Hannah Clayson Smith

Hannah Clayson Smith She has been a lawyer with the Becket Fund since 2007. She was part of the legal team for U.S. Supreme Court cases such as Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Holt v. Hobbs, and Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC.

Smith was raised in California. She has a bachelor's degree from Princeton University. While there she took at least one class from Robert George, who she counts as a mentor.[1] She has a law degree from the Brigham Young University (BYU) J. Reuben Clark Law School.

Smith is a Latter-day Saint and served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the Switzerland Geneva Mission, which covered parts of Switzerland and France.[1]

She was a law clerk for both Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. In the case of Alito, she clerked for him both while he was a judge on the 3rd Circuit and while he was a Supreme Court justice. Prior to joining the Becket Fund, Smith was in private practice where she worked on occasion as outside counsel for religious organizations such as the LDS Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

Smith serves on the Deseret News editorial advisory board. Smith was on the inaugural panel of Stanford Law School's religious freedom clinic.[2]

Smith is the sister of Jane Clayson Johnson.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Israelsen-Hartley, Sara (25 December 2010). "Hannah Clayson Smith: Two-time Supreme Court clerk balances legal endeavors with motherhood". Deseret News. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Romea, Judith (February 19, 2013). "A Future for Religious Liberty at Stanford". Stanford Review.
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