Roger Clegg

Meeting of February 28, 2007, Washington D.C. to Launch E-Race Initiative

Mr. Clegg writes, speaks, and conducts research on legal issues raised by the civil rights laws. The Center for Equal Opportunity is a conservative research and educational organization based in Sterling, Virginia, that specializes in civil rights, immigration, and bilingual education issues. Mr. Clegg also is a contributing editor at National Review Online, and writes frequently for USA Today, The Weekly Standard, The Legal Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and other popular periodicals and law journals.

From 1982 to 1993, Mr. Clegg held a number of positions at the U.S. Department of Justice, including Assistant to the Solicitor General, where he argued three cases before the United States Supreme Court, and the number-two official in the Civil Rights Division and Environment Division. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Clegg was vice president and general counsel of the National Legal Center for the Public Interest, where he wrote and edited a variety of publications on legal issues of interest to business. He is a graduate of Rice University and Yale Law School.

Mr. Clegg lives in Fairfax, Virginia, with his wife and son.

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