Scott J. Ward
1945 Old Gallows Road, Suite 650, Vienna, VA 22182
About Scott J. Ward
Practice Areas
- Constitutional Law
Education
- Yale Law School, New Haven, ConnecticutDoctor of Jurisprudence
- College of William & MaryBachelor of Arts
- Honors: Valedictorian
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California
- Virginia
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, pro hac vice
- U.S. Tax Court
Other Affiliations
- Christian Legal Society
Past Positions
- Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati, Associate, 1992 - 1993
- United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, Law Clerk to the Honorable Pamela Ann Rymer, 1989 - 1990
Articles
Published Works
- Reconceptualizing Establishment Clause Cases as Free Exercise Class Actions, 98 Yale Law Journal 1739 (June 1989)
- Being a ‘Daniel’ After Obergefell , Outcomes, 2016
- Religious Liberty: Pursuing the Daniel Option, webinar for Christian Leadership Alliance
- Religious Identity: Living Prophetically in an Alien Culture, Intensive Training Institute (six hours) for Christian Leadership Alliance Outcomes Conference
- Religious Liberty in the Trenches, seminar for Christian Leadership Alliance Outcomes Conference
- Best Practices for Child Protection in Churches and Ministries, webinar co-presented by the Evangelical Council on Financial Accountability and the Christian Legal Society Being a ‘Daniel’ After Obergefell (with Stephen H. King), Outcomes, Summer 2016
- Being a Daniel, Intensive Training Institute (six hours) for Christian Leadership Alliance Outcomes Conference
- Legal Audits for Religious Ministries, seminar for Christian Leadership Alliance Outcomes Conference
- Religious Identity, How to strengthen your mission’s religious identity – and why it matters (with Stephen H. King), an article in Association of Gospel Rescue Missions Rescue Magazine (July/August 2016)
- Legal Strategies for Strengthening Your Mission’s Religious Identity ... and Why It Matters in Court, seminar for Association of Gospel Rescue Missions Annual Convention
- Religious Protections in Christian Camping, seminar for Christian Camp & Conference Association National Conventions
- Threats to Religious Liberty: Living Faithfully and Fruitfully in Exile, plenary address to Synod of the Anglican Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic
- Threats to Religious Liberty: Risk Management for Churches, seminar for Synod of the Anglican Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic
- Threats to Religious Liberty: Threat Overview, presentation to Common Ground Christian Network Conference
- Threats to Religious Liberty: Risk Management for Churches, presentation to Common Ground Christian Network Conference
- Challenges to Religious Liberty: Practical Tips to Articulate Your Ministry’s Identity and Purpose and to Strengthen Your Legal Rights, 2015 webinar
- Free to Faithfully Serve: Practical Tips to Strengthen Your Mission’s Religious Identity, presentation to Association of Gospel Rescue Missions CEO Summit
- Affordable Care Act Contraceptive Mandate Developments, phone seminar presented by the Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance
- Key Employment Issues Facing Churches and Nonprofits, webinar presented by the Evangelical Council on Financial Accountability
- Religion in the Secular Workplace, seminar presented at Christian Management Association National Conference
- Preventing and Responding to Sexual Misconduct in Your Ministry, multiple presentations 2003-present
- Child Abuse Prevention, Reporting, and Response, multiple presentations 1996-present
- Child Abuse Prevention & Reporting and the Clergy Privilege, multiple presentations 2005-present
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