Covenant Law is a boutique legal practice focused on religious organizations, nonprofits, and business clients.
We counsel and advocate for our clients on issues of religious freedom, government accountability, free speech, and other matters of public interest. We also serve as outside general counsel for organizations, helping them accomplish their missions, manage risk, and comply with the law.
About Ian Speir
Before founding Covenant Law, Ian served first at a large law firm and then at a small firm he helped co-found. Ian graduated cum laude and Order of the Coif from Georgetown University Law Center in 2011 and spent the next year clerking for Hon. Jerome A. Holmes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
As a former adjunct professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Ian has taught constitutional law and the First Amendment to undergraduates, many of whom have gone on to law school and careers in law. Ian is actively involved with family, church, and the Colorado Springs community, and serves on the board of the Nicaea Study Center, which seeks to engage the vast corpus of the Christian intellectual tradition and help learners harmonize intellectual growth with spiritual formation.
Publications
A Religious “Delaware”: Establishing a State Haven for Religious Corporations
Canopy Forum
July 2024
Jews and Christians Together
Juicy Ecumenism
June 2024
Wisconsin Supreme Court Punishes Catholic Charities for Serving Everyone
National Review
March 2024
Religious Freedom and the Kingdom of God: A Review of Andrew T. Walker’s Liberty for All
Providence
April 2021
The State Department’s Ministerial on Religious Freedom: Reflections and the Path Ahead
Providence
August 2018
The 2018 International Religious Freedom Reports: 5 Things to Know The 2018 International
Providence
June 2018
A Beacon on our Coast: The First Freedom at Home and Abroad
Providence
Spring/Summer 2018
The Calvinist Roots of American Social Order: Calvin, Witherspoon, and Madison
Public Discourse
April 2017
We Must Prioritize the Persecuted
Providence
February 2017
How the Trump Administration Can Support Christians in the Middle East
Providence
January 2017
Remembering Those Who Suffer
Ethika Politika
June 2016
Preservation Rules in the Federal Courts of Appeals
Journal of Appellate Practice & Process
2015
Corporations, the Original Understanding, and the Problem of Power
Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy
2012
Pulling Back the Covers: Saleh v. Titan Corporation and (Near) Blanket Immunity for Military Contractors in War Zones
U. Miami National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review
2011
