Bio
Dena is legislative counsel at the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Washington Legislative Office. Sher joined the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û in 2011, after four years as the the state legislative counsel with Americans United for Separation of Church and State. She worked with legislators, activists, and coalition partners on legislation, policy, and ballot initiatives that affected religious liberties, including school vouchers, healthcare refusals and religion in the workplace. She was also an Equal Justice Works fellow at Americans United. Her Equal Justice Works project investigated how programs funded under President Bush’s Faith-Based Initiative were implemented. Sher also worked on many of the cases litigated by AU during her fellowship.
Sher is a graduate of George Washington University Law School and Georgetown University.
Featured work
Nov 20, 2013
Army Right to Halt 'Extremism' Training, Protect First Amendment Rights
Aug 21, 2013
School vouchers aren’t just bad policy—they’re unpopular, too
Jun 20, 2013
The Good, Bad, and Ugly for Religious Liberty and LGBT Rights in Defense Bill
Apr 30, 2013
Why ENDA's Religious Exemption Must Be Narrowed
Feb 22, 2013
Radically Wrong: Misstated Threats - Terrorism isn’t an American-Muslim Problem
Feb 13, 2013
Protecting Constitutional Principles — Even After Disasters
Dec 28, 2012
The Sweeping License to Discriminate Hidden in the NDAA
Aug 1, 2012
Obama Promised to Stop Government-Funded Discrimination. Has He?
Jun 21, 2012
A Hearing on a Hearing: Rep. Peter King Prioritizes Navel Gazing
Jun 13, 2012
ENDA Is Good, Could Be Even Better