Each year the competition recruits distinguished judges and scholars from around the country to serve as members of our moot court panel.

The Religious Freedom Moot Court Competition has been honored to have experts in the field and appellate judges participate: Kevis Seamus Hasson, Founder and President of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty; Judge Kent Jordan of the 3rd Circuit; Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the 6th Circuit; Judge John M. Rogers of the 6th Circuit; Judges Diarmuid O'Scannlain and Milan Smith of the 9th Circuit; and Judges Janice Rogers Brown and Thomas B. Griffith of the D.C. Circuit.  Each year, we have also had dozens of other First Amendment scholars participate as preliminary, quarterfinal, and semifinal round judges.

This year’s final bench will include:

The Honorable Julio M. Fuentes

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Professor Kent Greenawalt

Columbia Law School

The Honorable Emily Hewitt

Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims