I appreciate the responses I've gotten so far on this, and I
stress again that I'm not sure there's a problem with this. Still, I wonder
whether we should be uneasy about authoritative bodies specifically and
officially instructing people -- even just as a matter of advice about
When I wrote a will for a Muslim client I had to have it enforceable in Saudi
Arabia (but not under the Wahabi school of jurisprudence — my client was
Shafi’i), and enforceable under Minnesota law — he spent 6 months a year at the
Saudi hospital in Riyad and 6 months at the University of Minneso
It seems to me that if a will would be enforced by a court, then there is no
problem with a state bar association giving a CLE course (which is essentially
what the Law Society practice note is) on how to draft such a will. Indeed,
wouldn't it be a problem to have a comprehensive CLE program on
Is there a comprehensive list of court decisions that have upheld religious
exemption claims (setting aside those that have been reversed) under
Sherbert/Yorder regimes, whether federal or state and constitutional or RFRA,
from 1963 to today? Thanks,
Eugene
