher, professor, Thomas M. Cooley Law School; Lori Grigg Bluhm, city attorney, city of Troy and President of Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys; Nita Murray-Grier, assistant city attorney, city of Southfield; Daniel Ray, professor, Thomas M. Cooley Law School; Carol Rosati, attorney for Michigan townships; Sara Sturing, assistant city attorney, city of Warren; and Jim Tamm of O'Connor, DeGrazia, Tamm and O’Connor, attorney for several Michigan cities.
The program was held at Cooley’s Auburn Hills campus and was live webcast at the Lansing, Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor campuses. Professor Ray’s presentation was followed by a short question and answer session.
Professor Ray is a 1987 graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. He was previously Program Coordinator for the Legal Assistant Studies Program at Eastern Michigan University. Before joining academia, Professor Ray practiced law in Kansas and Missouri, but he also was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School while in private practice.
Ray teaches and has published widely on Consti-
tutional Law.
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