9:00am – 9:20am
Welcome: Dean William Hubbard, University of South Carolina, Rice School of Law, former President of the American Bar Association
Conducting: Elder John D. Amos, Area Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Patriotic Hymn: Tammie Lecque, God Bless America, vocalist, recording artist and composer with her work being named as Top Christian Songs 2024
Invocation: Dr. Alonzo Johnson, Senior Pastor, Universal Outreach Church, a Church of God in Christ congregation, Irmo, SC; Professor of Theology, Dickerson-Green Theological Seminary, Allen University, Columbia, SC
9:20am – 11:40am
Religious Liberty; The Foundation of a Free Society (each speaker allotted 20 minutes)
•Speaker: Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt, General Authority Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
•Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Chew, Chief Executive Officer, South Carolina Historical Society; presenting James Madison and Freedom of Conscience
•Speaker: Bishop David Rwhynica Daniels, Jr., Bishop of the Ecumenical Office of the African Methodist Episcopalian ‘AME’ Church
•Speaker: George Clare, President, Aiken Muslim Association
•Speaker: Father Jay Scott Newman, Chancellor and Canonical Counsel of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston
•Speaker: Rabbi Yossi Refson, Rabbi and Director of Center for Jewish Life - Chabad of Charleston and the Low Country
•Speaker: Holli Emore, Chair, Interfaith Partners of South Carolina
11:40am - 12:30pm
Religious Liberty in the Political and Legislative Sphere - A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Seanna Adcox, Editor SC Daily Gazette
Panelist: Shane Massey, South Carolina Senator and Senate Majority Leader
Panelist: Brad Hutto, South Carolina Senator and Senate Minority Leader
Panelist: David Hiott, South Carolina House of Representatives and House Majority Leader
Panelist: Todd Rutherford, South Carolina House of Representatives and House Minority Leader
Panelist: Richard L. ‘Richie’ Yow, South Carolina House of Representatives, District 53 and Author of Act 14; South Carolina Religious Freedom Act
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 2:55pm
Patriotic Hymn: Sarah Morgann Coggins, America the Beautiful, Professional vocalist and recording artist
South Carolina Religious Liberty in the 21st Century - A Panel Discussion
Moderator: Hannah Smith, Associate Director of Brigham Young University’s International Center for Law and Religious Studies and former Clerk to United Staes Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas
Panelist: Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt, General Authority Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Panelist: Bishop David Rwhynica Daniels, Jr., Bishop of the Ecumenical Office of the African Methodist Episcopalian ‘AME’ Church
Panelist: President George Clare, Aiken Muslim Association
Panelist: Father Jay Scott Newman, Chancellor and Canonical Counsel of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston
Panelist: Rabbi Yossi Refson, Chabad of Charleston
Panelist: Holli Emore, Chair, Interfaith Partners of South Carolina
Panelist: Dr. Alonzo Johnson, Senior Pastor, Universal Outreach Church, Irmo, SC; Professor of Theology, Dickerson-Green Theological Seminary, Allen University, Columbia, SC
2:55pm - 4:15pm
Modern Religious Liberty Protections and Enforcement: What does the future hold? (each speaker allotted 20 minutes)
•Speaker: Hannah Smith, Associate Director of Brigham Young University’s International Center for Law and Religious Studies and former Clerk for United States Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas
•Speaker: Attorney General Alan Wilson, South Carolina’s 51st Attorney General, serving since 2010
•Speaker: Christopher Mills: founder of the Charleston law firm, Spero Law and former Clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
•Speaker: Miles Coleman, Partner of Nelson Mullins; a respected First Amendment practitioner who has served as lead counsel to the Governor of South Carolina in multiple federal court cases involving Free Exercise and Establishment Clause matters.
4:15pm – 4:45pm
•Conference Business: Judge Alan Clemmons, South Carolina Circuit Court, Equity Division, for Ratification of the ‘Honoring South Carolina Religious Freedom Resolution’
•Closing Remarks: Elder Ahmad S. Corbitt, General Authority Seventy, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
** Attorneys can earn 6.42 credit hours of continuing legal education.
Please sign in at the table with your signature and SC Bar Membership Number.