Dr. Steven Collis

Biography

Steven T. Collis is a Clinical Professor and the Director of the Bech-Loughlin Amendment Center at Texas Law. He specializes in Religion Law, Amendment Law, Civil Litigation, and Constitutional Law. Collis has been actively involved in legal scholarship, with his works being cited by Supreme Court justices and published in notable law reviews including the Michigan Law Review and Nebraska Law Review. As a founding faculty director of the Bech-Loughlin Amendment Center, he focuses on productive discourse related to First Amendment topics. Collis previously served as a Research Fellow at the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School and worked as an equity partner at Holland & Hart LLP, where he was an active member of the firm’s civil litigation and employment practice groups. His literary contributions include the nonfiction book "Immortals" and the historical novel "Praying Enemy," which has gained recognition from the American Library Association. He frequently presents on issues pertaining to law and religion to both academic and lay audiences and has served as a chair for the Law and Religion Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).

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