W. Cole Durham, Jr.
W. Cole Durham, Jr. is the Susa Young Gates University Professor of Law and Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University. He received the prestigious 2009 International First Freedom Award for extraordinary advocacy of religious freedom. Professor Durham advises governments worldwide on laws dealing with religious freedom and religious associations, specifically on developing the legal infrastructure needed to support this important human right. He has been actively involved in consultations on laws dealing with religious freedom in many countries, including Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Nepal, Peru, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Thailand, and Ukraine.