RLUIPA Web Site and Justice Department Resources

Here is a link to a great RLUIPA web site, a site that provides pleadings, briefs, cases, and other resources for lawyers litigating RLUIPA claims.

Bookmark this for future reference.

And here are some recent resources from the Obama Justice Department:

Today is the 10^th Anniversary of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).  The Department of Justice today issued a policy statement on the land-use provisions of RLUIPA, with questions and answers, to provide information to individuals, religious assemblies and institutions, and local government officials about the requirements of the law.  This Statement of the Department of Justice on the Land-Use Provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) is available here. 
As we circulated to you yesterday, the Department also has issued a Report on the Tenth Anniversary of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (press release is linked here; Remarks of Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez are linked here).
The Department of Justice’s Justice Blog today also features an article about RLUIPA entitled Ensuring Religious Freedom for All.
For more information about the Civil Rights Division’s efforts to protect religious liberty and combat religious discrimination, please visit http://www.justice.gov/crt/religiousdiscrimination.

Eric Treene

Special Counsel for Religious Discrimination

202.353.8622